John Alexander
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Arts and entertainment
- John Alexander (actor)John Alexander (actor)John Alexander was an American stage and film actor.Perhaps his most memorable performance was as Teddy Brewster, a lunatic who thinks he is Theodore Roosevelt, in the 1944 classic film Arsenic and Old Lace opposite Cary Grant. He had previously portrayed that role in the 1941 Broadway play of the...
(1897–1982), American stage and film actor - John Alexander II (actor), Scottish film actor; see IMDb
- John Alexander (director)John Alexander (director)John Alexander is a British director of television drama. His works include Sense and Sensibility, Small Island and an episode of Zen.-External links:...
, British television director - John Alexander (painter)John Alexander (painter)John Alexander was a Scottish painter and engraver of the 18th century.Alexander was the son of a clergyman, and was descended from Jamisone. In the early part of the 18th century he visited Rome, about 1717, but was not established there, as Heineken says, and etched some plates after Raphael's...
(died ca. 1733), Scottish historical painter and engraver - John Alexander (tenor)John Alexander (tenor)John Alexander was an American operatic tenor who had a substantial career during the 1950s through the 1980s. He had a long standing relationship with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, singing with that company every year between 1961 and 1987 for a total of 379 performances...
(1923–1990), opera star - John Marshall Alexander, Jr., birthname of American singer Johnny AceJohnny AceJohnny Ace , born John Marshall Alexander, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, was an American rhythm and blues singer. He scored a string of hit singles in the mid-1950s before dying of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound....
(1929–1954) - John White AlexanderJohn White AlexanderJohn White Alexander was an American portrait, figure, and decorative painter and illustrator.-Biography:thumb|“Isabella and the Pot of Basil”, oil on canvas, 1897, [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]...
(1856–1915), American painter - John Alexander (artist)John Alexander (artist)John Alexander is an American Landscape artist born in Beaumont, Texas. His work can be found in the permanent collections of leading museums including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; the Dallas Museum of Art; The Meadows Museum in Dallas, The McNay Museum in San Antonio, The...
(born 1945), American artist
Politics
- John Alexander (Ohio politician), (1777–1848) - United States Representative from Ohio
- John Alexander (MP), (1802–1885), Irish member of the UK Parliament (1853–1859) for Carlow BoroughCarlow Borough (UK Parliament constituency)Carlow Borough was a Parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
- John G. AlexanderJohn G. AlexanderJohn Grant Alexander was a Representative to the U.S. Congress from Minnesota; born in Texas Valley, Cortland County, New York; attended the public schools; was graduated from the law department of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in 1916; was admitted to the New York bar the same year; moved...
(1893–1971), United States Representative from Minnesota - John Alexander (tennis) (born 1951), member of the Australian House of Representatives
Military
- John B. AlexanderJohn B. AlexanderJohn Alexander is a retired US Army Colonel and a leading advocate for the development of non-lethal weapons. He was born in New York in 1937, and obtained a PhD from Walden University in 1980. Col...
(born 1937), retired US Army colonel and leading advocate for the development of non-lethal weapons - John Alexander (Ireland) (died 1857), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
Sports
- John Alexander (American football)John Alexander (American football)John Alexander was a professional football player with the Massillon Tigers of the "Ohio League" and the independent Gilberton Cadamounts, Coaldale Big Green, Melrose Athletic Club and Millville Big Blue. He also played in the National Football League for the Milwaukee Badgers and New York Giants...
(1896-1986) - John Alexander (NASCAR driver)John Alexander (NASCAR driver)John Alexander is an American race car driver. He has competed in both the Nationwide Series and the Sprint Cup Series. In the two races he entered, he did not finish.-NASCAR career:...
(born 1954) - John Alexander (tennis) (born 1951), former Australian tennis player and commentator, current politician
Others
- John Alexander, CEO of Australian company Publishing and Broadcasting LimitedPublishing and Broadcasting LimitedPublishing and Broadcasting Limited was one of Australia's largest companies, with interests primarily in media and gaming. The company demerged in late 2007, spinning out its gaming interests into Crown Limited...
- John Alexander (Presbyterian minister)John Alexander (Presbyterian minister)John Alexander was an Irish Presbyterian minister.-Life:He was a native of Ulster, but connected with the Scottish noble family of the Alexanders, earls of Stirling, being the grandson of the first earl. He was educated at Glasgow, and settled in England...
(1686–1743) minister and patristic commentator - John Alexander (nonconformist minister) (1736–1765), scriptural commentator
- John Henry AlexanderJohn Henry AlexanderJohn Henry Alexander was a noted scientist and businessman, born in Annapolis, Maryland in 1812. The youngest child of William and Mary Alexander, he attended St. John's College in Annapolis and graduated in 1827 at age fifteen...
(1812–1867), scientist and president of Georges Creek Coal & Iron Co - John Alexander (chief clerk)John Alexander (chief clerk)John Alexander was Chief Clerk to Bow Street Magistrates' Court, then called Bow Street Police Court , and simultaneously, as was then the custom, Editor of the Police Gazette in England from 1877 until his retirement in 1895.John Alexander was born in Wooler, Northumberland, son of country...
(1830-1916), chief clerk to Bow Street Magistrates' Court, editor of The Police Gazette