Alexander Ross (writer) (c. 1590–1654), vicar; Scottish author of Medicus Medicatus Alexander Ross (poet) (1699–1784), Scottish author of Helenore, or the Fortunate Shepherdess Alexander Ross (British Army officer) (1742–1827), Surveyor-General of the Ordnance Alexander Ross (fur trader) (1783–1856), Canadian fur trader Alexander Ross (civil servant) (1800–1889), British civil servant in India Alexander McKenzie Ross (1805–1862), British engineer Alexander Coffman Ross, author of the 1840 campaign song "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" Alexander Ross (Canadian politician) (1829–1901), Canadian banker and politician Alexander Henry Ross (1829–1888), British barrister and Conservative politician Alexander Milton Ross (1832–1897), Canadian abolitionist Alexander Peter Ross (1833–1915), Canadian politician Alexander Ross (architect) (1834–1925), Scottish architect and provost of Inverness Alexander Ross (Australian politician) (1843–1912), New South Wales politician Alexander Ross (engineer) (1845–1923), Scottish railway engineer Alexander Charles Ross (1847–1921), business executive and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada Alexander Clark Ross, mayor of Sherbrooke, 1942–1944 Alex Ross (rower) (Sir Alexander Ross, 1907–1994), New Zealand-born banker and rower Alexander David Ross (1883–1966), Scots-born physicist and astronomer Alexander Ross (cricketer) (1895–1972), Scottish cricketer and civil servant