Ales (given name)
Ales, 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, Soviet Belarusian writer, screenwriter, literary critic and democratic activist
- Ales Bachyla, Belarusian poet and playwright
- Ales Bialiatski, Belarusian pro-democracy activist and prisoner of conscience
- Aleś Dudar, Belarusian poet, critic, translator and a victim of Stalin's purges
- Aleś Harun, Belarusian poet, prose writer, dramatist, lyricist and an opinion journalist
- Ales Michalevic, Belarusian public figure and politician
- Ales Prudnikau, Belarusian poet
- Ales Pushkin, Belarusian non-conformist painter, theater artist, performer, art curator, and political prisoner
- Aleś Razanaŭ, Belarusian writer, poet and translator
- Ales Savitsky, Belarusian writer and public figure