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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 fa ...

. It can refer to a shortened version of

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 ...

Alexandra Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "prot ...

Alexis Alexis may refer to: People Mononym * Alexis (poet) ( – ), a Greek comic poet * Alexis (sculptor), an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC * Alexis (singer) (born 1968), German pop singer * Alexis (comics) (1946–1977 ...

People

Multiple

Alex Brown (disambiguation) Alex Brown may refer to: Sports * Alex Brown (cornerback) (born 1996), American football player * Alex Brown (defensive end) (born 1979), American football player * Alex Brown (footballer, born 1914) (1914–2006), English football forward for ...

, multiple people * Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people *

Alex Harris (disambiguation) Alex Harris may refer to: * Alex Harris (swimmer) (1975–2009), Australian Paralympic swimmer * Alex Harris (basketball) (born 1986), American basketball player * Alex Harris (footballer) (born 1994), Scottish footballer * Alex Tobiasson Harris, S ...

, multiple people *

Alex Jones (disambiguation) Alex Jones (born 1974) is an American radio host, conspiracy theorist, filmmaker, and author. Alex Jones may also refer to: * Alex Jones (actor), American actor and advocate for the deaf * Alex Jones (Australian hip-hop artist, member of the grou ...

, multiple people * Alexander Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people *

Alex Taylor (disambiguation) Alex or Alexander or Alexandra Taylor may refer to: People Actors and theatrical professionals * Alex Taylor, stage name used by pornographic actress Adriana Molinari (born 1970) * Alex Cole Taylor, acting teacher Businesspeople * Alex Taylor ( ...

, multiple people

Politicians

Alex Allan Sir Alexander Claud Stuart Allan (born 9 February 1951) is a British civil servant who served as chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment for Her Majesty's Government between 2007 and 2011. He resigned ...

(born 1951), British diplomat *

Alex Attwood Alexander Gerard Attwood (born 26 April 1959) is an Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician, who served as Minister for Environment in the Northern Ireland Executive from 2011 to 2013. Atwood served as a Member of the Leg ...

(born 1959), Northern Irish politician *

Alex Kushnir Alexander Kushnir ( he, אָלֶכְּסַנְדֶּר (אָלֵכְּס) קוּשְׁנִיר, born 2 November 1978) is an Israeli politician. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu. Biography Kushnir was born in th ...

(born 1978), Israeli politician *

Alex Salmond Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond (; born 31 December 1954) is a Scottish politician and economist who served as First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014. A prominent figure on the Scottish nationalist movement, he has served as leader ...

(born 1954), Scottish politician, former

First Minister of Scotland The first minister of Scotland ( sco, heid meinister o Scotland; gd, prìomh mhinistear na h-Alba ) is the head of the Scottish Government and keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland. The first minister chairs ...

Baseball players

* Alex Avila (born 1987), American baseball player * Alex Bregman (born 1994), American baseball player * Alex Gardner (baseball) (1861–1921), Canadian baseball player *

Alex Katz (baseball) Alexander Benjamin Katz (born October 12, 1994) is an American-Israeli professional baseball left-handed pitcher who is a free agent. He has played internationally for Team Israel. Katz pitched for the St. John's Red Storm, and was part of th ...

(born 1994), American baseball player *

Alex Pompez Alejandro "Alex" Pompez (May 3, 1890 – March 14, 1974) was an American executive in Negro league baseball who owned the Cuban Stars (East) and New York Cubans franchises from 1916 to 1950. His family had emigrated from Cuba, where his father wa ...

(1890–1974), American executive in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball scout *

Alex Rodriguez Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975), nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman, businessman and philanthropist. Rodriguez played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the ...

(born 1975), American baseball player

American football

* Alex Anzalone (born 1994), American football player * Alex Bachman (born 1996), American football player * Alex Barnes (American football), American football player * Alex Bars (born 1995), American football player * Alex Barrett, American football player * Alex Cappa, 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 1998), American football player *

Alex Light Alex Light (born May 2, 1996) is an American football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He last played for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Richmond, and was originally sig ...

