Rex may refer to: *

Rex (title) The Latin title ''rex'' has the meaning of "king, ruler" (monarch). It is derived from Proto-Indo-European Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been d ...

(Latin: king, ruler, monarch), a royal title ** King of Rome (Latin: Rex Romae), chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom

People

Rex (given name) Rex, derived from the Latin word for '' king'', is a male given name. It may refer to : * Rex Addison, Australian architect * Rex Andrew Alarcon (born 1970), Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic church * Rex Alexander (1924–1982), American ...

, for people with the given name * Rex (surname), for people with the surname *

Rex (artist) Rex is a living American artist and illustrator closely associated with homosexual fetish art of 1970s and 1980s New York and San Francisco. He avoids photographs and does not discuss his personal life. His drawings influenced gay culture throug ...

, American gay pornographic artist *

Rex (singer) Li Xinyi (; born 13 March 1998), also known as Rex (), is a Chinese singer and songwriter. He was a contestant in the survival program, '' Produce Camp 2019''. His debut single, Dream with Me, was released at the 2019 Opening Ceremony of the 5t ...

, Li Xinyi (born 1998), Chinese singer and songwriter *

Rex King (wrestler) Timothy Alan Smith (September 8, 1961 – January 9, 2017) was an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Rex King and Timothy Well. He wrestled in several promotions, including All Japan Pro Wrestling, World Championship W ...

, Timothy Well (1961–2017), American professional wrestler * Mad Dog Rex, professional wrestler from

All-Star Wrestling All Star Wrestling (ASW) is a British professional wrestling promotion operated by Brian Dixon and based in Birkenhead, England. Founded as Wrestling Enterprises of Birkenhead in October 1970, it has also been known over the years as All Star P ...

Places

* Rex, Georgia, an unincorporated community in the United States *

Rex, North Carolina Rex is a census-designated place (CDP) in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 55 at the 2010 census, and Rex ranked fourth on the list of the highest-income places in the United States. Geography Rex is located at ( ...

, a census-designated place in the United States * Rex River, Washington, United States *

Mount Rex Mount Rex () is an isolated mountain (1,105 m) which rises above the interior ice surface of Palmer Land about 55 miles south-southeast of FitzGerald Bluffs. It was discovered and photographed from the air on 23 November 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth ( ...

, an isolated mountain in Antarctica * Port Rex Technical High School , a technical high school in South Africa.

Animals

* ''-rex'', a taxonomic suffix used to describe certain large animals * Rex (dog), once owned by Ronald Reagan * Rex (search and rescue dog), a dog that received a 1945 Dickin Medal for bravery * Rex (horse) or Rex the Wonder Horse, star of 15 Hollywood motion pictures *

Rex rabbit The term rex rabbit (without capitalization) refers informally to one of at least nine breeds of domestic rabbit (or a specimen thereof or similar thereto). One such breed is the ''Rex,'' which is recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders Assoc ...

, a breed of rabbit **

Rex mutation The rex mutation is a genetic variation in mammals that results in soft curly fur. These effects are due to changes in the structure of groups of hairs and cross-section of individual hairs. The Rexed coats are unusual but occur (and have b ...

, a type of mutation affecting the fur of the rex rabbit

Transportation

Land

* BMW i3 REx, range extender variant of the all-electric BMW i3 *

Subaru Rex The , also known as Ace, Viki, Sherpa, 500/600/700, Mini Jumbo, Mini Subaru or M60/M70/M80 in various export markets, is a kei class automobile produced from 1972 to 1992 mainly for sale in Japan by Subaru, although it was also sold in Europe, ...

, a Japanese Kei car *

Subaru Impreza WRX The is a compact car that has been manufactured by the Japanese automaker Subaru since 1992. It was introduced as a replacement for the Leone, with the predecessor's EA series engines replaced by the new EJ series. It is now in its sixth gene ...

, a car referred to as "Rex" *

Rex-Acme Rex, Rex Motorcycles, Rex-Acme, (not to be confused with the German manufacturer of similar name) was a car and motorcycle company which began in Birmingham, England in 1900. Rex soon merged with a Coventry maker of bicycles and cars named All ...

