Aleksandr Aleksandrov was born on April 13, 1883 in village Plakhino, Mikhaylov uyezd, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Zakharovsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. He was a composer, known for
The Saint (1997),
The Hunt for Red October (1990) and
Come and See (1985). He died on July 8, 1946 in Berlin, Germany.