Alec or Aleck is a Scottish form of the
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
Alex. It may be a diminutive of the name
Alexander
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
or a given name in its own right. Notable people with the name include:
People
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Alec Aalto (1942–2018), Finnish diplomat
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Alec Acton
Alec Edward Acton (1938–1994) born in Leicester was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a defender for Stockport County
Stockport County Football Club are a professional association football, footb ...
(1938–1994), English footballer
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Alec Albiston (1917–1998), Australian rules footballer
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Alec Alston
Alec Alston (26 February 1937 – 23 February 2009) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Barrow, Bury and Preston North End. His brother Adrian was also a professional footballer, representing Australia at internatio ...
(1937–2009), English footballer
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Alec and Peter Graham (1881–1957), New Zealand mountaineers, guides, and hotel operators
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Alec Anderson
Alexander Aloysius Anderson (June 17, 1894 – November 14, 1953) was an American football offensive guard who played one season in the National Football League, American Professional Football Association (APFA) for the Washington Senators (NFL ...
(1894–1953), American NFL player
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Alec Asher (born 1991), American MLB player
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Alec Ashworth (1939–1995), English professional footballer
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Alec Astle (born 1949), New Zealand former cricketer
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Alec Atkinson (1919–2015), British Royal Air Force officer and civil servant
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Alec B. Francis (1867–1934), English silent-film actor
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Alec Bagot (1893–1968), South Australian adventurer, polemicist, and politician
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Alec Baillie
Alec Baillie (died November 10, 2020) was an American bassist. He played in the bands Choking Victim, Agent 99, and Leftöver Crack.
Biography
Baillie grew up in Manhattan and attended the same high school as his future bandmate Scott "Stza" ...
(died 2020), American bassist
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Alec Baldwin (born 1958), American actor
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Alec Bangham
Alec Douglas Bangham FRS (10 November 1921 Manchester – 9 March 2010 Great Shelford) was a British biophysicist who first studied blood clotting mechanisms but became well known for his research on liposomes and his invention of clinically u ...
(1921–2010), British biophysicist
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Alec Bartlett (born 1993), American soccer player
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Alec Bathgate
Alec Bathgate is a New Zealand musician who was a key member of The Enemy and Toy Love, as well as being one half of the Flying Nun Records act Tall Dwarfs, alongside Chris Knox. In addition to playing guitar in these bands, he also releas ...
, New Zealand musician
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Alec Bedser
Sir Alec Victor Bedser (4 July 1918 – 4 April 2010) was a professional English cricketer, primarily a medium-fast bowler. He is widely regarded as one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century.
Bedser played first-class cricket fo ...
(1918–2010), English professional cricketer
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Alec Bedser (South African cricketer)
Alec Bedser (20 May 1948 – 5 June 1981) was a South African cricketer. He played in one List A and three first-class matches for Border in 1971/72. He was killed in a road accident, aged 33.
See also
* List of Border representative cricke ...
(1948–1981), South African cricketer
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Alec Beechman
Nevil Alexander Beechman (5 August 1896 – 6 November 1965) was a British barrister and Liberal politician who was Liberal National MP for St Ives from a 1937 by-election until 1950.
Family and education
Alec Beechman was the only surviving ...
(1896–1965), British barrister and politician
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Alec Benjamin
Alec Shane Benjamin (born May 28, 1994) is an American singer-songwriter from Phoenix, Arizona. His 2018 breakthrough single "Let Me Down Slowly" reached the top 40 in over 25 countries and has amassed over 1 billion streams on Spotify as of Apri ...
(born 1994), American singer-songwriter
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Alec Bennett (1897–1973), Irish-Canadian motorcycle racer
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Alec Berg
Alec Berg is an American television writer, director and executive producer. He wrote for the sitcom '' Seinfeld'' and is co-creator and executive producer of ''Barry'' with Bill Hader. He also co-wrote the screenplays for the films '' The Cat ...
, American comedy- and television writer of Swedish descent
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Alec Bettinger
Alec John Bettinger (born July 13, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Career
Bettinger attended Hylton High School in Woodbridge, ...
(born 1995), American MLB player
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Alec Birrell
William Alexander Hamilton Birrell (24 January 1885 – 11 May 1948) was a doctor and an Australian rules footballer who played for University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The oldest son of Albert Veit Birrell and Christina Matheson, ...