, a premier British motorcycle company of early 1900s, originally ''Rex'' *

Rex (automobile) The Brass Era Rex cyclecar was manufactured by the Rex Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan in 1914. History C. H. Blomstrom had been involved with the Queen, Blomstrom, Gyroscope, Car De Luxe and the Lion when he turned to developing a cycle ...

of Detroit, c. 1914 *

Rex-Simplex The Deutsche Automobil-Industrie Hering & Richard was a German company which produced motor vehicles in its factory in Gera-Untermhaus. From 1904 the company headquarters was in Ronneburg (Thuringia). Models were produced under the brand names Rex ...

and Rex, brand names used by the German company Hering & Richard which produced motor vehicles between 1901 and 1923

Sea

* SS ''Rex'', an Italian luxury ship, sunk by Allied bombers off the coast of Slovenia in 1944 * SS ''Rex'', a floating casino off the coast of Southern California from the late 1930s to the late 1940s, run by mobster

Anthony Cornero Anthony Cornero Stralla also known as "the Admiral" and "Tony the Hat" (August 18, 1899 – July 31, 1955) was a bootlegger and gambling entrepreneur in Southern California from the 1920s through the 1950s. During his varied career, he bootlegge ...

Air

Dudek Rex The Dudek Rex is a Polish single-place, paraglider that was designed and produced by Dudek Paragliding of Bydgoszcz. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 14. Page ...

, a Polish paraglider design *

Rex Airlines Regional Express Pty. Ltd., trading as Rex Airlines (and as Regional Express Airlines on regional routes), is an Australian airline based in Mascot, New South Wales. It operates scheduled regional and domestic services. It is Australia's larg ...

, an Australian airline * The IATA airport code for the

General Lucio Blanco International Airport General Lucio Blanco International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional General Lucio Blanco, ), also known as Reynosa International Airport (), is an international airport located in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, near the Mexico–United States ...

in Reynosa, Mexico * Reporting name for the

Kawanishi N1K The Kawanishi N1K ''Kyōfū'' (, "Strong Wind", Allied reporting name "Rex") is an Imperial Japanese Navy floatplane fighter. The Kawanishi N1K-J ''Shiden'' (, "Violet Lightning") was an Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service land-based version o ...

Japanese Fighter

Energy and fuels

* Rockies Express Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline built across the United States *

Rex Energy Rex Energy Corporation was a natural gas exploration and production company headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania. In 2018, the company was acquired by PennEnergy Resources. The company's operations were entirely in the Appalachian Basin, ...

, a defunct company engaged in natural gas exploration *

Rex International Holding Limited Rex International Holding is an oil and gas company headquartered in Singapore. The company's main activity is in offshore oil and gas exploration and production in assets located in Oman and Norway. The company owns Rex Virtual Drilling, which ...

, an oil and gas company headquartered in Singapore

Music

* ''Rex'' (musical), a stage musical, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick *

Rex (band) Rex is an American indie rock band formed in 1994 (though an early version of the band was formed in 1991). Rex was considered one of the most important and influential slowcore bands and released three albums and one EP on Southern Records, as ...

, an alternative rock band * '' Rex (Live at the Fillmore)'', a 2008 album by Keller Williams, Keith Moseley and Jeff Austin * Rex Records (disambiguation), several record companies *

Rex Orange County Alexander James O'Connor (born 4 May 1998), known professionally as Rex Orange County, is an English singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. O'Connor rose to prominence in 2017 following multiple features on Tyler, the Creator's Grammy-n ...

, an English recording artist and songwriter

Computing and technology

REX prefix The VEX prefix (from "vector extensions") and VEX coding scheme are an extension to the x86 and x86-64 instruction set architecture for microprocessors from Intel, AMD and others. Features The VEX coding scheme allows the definition of new instr ...

, used by the x86-64 instruction encoding * Rexx (originally named Rex), a computer programming language * REX, an audio file format; see

REX2 {{notability, date=January 2014 REX2 is a proprietary type of audio sample loop file format developed by Reason Studios, a Swedish music software company. It is one of the most popular and widely supported loop file formats for sequencer and d ...

* .rex (disambiguation), file extension used by Rexx scripts and REX2 audio files * REX 5000, a series of personal digital assistants *

REX 6000 The REX 6000 is an ultra-thin Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) produced by Xircom, and later Intel, from about 2000 to 2001. Its primary claim to fame is as "The world's smallest full-function PDA", due to its unusual physical configuration as a ...