(born 1996), American football player *

Alex Mack Javon Alexander Mack (born November 19, 1985) is a former American football center. He played college football for the University of California, Berkeley and was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the first round with the 21st overall of the 2 ...

, American football player * Alex McGough, American football player * Alex Redmond (American football), American football player *

Alex Smith Alexander Douglas Smith (born May 7, 1984) is an American former quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons. He played college football at Utah, where he received first-team All-American honors and won the 20 ...

(born 1984), American football player

Association footballers

Alex (footballer, born 1976) Alex (born April 20, 1976) is a former Brazilian football player. Club career Alex joined newly was promoted to J2 League club, Oita Trinita in 1999. On March 14, he debuted in J2 against Consadole Sapporo is a Japanese professional foot ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Alex (footballer, born 1977) Alexsandro de Souza (born 14 September 1977), commonly known as Alex, is a Brazilian football manager, pundit and retired footballer, who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current head coach of Avaí. Alex is a former captain of th ...

, full name Alexsandro de Souza, Brazilian footballer *

Alex (footballer, born 1979) Domingos Alexandre Martins da Costa (born 6 September 1979), commonly known as Alex, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back, currently manager of S.C. Covilhã. Over seven seasons (15 years in total as ...

, full name Domingos Alexandre Martins Costa, Portuguese footballer *

Alex (footballer, born June 1982) Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa (born 17 June 1982), known as Alex, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He was known for his physical strength and the power of his shot, which has gained him the nicknames of "T ...

, full name Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer *

Alex (footballer, born 1989) Alex Costa dos Santos or just Alex (born 29 January 1989 in Salvador, Bahia) is a Brazilian defender who plays for Rio Branco. Career Alex Costa signed for ACF Fiorentina on 31 January 2007 at age of 18. In June 2009, he left for Eupen ...

, 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) Alexssander Medeiros de Azeredo (), commonly known as Alex, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker. Club career From 2010 to 2013 he played for Botafogo where he managed to make 33 appearances, scoring 6 goals, in three y ...

, 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 *

Alessandro Del Piero Alessandro Del Piero (; born 9 November 1974) is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a deep-lying forward, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. Since 2015, he has worked as a pundit ...

(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) Alexander Gardner (1877 – 1952) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a right half. Career Born in Leith, Gardner played for local club Leith Athletic then moved to Newcastle United at the end of 1899, making over 300 appearanc ...

(1877–1952), Scottish footballer *

Alex Manninger Alexander Manninger (born 4 June 1977) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played internationally for the Austria national team on 33 occasions, including at UEFA Euro 2008, and has represented footbal ...

(born 1977), Austrian footballer *

Alex Raphael Meschini Alex Raphael Meschini (born 25 March 1982), simply known as Alex, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current assistant manager of Corinthians. Early career Alex was born in Cornélio Procó ...

(born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Alex Monteiro de Lima (born 1988), Brazilian footballer *

Alex Morgan Alexandra Morgan Carrasco (born Alexandra Patricia Morgan; July 2, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker and captains for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division o ...

(born 1989), American women's soccer player *

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Alexander Mark David Oxlade-Chamberlain (born 15 August 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Liverpool. After rising to prominence with Southampton during the 2010–11 season aged 17, Oxlade-Chambe ...

(born 1993), English footballer * Álex Pérez (born 1991), Spanish footballer *

Alessandro Santos , often known as Alex, is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Brazil, he became a Japanese citizen and made 82 appearances for the Japan national team. Club career Santos was born in Maringá in Paraná and mo ...

(born 1977), Brazilian-Japanese international footballer *

Alex Silva (footballer, born 1985) Alex Sandro da Silva or simply Alex Silva (born 10 March 1985) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Alex Silva was born in Amparo, São Paulo. On 23 January 2010, Alex Silva returned to S� ...

, Brazilian footballer * Alex Stepney (born 1942), English footballer *

Alex Whittle Alex Whittle (born 15 March 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for York City. He has played for Dunfermline Athletic, AFC Fylde, Southport, York City, Forest Green Rovers, Southport, Boston United, Gloucester C ...

(born 1993), English footballer

Basketball players

Alex King (basketball) Alex King (born February 20, 1985) is a German former professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objectiv ...

