| Personal data | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Gurevich |
| Name | Alexander |
| Birth year | 1882 |
| Birth month | 4 |
| Birth day | 26 |
| Birth place | Velizh |
| Sex | M |
Gurevich (Gurewitsch) Alexander (26 April 1882, Velizh) — community activist and benefactor.
Alexander Gurevich was actively engaged in Jewish communal and philanthropic work in both Kharkiv and Riga.
From 1916 to 1920, he served as a member of the Kharkiv Committee for Aid to Jewish Homeless Persons and was a board member of the city's central synagogue. He also participated in the Committee for Aid to Pogrom Victims.
In 1921, he returned to Riga and became a member of the board of the Jewish educational society Tushia. He served as treasurer and parent committee member at the Ivrit Gymnasium and contributed to a number of Russian-language newspapers in Riga, including Rizhskaya Mysl’, Pribaltiyskiy Kray, and Narodnaya Mysl’.