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 word anderson:
“Oh, God, why do they do this to us? We only wanted to live, you and I. Why should they send us out to fight each other? If we threw away these rifles and these uniforms, you could be my brother.”
—Maxwell Anderson (1888–1959)