(1885–1948), Australian rules footballer, military personnel, and doctor
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Alec Birtwell
Alexander Joseph Birtwell (17 December 1908 – 20 November 1974) was an English cricketer. A leg-break spin bowler and tail-end right-handed batsman, Birtwell made fourteen appearances for Lancashire between 1937 and 1939.
Career
Born in Bur ...
(1908–1974), English cricketer
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Alec Bishop (1897–1984), British Army officer and administrator
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Alec Blakeman (1918–1994), English professional footballer
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Alec Boden (1925–2011), Scottish footballer
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Alec Bohm
Alec Daniel Bohm (born August 3, 1996) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, Bohm was a standout hitter for Roncalli Catholic High Sc ...
(born 1996), American MLB player
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Alec Bonnett (1922–1992), British sports shooter
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Alec Boswell Timms (1872–1922), Australian-born international rugby union player
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Alec Brader (born 1942), English professional footballer, schoolteacher, and youth athletics coach
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Alec Brady (1870–1913), Scottish professional footballer
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Alec Bregonzi (1930–2006), English actor
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Alec Briggs (born 1939), English former professional footballer
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Alec Broers, Baron Broers (born 1938), British electrical engineer
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Alec Brook (1911–1986), English international table tennis player
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Alec Brook-Krasny
Alec Brook-Krasny (born March 2, 1958) is an American politician serving in the New York State Assembly representing the 46th district. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and was elected on November 7, 2006, to represent the 46th District ...
(born 1958), American politician
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Alec Brown
Alec Thomas Brown (born July 23, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for BC Budivelnyk of the European North Basketball League and the Champions League. He played college basketball at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. Br ...
(born 1992), American professional basketball player
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Alec Brown (snooker player) (1908–1995), English snooker player
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Alec Brownstein (born 1980), American creative marketer, writer, and film director
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Alec Burgess (1906–1990), English cricketer
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Alec Burks
Alec Burks (born July 20, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Utah Jazz as the 12th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. Burks primarily ...
(born 1991), American NBA player
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Alec Burleson
Alec Michael Burleson (born November 25, 1998) is an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Amateur career
Burleson attended East Lincoln High School in Denver, No ...
(born 1998), American MLB player
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Alec Burns (1907–2003), English track and field athlete
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Alec Burns (cricketer)
Alec George Burns (born 23 July 1948) is a former cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Trinidad and Tobago and East Trinidad from 1971 to 1981.
Burns was a fast-medium bowler and lower-order batsman. He helped Trinidad and ...
(born 1948), Trinidad and Tobago former cricketer
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Alec Butler
Alec Butler (born Audrey Butler; 1959) is a Canadian playwright and filmmaker.
Life and career
Butler was born in 1959, and is two-spirit, non-binary and intersex. Butler uses ''they''/''them'' and ''he''/''him'' pronouns. Assigned female ...
(born 1959), Canadian playwright
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Alec C. Snowden
Alec Crawford Snowden (1901–1983) was a British film producer.
He was the son of Agnes Adamson Wallace ''née'' Crawford and the novelist J. Keighley Snowden.
Selected filmography
* ''Little Red Monkey'' (1955)
* '' The Brain Machine'' (1955)
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(1901–1983), British film producer
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Alec Cameron, several people
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Alec Campbell (disambiguation), several people
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Alec Cannon
Alec Cannon was an English people, English association football, footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Cannon was a reliable wing–half, who deputised for both Albert Fletcher ( ...
, English footballer
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Alec Carruthers Gould (1870–1948), English illustrator and landscape- and marine painter
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Alec Cartio (born 1976), Iranian-Swedish-American music video-, automotive commercial-, and film director
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Alec Chamberlain
Alec Francis Roy Chamberlain (born 20 June 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made 788 league appearances during his 25-year playing career, the final 11 years and 247 appearances of which were w ...
(born 1964), English former professional footballer
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Alec Cheyne
Alexander George Cheyne (28 April 1907 – 5 July 1983) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward. He is reputed to have been responsible for the Hampden Roar following his goal in the 'Cheyne International' of 1929.
Playing c ...
(1907–1983), Scottish footballer
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Alec Chien
Alec Chien is a pianist from Hong Kong.
