Lysander (given name)
Lysander is a masculine given name. Of Greek origin, its meaning is "liberator". The name comprises the elements "lysis" (freedom) and "andros" (man).[1]
Notable people with this name
- Lysander, military general of ancient Sparta
- Albert Lysander (1875–1956), Swedish Lutheran priest; one of the early pioneers of the Swedish High Church movement
- Lysander Button (1810–1898), American inventor
- Lysander Farrar (1812–1876), New York politician
- Lysander Spooner (1808–1887), American political activist and legal theorist
Fictional characters
- Lysander I and IV, monarchs in the fictional CoDominium universe
- Lysander (Shakespeare), character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Lysander, a character in the video game Diablo II
- Lysander, a Trojan warrior killed by Ajax the Great in Homer's Iliad
- Lysander, a fictional game character in the game Amour sucré
- Lysander au Lune, a character introduced in the second book of Pierce Brown's Red Rising series.
See also
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