Alexander Wilson
# Alexander Wilson

Alexander or Alex Wilson may refer to:

## Literature

* Alexander Wilson (English writer) (1893–1963), MI6 officer and writer of a series of spy novels
* L. Alex Wilson (1909–1960), African-American journalist
* Alexander Wilson (Canadian writer) (1953–1993), American-born Canadian writer, landscape designer, and community activist

## Military

* Alexander Wilson (Royal Navy officer) (1760–1834), Royal Navy rear-admiral
* Sir Alexander Wilson (British Army officer) (1858–1937), British Army major-general and Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey
* Sir James Wilson (British Army officer) (Alexander James Wilson, 1921–2004), British Army lieutenant-general

## Politics

* Alexander Wilson (Virginia politician), United States Representative from Virginia, 1803–1809
* Alexander Wilson (Wisconsin politician) (1833–1888), attorney general of Wisconsin, 1878–1882
* Alexander Wilson (New South Wales politician) (1849–1927), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
* Alexander Wilson (Australian politician) (1889–1954), Member of the Australian House of Representatives
* Alexander Wilson (Scottish politician) (1917–1978), Labour Member of Parliament for Hamilton
* Alex Wilson (Australian politician) (1920–2004), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

## Sports

* Alexander Wilson (cricketer) (1840–1911), New Zealand cricketer
* Alex Wilson (rugby union) (1874–1932), New Zealand rugby union player
* Alex Wilson (Canadian sprinter) (1907–1994)
* Alex Wilson (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1971), Scottish football goalkeeper
* Alex Wilson (footballer, born 1933) (1933–2010), Scottish football defender
* Alex Wilson (skier) (born 1974), American skier
* Alex Wilson (baseball) (born 1986), baseball pitcher
* Alex Wilson (Swiss sprinter) (born 1990)
* Alex Wilson (basketball) (born 1994), Australian basketball player

## Other people

* Alexander Wilson (astronomer) (1714–1786), Scottish type-maker, meteorologist and astronomer
* Alexander Wilson (ornithologist) (1766–1813), Scottish-American poet and ornithologist
* Alexander Stoddart Wilson (1854–1909), Scottish minister and botanist
* Alexander Wilson (photographer) (died 1922), Scottish amateur photographer of Dundee
* Alexander Brown Wilson (1857–1938), Australian architect based in Queensland
* Alexander Wilson (British architect) (1888–1969), English architect based in Nottingham
* Alex Wilson (musician) (born 1971), English salsa and Latin jazz pianist
