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
• Lysander au Lune, a character introduced in the second book of Pierce Brown's Red Rising series.

See also[]

• Lysander (disambiguation)

References[]

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