Notable inmates

Alexander Berkman (born Ovsei Osipovich Berkman; November 21, 1870 – June 28, 1936) was a Russian-American anarchist and author.

Alexander Michael Dolgun (29 September 1926 – 28 August 1986) was an American inmate in the Soviet Gulag who wrote about his experiences in 1975 after being allowed to leave the Soviet Union.

Alexander Helenus Johannes Leopoldus Fiévez (22 June 1902 – 30 April 1949) was a Dutch politician and military officer.

Alexander Alexandrovich Glagolev (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Глаголєв, Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Глаго́лев; 14 February 1872 – 25 November 1937) was a Russian Orthodox priest and religious philosopher as well as professor of the Kiev Theological Seminary.

Alexander Ivanovich Greba (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Гре́ба; born 23 September 1980), known as The Goblin (Russian: Леший), is a Russian serial killer.

Alexander Grothendieck, later Alexandre Grothendieck in French (; German: [ˌalɛˈksandɐ ˈɡʁoːtn̩ˌdiːk] ; French: [ɡʁɔtɛndik]; 28 March 1928 – 13 November 2014), was a German-born French mathematician who became the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry.

Alexander Katan (18 November 1899 – 27 January 1943) was a Dutch Jewish accountant, translator, and teacher, who was murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust, after which time his photographs were notoriously on display in various museums.

Alexander Vadimovich Khoroshavin (Russian: Александр Вадимович Хорошавин: born May 2, 1959) is a Russian politician who served as Governor of Sakhalin Oblast from 2007 to 2015.

Alexander Mikhailovich Krasnoshchyokov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Краснощёков), real name Avraam Moiseyevich Krasnoshchyok (Russian: Абра́м Моисе́евич Краснощёк; 10 October 1880 – 26 November 1937), was a Soviet politician and the first leader of the Far Eastern Republic.

Alexander Lebenstein (November 3, 1927 – 28 January 2010) was a German-American Holocaust survivor.

Alexander Vladimirovich Murylev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Мурылёв; born 31 March 1971), known as Yeltsin's Culler (Russian: Санитар Ельцина), is a Russian serial killer and former real estate broker.

Sir Alexander Oppenheim, OBE, PMN, FRSE (4 February 1903 – 13 December 1997) was a British mathematician and university administrator.

Alexander "Sasha" Aronovich Pechersky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Аро́нович Пече́рский; 22 February 1909 – 19 January 1990), also known as Oleksandr Aronovych Pecherskyi (Ukrainian: Олександр Аронович Печерський), was a Jewish-Soviet officer.

Alexander Gennadyevich Pirovskih (Russian: Александр Геннадьевич Пировских; born 10 July 1958) is a Russian fraudster and serial killer who killed five people in his native city of Chelyabinsk from 1997 to 1999.