Lex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of

Alexander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. 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 ar ...

or Alexis.

People with the name

* Lex Albrecht (born 1987), Canadian racing cyclist * Lex de Azevedo (born 1943), American composer, songwriter, pianist * Lex Baillie (born 1966), Scottish professional footballer * Lex Banning (1921–1965), Australian lyric poet * Lex Barker (1919–1973), American actor * Lex Bell OAM (born 1945), Australian politician * Lex Bos (born 1957), field hockey goalkeeper from the Netherlands * Lex Brown (artist) (born 1989), American video and performance artist * Lex Brown (businessman), Scottish businessman * Lex Chisholm (1915–1981), Canadian ice hockey centre * Lex Cools (1941–2013), Dutch behavioral pharmacologist * Lex Czarnek (born 1977), Polish politician and academic * Lex van Dam (born 1968), Dutch investment manager, investor, writer * Lex Scott Davis (born 1991), American actress * Lex Davison (1923–1965), Australian racing driver * Lex van Delden (1919–1988), Dutch composer * Lex van Delden (actor) (1947–2010), Dutch actor and singer * Lex Delles (born 1984), Luxembourgish politician * Lex Diamonds (born 1970), American rapper (stage name Raekwon) * Lex Doyle AO, Australian paediatrician, researcher and academic * Lex Dwyer, former Australian rules footballer * Lex van der Eb (born 1934), Dutch molecular biologist and virologist * Lex Eilifsen (1897–1943), Norwegian police officer * Lex Eisenhardt (born 1952), performer on early plucked instruments * Lex Fair (1926–1995), Dean of Connor from 1990 until 1995 * Lex Franken (born 1916), Dutch Olympic water polo player * Lex Fridman (born 1983), Russian-American computer scientist * Lex Frieden (born 1949), American disability activist and professor * Lex Gibb, Australian professional soccer player * Lex Gigeroff (1962–2011), Canadian television writer, actor, co-creator of the science fiction series ''Lexx'' * Lex Gillette (born 1984), US blind Paralympic athlete competing in T11 and F11 * Lex Gold CBE (born 1940), Scottish administrator and former footballer * Lex Goudsmit (1913–1999), Dutch actor * Lex Govan (1914–1996), Scottish rugby union player * Lex Grant (born 1962), Scottish football forward * Lex Greensill (born 1976), Australian businessman, founded Greensill Capital * Lex Green (Florida politician) (Robert A. Green) (1892–1973), U.S. Representative from Florida * Lex de Haan (1954–2006), author, lecturer, researcher, and consultant in relational database technology * Lex van Haeften (born 1987), Dutch professional footballer * Lex Hester (1935–2000), public administrator in Jacksonville, Florida * Lex Hilliard (born 1984), American football running back and fullback * Lex Hixon (1941–1995), American Sufi author, poet, and spiritual teacher * Lex Hudson (born 1955), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Lex Humphries (1936–1994), jazz drummer * Lex Icon (born 1978), Norwegian metal musician * Lex Immers (born 1986), Dutch professional footballer * Lex Jacoby (1930–2015), Luxembourgian writer * Lex Johnson, British designer, director and creative executive * Lex van Kreuningen (born 1937), Dutch road cyclist between 1959 and 1964 * Lex Land (born 1988), American singer-songwriter and jazz vocalist * Lex Lang (born 1965), American voice actor * Lex Lasry (born 1948), Australian lawyer and a judge on the Supreme Court of Victoria * Lex Law, Scottish former footballer * Lex Luger (born 1958), American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and football player * Lex Luger (record producer) (born 1991), American record producer * Lex Lutzus (born 1980), British film producer and financier * Lex MacKenzie, MC (1885–1970), Canadian politician * Lex Marinos (1949–2024), Australian actor * Lex McLean (1908–1975), Scottish comedian * Lex Medlin (born 1969), American actor * Alexander "Lex" Miller (1908–1960), New Zealand Presbyterian minister, author, theologian * Lex Mpati SC (born 1949), South African judge, Chancellor of Rhodes University * Lex Mullink (born 1944), Dutch Olympic rower * Lex Nederlof (born 1966), retired Dutch cyclist * Lex Peterson (1957–2004), New Zealand bobsledder * Lex Pritchard (born 1954), Australian rules footballer * Lex Redelé (1939–2013), Dutch rower * Lex Richardson (born 1958), Scottish professional football player and manager * Lex Rijger (1944–2021), Surinamese country singer and songwriter * Lex Robson (1898–1974), Scottish-Canadian professional golfer * Lex Schoenmaker (born 1947), Dutch former football player and manager * Lex Schrijver (born 1948), Dutch mathematician and computer scientist * Lex Shrapnel (born 1979), English actor *Lex Staley, half of the syndicated American radio morning team '' Lex and Terry'' * Lex Stone (1885–1925), American football player, coach, politician * Lex Thompson (1911–1954), owner of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles * Lex Tupas, Filipino public servant * Lex van den Berghe, contestant in the 2001 American television show '' Survivor: Africa'' * Lex Veldhuis (born 1983), Dutch professional poker player * Lex Watson "Lex" Watson, AM (1943–2014), Australian LGBT rights activist, historian, political scientist

Fictional characters

* Lex Luthor, nemesis of Superman * Alexis "Lex" Murphy, in the '' Jurassic Park'' novel and film franchise * Lex "Mechoneko" Winsmore, in the webtoon series '' Live with Yourself!'' (2017–2024) * Lex, in the New Zealand / British TV series '' The Tribe'' (1999–2003), played by Caleb Ross * Lex, in the game ''Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War'' (1996)

People with the name

Fictional characters

See also