'''Alger''' is both a given name and a surname. It originates from the Anglo-Saxon name Ælfgar, meaning "elf spear."<ref name="Hanks Hardcastle Hodges 2006" /> Notable people with the name include:

== Given name == * Alger of Liège (1055–1131), French Roman Catholic priest * Alger "Texas" Alexander (1900–1954), American blues singer * Alger Hiss (1904–1996), American diplomat and alleged Soviet spy * Alger H. Wood (1891–1970), American football and basketball coach

== Surname == * Abby Langdon Alger (1850–1905), American writer, translator * Alpheus B. Alger (1854–1895), Massachusetts State Senator * Bruce Alger (1918–2015), American Congressman from Texas * Cyrus Alger (1781–1865), American metallurgist and arms manufacturer * Fanny Alger (1816–1889), the first plural wife of Joseph Smith Jr. * Francis Alger (1807–1863), American mineralogist<!-- [https://books.google.ca/books?id=qb8EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA2 Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History], vol. X (1864–1866), Boston, 1866, p. 2 --> * Frederick M. Alger Jr. (1907–1967), American politician and diplomat * Harry Alger (1924–2010), Canadian politician * Horatio Alger (1832–1899), American author * Ian Alger (1926–2009), innovative psychotherapist * John Goldworth Alger (1836–1907), English journalist and author * Jonathan R. Alger, President of James Madison University * Mary Donlon Alger (1893–1977), American lawyer, politician and first woman appointed to a federal judgeship in New York * Pat Alger (born 1947), American country music songwriter, singer and guitarist * Paul Alger (1943–2025), German football player * Percival Alger (born 1964), Filipino Olympic fencer * Peter Alger (born 1952), New Zealander potter * Philip Rounseville Alger (1859–1912), American naval officer * Ross Alger (1920–1992), Canadian politician * Royce Alger (born 1965), American wrestler and mixed martial artist * Russell A. Alger (1836–1907), U.S. Senator from and Governor of Michigan and U.S. Secretary of War * Stephen Alger (born 1958), British tennis player * William Rounseville Alger (1822–1905), American Unitarian minister, aphorist, and author

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<ref name="Hanks Hardcastle Hodges 2006">{{cite book | last = Hanks | first = Patrick | authorlink = Patrick Hanks | last2 = Hardcastle | first2 = Kate | last3 = Hodges | first3 = Flavia | title = A Dictionary of First Names | publisher = Oxford University Press | publication-place = Oxford, England | series = Oxford paperback reference | year = 2006 | isbn = 978-0-19-861060-1 | oclc = 67869278 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC | page = 48 | access-date = 21 November 2024 }}</ref>

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