Alexander Anderson is the name of:
- Alexander Anderson (mathematician) (c. 1580–1620), Scottish mathematician
- Alexander Anderson (illustrator) (1775–1870), American illustrator
- Alexander O. Anderson (1794–1869), Tennessee senator
- Alexander Anderson (Royal Marines officer) (1807–1877), British army general
- Alexander Caulfield Anderson (1814–1884), Canadian explorer and fur trader
- Alexander Anderson (poet) (1845–1909), Scottish poet
- Alexander Anderson (botanist) (18th-century–1811), Scottish surgeon and botanist
- Alexander Anderson (physicist) (1858–1936), Irish physicist and university president
- Alexander Anderson (English socialist) (1878–1926), British socialist who helped found the Socialist Party of Great Britain
- Alexander Anderson (Scottish politician) (1888–1954), Labour MP for Motherwell 1945–1954
- Alexander Anderson (Hellsing), a fictional character in Hellsing
- Alex Anderson (cartoonist) (1920–2010), creator of "Rocky the Flying Squirrel"
- Alex Anderson (footballer) (1921–1999), Scottish footballer who played as a full-back
- Alexander James Anderson (1863–1946), Canadian politician, barrister, and lawyer
Famous quotes containing the words alexander and/or anderson:
“When Alexander Pope strolled in the city
Strict was the glint of pearl and gold sedans.
Ladies leaned out more out of fear than pity
For Pope’s tight back was rather a goat’s than man’s.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“Tjaden: How do they start a war?
Albert: Well, one country offends another.
Tjaden: How could one country offend another? You mean there’s a mountain over in Germany gets mad at a field in France?”
—Maxwell Anderson (1888–1959)