, a series of personal digital assistants *

Rex (software) (R)?ex or simply Rex is an open source remote execution, configuration management and software deployment tool. It combines Perl and Secure Shell (SSH) for a portable, centralistic approach to its problem domain. ''Rex'' is an acronym for "Re ...

, a remote execution, configuration management and software deployment system * ''Rex'' (video game), a 1988 game for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC *

REX OS Rex may refer to: * Rex (title) (Latin: king, ruler, monarch), a royal title ** King of Rome (Latin: Rex Romae), chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom People * Rex (given name), for people with the given name * Rex (surname), for people with ...

, a real-time operating system developed by Qualcomm * Samsung REX, a series of affordable feature phones * REX, an abbreviation for " request to exit", a push-button or motion detector used for access control

Fictional characters

Film

Rex Lewis Cobra Commander is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' franchise. He is the supreme leader of the terrorist organization Cobra and the archenemy of the G.I. Joe Team. He was portrayed by Josep ...

, a character from ''G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'' * Rex Manning, the former 80s pop idol in the 1995 film ''

Empire Records ''Empire Records'' is a 1995 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Allan Moyle, starring Anthony LaPaglia, Maxwell Caulfield, Debi Mazar, Rory Cochrane, Johnny Whitworth, Robin Tunney, Renée Zellweger, and Liv Tyler. The fil ...

'' * Rex (''Toy Story''), a toy dinosaur character from Disney/Pixar's ''Toy Story'' series * Rex, the sheepdog from the 1995 Academy Award-winning film ''

Babe Babe or babes may refer to: * Babe, a term of endearment * A newborn baby * An attractive (especially female) person People Nickname * Babe Adams (1882–1968), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Babe Barna (1917–1972), American Maj ...

'' * Rex, a Tyrannosaurus Rex, a character in animated film '' We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story'' * Rex Kwon Do, a martial arts choreographer in the 2004 cult film ''

Napoleon Dynamite ''Napoleon Dynamite'' is a 2004 American comedy film produced by Jeremy Coon, Chris Wyatt and Sean Covel, written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and directed by Jared Hess. The film stars Jon Heder in the role of the titular character, a nerdy ...

'' * Rex, Lori's boss in the film '' Ted'' *

Rex Motion Picture Company Rex Motion Picture Company was an early film production company in the United States. History After Edwin S. Porter's short-lived ''Defender Film Company'' failed, The Rex Motion Picture Company was established by Edwin S. Porter, Joseph Engel, a ...

, was an early film production company in the United States from 1910 into 1917 * ''Rex'' (film), alternative name for ''Megan Leavey'', 2017

Animated television series

* Rex Banner, a one-time character in ''The Simpsons'' appearing in the episode "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" * Rex Raptor, a recurring character in the 4kids version of ''

Yu-Gi-Oh! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine between September 1996 and March 2004. The plot follows the story of a boy named Yugi Mutou, w ...

'' * Rex Salazar, the main title character from the animated show ''

Generator Rex ''Generator Rex'' is an American animated science fiction television series created by Man of Action for Cartoon Network, with John Fang of Cartoon Network Studios serving as supervising director. It was inspired by the comic '' M. Rex'', publish ...

'' * Rex, the title character in the claymation series ''

Rex the Runt ''Rex the Runt'' is a British live-action stop-motion animated claymation pixilation adult comedy series, primarily consisting of a television show and two short films produced by Aardman Animations for BBC Bristol in association with EVA Ente ...

'' *

Captain Rex Captain Rex ( designation number CT-7567) is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise created by George Lucas. He was introduced as a main character in the animated '' The Clone Wars'' 2008 film and the related television series of t ...

, the clone trooper captain who served as General Anakin Skywalker's second-in-command in the series ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars''

Live-action television series

Rex Balsom Rex Balsom is a fictional character from the American daytime drama ''One Life to Live'', portrayed by John-Paul Lavoisier from May 9, 2002, to the show's finale on January 12, 2012. Casting and characterization With the character initially name ...

, a character on the soap opera ''One Life to Live'' *

Rex Brady ''Days of Our Lives'' is an American soap opera broadcast on the NBC network. Created by Ted and Betty Corday, the series focuses on the residents of the fictional midwestern town of Salem, USA. It premiered on November 8, 1965. This is a list ...