(born 1985), German basketball player *

Alex Len Oleksiy Yuriyovych Len ( uk, Олексій Ю́рійович Лень; born June 16, 1993), commonly known as Alex Len (), is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Be ...

(born 1993), Ukrainian basketball player *

Alex Poythress Alex Poythress (born September 6, 1993) is an American-Ivorian professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier Basketball League and the EuroLeague. He won the Gatorade Player of the Year in Tennessee in 2011–12 in h ...

(born 1993), American-Ivorian basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv * Alex Tyus (born 1988), American-Israeli professional basketball player

Boxers

Alex Arthur Alex Arthur, (born 26 June 1978) is a Scottish former professional boxer and political candidate for the Alba Party. Competing from 2000 to 2012, he held the WBO and WBO interim super featherweight titles in 2007. At regional level, he he ...

(born 1978), British boxer *

Alex Obeysekere Alexander Indrajith Obeysekere (March 1918 – 28 April 2002) was a Ceylonese sportsman. He won a Bronze medal at the 1950 British Empire Games. He was the welterweight champion in the 1940s and was a member of the Ceylon contingent to the ...

(1918-2002), Sri Lankan boxer

Motorsports

Alex Albon Alexander Albon Ansusinha ( th, อเล็กซานเดอร์ อัลบอน อังศุสิงห์; , , born 23 March 1996) is a Thai-British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Williams Racing, under th ...

(born 1996), Thai racing driver *

Alex Labbé Alex Labbé (born April 29, 1993) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 36/90/92 Chevrolet Camaros for DGM Racing. The 2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series champion, he h ...

(born 1993), Canadian racing driver *

Alex Zanardi Alessandro "Alex" Zanardi (; born 23 October 1966) is an Italian professional racing driver and paracyclist. He won the CART championship in 1997 and 1998, and took 15 wins in the series. He also raced in Formula One from 1991 to 1994 and aga ...

(born 1966), Italian racing driver and paracyclist

Other sports

Alex Asensi Alex Asensi (born February 9, 1984), is a photographer and distinguished Pingpongo player in Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the west ...

(born 1984), Norwegian table tennis player *

Alex Auld Alexander James Auld (born January 7, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Auld played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers, Phoenix Coyotes, Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, Dal ...

(born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player * Alex Chu (born 1992), American professional gamer, usually known by his in-game name Xpecial *

Alex Glenn Alex Glenn (born 31 July 1988) is a former professional rugby league footballer who captained and played as a and for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL. He has played for both the and at international level. Background Glenn was born in Auckl ...

(born 1988), New Zealand rugby league player *

Alex Koslov Alex Sherman (born January 21, 1984) is a Moldovan-born retired professional wrestler and color commentator, currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling under the ring name Alex Koslov. Koslov has mainly worked in Mexico from 2005 until 2008 ...

, ring name of Alex Sherman (born 1984), a Moldovan-born professional wrestler *

Alex Ovechkin Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin ( rus, Александр Михайлович Овечкин, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲetɕkʲɪn; born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capital ...

(born 1985), Russian ice hockey player and captain for the

Washington Capitals The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL) ...

Alex Pierzchalski Alex Pierzchalski (born August 7, 1991) is a former Canadian football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the second round of the 2014 CFL Draft. He played Canadian Interuniversity Sport football at the University of ...

(born 1991), Canadian football player *

Alex Schlopy Alex Schlopy (born July 25, 1992) is an American freeskier from Park City, Utah. He was the winner of a gold medal at the 2011 Winter X Games in the big air contest. The following week, he won the gold medal in slopestyle at the 201 ...

(born 1992), American skier *

Alex Tripolski Alex Tripolski (אלכס טריפולסקי; born April 2, 1962) is an Israeli former Olympic sport shooter. He is also the President of the Israel Curling Federation. Early life Tripolski was born in Russia, and is Jewish. He made '' aliyah'' ...

