Alexander Scott
# Alexander Scott

Alexander Scott may refer to:

## Entertainment

* Alexander Scott (16th-century poet) (c. 1520–1582/83), Scottish poet
* Alexander Scott (20th-century poet) (1920–1989), Scottish poet, playwright and campaigning scholar
* Alexander Scott (painter) (1872–1925), British painter
* Alexander "Scotty" Scott, spy played by Bill Cosby in the television series I Spy

## Religion

* Alexander John Scott (1768–1840), British chaplain and friend of Horatio Nelson
* Alexander John Scott (principal) (1805–1866), Scottish dissident theologian, and first principal of Owens College, Manchester

## Science

* Alexander Scott (chemist) (1853–1947), Director of Scientific Research at the British Museum
* Alexander Scott (geologist) (1890–1951), Scottish geologist
* Alexander Walker Scott (1800–1883), Australian entomologist

## Other

* Alexander Scott (architect) (1920-2005), British architect
* Alexander Scott (Medal of Honor) (1844–1923), American soldier
* Alexander Ritchie Scott (1874–1962), Scottish mathematician
* Alexander MacCallum Scott (1874–1928), British Member of Parliament for Glasgow Bridgeton, 1910–1922
* Scott Alexander Siskind, American psychiatrist and author of the online blog Slate Star Codex
