Alexandre (given name)

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

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 artists
• Philippe Alexandre Autexier (1954–1998), French music historian and masonic researcher