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'''Alex''' is a common English ], usually a ] of the male given name ], its female equivalent ], the East European male name ] (]), or ]. | |||
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'''Alex''' is a ]. It can refer to a shortened version of ], ], or ]. | |||
==People |
==People== | ||
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===Multiple=== | |||
*] (born 1979), Korean-Canadian singer of Clazziquai | |||
*], multiple people | |||
*] (born 1961), a Cuban-born judge currently residing in Miami, Florida | |||
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*], multiple people | ||
*], multiple people | |||
*] (born 1935), Scottish rock and roll recording artist | |||
*], multiple people | |||
*] (born 1984), Moldovan-born professional wrestler | |||
*], multiple people | |||
*], multiple people | |||
*], multiple people | |||
*], multiple people | |||
*], multiple people | |||
*], multiple people | |||
===Politicians=== | |||
*] (born 1951), British diplomat | |||
*] (born 1959), Northern Irish politician | |||
*] (born 1978), Israeli politician | |||
*] (1954–2024), Scottish politician, former ] | |||
===Baseball players=== | |||
==People commonly known as Alex== | |||
*] (born 1987), American baseball player | |||
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*] (1861–1921), Canadian baseball player | |||
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*] (born 1994), American baseball player | ||
*] (1890–1974), American executive in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball scout | |||
*] (born 1952), Mexican musician and composer, frontman of the Rock en Español band El Tri | |||
*] (born |
*] (born 1975), American baseball player | ||
*] (born 1940), Canadian-American television personality | |||
===American football=== | |||
==Footballers known as Alex== | |||
*] (born 1994), American football player | |||
*], Portuguese international footballer, currently playing for Paços de Ferreira | |||
*] (born |
*] (born 2001), American football player | ||
*] (born 1996), American football player | |||
*] (born 1982), Brazilian international footballer, currently playing for Chelsea F.C. | |||
*] (born 1996), American football player | |||
*] (born 1974), Italian international footballer, currently playing for Juventus F.C. | |||
*] (born 1995), American football player | |||
*] (born 1982), Brazilian international footballer, currently playing for FC Spartak Moscow | |||
*] (born 1994), American football player | |||
*] (born 1977), Brazilian-Japanese international footballer, currently playing for Urawa Red Diamonds | |||
*] (born 1995), American football player | |||
*] (born 1977), Brazilian international footballer, currently playing for Fenerbahçe S.K. | |||
*], Australian-American football player | |||
*] (born 1942), England International goalkeeper, played for Manchester United F.C. | |||
*] (born 1997), American football player | |||
*] (born 1997), American football player | |||
*] (1935–2012), American football player and actor | |||
*] (born 1999), American football player | |||
*] (born 1996), American football player | |||
*] (born 1985), American football player | |||
*] (born 1995), American football player | |||
*] (born 2003), American football player | |||
*] (born 1999), American football player | |||
*] (born 1995), American football player | |||
*] (born 1984), American football player | |||
===Association footballers=== | |||
*], Brazilian footballer | |||
*], full name Alexsandro de Souza, Brazilian footballer | |||
*], full name Domingos Alexandre Martins Costa, Portuguese footballer | |||
*], full name Alex Henrique da Silva, Armenian-Brazilian footballer | |||
*], full name Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer | |||
*], full name Alex Costa dos Santos, Brazilian footballer | |||
*], full name Francisco Alex do Nascimento Moraes, Brazilian footballer | |||
*], full name Alexssander Medeiros de Azeredo, Brazilian footballer | |||
*], full name Alex de Oliveira Nascimento, Brazilian footballer | |||
*] (born 1988), Brazilian footballer | |||
