Ales (name)

Ales (Belarusian: Алесь), also spelled Aleś in Łacinka, is a Belarusian masculine given name. It comes from the Greek name Alexander.

Notable people with the name include:

• Ales Adamovich (1927–1994), Soviet Belarusian writer, screenwriter, literary critic and democratic activist
• Ales Bachyla (1918–1983), Belarusian poet and playwright
• Ales Bialiatski (born 1962), Belarusian pro-democracy activist and prisoner of conscience
• Aleś Dudar (1904–1937), Belarusian poet, critic, translator and a victim of Stalin's purges
• Aleś Harun (1887–1920), Belarusian poet, prose writer, dramatist, lyricist and an opinion journalist
• Ales Michalevic (born 1975), Belarusian public figure and politician
• Ales Prudnikau (1910–1941), Belarusian poet
• Ales Pushkin (1965–2023), Belarusian non-conformist painter, theater artist, performer, art curator, and political prisoner
• Aleś Razanaŭ (1947–2021), Belarusian writer, poet and translator
• Ales Savitsky (1924–2015), Belarusian writer and public figure

See also

• Oles