Alexander Markus

* Balassagyarmat, April 7, 1831 – † Bánya Bisztergom, February 17, 1867 / botanist, teacher ; ; He began his school studies in his hometown, then continued at the Evangelical Lyceum in Selmecbánya and the Evangelical College in Prešov. He earned a doctorate in humanities from the University of Halle. From 1861 he was a teacher at the Evangelical Gymnasium in Bánya Bisztergom, and from 1863 its director. He primarily dealt with algae, but he also collected flowering plants from the Bánya Bisztergom area, the Körmöc Mountains, the Great Fatra, and the Low Tatras. ; ; His main works: ; Beiträge zur Flora van Neusohl, 1865–1866, ; The seaweed garden of the Beszterczebánya region from the legacy of Sándor Márkus (written by Frigyes Ákos Hazslinszky), 1869.