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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 ...

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

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 2 ...

(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), 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), 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 (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 (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, a ...

*Alex Pierzchalski (born 1991), Canadian football 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 Chilton (1950–2010), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, the lead singer of the Box Tops *Alex Chu (born 1979), Korean-Canadian singer of Clazziquai *Alex Day (born 1989), English musician *A-L-X, Alex Gardner (born 1991), Scottish 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 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 O'Loughlin (born 1976), Australian actor *Alex Russell (actor) (born 1987), Australian actor *Alex Sharpe (''Floruit, 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

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 *The Stokes twins, Alex 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 (film)#Cast, He's Just Not That Into You'' *Alex (A Clockwork Orange), Alex (''A Clockwork Orange'') *Alex (Power Rangers), Alex (''Power Rangers'') *Alex (Street Fighter), Alex (''Street Fighter'') *Alex (Totally Spies), Alex (''Totally Spies'') *Alex Browning, a character from Final Destination *Alex Cross, from the ''Alex Cross'' novel and film series *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 Millar (''Being Human'') *Alex O'Donnell, a character in the 2009 American fantasy comedy movie ''17 Again (film)#Cast, 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#Cast, 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 (video game), The Crew'' *Alex, the default female avatar in the video game ''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)

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