(born 1962), Israeli Olympic sport shooter, and President of the Israel Curling Federation

Arts and entertainment

Alex (actor) Alex (1959 – 1 May 2011) was an Indian actor and magician. He appeared in over 100 Tamil films after making his debut in Rajinikanth's production '' Valli'' (1993) and won awards for his portrayal of characters in '' Mitta Miraasu'' and '' Kov ...

(1959–2011), Indian actor and magician * Alex (singer) (born 1978), Danish singer * Alex Borstein (born 1972), American actress *

Alex Brooker Alexander James Brooker (born 15 May 1984) is an English journalist and presenter best known for his television work with Channel 4. Since 2012, Brooker has co-hosted '' The Last Leg'', a Channel 4 panel show with Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe ...

(born 1984), British journalist and presenter of ''

The Last Leg ''The Last Leg'' (known during its first series as ''The Last Leg with Adam Hills'' and in Australia as ''Adam Hills: The Last Leg'') is a British comedy and late-night television talk/sketch show that originally ran alongside the 2012 Summer Pa ...

'' *

Alex Bulmer Alex Bulmer is a Canadian playwright and theatre artist. Bulmer is the co-founder of the theatre companies SNIFF Inc. and Invisible Flash. She wrote the play ''Smudge'' and was a writer for the 2009 Channel 4 series ''Cast Offs''. Early life and ...

, Canadian playwright and theatre artist *

Alex Chilton William Alexander Chilton (December 28, 1950 – March 17, 2010) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer best known as the lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star. Chilton's early commercial success in the 1960s ...

(1950–2010), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, the lead singer of the Box Tops * Alex Chu (born 1979), Korean-Canadian singer of Clazziquai *

Alex Day Alex Richard George Day (born 8 April 1989) is an English musician, vlogger and writer. Day has released seven studio albums, two EPs, and had three UK Top 40 hits.Holiday, RyanYouTube and Chart Sensation Alex Day the Future of Music? ''Forbes ...

(born 1989), English musician * Alex Gardner (born 1991), Scottish musician *

Alex Gaskarth Alexander William Gaskarth (born 14 December 1987) is an English-born American singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary songwriter for the American rock band All Time Low since its formation in 2 ...

(born 1987), American lead singer of All Time Low *

Alex Gonzaga Catherine Cruz Gonzaga-Morada (; born Catherine Cruz Gonzaga; January 16, 1988), professionally known as Alex Gonzaga, is a Filipino media personality, comedienne, businesswoman, host, singer and actress. Her self-titled YouTube channel is one ...

(born 1988), Filipino actress, comedian, and YouTuber *

Alex Harvey (musician) Alexander James Harvey (5 February 1935 – 4 February 1982) was a Scottish rock and blues musician. Although his career spanned almost three decades, he is best remembered as the frontman of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, with whom he bui ...

(1935–1982), British rock musician *

Alex Hood Alexander Stewart Ferguson "Alex" Hood (born 1935) is an Australian folk singer, writer, actor, children's entertainer/educator and folklorist. It is not known whether the vocals used were new recordings, or were recordings already available on p ...

(born 1935), Australian folk musician *

Alex James (musician) Steven Alexander James, FRSA (born 21 November 1968) is an English musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band Blur, he has also played with temporary bands Fat Les, Me Me Me, WigWam and Bad Lieutenant. Music career James was born ...

(born 1968), British bass player for Blur * Alex Jolig (born 1963), German actor, singer and motorcycle racer *

Alex Kingston Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in ...

(born 1963), English actress *

Alex Koehler Chelsea Grin is an American deathcore band from Salt Lake City, Utah. Formed in 2007, the group have released two EPs and five full-length albums. Since 2018, no original members remain in the band. Chelsea Grin was originally founded under ...

(born 1991), American vocalist for

Chelsea Grin Chelsea Grin is an American deathcore band from Salt Lake City, Utah. Formed in 2007, the group have released two EPs and five full-length albums. Since 2018, no original members remain in the band. Chelsea Grin was originally founded under ...

Alex Lifeson Aleksandar Živojinović, (born 27 August 1953), known professionally as Alex Lifeson (), is a Canadian musician, best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist of the progressive rock band Rush. In 1968, Lifeson co-founded the band that wo ...

