Alexander Adolf August Karl von Linsingen (10 February 1850 – 5 June 1935) was a German general during World War I. Linsingen joined the Prussian Army in 1868 and rose to Corps Commander (II Corps) in 1909.

At the beginning of World War I, Linsingen was a Corps commander in the First Battle of the Marne.

[3] He was promoted to Colonel-General, the second highest rank for a general in the Imperial German Army (4 stars).

On 31 March 1918, his Army Group was disbanded and von Linsingen became the Military Governor of Berlin (June 1918).

Alexander von Linsingen died on 5 June 1935 and is interred at the Neuen St. Nikolai-Friedhof in Hannover, Germany.