title: Alexander Wilson
text: # 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
  