Aleksandar "Aleksa" Bačvanski (Timișoara, Austrian Empire, 1832 — Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia, 26 March 1881) was a Serbian actor and theater director.
After the defeat of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in which he participated as a high school student, he established an amateur theater in Szeged.
[3] His love for theater led him to quit his job and join a Hungarian touring theatre, where he developed into a character actor.
In addition to acting, he distinguished himself as a master of directing, which he raised to an enviable height, preparing for the work of Adam Mandrović of Dubravka fame, Miloš Cvetić, Vela Nigrin, Milka Grgurova, Pera Dobrinović,[4] Milorad Gavrilovic, and Toša Jovanović.
He bid farewell to the Belgrade audience on 25 March 1881 in the role of Abbé Faria (Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo).