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).

Notable people with this name

 * Lysander, naval admiral 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 au Lune, a character introduced in the second book of Pierce Brown's Red Rising series.
 * Lysandre, the main antagonist in the video games Pokémon X and Y
 * Lysander Scamander, son of Luna Lovegood and Rolph Scamander in the Harry Potter series