*] (born 1999), Australian footballer | |||
*] (born 1974), Italian footballer | |||
*] (born 1941), Scottish football manager and player | |||
*], Brazilian footballer | |||
*], Portuguese footballer | |||
*] (1877–1952), Scottish footballer | |||
*] (born 1977), Austrian footballer | |||
*] (born 1982), Brazilian footballer | |||
*] (born 1988), Brazilian footballer | |||
*] (born 1989), American women's soccer player | |||
*] (born 1993), English footballer | |||
*] (born 1991), Spanish footballer | |||
*] (born 1977), Brazilian-Japanese international footballer | |||
*], Brazilian footballer | |||
*] (born 1942), English footballer | |||
*] (born 1993), English footballer | |||
===Basketball players=== | |||
*] (born 1994), American basketball player | |||
*] (born 1954), American basketball player | |||
*] (born 2002), American basketball player | |||
*] (born 1985), German basketball player | |||
*] (born 1993), Ukrainian basketball player | |||
*] (born 1993), American-Ivorian basketball player | |||
*] (born 2005), French basketball player | |||
*] (born 1988), American-Israeli basketball player | |||
===Boxers=== | |||
*] (born 1978), British boxer | |||
*] (1918–2002), Sri Lankan boxer | |||
===Motorsports=== | |||
*] (born 1996), Thai racing driver | |||
*] (born 1993), Canadian racing driver | |||
*] (born 1966), Italian racing driver and paracyclist | |||
===Other sports=== | |||
*] (born 1984), Norwegian table tennis player | |||
*] (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player | |||
*] (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player | |||
*] (born 1992), American professional gamer, usually known by his in-game name Xpecial | |||
*] (1887–1917), ] ] ], police officer and soldier. | |||
*] (born 1988), New Zealand rugby league player | |||
*] (born 1998), American freestyle skier | |||
*] (born 1985), American rock climber | |||
*], ring name of Alex Sherman (born 1984), a Moldovan-born professional wrestler | |||
*{{anbl|Alex Masai}} | |||
*] (born 1985), Russian ice hockey player and captain for the ] | |||
*] (born 1991), Canadian football player | |||
*] (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player | |||
*] (born 1992), American skier | |||
*] (born 1962), Israeli Olympic sport shooter, and President of the Israel Curling Federation | |||
===Arts and entertainment=== | |||
*] (1959–2011), Indian actor and magician | |||
*] (born 1978), Danish singer | |||
*] (born 1972), American actress | |||
*] (born 1984), British journalist and presenter of '']'' | |||
*], Canadian playwright and theatre artist | |||
*] (born 1985), Filipino actor and Vice Governor of ] | |||
*] (1950–2010), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, the lead singer of the Box Tops | |||
*] (born 1979), Korean-Canadian singer of Clazziquai | |||
*] (born 2003), American model and influencer | |||
*] (born 1989), English musician | |||
*] (born 1987), American lead singer of All Time Low | |||
*] (born 1988), Filipino actress, comedian, and YouTuber | |||
*] (1935–1982), British rock musician | |||
*] (born 1974), English composer | |||
*] (born 1935), Australian folk musician | |||
*] (born 1968), British bass player for Blur | |||
*] (born 1963), German actor, singer and motorcycle racer | |||
*] (born 1963), English actress | |||
*] (born 1991), American vocalist for ] | |||
*], stage name for Canadian musician Alexandar Zivojinovich (born 1953), a guitarist for Rush | |||
*] (born 1986), Filipino film actor | |||
*] (born 1976), Australian actor | |||
*] (born 1987), Australian actor | |||
*] ('']'' 1991–present), Irish singer | |||
*] (1940–2020), Canadian-American host of the game show '']'' | |||
*] (born 1986), British guitarist and lead singer of Arctic Monkeys | |||
*] (born 1953), Dutch drummer for Van Halen | |||
*] (born 1988), Danish singer | |||
*] (born 1965), British-American actor | |||
*] (1856–1947), American author who wrote under the pen-name 'Alex' | |||
===Other=== | |||
==Fictional characters== | |||
*] (born 1982), French culinary YouTuber | |||
*], poster character from the ''Street Fighter III'' video game series | |||
