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:
“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)