Alexandre (given name)

Alexandre is the French, Portuguese, Catalan and Galician form of the masculine given name Alexander. Alexander means 'warrior' or 'defender of mankind'.

Notable people with the name include:

• Prince Alexandre of Belgium (1942–2009)
• Alexandre, Chevalier de Chaumont (1640–1710), French ambassador
• Alexandre, vicomte Digeon (1771–1826), cavalry officer in the French Revolutionary Wars
• Alexandre Aja (born 1978), French film director
• Alexandre Baptista, Portuguese footballer
• Alexandre Batta, Dutch cellist
• Alexandre de Beauharnais, French political figure and general during the French Revolution
• Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian skier
• Alexandre Bissonnette, Canadian terrorist
• Alexandre Brasseur, French actor
• Alexandre Bussière, Canadian cinematographer
• Alexandre Cingria (1879–1945), Swiss artist
• Alexandre Desplat, French film composer
• Alexandre Cédric Doucet, Canadian politician
• Alexandre Dupuis (born 1990), Canadian football player
• Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870), French writer
• Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923), French civil engineer, best known for the Eiffel tower
• Alexandre Farnoux, French historian and Minoan archaeologist
• Alexandre Gaydamak, French businessman, co-owner and chairman of Portsmouth F.C.
• Alexandre Herculano, Portuguese novelist and historian
• Alexandre Lacazette, French footballer for Arsenal F.C.
• Alexandre Lippmann (1881–1960), French 2x Olympic champion épée fencer
• Alexandre Sarnes Negrão, Brazilian race car driver
• Alexandre José Oliveira, Spanish-Brazilian football player
• Alexandre Lloveras (born 2000), French para-cyclist
• Alexandre O'Neill, Portuguese poet
• Alexandre Pétion, Haitian President
• Alexandre Pantoja, UFC Fighter
• Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
• Alexandre Portier (born 1990), French politician
• Alexandre Quintanilha, Portuguese scientist
• Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese explorer
• Alexandre Alves da Silva, Brazilian football player
• Alex Song, Cameroonian football player
• Alexandre Sperafico, Brazilian driver
• Alexandre Texier (born 1999), French ice hockey player
• Alexandre Trudeau, Canadian filmmaker and journalist
• Alexandre Vauthier, French fashion designer
• Alexandre Vincendet (born 1983), French politician
• Alexandre Yersin (1863–1943), Swiss-French doctor, explorer and bacteriologist
• Alexandre Yokochi, Portuguese swimmer
• Philippe Alexandre Autexier (1954–1998), French music historian and masonic researcher

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