*], |
*] (born 1967), American government official and lawyer | ||
*], |
*] (born 1999), American video game developer | ||
*] (born 1960), a Cuban-born judge currently residing in Miami, Florida | |||
*], British comic featuring Alex Masterley | |||
*] (born 1966), Russian Entrepreneur, former banker | |||
*], video game ''Golden Sun'' | |||
*] (1923–2020), American NASA manager | |||
*], character in the film ''Madagascar'' | |||
*Alex Schachter (2003–2018), one of the 17 victims who was killed in the ] | |||
*], the mascot of Stroh's Beer from 1984 to 1989 | |||
*] (born 1996), American internet celebrity | |||
*], character from ''Totally Spies!'' | |||
*] (born 1977), American journalist | |||
*], a character in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' | |||
*], character in TV series ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' | |||
*], narrator of ''A Clockwork Orange'' | |||
*], recurring character in the hit television series ''Lost'' | |||
*], main character of the Alex Rider series | |||
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== Animals == | ||
*] (1976–2007), an African Grey Parrot and the subject of language experiments | |||
*], France | |||
*], USA | |||
*], Las Vegas, USA | |||
== Fictional characters == | |||
==Other== | |||
*Alex, a character in the 2009 American romantic comedy-drama movie '']'' | |||
*], by Bell Canada in the early 1990s | |||
*], |
*] | ||
*] | |||
*], an early British automobile | |||
*] | |||
*], talking African gray parrot studied by psychologist Irene Pepperberg | |||
*], |
*] | ||
*Alex Archer, character in the 1987–1992 ] by New Zealand novelist ] | |||
*], an e-book reader | |||
*], a character from ] | |||
*], a number of named tropical cyclones | |||
*], from the ''Alex Cross'' novel and film series | |||
*Alex Dunphy, a character in ] | |||
*], from the ''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'' novels by Rick Riordan | |||
*], a character on the United States TV sitcom '']'' | |||
*], from the ''Madagascar'' animated films and franchise | |||
*], the state alchemist from ] | |||
*Alex Masterley, the title character in ] | |||
*] | |||
*Alex O'Donnell, a character in the 2009 American fantasy comedy movie '']'' | |||
*Alex, one of the marriageable male characters in the video game '']'' | |||
*], from the ''Alex Rider'' novels by Anthony Horowitz | |||
*Alex Shamir, a character in the 1994 American comedy film '']'' | |||
*Alex Standall, a character in the novel and Netflix series '']'' | |||
*Alex Taylor, the main character in the video game '']'' | |||
*], the second of nine player skins added to '']'' | |||
*], a character in the television series ''Orange Is the New Black'' | |||
*Alex, supporting character in the anime series '']'' (originally named Akane Fujita) | |||
==See also== | == See also == | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:26, 3 December 2024
This article is about the name. For other uses, see Alex (disambiguation).Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, or Alexis.
People
Multiple
- Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Forsyth (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alexander Gardner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alexander Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Lee (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people
Politicians
- Alex Allan (born 1951), British diplomat
- Alex Attwood (born 1959), Northern Irish politician
- Alex Kushnir (born 1978), Israeli politician
- Alex Salmond (1954–2024), Scottish politician, former First Minister of Scotland
Baseball players
- Alex Avila (born 1987), American baseball player
- Alex Bregman (born 1994), American baseball player
- Alex Freeland (born 2001), American baseball player
- Alex Gardner (baseball) (1861–1921), Canadian baseball player
- Alex Katz (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball player
- Alex Pompez (1890–1974), American executive in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball scout
- Alex Rodriguez (born 1975), American baseball player
American football
