Al (given name)

The nickname Al is often short for Alfred, Albert, Alphonse, Allan, or Alexander. It may refer to:

In arts and media

• Al Bolton (1925–2014), American television and radio meteorologist from Shreveport, Louisiana
• Al Columbia (born 1970), American cartoonist
• Al Green (born 1946), American R&B musician
• Al Israel, (1935–2011), American actor
• Al Jolson (1886–1950), American singer and actor
• Al or Alec Lazo, Cuban-American dancer
• Al Pacino (born 1940), actor and director
• Al Roker (born 1954), American television broadcaster
• Al Sapienza (born 1962), actor
• Al Stewart (born 1945), English singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician
• "Weird Al" Yankovic (born 1959), American parody singer

In sport

Gridiron football

• Al Bedner (1898–1988), American football player
• Al Bloomingdale (born 1953), American player of Canadian football
• Al Darby (born 1954), American football player
• Al Davis (1929–2011), American football coach and owner (Oakland Raiders)
• Al Hoptowit (1915–1981), American football player
• Al Latimer (born 1957), American football player
• Al Romano (born 1954), American football player
• Al Shook (1899–1984), American football player
• Al Valdes, Canadian football player
• Al Witcher (born 1936), American football player

Other sports

• Al Horford, Dominican basketball player
• Al Levine (born 1968), American major league baseball pitcher
• Al McCoy (boxer) (Alexander Rudolph; 1894–1966), American world champion middleweight boxer
• Al Rosen (1924–2015), American major league baseball All Star and MVP
• Al Singer ("The Bronx Beauty"; 1909–61), American world champion lightweight boxer

In other fields

• Al Capone (1899–1947), prominent Chicago gangster from the 1920s
• Al Gore, environmentalist and former Senator and Vice President of the United States
• Al Smith, former governor of New York
• Al Franken, current Minnesota senator