Born in Hong Kong, Chien earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at Juilliard where he studied under Adele Marcus. He was prized at the II Sydney and the VIII 1982 Santander's Paloma O'Shea (4 ...
, classical pianist from Hong Kong
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Alec Christie
Alec Christie is a British actor. He started acting at the age of ten, appearing on stage at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre as young Herbert Pocket in ''Great Expectations''. At the age of twelve, he was cast as Tolly in the BBC adaptation of ...
, British writer, film producer, and actor
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Alec Clarey (born 1994), English rugby union player
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Alec Clarke (1904–1959), South African cricketer
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Alec Clegg
Sir Alexander Bradshaw Clegg (13 June 1909 – 20 January 1986 in Yorkshire) was an English educationalist. He was the innovative Chief Education Officer of the West Riding of Yorkshire County Council for whom he worked from 1945 to 1974.
The son ...
(1909–1986), English educationalist
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Alec Cleland
Alexander Cleland (born 10 December 1970) is a Scottish professional football player and coach.
Cleland played as a defender for Scottish sides Rangers and Dundee United and English team Everton. Although never capped at senior level for Sc ...
(born 1970), Scottish professional footballer and coach
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Alec Clifton-Taylor
Alec Clifton-Taylor (2 August 1907 – 1 April 1985) was an English architectural historian, writer and TV broadcaster.
Biography and works
Born Alec Clifton Taylor (no hyphen), the son of Stanley Edgar Taylor, corn-merchant, and Ethel Eliza ...
(1907–1985), English architectural historian
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Alec Clunes (1912–1970), English actor and theatrical manager
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Alec Clydesdale
Alexander McAllister Clydesdale MBE (16 July 1875 – 24 January 1947) was an Australian politician who served in both houses of the Parliament of Western Australia
The Parliament of Western Australia is the bicameral legislature of the ...
(1875–1947), Australian politician
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Alec Cobbe (born 1945), Irish designer, artist, musical instrument collector, and decorator
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Alec Coles
Alec Coles OBE FRSA (born 3 January 1959) has been CEO of Western Australian Museum since March 2010.
He was educated at the University of Leicester (BSc), Newcastle University and the University of East Anglia. He was previously Chief Executi ...
(born 1959), British-Australian art curator
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Alec Connell
Alexander "The Ottawa Fireman" Connell (February 8, 1902 — May 10, 1958) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Ottawa Senators, Detroit Falcons, New York Americans and Montreal Maroons teams in the National Hock ...
(1900–1958), Canadian NHL player
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Alec Cooke, Baron Cooke of Islandreagh
Victor Alexander Cooke, Baron Cooke of Islandreagh, OBE, DL (18 October 1920 – 13 November 2007), was an Ulster Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland.
The son of Victor and Alice Cooke, he was educated in Marlborough College and ...
(1920–2007), Irish politician and Royal Navy officer
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Alec Coombes
Alec Coombes (born 26 November 1995) is a Scottish rugby union player for Glasgow Warriors in the Pro14. Coombes' primary position is centre.
Personal
Coombes attended Millfield School.
Career
Coombes signed for Glasgow Warriors
Glasgow ...
(born 1995), Scottish rugby union player
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Alec Coppel
Alec Coppel (17 September 1907 – 22 January 1972) was an Australian-born screenwriter, novelist and playwright. He spent the majority of his career in London and Hollywood, specialising in light thrillers, mysteries and sex comedies. He is best ...
(1907–1972), Australian-born screenwriter, novelist, and playwright
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Alec Coppen (1923–2019), British psychiatrist
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Alec Coryton (1895–1981), British Air Force commander
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Alec Cowan (born 1996), Canadian cyclist
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Alec Coxon (1916–2006), English cricketer
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Alec Craig
Alexander Younger Craig (30 March 1884 – 25 June 1945) was a Scottish-born American character actor, particularly known for his roles in ''Mutiny on the Bounty'' (1935) and ''National Velvet'' (1944). He was particularly known for portraying ...
(1884–1945), Scottish actor
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Alec Crikis
Alec Crikis (22 December 1944 – 10 April 2016) was an Australian sports shooter. He competed in the mixed skeet event at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as ...
(1944–2016), Australian sports shooter
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Alec Croft (born 1937), English former professional footballer
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Alec Crozier (1904–1974), Australian rules footballer
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Alec Cunningham
Alec George Gordon Cunningham (15 July 1905 at Knowle, Somerset – 21 July 1981 at Keynsham, Somerset), was a cricketer who played two first-class matches for Somerset in the 1930 cricket season.
A lower-order batsman and wicketkeeper, Cunni ...
(1905–1981), English cricketer
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Alec Cunningham-Reid
Captain Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid (20 April 1895 – 26 March 1977), known in his early life as Alec Stratford Reid, was a British First World War flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. After the war, he entered politics as a Co ...
(1895–1977), British military personnel
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Alec D. Gallimore
Alec Damian Gallimore is an American aerospace engineer, currently serving as Dean of Engineering of the University of Michigan.
He is the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering and the Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Professor of Engineering of ...
, American aerospace engineer
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Alec Dankworth
Alexander William Tamba Dankworth (born 14 May 1960) is an English jazz bassist and composer.
Biography
Born in London, the son of John Dankworth and Cleo Laine, Alec Dankworth grew up in the villages of Aspley Guise and Wavendon, living at ...
(born 1960), English jazz musician
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Alec David Young
Alec David Young (15 August 1913 – 27 January 2005) was a British aeronautical engineer.
Alec Young was the son of refugees from Russia who raised him in Stepney, London. He attended Central Foundation Boys' School for his secondary educ ...
(1913–2005), British aeronautical engineer
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Alec Davies
Alec George Davies (born 14 August 1962) is a Scottish former cricketer. He worked as a physical education teacher. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper and played club cricket in Scotland for Royal High School CC, Grange CC, West L ...
(born 1962), Scottish former cricketer and current physical education teacher
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Alec Davies (footballer)
Alexander McLean Davies (21 May 1920 – February 1998) was a Scottish footballer who scored nine goals from 37 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City. He played as a winger. He was on the books of Sheffield Wednesday
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(1920–1998), Scottish footballer
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Alec Debnam
Alexander Frederick Henry Debnam (12 October 1921 – 26 January 2003), known as Alec Debnam, was an English cricketer and member of the Royal Air Force. Debnam was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg-breaks and googlies.
Cricket career
Aft ...
(1921–2003), English cricketer and Royal Air Force member
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Alec de Candole (1897–1918), English poet and military personnel
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Alec Denton (born 1994), English footballer
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Alec Devon Kreider (1991–2017), American murderer
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Alec Dick (footballer)
Alexander Dick (1865 – 1925) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Everton.
Background
Dick was signed by a local club, Kilmarnock Athletic in 1884. He then moved south to England and signed for Liverpool club S ...
(1865–1925), Scottish footballer
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Alec Dickson (1914–1994), British activist and V.S.O. founder
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Alec Distaso
Alec John Distaso (December 23, 1948 – July 13, 2009) was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in two games played for Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball in . The native of Los Angeles, stood tall ...
(1948–2009), American MLB player
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Alec Dockar
Alec Dockar (first ¼ 1920 – 1994) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers ( Her ...
(1920–1994), English professional rugby league footballer
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Alec Donald (1900–1952), Scottish professional footballer
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Alec Douglas (1939–2014), South African cricketer
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Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995), British politician, Prime Minister of the U.K. (1963–1964)
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Alec Down
Alec George Down (9 August 1914 – 25 December 1995) was a British archaeologist.
Background
Alec Down served in the army and studied after the Second World War Engineering in London. 1958 he visited the archaeological site of the Roman villa ...
(1914–1995), British archaeologist
*Alec Duffy, American writer and theater director
*Alec Dufty (born 1987), American former soccer player and current coach
*Alec Eason (1889–1956), Australian rules footballer, coach, and administrator
*Alec Eist (1929–1982), British police officer and Navy personnel
*Alec Elliot (born 1996), Canadian competitive Paralympic swimmer
*Alec Empire (born 1972), German musician
*Alec Epis (born 1937), Australian former footballer
*Alec Erwin (born 1948), South African politician
*Alec Evans (born 1939), Australian former rugby union footballer and coach
*Alec Farley (1925–2010), English professional footballer
*Alec Farmer (1908–1986), Scottish professional footballer
*Alec Farrall (born 1936), English former professional footballer
*Alec Farrow (1894–1955), Australian rules footballer
*Alec Finlay (born 1966), Scottish artist
*Alec Finn (1944–2018), British musician
*Alec Firth (1892–?), British trade union official
*Alec Foege, American author and magazine journalist
*Alec Fong Lim (1931–1990), Australian politician
*Alec Fraser (disambiguation), several people
*Alec Fyfe (1909–1973), Australian rules footballer
*Alec G. Olson (born 1930), American politician
*Alec Gallup (1928–2009), American pollster
*Alec Garnett, American politician
*Alec Gaskell (1932–2014), English professional footballer
*Alec Geddes (1878–?), Scottish communist activist
*Alec George Horwood (1914–1944), British soldier
*Alec Georgen (born 1998), French professional footballer
*Alec Gibson (born 1963), American former NFL player
*Alec Gillies (1875–1932), Scottish footballer
*Alec Glassey (1887–1970), British politician
*Alec Glen, Scottish amateur footballer
*Alec Gores (born 1953), American billionaire businessman
*Alec Graham (1929–2021), English Anglican bishop
*Alec Grant (1893–1966), New Zealand cricketer and military personnel of Australian descent
*Alec Gray (disambiguation), Alec Gray, several people
*Alec Greven, American self-help author
*Alec Grieve (1864–1933), Dundee artist
*Alec Guinness (1914–2000), English actor
*Alec Hall (disambiguation), Alec Hall, several people
*Alec Hanley Bemis, American writer, manager, and record producer
*Alec Hannan (1916–2002), South African boxer
*Alec Hansen (born 1994), American former baseball player
*Alec Hardie (1900–1975), Scottish professional footballer
*Alec Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1894–1960), British Army personnel
*Alec Hardy (1891–1970), Anglican bishop
*Alec Harper (1910–2003), English polo player and Indian Army officer
*Alec Harris (1897–1974), Welsh spiritualist medium
*Alec Hastilow (1895–1975), English cricketer and cricket administrator
*Alec Head (born 1924), French horse trainer and breeder
*Alec Hearne (1863–1952), English cricketer
*Alec Hellewell (1880–1934), English footballer
*Alec Hepburn (born 1993), English rugby union player
*Alec Herd (1911–1982), Scottish professional footballer
*Alec Higgins (1908–1965), English professional rugby league footballer
*Alec Hill (1916–2008), Australian military historian and academic
*Alec Holowka (1983–2019), Canadian game programmer, designer, and musician
*Alec Hooper (1900–1978), English professional footballer
*Alec Horsley (1902–1993), British businessman, Quaker, and peace activist
*Alec Horwood (1914–1944), British Army officer
*Alec Hosie (1890–1957), English cricketer
*Alec Howie (1913–1940), Indian Army cricketer and British Army personnel
*Alec Hurley (1871–1913), English music hall singer
*Alec Hurwood (1902–1982), Australian cricketer
*Alec Inch (1915–1994), Australian engine driver and politician
*Alec Ingold (born 1996), American NFL player
*Alec Ingwersen (1941–2016), Australian rules footballer
*Alec Issigonis (1906–1988), Greek-British car designer
*Alex Jackson (disambiguation), Alec Jackson, several people
*Alec James (cricketer) (1889–1961), Welsh cricketer
*Alec Jason (1911–2000), English actor
*Alec Jeffreys (born 1950), British geneticist
*Alec Jenkins (born 1987), Welsh rugby union player
*Alec John Dawson (1872–1951), English author
*Alec John Such (born 1952), American bassist, former member of ''Bon Jovi''
*Alec Johnson (born 1944), English former cricketer
*Alec Johnson (rugby league) (1901–?), Australian rugby league footballer
*Alec Jones (1924–1983), British politician
*Alec Julian Tyndale-Biscoe (1906–1997), English naval engineer and officer
*Alec K. Redfearn, American musician and composer
*Alec Kann (born 1990), American MLS player
*Alec Kaplan (1890–1963), South African philatelist
*Alec Karakatsanis (born 1983), American civil rights lawyer, social justice advocate, public defender, and prison reformer
*Alec Kay (1879–1917), Scottish professional footballer and military personnel
*Alec Kellaway (1894–1973), Australian actor of South African descent
*Alec Kennedy (1891–1959), Scottish cricketer
*Alec Kerr (1876–1953), New Zealand cricketer
*Alec Kessler (1967–2007), American basketball player and orthopedic surgeon
*Alec King (1874–1954), Australian rules footballer and officer
*Alec Kirkbride (1897–1978), British diplomat
*Alec Kirkland (1900–?), Irish footballer
*Alec Kitson (1921–1997), British trade unionist and official
*Alec Knight (born 1939), British chaplain
*Alec Kruger (1924–2015), Australian non-fiction writer
*Alec Lamont (1850–1934), English barrister
*Alec Lanham-Love (born 1961), South African sailor
*Alec Law (1910–?), Scottish professional footballer
*Alec Lazenby (born 1927), English-born Australian academic and writer
*Alec Lazo, Cuban-American ballroom dancer
*Alec Lemon (born 1991), American former football player
*Alec Leonce (born 1962), British bobsledder
*Alec Leslie (1900–1961), Scottish professional footballer
*Alec Lindsay (born 1948), English former footballer
*Alec Lindstrom (born 1998), American football player
*Alec Linwood (1920–2003), Scottish footballer
*Alec Logan (1882–1918), Scottish footballer
*Alec Longstreth (born 1979), American comics creator and illustrator
*Alec Lorimer (1896–?), Scottish footballer and ASL player
*Alec Lorimore (born 1948), American film director, film producer, and screenwriter
*Alec Lucas (born 1945), Welsh former professional footballer
*Alec Luyckx (born 1995), Belgian professional footballer
*Alec MacKaye (born 1966), American punk vocalist
*Alec Mackie (1903–1984), Irish footballer
*Alec Mackie (Scottish footballer), Scottish footballer
*Alec Mango (1911–1989), English actor
*Alec Mann (1902–?), English professional snooker player
*Alec Mapa (born 1965), Filipino-American actor
*Alec Marantz (born 1959), American linguist and researcher
*Alec Marks (1910–1983), Australian cricketer
*Alec Marr, Australian environmentalist
*Alec Marsh (born 1998), American MLB player
*Alec Marshall, American professional soccer player
*Alec Martinez (born 1987), American NHL player
*Alec Mathieson (born 1921), Australian rules former footballer
*Alec Mawhinney (1894–1967), Australian rules footballer
*Alec Mazo (born 1978), Belarusian American producer and former professional dancer
*Alec McCartney (1879–1968), Irish international footballer
*Alec McClure (1892–1971), English professional footballer
*Alec McCowen (1925–2007), English actor
*Alec McCue (1927–1989), Scottish professional footballer
*Alec McDonald (disambiguation), Alec McDonald, several people
*Alec McHoul (born 1952), Anglo-Australian ethnomethodologist
*Alec McKenzie (1882–1968), Australian rules footballer
*Alec McLean (born 1950), New Zealand former rower
*Alec McNair (1882–1951), Scottish footballer and manager
*Alec Mercer (1891–1977), English footballer
*Alec Merrison (1924–1989), British physicist
*Alec Mildren (1915–1998), Australian racing driver
*Alec Mills (born 1991), American MLB player
*Alec Mills (soccer) (born 2000), Australian professional footballer
*Alec Milne (born 1937), Scottish former professional footballer
*Alec Milne (footballer, born 1889) (1889–1970), English footballer
*Alec Monk (born 1942), British businessman and brewer
*Alec Monopoly (born 1980s), American graffiti artist and DJ
*Alec Monteath (1941–2021), Scottish television actor and broadcaster
*Alec Monteith (1886–1972), New Zealand politician, farmer, and trade unionist
*Alec Moores (1919–2014), Canadian politician
*Alec Morgan (1908–1957), Australian rules footballer
*Alec Morris (fl. 1910s), New Zealand professional rugby league footballer
*Alec Moyse (1935–1994), English footballer
*Alec Mudimu (born 1995), Zimbabwean footballer
*Alec Muffett (born 1968), Anglo-American internet-security evangelist, architect, and software engineer
*Alec Mullen (born 1966), Scottish former boxer
*Alec Musser (born 1973), American fitness model and actor
*Alec Mutch (1889–1960), Australian rules footballer and umpire
*Alec N. Wildenstein (1940–2008), French-born American billionaire businessman, art dealer, racehorse owner, and breeder
*Alec Năstac (born 1949), Romanian boxer and Olympic medalist
*Alec Naylor Dakin (1912–2003), English Egyptologist, cryptographer, and schoolmaster
*Alec Neill (born 1950), New Zealand politician
*Alec Nevala-Lee (born 1980), American novelist, biographer, and science fiction writer
*Alec Newman (born 1974), Scottish actor
*Alec Ogilvie (1882–1962), British early aviation pioneer
*Alec Ogilvie (businessman) (1913–1997), British business executive
*Alec Ogletree (born 1991), American NFL player
*Alec O'Hanley, member of Two Hours Traffic
*Alec O'Leary, Irish musician and director
*Alec Olney (1922–2017), British long-distance runner
*Alec O'Riordan (born 1940), Irish former cricketer
*Alec Ormiston (1884–1952), Scottish footballer
*Alec Ounsworth (born 1977), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*Alec Oxenford, Argentine entrepreneur
*Alec Page (born 1993), Canadian former competitive swimmer
*Alec Pantaleo (born 1996), American wrestler
*Alec Parker (born 1974), American former rugby union player
*Alec Parker (cricketer) (born 1955), Australian cricketer
*Alec Peak (1916–1997), Australian rules footballer
*Alec Pearce (1910–1982), English cricketer
*Alec Pecker (1893–1975), British painter
*Alec Peters (born 1995), American NBA player
*Alec Peterson (1908–1988), British educator, founder of the International Baccalaureate
*Alec Pierce (born 2000), American football player
*Alec Poitevint (born 1947), American politician
*Alec Poole, Irish racing driver
*Alec Potts (born 1996), Australian competitive archer
*Alec Price (1913–1999), Australian cricketer
*Alec Proudfoot (1906–1995), Australian rules footballer
*Alec Purdie (born 1988), American soccer player
*Alec Puro (born 1975), American musician, songwriter, and composer
*Alec R. Costandinos (born 1944), French composer, music producer, and singer-songwriter
*Alec Rasizade (born 1947), Azerbaijani-American retired professor
*Alec Rauhauser (born 1995), American ice hockey player
*Alec Rayme (born 1978), American actor
*Alec Reed (born 1934), English business writer, philanthropist, and humanist
*Alec Reeves (1902–1971), British scientist
*Alec Regula (born 2000), American NHL player
*Alec Reid (1931–2013), Irish Catholic priest
*Alec Reid (footballer) (1897–1969), Scottish footballer
*Alec Reid (rugby union) (1878–1952), South African international rugby union player
*Alec Riddolls (1908–1963), New Zealand cricketer
*Alec Robertson (disambiguation), several people
*Alec Rodger (1907–1982), British occupational psychologist
*Alec Rose (1908–1991), English nursery owner and fruit merchant
*Alec Ross (disambiguation), several people
*Alec Roth (born 1948), English composer
*Alec Rowley (1892–1958), English composer, organist, pianist, lecturer, and music writer
*Alec Roxburgh (1910–1985), English professional footballer
*Alec Russell, English journalist
*Alec Ryrie (born 1971), British historian of religion, Anglican, and writer
*Alec Sabin (born 1947), British actor
*Alec Scheiner (born 1973), American attorney and private equity investor
*Alec Scott (1906–1978), British horse rider
*Alec Secăreanu (born 1984), Romanian stage, television, and film actor
*Alec Sehon (1924–2018), Romanian-born Canadian immunologist
*Alec Seward (1901–1972), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*Alec Shankly, Scottish professional footballer
*Alec Shelbrooke (born 1976), British politician
*Alec Shellogg (1914–1968), American NFL player
*Alec Shepperson (born 1936), English amateur golfer
*Alec Skelding (1886–1960), English cricketer and umpire
*Alec Skempton (1914–2001), British civil engineer
*Alec Sloan (1870–1938), Australian rules footballer
*Alec Smight (born 1959), American film editor and television director
*Alec Smith (disambiguation), several people
*Alec Snow (born 1945), Canadian businessperson and former politician
*Alec Sokolow (born 1965), American screenwriter
*Alec Soth (born 1969), American photographer
*Alec Southwell (1926–2018), Australian judge
