Aksel Kankaanranta is a Finnish singer who attempted to represent his country in the 2020 Eurovision with the song "Looking Back" but the show got cancelled due to COVID-19. He will attempt to represent Finland again with the song "Hurt".
Aksel/Caecilius/Kusaila was the North African king of Altava and leader of the Awraba tribe. He is known for prosecuting an effective Berber military resistance against the Muslim invasion of the Maghreb in the 680s.
Aksel Hennie is a Norwegian actor, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his leading role in the Norwegian film Headhunters, and as Tydeus in Hercules. He also had a supporting role in Ridley Scott's The Martian.
Aksel Sandemose was a Danish-Norwegian writer.He was born in Denmark in 1899 to a Danish father and a Norwegian mother. He is the grandfather of illustrator and children's writer Iben Sandemose. In his youth, he worked as a teacher, journalist, sailor and lumberjack in Newfoundland. In 1930, Sandemose moved to Norway, and lived in Nesodden, south of Oslo. After Nazi Germany occupied Norway during World War II, he was forced to flee to neighboring Sweden in 1941 due to his association with the Norwegian resistance. After the war, he moved back to Norway, and settled in Søndeled. He died in Copenhagen in 1965, and was buried in Oslo.
Aksel Hennie is a Norwegian actor, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his leading role in the Norwegian film Headhunters, and as Tydeus in Hercules. He also had a supporting role in Ridley Scott's The Martian.