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Kristin Alexandria Stapleton is an American director, producer, and showrunner who specializes in documentary feature films and unscripted television.
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Alexander Trent Tyus (Hebrew: אלכס טיוס; born January 8, 1988) is an American-born Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Liga Leumit. He was the 2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP with Maccabi Tel Aviv. Having been…
1963–2025
Alex Alphonso Wheatle MBE (3 January 1963 – 16 March 2025) was a British novelist. He was brought up in a children's care home from the age of two, his education subsequently suffering from numerous suspensions and expulsions from school. His connection…
1961–
Alexander Williams MBE (born 13 November 1961) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He won the 1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship and 1984 UEFA European Under-21 Championship with England. Williams made 125 league and cup…
1955–
Alexander Von Wood (born March 14, 1955) is an American football coach. He is the tight ends coach for John Carroll University, a position he has held since 2026. Wood served as the head football coach at James Madison University from 1995 to 1998 and…
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Alexa Irene Canady (born November 7, 1950) is a retired American neurosurgeon, medical educator, and public health advocate. She was the first African American woman in the United States to become board-certified in neurosurgery. In 1987, she was appointed…
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Alexa Lea Gray (born August 7, 1994) is a Canadian volleyball player. She is part of the Canadian women's national volleyball team. Professionally, she plays for the Turkish club Eczacıbaşı Dynavit.
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Alexander Anim-Mensah, also known as Alexander Raymond Anim-Mensah, is a Ghanaian-American chemical engineer, inventor, and author. He is especially known for contributions he made towards the field of membrane science and technology. He is a recipient of…
1861–1903
Alexander "Alex" Asberry (November 2, 1861 – abt. 1903) was an American grocer, deacon, and politician who served one term in the Texas Legislature. He was born in Wilderville, Texas in 1861, the son of William and Julia Asberry.
1983–
Alexander Assefa (born 1983) is an American politician and former member of the Nevada Assembly from the 42nd district.
1884–1977
A labour leader and founder of the Jamaica Labour Party, Bustamante led Jamaica into independence in 1962 and is one of the island’s National Heroes.
Biography
Alexander Chapman is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Lydie-Anne in Lilies, for which he garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 17th Genie Awards. Chapman, who has also performed as a drag queen under the name…
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Alexander G. Clark (February 25, 1826 – May 31, 1891) was an African-American businessman and activist who served as United States Ambassador to Liberia in 1890–1891, where he died in office. In 1867 Clark sued to gain admission for his daughter to attend…
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Alexander Crummell (March 3, 1819 – September 10, 1898) was a minister, author, abolitionist, and academic. Born to free black parents in New York City, Crummell attended various educational institutions and was ordained as an Episcopal priest in the…
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Alexander Hanson Darnes (c. 1840 – February 11, 1894) was the first African-American physician in Jacksonville, Florida, and the second in the state. Born into slavery in St. Augustine, Florida, as a young man he served as a valet to Edmund Kirby Smith,…
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Alexander Dimitry (February 7, 1805 – January 30, 1883) was an American author, diplomat, educator, journalist, lawyer, orator, and publicist. He was the first state superintendent of public instruction in Louisiana and represented the United States as…
1904
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSheet music for the song Alexander Don't You Love Your Baby No More? The front cover of the sheet music features an illustration of An African American woman talking to a sleeping man through a window in red, green and black ink. There are two photographs…
1912–1980
Alexander Durley (December 18, 1912 – July 18, 1980) was an American college football coach, college athletics administrator, and mathematics professor. He served as the head football coach at Texas College from 1942 to 1948, at Texas Southern University…
Biography
Alexander E. Barber (b. 1829/30 – October 24, 1875) was an American soldier, newspaper editor and state legislator serving in the Louisiana State Senate from 1870 to 1874.
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Alexander H. Curtis (1829 – July 20, 1878) was an American politician, he served as a state legislator in the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama Senate during the Reconstruction Era.
1818–1909
Alexander Harris (1818–1909) was an African-American deacon, trustee, interim pastor of the First Bryan Baptist Church and one of the most powerful African-American religious and civil leaders in Savannah, Georgia during the end of the 19th century and…
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Alexander Jefferson (November 15, 1921 – June 22, 2022) was an American Air Force officer, famous as one of the Tuskegee Airmen, the 332nd Fighter Group. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. His book, Red Tail Captured, Red…
1960–2002
Alexander John Goodrum (1960–2002) was an African-American transgender civil rights activist, writer, and educator. He was the founder and director of TGNet Arizona. He was a board member of the Tucson GLBT Commission, and the Funding Exchange's OUT Fund,…
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Alexander Kelly (April 7, 1840 – June 19, 1907) was an African-American coal miner and native of Pennsylvania who fought with the Union Army as a member of the 6th United States Colored Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. He was awarded his…
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