- Alex Anzalone (born 1994), American football player
- Alex Austin (born 2001), American football player
- Alex Bachman (born 1996), American football player
- Alex Barnes (American football) (born 1996), American football player
- Alex Bars (born 1995), American football player
- Alex Barrett (born 1994), American football player
- Alex Cappa (born 1995), American football player
- Alex Hale, Australian-American football player
- Alex Highsmith (born 1997), American football player
- Alex Hornibrook (born 1997), American football player
- Alex Karras (1935–2012), American football player and actor
- Alex Leatherwood (born 1999), American football player
- Alex Light (born 1996), American football player
- Alex Mack (born 1985), American football player
- Alex McGough (born 1995), American football player
- Alex Orji (born 2003), American football player
- Alex Palczewski (born 1999), American football player
- Alex Redmond (American football) (born 1995), American football player
- Alex Smith (born 1984), American football player
Association footballers
- Alex (footballer, born 1976), Brazilian footballer
- Alex (footballer, born 1977), full name Alexsandro de Souza, Brazilian footballer
- Alex (footballer, born 1979), full name Domingos Alexandre Martins Costa, Portuguese footballer
- Alex (footballer, born January 1982), full name Alex Henrique da Silva, Armenian-Brazilian footballer
- Alex (footballer, born June 1982), full name Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer
- Alex (footballer, born 1989), full name Alex Costa dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
- Alex (footballer, born 19 May 1990), full name Francisco Alex do Nascimento Moraes, Brazilian footballer
- Alex (footballer, born August 1990), full name Alexssander Medeiros de Azeredo, Brazilian footballer
- Alex (footballer, born 1999), full name Alex de Oliveira Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
- Alex Cazumba (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
- Alex Chidiac (born 1999), Australian footballer
- Alessandro Del Piero (born 1974), Italian footballer
- Alex Ferguson (born 1941), Scottish football manager and player
- Alex Freitas (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer
- Alex Freitas (footballer, born 1991), Portuguese footballer
- Alex Gardner (footballer) (1877–1952), Scottish footballer
- Alex Manninger (born 1977), Austrian footballer
- Alex Raphael Meschini (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
- Alex Monteiro de Lima (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
- Alex Morgan (born 1989), American women's soccer player
- Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (born 1993), English footballer
- Álex Pérez (born 1991), Spanish footballer
- Alessandro Santos (born 1977), Brazilian-Japanese international footballer
- Alex Silva (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian footballer
- Alex Stepney (born 1942), English footballer
- Alex Whittle (born 1993), English footballer
Basketball players
- Alex Caruso (born 1994), American basketball player
- Alex English (born 1954), American basketball player
- Alex Karaban (born 2002), American basketball player
- Alex King (basketball) (born 1985), German basketball player
- Alex Len (born 1993), Ukrainian basketball player
- Alex Poythress (born 1993), American-Ivorian basketball player
- Alex Sarr (born 2005), French basketball player
- Alex Tyus (born 1988), American-Israeli basketball player
Boxers
- Alex Arthur (born 1978), British boxer
- Alex Obeysekere (1918–2002), Sri Lankan boxer
Motorsports
- Alex Albon (born 1996), Thai racing driver
- Alex Labbé (born 1993), Canadian racing driver
- Alex Zanardi (born 1966), Italian racing driver and paracyclist
Other sports
- Alex Asensi (born 1984), Norwegian table tennis player
- Alex Auld (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
- Alex Breton (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
- Alex Chu (born 1992), American professional gamer, usually known by his in-game name Xpecial
- Alex Decoteau (1887–1917), Cree Canadian track and field athlete, police officer and soldier.
