Alex Woolf FSA Scot (born 12 July 1963) is a British medieval historian and academic.
He specialises in the history of Britain and Ireland and to a lesser extent Scandinavia in the Early Middle Ages, with a particular emphasis on interaction and comparison across traditional ethnic boundaries.
Woolf first went to University to study Scandinavian Studies at University College London, including spending time in Norway, but dropped out before completing the degree and spent four years working in service-sector jobs.
in Sheffield's Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, supervised by John Moreland, entitled "The Transition from Late Prehistoric to Early Historic Social and Political Structures amongst the Irish".
[3] In 2023 he was characterised by the St Andrews student newspaper as "one of the most beloved members of the Medieval History faculty".