Artists and entertainers
- Alfred Biolek (1934–2021), German entertainer and television producer
- Alfred Gerald Caplin (1909–1979), American cartoonist and humorist better known as "Al Capp"
- Alfred Edirimanne (1929-2000), Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema actor and politician
- Alfred Hill, English comedian better known as "Benny Hill"
- Alfred Hirv (1880–1918), Estonian painter
- Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980), English film director
- Alfred Leslie (born 1927), American artist and filmmaker
- Alfred Molina (born 1953), British-American actor
- Alfred Rasser (1907–1977), Swiss comedian, radio personality, and actor
- Alfred Ryder (1916–1995), American film, radio, and television actor
- Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998), German-Soviet composer
- Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946), American photographer and modern art promoter
- Alfred Fred Momotenko (born 1970), Russian-Dutch composer
- Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (born 1959), American parody–comedy musician
- Alfred Enoch (born 1988), British actor
Military people
- Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French Jewish artillery officer wrongly accused of treason
- Alfred Jodl (1890–1946), German Wehrmacht general who was executed at the Nuremberg trials
- Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840–1914), American naval strategist and historian
- Alfred K. Newman (1924–2019), United States Marine and Navajo code talker
- Alfred Saalwächter (1883–1945), German naval officer executed for war crimes
- Alfred Trzebinski (1902–1946), German SS physician at several Nazi concentration camps executed for war crimes
- Alfred Zeidler (born 1909), German SS concentration camp commandant
