Alexander Nikolayevich Gromov is a Russian science fiction writer, who began writing in 1986 and was first published in the early 1990s.

Alexander Ivanovich Guchkov was a Russian politician, Chairman of the Third Duma and Minister of War in the Russian Provisional Government.

Alexander Haggerty Krappe was a folklorist and writer. Along with Francis Peabody Magoun, he was the first translator of folktales collected by the Brothers Grimm into the English language. He was also a linguist, teacher, translator of scientific and other materials, a Roman philologist, a comparative mythologist, a classicist and Scandinavianist.

Alexander Harkavy was a Russian-born American writer, lexicographer and linguist.

Alexander Hay Japp was a Scottish author, journalist and publisher.

Alexander Ivanovich Herzen was a Russian writer and thinker known as the "father of Russian socialism" and one of the main fathers of agrarian populism. With his writings, many composed while exiled in London, he attempted to influence the situation in Russia, contributing to a political climate that led to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. He published the important social novel Who is to Blame? (1845–46). His autobiography, My Past and Thoughts, is often considered one of the best examples of that genre in Russian literature.

Alexander Hilferding also spelled Aleksandar Fedorovich Giljferding was a Russian Imperial linguist and folklorist of German descent who collected some 318 bylinas in the Russian North.

Alexander II was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881. Alexander's most significant reform as emperor was the emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861, for which he is known as Alexander the Liberator.

Alexander Innes Shand (1832–1907) was a Scottish barrister and author, known as a journalist, critic, biographer, novelist and travel writer.

Alexander Alexandrovich Ivanov was a Soviet and Russian teacher, poet-parodist, permanent host of the cult TV show Around Laughter in the Soviet Union (1978-1991).