- Alex Glenn (born 1988), New Zealand rugby league player
- Alex Hall (born 1998), American freestyle skier
- Alex Honnold (born 1985), American rock climber
- Alex Koslov, ring name of Alex Sherman (born 1984), a Moldovan-born professional wrestler
- Alex Masai (born 1997), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Alex Ovechkin (born 1985), Russian ice hockey player and captain for the Washington Capitals
- Alex Pierzchalski (born 1991), Canadian football player
- Alex Pietrangelo (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
- Alex Schlopy (born 1992), American skier
- Alex Tripolski (born 1962), Israeli Olympic sport shooter, and President of the Israel Curling Federation
Arts and entertainment
- Alex (actor) (1959–2011), Indian actor and magician
- Alex (singer) (born 1978), Danish singer
- Alex Borstein (born 1972), American actress
- Alex Brooker (born 1984), British journalist and presenter of The Last Leg
- Alex Bulmer, Canadian playwright and theatre artist
- Alex Castro (born 1985), Filipino actor and Vice Governor of Bulacan
- Alex Chilton (1950–2010), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, the lead singer of the Box Tops
- Alex Chu (born 1979), Korean-Canadian singer of Clazziquai
- Alex Consani (born 2003), American model and influencer
- Alex Day (born 1989), English musician
- Alex Gaskarth (born 1987), American lead singer of All Time Low
- Alex Gonzaga (born 1988), Filipino actress, comedian, and YouTuber
- Alex Harvey (musician) (1935–1982), British rock musician
- Alex Hills (born 1974), English composer
- Alex Hood (born 1935), Australian folk musician
- Alex James (musician) (born 1968), British bass player for Blur
- Alex Jolig (born 1963), German actor, singer and motorcycle racer
- Alex Kingston (born 1963), English actress
- Alex Koehler (born 1991), American vocalist for Chelsea Grin
- Alex Lifeson, stage name for Canadian musician Alexandar Zivojinovich (born 1953), a guitarist for Rush
- Alex Vincent Medina (born 1986), Filipino film actor
- Alex O'Loughlin (born 1976), Australian actor
- Alex Russell (actor) (born 1987), Australian actor
- Alex Sharpe (fl. 1991–present), Irish singer
- Alex Trebek (1940–2020), Canadian-American host of the game show Jeopardy!
- Alex Turner (musician) (born 1986), British guitarist and lead singer of Arctic Monkeys
- Alex Van Halen (born 1953), Dutch drummer for Van Halen
- Alex Vargas (born 1988), Danish singer
- Alex Winter (born 1965), British-American actor
- Eliza Orne White (1856–1947), American author who wrote under the pen-name 'Alex'
Other
- Alex Aïnouz (born 1982), French culinary YouTuber
- Alex Azar (born 1967), American government official and lawyer
- Alex Balfanz (born 1999), American video game developer
- Alex Ferrer (born 1960), a Cuban-born judge currently residing in Miami, Florida
- Alex Konanykhin (born 1966), Russian Entrepreneur, former banker
- Alex McCool (1923–2020), American NASA manager
- Alex Schachter (2003–2018), one of the 17 victims who was killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
- Alex Chen Stokes (born 1996), American internet celebrity
- Alex Wagner (born 1977), American journalist
Animals
- Alex (parrot) (1976–2007), an African Grey Parrot and the subject of language experiments
Fictional characters
- Alex, a character in the 2009 American romantic comedy-drama movie He's Just Not That Into You
- Alex (A Clockwork Orange)
- Alex (Power Rangers)
- Alex (Street Fighter)
- Alex (Totally Spies)
- Alex Archer, character in the 1987–1992 Alex series of young adult novels by New Zealand novelist Tessa Duder
- Alex Browning, a character from Final Destination
- Alex Cross, from the Alex Cross novel and film series
- Alex Dunphy, a character in Modern Family
- Alex Fierro, from the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard novels by Rick Riordan
- Alex P. Keaton, a character on the United States TV sitcom Family Ties
- Alex the Lion, from the Madagascar animated films and franchise
- Alex Louis Armstrong, the state alchemist from Fullmetal Alchemist
- Alex Masterley, the title character in Alex (comic strip)
- Alex Millar (Being Human)
- Alex O'Donnell, a character in the 2009 American fantasy comedy movie 17 Again
- Alex, one of the marriageable male characters in the video game Stardew Valley
- Alex Rider (character), from the Alex Rider novels by Anthony Horowitz
- Alex Shamir, a character in the 1994 American comedy film Robot in the Family
- Alex Standall, a character in the novel and Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- Alex Taylor, the main character in the video game The Crew
- Alex, the second of nine player skins added to Minecraft
- Alex Vause, a character in the television series Orange Is the New Black
- Alex, supporting character in the anime series Futari wa Pretty Cure (originally named Akane Fujita)
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Alex
- Alexander
- Alexandra (disambiguation)
- Allex (disambiguation)
References
Name listThis page or section lists people that share the same given name.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Categories: