Alexander Tiranoff

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAlexander•Tiranoff
Used nameAlexander•Tiranoff
Original nameАлександр•Тиранов
Born12 September 1882 in ?, Respublika Kareliya (RUS)
DiedJanuary 1972 in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Alexander Tiranoff came from a well-known Russian family of painters. He probably emigrated after the Russian revolution and first went to France and then to the United States. The family gained some fame in the yellow press, when his son, also a painter and designer, married the sister of Hollywood celebrity James Stewart (1908-1997).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1932 Summer Olympics Art Competitions USA Alexander Tiranoff
Painting, Unknown Event, Open (Olympic) AC