Alexandre (given name)

Alexandre is the French, Portuguese, Catalan and Galician form of the masculine given name Alexander. Notable people with the name include:

• Alexandre Aja (born 1978), French film director
• Alexandre Baptista, Portuguese footballer
• Alexandre de Beauharnais, French political figure and general during the French Revolution
• Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian skier
• Alexandre Brasseur, French actor
• Alexandre Desplat, Oscar winning composer
• Alexandre Dupuis (born 1990), Canadian football player
• Alexandre Dumas, French writer
• Alexandre Farnoux, French historian and Minoan archaeologist
• Alexandre Gaydamak, French businessman, co-owner & Chairman of Portsmouth F.C.
• Alexandre Herculano, Portuguese novelist and historian
• Alexandre Lacazette, French footballer for Arsenal F.C.
• Alexandre Lippmann (1881–1960), French 2x Olympic champion épée fencer
• Alexandre Sarnes Negrão, Brazilian race car driver
• Alexandre José Oliveira, Spanish-Brazilian football player
• Alexandre O'Neill, Portuguese poet
• Alexandre Pétion, Haitian President
• Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
• Alexandre Quintanilha, Portuguese scientist
• Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese explorer
• Alexandre Alves da Silva, Brazilian football player
• Alex Song, Cameroonian football player
• Alexandre Sperafico, Brazilian driver
• Alexandre Trudeau, Canadian filmmaker and journalist
• Alexandre Vauthier, French fashion designer
• Alexandre Yokochi, Portuguese swimmer
• Alexandre Cingria, (1879–1945), Swiss artist
• Philippe Alexandre Autexier (1954–1998), French music historian and masonic researcher

Alexandre

Pronunciation	French: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ] Portuguese: [ɐlɨˈʃɐ̃dɾɨ] (European) or [ɐleˈʃɐ̃dɾi] (Brazilian)
Gender	Male
Language(s)	French, Portuguese, Galician
Origin
Meaning	Defender of Man
Other names
See also	Alexander, Alex, Alessandro, Alexandru, Alejandro