Ales (given 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