Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis_(given_name), Alexis.

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), multiple people

Politicians

*Alex Allan (born 1951), British diplomat *Alex Attwood (born 1959), Northern Irish politician *Alex Kushnir (born 1978), Israeli politician *Alex Salmond (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) (born 1994), American baseball player *Alex Pompez (1890–1974), American executive in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball scout *Alex Rodriguez (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 (born 1996), American football player *Alex Mack, American football player *Alex McGough, American football player *Alex Redmond (American football), American football player *Alex Smith (born 1984), American football player

Association footballers

*Alex (footballer, born 1976), Brazilian footballer *Alex (footballer, born 1977), full name Alexsandro de Souza, Brazilian footballer *Alex (footballer, born 1979), full name Domingos Alexandre Martins Costa, Portuguese footballer *Alex (footballer, born June 1982), 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), 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 (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) (1877–1952), Scottish footballer *Alex Manninger (born 1977), Austrian footballer *Alex Raphael Meschini (born 1982), Brazilian footballer *Alex (footballer, born December 1988), Alex Monteiro de Lima (born 1988), Brazilian footballer *Alex Morgan (born 1989), American women's soccer player *Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (born 1993), English footballer *Alejandro Pérez Navarro, Álex Pérez (born 1991), Spanish footballer *Alessandro Santos (born 1977), Brazilian-Japanese international footballer *Alex Silva (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian footballer *Alex Stepney (born 1942), English footballer *Alex Whittle (born 1993), English footballer

Basketball players

*Alex King (basketball) (born 1985), German basketball player *Alex Len (born 1993), Ukrainian basketball player *Alex Poythress (born 1993), American-Ivorian basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv *Alex Tyus (born 1988), American-Israeli professional basketball player

Boxers

*Alex Arthur (born 1978), British boxer *Alex Obeysekere (1918-2002), Sri Lankan boxer

Motorsports

*Alex Albon (born 1996), Thai racing driver *Alex Labbé (born 1993), Canadian racing driver *Alex Zanardi (born 1966), Italian racing driver and paracyclist

Other sports

*Alex Asensi (born 1984), Norwegian table tennis player *Alex Auld (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player *Alex Chu (gamer), Alex Chu (born 1992), American professional gamer, usually known by his in-game name Xpecial *Alex Glenn (born 1988), New Zealand rugby league player *Alex Koslov, ring name of Alex Sherman (born 1984), a Moldovan-born professional wrestler *Alex Ovechkin (born 1985), Russian ice hockey player and captain for the Washington Capitals *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)

References

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