Alex Kapranos (born Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley, March 20, 1972 in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire), son of a Greek father and British mother. He is the lead singer and guitarist of the Glasgow band Franz Ferdinand.http://www.franzferdinand.co.uk/biog.php Early life Alex Kapranos was born in Almondsbury, England but moved to the North East of England when he was three months old, spending his early childhood in Sunderland and South Shields, his mother's home town, and spent most summers in his father's native Greece. Huntley is the name his father adopted from his father's aunt. In 1980, he moved with his family to Edinburgh, then to Glasgow in 1984. At the age of seventeen, Kapranos attended the University of Aberdeen to study theology. After dropping out, he continued his studies at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow where he studied English and Catering, eventually gaining a BA. He worked as a chef

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