Daniel Robert Alexander (1859–fl. 1939) was an American settler and trader in Ethiopia. He left the US in the 1900s and arrived in Ethiopia via the United Kingdom. Alexander found work as a blacksmith and was able to use the proceeds to start a money-lending business. He became wealthy, holding a sizeable herd of cattle and managing a household of servants. Alexander sought to encourage other Americans to emigrate to Ethiopia, against the advice of the US government. He was the only US citizen resident in Addis Ababa in 1930 but some 150 of his countrymen were living in Ethiopia just a few years later. Alexander left the country in 1936 after the Italian invasion and returned to the US.