Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, Kt (Knight Bachelor), CBE (Order of the British Empire), popularly known as Sir Alex or Fergie (born 31 December 1941 in Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish (Scotland) football (association football) manager (coach (sports)) and former player, currently managing Manchester United (Manchester United F.C.), where he has been in charge since 1986.

Ferguson previously managed East Stirlingshire (East Stirlingshire F.C.) and St. Mirren (St. Mirren F.C.), before a highly successful period as manager of Aberdeen (Aberdeen F.C.). Briefly manager of the Scotland national team (Scotland national football team) - in a temporary capacity owing to the death of Jock Stein - he was appointed manager of Manchester United (Manchester United F.C.) in November 1986.

Ferguson is widely regarded as one of the greatest managers in the history of the game. With 23 years as manager of Manchester United, he is the second-longest serving manager in their history after Sir Matt Busby, while his tenure is the longest of all the current League managers (List of English Football League managers by date of appointment). During this time, Ferguson has won many awards and holds many records including winning Manager of the Year (Premier League Manager of the Year) most times in British football history. In 2008, he became the third British manager to win the European Cup on more than one occasion.

He was an inaugural inductee into the English Football Hall of Fame for his services to the English game, was knighted in 1999 by Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom) and currently holds the Freedom of the City of Aberdeen for his services to the city, having managed the citys football club (Aberdeen F.C.) to a host of major trophies in the early to mid 1980s.