# Paul Alexander

> He spent 72 years inside an iron lung — longer than anyone in recorded history — and still managed to pass the bar.

*American lawyer and polio survivor (1946–2024)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/paul-alexander

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1946-01-30
- **Died:** 2024-03-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Paul Richard Alexander contracted polio in 1952 at six years old and never left the machine that kept him breathing. Decades later, confined but not stopped, he earned a bachelor's degree and a Juris Doctor at the University of Texas at Austin, then was admitted to the bar in 1986. He practiced law, self-published a memoir in 2020, and late in life found an audience on TikTok. He died on March 11, 2024, having lived nearly all his 78 years in a cylinder of steel and determination.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 64.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.3 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 10.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Lawyers, #Writer / Author, #Literature, #Law, #United States, #Americas, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105438637)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Paul%20Alexander)
- [পল আলেকজান্ডার (পোলিও উত্তরজীবী)](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_(%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%93_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80))
- [Paul Alexander](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander)
- [پۆڵ ئەلێکساندەر (پارێزەر)](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%86%DA%B5_%D8%A6%DB%95%D9%84%DB%8E%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%B1_(%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8E%D8%B2%DB%95%D8%B1))
- [Paul Alexander](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander)
- [Paul Alexander (Polio-Überlebender)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander_(Polio-%C3%9Cberlebender))
- [Πωλ Αλεξάντερ (επιζών πολιομυελίτιδας)](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%89%CE%BB_%CE%91%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BE%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81_(%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B6%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%BC%CF%85%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%82))
- [Paul Alexander (polio survivor)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander_(polio_survivor))
- [Paul Alexander](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander)
- [پائول الکساندر](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1)
- [Paul Alexander (avocat)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander_(avocat))
- [פול אלכסנדר](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8)
- [Paul Richard Alexander](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Richard_Alexander)
- [Paul Alexander](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander)
- [폴 알렉산더](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%B4_%EC%95%8C%EB%A0%89%EC%82%B0%EB%8D%94)
- [Paul Alexander (peguam)](https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander_(peguam))
- [Paul Alexander (prawnik)](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander_(prawnik))
- [Paul Alexander](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander)
- [Александер, Пол (юрист)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB_(%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82))
- [Paul Alexander (lawyer)](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander_(lawyer))
- [Paul Alexander (jurist)](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander_(jurist))
- [பால் அலெக்சாண்டர்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D)
- [พอล อเล็กซานเดอร์](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A5_%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C)
- [Paul Alexander](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander)
- [Paul Alexander](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander)
- [بول ألكسندر (محامي)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A))

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