*Alec Spalding (1923–2007), British radar operator and agricultural economist
*Alec Stander (born 1979), South African cricketer
*Alec Statham (1912–1977), British speedway rider
*Alec Stevens (born 1965), Brazilian-born American author, illustrator, and musician
*Alec Stewart (disambiguation), several people
*Alec Stock (1917–2001), English footballer and manager
*Alec Stokes (1919–2003), British physicist
*Alec Stone Sweet, American political scientist and jurist
*Alec Su (born 1973), Taiwanese musician and actor
*Alec Sulkin (born 1973), American writer, producer, and voice actor
*Alec Sundly (born 1992), American soccer player
*Alec Sutherland (1922–2014), Scottish swimmer, swimming coach, mountain climber, and airman
*Alec Swann (born 1976), English former cricketer
*Alec Talbot (1902–1975), English footballer
*Alec Taylor (disambiguation), Alec Taylor, several people
*Alec Templeton (1909–1963), British composer
*Alec Tennant, Australian former professional rugby league footballer
*Alec Thomas (1894–?), Canadian fisherman, trapper, longshoreman, logger, interpreter, anthropologist, and politician
*Alec Thompson (1916–2001), English cricketer
*Alec Thomson (1873–1953), English-born Australian politician
*Alec Thomson (footballer) (1901–1975), Scottish footballer
*Alec Thurlow (1922–1956), English footballer
*Alec Tidey (born 1955), Canadian former NHL player
*Alec Tod (1898–1977), British equestrian
*Alec Torelli (born 1987), American poker player
*Alec Trendall (1928–2013), English geologist, poet, and explorer
*Alec Troup (1909–?), Scottish professional rugby league footballer
*Alec Udell (born 1995), American racing driver
*Alec Urosevski (born 1994), Australian footballer
*Alec Utgoff (born 1986), Soviet-born English actor
*Alec Valentine (1928–1997), Scottish international rugby union footballer
*Alec Van Hoorenbeeck (born 1998), Belgian footballer
*Alec Vary (1908–1977), Australian rules footballer
*Alec Vidler (1899–1991), English Anglican priest, theologian, and ecclesiastical historian
*Alec Vinci (born 1999), Australian professional footballer
*Alec Wainman (1913–1989), British photographer, Quaker, and Slavonic scholar
*Alec Waterman (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
*Alec Waugh (1898–1981), British novelist
*Alec Wilder (1907–1980), American composer
*Alec Wilkinson (born 1952), American writer
*Alec Wills (1911–1941), English cricketer and Royal Air Force officer
*Alec Wintering (born 1995), American basketball player
*Alec Wood (1933–2016), Australian mycologist
*Alec Yoder (born 1997), American artistic gymnast
*Alec Young (1925–2010), Scottish footballer and coach
*Anthony Seibu Alec Abban (1928–1985), Ghanaian politician
Fiction
*''Alec the Great'', American newspaper comic strip
*''Alec Forbes of Howglen'', Scottish novel by George MacDonald
*''Alec: A Novel'', 2021 continuation of Maurice (novel), ''Maurice'' (1975)
*Alec Gilroy, fictional character in ''Coronation Street''
*The Nightrunner Series and The Tamír Triad#Alec í Amasa of Kerry, Alec of Kerry, fictional character in ''The Nightrunner Series'' by Lynn Flewelling
*Alec Lightwood, fictional character in The Shadowhunter Chronicles
* Alec Mason, fictional character in ''Red Faction: Guerilla''
*Alec McDowell, fictional character in ''Dark Angel''
*Alec McEwan, fictional character in ''Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film), Journey to the Center of the Earth''
*Alec Trevelyan, fictional character in ''GoldenEye''
* Alec of the Volturi coven in the ''Twilight'' saga by Stephenie Meyer
* Alec Ramsay, fictional character in ''The Black Stallion'' books and movies
*Alec Ryder father of protagonist in ''Mass Effect Andromeda''
* Alec D'Urberville, fictional character in ''Tess of the d'Urbervilles'' by Thomas Hardy
* Alec Scudder, fictional character in ''Maurice (novel), Maurice'' by E.M. Forster''
* DI Alec Hardy, fictional character in the ''Broadchurch'' TV show by Chris Chibnall
*Alec Holland (comics), Alec Holland, fictional character in the ''Swamp Thing'' Swamp Thing (comic book), comic series
See also
*Alec Hunter Academy, British school
*American Legislative Exchange Council, nonprofit organization of conservative state legislators and private sector representatives
*Alek, given name
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