Alfred (name)
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In English the meaning of the name Alfred is: Sage; wise; elvin. From the Old English Aelfraed, meaning elf counsel. Also from Ealdfrith or Alfrid, meaning old peace. Famous bearers: Alfred the Great was a 9th-century king, Alfred Lord Tennyson was a famous 19th-century poet.
People called Alfred:
- Alfred the Great, king of Wessex and first king of England
- Alfred Jarry, French writer and founder of 'pataphysics
- Alfred Pisani, prominent hotelier
- Alfred Packer, an American cannibal
- Alfred, video game character from the Fatal Fury series
- Alfred Pennyworth, butler to DC Comics character Batman
- Alfred, man who has been living in the departure hall of Terminal 1 of the Charles de Gaulle International Airport since 1988
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and professor of entomology and zoology, famous for his research on human sexuality
- Alfred Meakin, British track and field athlete
- Alfred Nobel
- Alf Ramsey, English football manager
- Alfred Rosenberg
- Alfred Schnittke, Russian Composer
- Alfred Sung
- Alfred Wegener, German scientist
- "Weird Al" Yankovic, a parody/comedy musician with the real name Alfred Matthew Yankovic
- Michael Alfred Peszke, Polish-American psychiatrist and historian
- Michael Alfred
- Alfred the Sartan, a fictional character from The Death Gate Cycle
- Alfred Hawthorne Hill, real first and middle name of the famous English comedian Benny Hill
