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So modern Albanian populists claim Alexander the Great as a cultural forebear now? Whew! Cheeky, eh! Difficult neighbors everywhere in that part of the world, I figure!

The Albanian translation is very unlikely, because the language evolved in the last 2500 years and it should look different from what it was back then. Comparing the name with a reconstructed proto-Albanian expression would be more appropriate. Bogdan | Talk 14:05, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Scientists why isnt the discoverer of penicillin, Alexander Fleming mentioned here? and also Alexander Graham Bell ?!

changes added a new heading for scientists....

several other "alexanders" missing. i'm gonna attempt to link a few more here. ppl, there are too many..... a little help here?

ok, im giving up... too many "Alexanders"... :) added a couple tho....

Contents 1 "Alexander" redirect 2 Lex 3 Al 4 Alistair 5 Alexander the magician 6 Alexis

[edit] "Alexander" redirect

"Alexander" currently redirects to Alexander the Great. In my opinion it would be more reasonable to redirect to this page. Ornilnas 15:03, 24 June 2006 (UTC) Additionally, I would propose to name this article only Alexander, since it is about the name, and not a simple disambiguation page. Alternatively split it. Ornilnas 15:06, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lex

If the article can mention Lex as a shortening of the name ('Also in more modern times, Alexander has been shortened to "Lex" (popularized by the Superman villain Lex Luthor)') then why is Alex only mentioned as a Portuguese variant, when it's widely used in English speaking countries too?--Jcvamp 03:09, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Al

I assume that Al is a short form of Alexander, but I see no mention of this neither in this article nor on the Al disambiguation page. __meco 08:53, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Al is short for Albert usually, sometimes Alfred. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Arthurian Legend (talk • contribs) 04:55, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Er, I think Al is short for any name starting with "Al", but mainly a male nickname. aLii 12:05, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alistair

Why does Alistair redirect here? They are completely different names.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.10.207.234 (talk • contribs) 15:09, 12 April 2007 (UTC).

Because the article claims it is a variation of Alexander? -- JHunterJ 17:01, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alexander the magician

"Claude Alexander Conlin (1880–1954), stage magician" is listed under monarchs, which seems like an error?

[edit] Alexis

Alexis (variants include Aleksis, Alexius, Alexus, Alesio, Aleksei, Alexina, Elek and Alejo) is not a variant of Alexander. The name originates from Aléxeios wich means defender.

Alexander is a romanization of the greek Aléxandros ( formed by two words translating to "defender" and "male" ).

Although they do enjoy a similar meaning and Aléxandros might have been derived from Aléxeios, Alexis and Alexander have been standalone names for thousands of years. Therefore I suggest giving Alexis_(name) an article of its own. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blueblister (talk • contribs) 05:51, 10 January 2008 (UTC)