, stage name for Canadian musician Alexandar Zivojinovich (born 1953), a guitarist for Rush *

Alex O'Loughlin Alex O'Loughlin (born 24 August 1976) is an Australian actor, writer, director, and producer, who played Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett on CBS' remake of the TV series '' Hawaii Five-0'' (2010–2020). He had starring roles in the films ...

(born 1976), Australian actor *

Alex Russell (actor) Alexander Andrew Russell (born 11 December 1987) is an Australian actor and director. He is known for starring in the films ''Chronicle'' (2012) and '' Believe Me'' (2014). Since 2017, Russell has portrayed Jim Street in the CBS crime action- ...

(born 1987), Australian actor * Alex Sharpe ('' fl.'' 1991–present), Irish singer *

Alex Trebek George Alexander Trebek (; July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American game show host and television personality. He is best known for hosting the syndicated general knowledge quiz game show ''Jeopardy!'' for 37 season ...

(1940–2020), Canadian-American host of the game show ''

Jeopardy! ''Jeopardy!'' is an American game show created by Merv Griffin. The show is a quiz competition that reverses the traditional question-and-answer format of many quiz shows. Rather than being given questions, contestants are instead given gene ...

'' *

Alex Turner (musician) Alexander David Turner (born 6 January 1986) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is well known as the frontman and principal songwriter of the rock band Arctic Monkeys, with whom he has released seven albums. He ...

(born 1986), British guitarist and lead singer of Arctic Monkeys *

Alex Van Halen Alexander Arthur Van Halen (; born May 8, 1953) is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the Rock music, rock band Van Halen. The band was formed in 1972 by Alex Van Halen, his younger brother Eddie Van Halen, Eddie, ...

(born 1953), Dutch drummer for Van Halen *

Alex Vargas Alexander Vargas Blay (born 17 February 1988) is a Danish singer, songwriter and record producer. He was born in Denmark to a Danish- English mother and a Uruguayan father. Career Vargas relocated to London at age 17 to pursue his musical c ...

(born 1988), Danish singer *

Alex Winter Alexander Ross Winter (born July 17, 1965) is a British-American actor and filmmaker. He played the slacker Bill in the 1989 film '' Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'' and its sequels ''Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey'' (1991) and '' Bill & Ted Face ...

(born 1965), British-American actor

Other

Alex Aïnouz Alexis Gabriel Aïnouz, also known by the alias French Guy Cooking, is a French food YouTuber. He makes cooking tutorials involving spins on French dishes with a focus on experimentation, and also makes short-form docuseries documenting his proces ...

(born 1982), French culinary YouTuber *

Alex Azar Alex Michael Azar II (; born June 17, 1967) is an American attorney, businessman, lobbyist, and former pharmaceutical executive who served as the United States secretary of health and human services from 2018 to 2021. Azar was nominated to his p ...

(born 1967), American government official and lawyer *

Alex Balfanz Alex Balfanz, (born May 5, 1999) known online as badcc, is an American video game developer who is the programmer and co-creator of the ''Roblox'' game '' Jailbreak''. Early life Born in 1999, Balfanz began to code games using Roblox Studio at ...

(born 1999), American video game developer *

Alex Ferrer Alejandro Enrique Ferrer (born October 18, 1960), known professionally as Judge Alex, is an American television personality, lawyer, and retired judge who presided as the arbitrator on the eponymous '' Judge Alex''. Early life Ferrer was born ...

(born 1960), a Cuban-born judge currently residing in Miami, Florida *

Alex Konanykhin Alex Konanykhin (born Alexander Pavlovich Konanykhin (russian: Александр Павлович Конаныхин) September 25, 1966) is an entrepreneur and former banker. He started his career by founding a private bank in Russia towards th ...

(born 1966), Russian Entrepreneur, former banker *

Alex McCool Alexander A. McCool Jr. (10 December 1923 – 14 July 2020) was manager of the Space Shuttle Projects Office at the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. During his career, McCool contributed to several space develo ...

