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People


Mononym

* Alexis (poet) ( – ), a Greek comic poet *
Alexis (sculptor) Alexis (Ancient Greek: ) was an ancient Greek sculptor mentioned by Pliny as one of the pupils of Polykleitos.Pliny the Elder, ''Naturalis Historia'' xxxiv. 8. s. 19 Pausanias mentions an artist of the same name, a native of Sicyon, and father of ...
, an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC * Alexis (singer) (born 1968), German pop singer * Alexis (comics) (1946–1977), French comics artist * Alexis, character in Virgil's Eclogue II, beloved of
Corydon (character) Corydon (Greek Κορύδων ''Korúdōn'', probably related to κόρυδος ''kórudos'' "lark") is a stock name for a shepherd in ancient Greek pastoral poems and fables, such as the one in Idyll 4 of the Syracusan poet Theocritus (c. 30 ...
* Alexis, in Greek mythology, a young man of Ephesus, beloved of Meliboea * Alexis, a fictional character from ''Transformers:
Unicron Trilogy Launched in 1984, the Transformers toyline by Takara and Hasbro was promoted through both a comic book by Marvel Comics and an animated series produced by Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions with Toei Animation. Although the comic outlived t ...
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Given name

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Alexis (given name) Alexis is a given name of Greek origin. It is derived from several saints venerated by the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, including Saint Alexius of Rome. Like the name ''Alexander'', Alexis derives from the Greek verb ἀλέξε ...


Surname

*Aaron Alexis (1979–2013), perpetrator of the 2013 Washington Navy Yard shooting * Jacques-Édouard Alexis (born 1947), former prime minister of Haiti * Jacques Stephen Alexis (1922–1961), Haitian communist novelist, poet, and activist * Paul Alexis (1847–1901), French novelist, dramatist, and journalist * Stephen Alexis (1889–1962), Haitian novelist and diplomat * Wendell Alexis (born 1964), American basketball player * Willibald Alexis or Georg Wilhelm Heinrich Häring (1798–1871), German novelist


Places

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Alexis, Alabama Alexis is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, in the U.S. state of Alabama. History A post office called Alexis was established in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1906. Alexis is the Anglicization of a Cher ...
, U.S., an unincorporated community * Alexis, Illinois, U.S., a village * Alexis Lake, a lake in Minnesota, U.S. * Alexis Township, Butler County, Nebraska, U.S.


Other uses

*ALEXIS, the Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors spacecraft * Alexis (malting barley), a malting barley variety


See also

* Alexia (disambiguation) * Alexius, a given name * Aleksejs, a given name * Alexisonfire, a Canadian band * Alexus, a given name and surname * Saint-Alexis (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation, given name, surname, geo pt:Alexis