, a character on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' * Rex Buckland, a character in the series '' Charmed'' * Rex (police dog), a fictional character from the police drama television series ''Inspector Rex'' * ''Rex'' (Slovak TV series), a 2017 series based on the Austrian original * Rex Van de Kamp, a character in the series ''Desperate Housewives'' *

Rex Britten Rex David Britten is a fictional main character in the American police procedural drama television series ''Awake''. He is portrayed by Dylan Minnette. The character first appeared in "Pilot" and last appeared in " Turtles All the Way Down". He ...

, a character in the series ''Awake'' * Rex Powers, a dummy in the series ''

Victorious ''Victorious'' (stylized as ''VICTORiOUS'') is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider that originally aired on Nickelodeon, debuting on March 27, 2010, and concluding on February 2, 2013 after four seasons. The series revolves around asp ...

'' * Rex, a canine character in the Canadian police procedural drama series ''

Hudson & Rex ''Hudson & Rex'' is a Canadian police procedural drama television series, based on the Austrian-Italian drama '' Kommissar Rex''. It premiered on Citytv on March 25, 2019. Filming commenced in October 2018, with ongoing production in St. John's ...

Other fiction

* Rex (''NX Files''), a character in the action adventure web-show ''NX Files'' *

Metal Gear REX are the mecha in the Metal Gear, ''Metal Gear'' series. In the series, a Metal Gear is a bipedal nuclear weapons-equipped tank. The Metal Gears are typically autonomous nuclear launch platforms which the player must destroy to save the world a ...

, a mecha from the video game ''Metal Gear Solid'' * Rex the Wonder Dog, a DC Comics superhero dog * '' Rex Morgan, M.D.'', a comic strip and its title character * Rex, the main protagonist and player character from the video game ''

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'' is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. Released on December 1, it is the third installment in ''Xenoblade Chronicles'' and the seventh main en ...

'' * Lord Rex, a super evolve Vivosaur character from the sequel video game '' Fossil Fighters: Champions'' * Rex Mason, a DC Comics superhero known as

Metamorpho Metamorpho (real name Rex Mason, also called The Element Man) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He was created in 1965 by writer Bob Haney and artist Ramona Fradon. Metamorpho is a founding member of the O ...

Other uses

Rex parade Rex (founded 1872) is a New Orleans Carnival Krewe which stages one of the city's most celebrated parades on Mardi Gras Day. Rex is Latin for "King", and Rex reigns as "The King of Carnival". History and formation Rex was organized by New O ...

, of the Carnival season in New Orleans ** Rex, king of the

New Orleans Mardi Gras The holiday of Mardi Gras is celebrated in all of Louisiana, including the city of New Orleans. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and through Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday (the start of lent in the Western ...

Carnival *

Rex Architecture P.C. REX (previously known as OMA New York) is an architecture and design firm based in New York City, whose name signifies a re-appraisal (RE) of architecture (X). Seminal projects include the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in Dallas, Texas; the Vakk ...

, an architecture and design firm based in New York City, United States *

Rex 84 Rex 84, short for Readiness Exercise 1984, was a classified scenario and drill developed by the United States federal government to detain large numbers of United States citizens deemed to be " national security threats" in the event that the pres ...

, a plan by the United States to test their ability to detain large numbers of American citizens * Rex (chair), a foldable chair * Rex, the dinosaur mascot of the

Calgary Dinos The Calgary Dinos are the athletic teams that represent the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. They were known as the "Dinosaurs" but usually referred to as the "Dinos" until 1999, when the name was officially shortened. Some of its venue ...

athletic teams at the University of Calgary *

MP412 REX The MP-412 REX (Revolver for Export; russian: MP-412 РЕКС) was a Russian double-action/single-action revolver designed by the state-owned Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (IZHMEKH), with a break-action chamber and an automatic ejector, chambered for ...

, a Russian handgun * REX, the Regents External Degree program, a former name of

Excelsior College Excelsior University is a private online university in Albany, New York. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and comprises three schools: the School of Undergraduate Studies, the School of Graduate Studies, and the School of Nursing. I ...

* Rex Center, a former building in Lowell, Massachusetts * Oligosaccharide reducing-end xylanase, an enzyme * REX (New Horizons), a radio science experiment on the Pluto flyby space probe