(1923–2020), American NASA manager * Alex Stokes (born 1996), American internet celebrity *

Alex Wagner Alexandra Swe Wagner (born November 27, 1977) is an American journalist. She is the host of both ''Alex Wagner Tonight ''on MSNBC and Netflix's '' The Mole'' reboot, as well as the author of ''FutureFace: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and th ...

(born 1977), American journalist

Animals

Alex (parrot) Alex (May 1976 – 6 September 2007) was a grey parrot and the subject of a thirty-year experiment by animal psychologist Irene Pepperberg, initially at the University of Arizona and later at Harvard University and Brandeis University. When Ale ...

(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 Browning Alexander Theodore Browning is a fictional character in the ''Final Destination'' series created by Jeffrey Reddick and portrayed by Canadian actor Devon Sawa. As the series' most popular character, Alex serves as the protagonist of the origina ...

, a character from

Final Destination ''Final Destination'' is an American horror franchise that includes five films, two comic books, and nine novels. It is based on an unproduced spec script by Jeffrey Reddick, originally written for ''The X-Files'' television series, and was ...

Alex Cross ''Alex Cross'' is a crime, mystery, and thriller novel series written by James Patterson. The series focuses on Metropolitan Police Department detective and father Alex Cross as he faces threats to his family and the city of Washington, D.C. ...

, from the ''Alex Cross'' novel and film series *

Alex Fierro Alex Fierro is a fictional character and one of the main characters in Rick Riordan's '' Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'' series. Alex's portrayal in '' The Hammer of Thor'' was praised for its honest and accurate approach to the character's ...

, from the ''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'' novels by Rick Riordan *

Alex P. Keaton Alex P. Keaton is a fictional Character (arts), character on the American television sitcom ''Family Ties,'' which aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989. ''Family Ties'' reflected the move in the United States away from the cultural l ...

, a character on the United States TV sitcom ''

Family Ties ''Family Ties'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC for seven seasons, premiering on September 22, 1982, and concluding on May 14, 1989. The series, created by Gary David Goldberg, reflected the move in the United States ...

'' *

Alex the Lion This is a list of characters from the DreamWorks Animation franchise of ''Madagascar'' films, and the TV shows. Concept and creation Tom McGrath explained in an interview that the intention of ''Madagascar'' was not to take a political stance ...

, from the ''Madagascar'' animated films and franchise *

Alex Louis Armstrong The ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' manga and anime series feature an extensive cast of fictional characters created by Hiromu Arakawa. The story is set in a fictional universe within the 20th century in which alchemy is one of the most advanced scienti ...

, the state alchemist from

Fullmetal Alchemist is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga anthology magazine '' Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' between July 2001 and June 2010; the publisher later collected th ...

*Alex Masterley, the title character in

Alex (comic strip) Alex is a British cartoon strip by Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor. It first appeared in the short-lived ''London Daily News'' in 1987. It moved to ''The Independent'' later that year and then to ''The Daily Telegraph'' in 1992. A translated ...

* 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 ''Stardew Valley'' is a simulation role-playing video game developed by Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone. Players take the role of a character who takes over their deceased grandfather's dilapidated farm in a place known as Stardew Valley. The game wa ...

'' *

Alex Rider (character) Alex Rider is a title character and the protagonist of the '' Alex Rider'' novel series by British author Anthony Horowitz. He has also been featured in three short stories written by Horowitz based in the same canon as the series; '' Secret W ...

, 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 default female avatar in the video game ''

Minecraft ''Minecraft'' is a sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios. The game was created by Markus "Notch" Persson in the Java (programming language), Java programming language. Following several early private testing versions, it was first made pub ...

'' *

Alex Vause Alex Pearl Vause is a fictional character played by Laura Prepon on the Netflix series '' Orange Is the New Black''. The character is loosely based on the real ex-girlfriend of Piper Kerman, author of '' Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Wom ...

, a character in the television series ''Orange Is the New Black'' *Alex, supporting character in the anime series ''

Futari wa Pretty Cure , known as simply ''Pretty Cure'' outside Japan, is a Japanese magical girl anime series produced by Toei Animation and broadcast across Japan on ANN for 97 episodes. It is the first series in the ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries created by Izu ...

'' (originally named Akane Fujita)

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