Alfred (name)

In English the meaning of the name Alfred is: Sage; wise; elvin. From the Old English Aelfraed, meaning elf counsel. Also from Ealdfrith or Alfrid, meaning old peace. Famous bearers: Alfred the Great was a 9th-century king, Alfred Lord Tennyson was a famous 19th-century poet.

People called Alfred:
*Alfred the Great, king of Wessex
* Alfred Bester, American science fiction author
*Alfred Jarry, French writer and founder of 'pataphysics
*Alfred Pisani, prominent hotelier
*Alfred Packer, an American cannibal
*Alfred, video game character from the Fatal Fury series
*Alfred Pennyworth, butler to DC Comics character Batman
* Alfred, man who has been living in the departure hall of Terminal 1 of the Charles de Gaulle International Airport since 1988
*Alfred Hitchcock, film director especially in the suspense genre, famous for "Vertigo, Psycho", and "Rear Window," among others.
*Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and professor of entomology and zoology, famous for his research on human sexuality
*Alfred Marshall, English economist
*Alfred Meakin, British track and field athlete
*Alfred Nobel
*Alf Ramsey, English football manager
*Alfred Rosenberg
*Alfred Schnittke, Russian Composer
*Alfred Sung
*Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet
*Alfred Wegener, German scientist
*Alfred North Whitehead, English analytic philosopher and mathematician, co-author of "Principia Mathematica"
*"Weird Al" Yankovic, a parody/comedy musician with the real name Alfred Matthew Yankovic
*Michael Alfred Peszke, Polish-American psychiatrist and historian
*Michael Alfred
*Alfred the Sartan, a fictional character from The Death Gate Cycle
*Alfred Hawthorne Hill, real first and middle name of the famous English comedian Benny Hill