Alex is a

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. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis.

People

Multiple

Alex Brown (disambiguation) Alex Brown may refer to: Sports * Alex Brown (cornerback) (born 1996), American football player * Alex Brown (defensive end) (born 1979), American football player * Alex Brown (footballer, born 1914) (1914–2006), English football forward for ...

, multiple people *

Alex Gordon (disambiguation) Alex Gordon is a Major League Baseball] player who played for the Kansas City Royals. Alex Gordon may also refer to: * Alex Gordon (police agent), a police infiltrator * Alex Gordon (gridiron football) (born 1964), former NFL linebacker *Alex Gordo ...

, multiple people *

Alex Harris (disambiguation) Alex Harris may refer to: * Alex Harris (swimmer) (1975–2009), Australian Paralympic swimmer * Alex Harris (basketball) (born 1986), American basketball player * Alex Harris (footballer) (born 1994), Scottish footballer * Alex Tobiasson Harris ...

, multiple people *

Alex Jones (disambiguation) Alex Jones (born 1974) is an American radio host, conspiracy theorist, filmmaker, and author. Alex Jones may also refer to: * Alex Jones (actor), American actor and advocate for the deaf * Alex Jones (Australian hip-hop artist, member of the gro ...

, multiple people *

Alexander Johnson (disambiguation) Alexander Johnson or Alex Johnson may refer to: *Alexander Bryan Johnson (1786–1867), British philosopher and banker * Alexander Lange Johnson (1910–1989), Norwegian bishop * Alexander S. Johnson (1817–1878), American jurist * Alexander Johns ...

, 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 (born 1951), British diplomat * Alex Attwood (born 1959), Northern Irish politician *

Alex Kushnir Alexander Kushnir ( he, אָלֶכְּסַנְדֶּר (אָלֵכְּס) קוּשְׁנִיר, born 2 November 1978) is an Israeli politician. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu. Biography Kushnir was born in th ...

(born 1978), Israeli politician * Alex Salmond (born 1954), Scottish politician, former First Minister of Scotland

Baseball players

Alex Avila Alexander Thomas Avila (born January 29, 1987) is an American former professional baseball catcher. Between 2009 and 2021 he played for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Arizona Diamondbacks and Minnesota Twins and Washingt ...

(born 1987), American baseball player *

Alex Bregman Alexander David Bregman (born March 30, 1994) is an American professional baseball third baseman and shortstop for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). As a high school sophomore at Albuquerque Academy in 2010, Bregman became the ...

(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 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 Alex McGough ( ; born November 19, 1995) is an American football quarterback for the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League (USFL). He played college football at FIU, and was selected by Seattle Seahawks in the seventh round ...

, American football player *

Alex Redmond (American football) Alex Edward Redmond (born January 18, 1995) is an American football offensive guard who is a free agent. He played college football at UCLA. Early years Redmond played high school football at Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, Californ ...

, 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 ...

(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 footbal ...

, 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 the ...

, full name Alexsandro de Souza, Brazilian footballer *

Alex (footballer, born 1979) Domingos Alexandre Martins da Costa (born 6 September 1979), commonly known as Alex, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back, currently manager of S.C. Covilhã. Over seven seasons (15 years in total as ...

, 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) Alex Costa dos Santos or just Alex (born 29 January 1989 in Salvador, Bahia) is a Brazilian defender who plays for Rio Branco. Career Alex Costa signed for ACF Fiorentina on 31 January 2007 at age of 18. In June 2009, he left for Eupen ...

, full name Alex Costa dos Santos, Brazilian footballer *

Alex (footballer, born 19 May 1990) Francisco Alex do Nascimento Moraes or simply Alex (born 19 May 1990), is a Brazilian footballer. Club career Alex started his career in 2007 on Palmeiras's youth squad. He was loaned to Taboao da Serra in 2008. On December 17, 2009, he signed f ...

, 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) Alex de Oliveira Nascimento (born 10 May 1999), simply known as Alex (), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Santos. Club career Fluminense Born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Alex joined Fluminense's youth setup in J ...

, full name Alex de Oliveira Nascimento, Brazilian footballer *

Alex Cazumba Alex dos Santos Cazumba, usually known as Alex Cazumba, Alequito or Alex (born June 30, 1988) is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for Operário Ferroviário on loan from Bahia de Feira. Career Alex Cazumba played for the São Paulo yo ...

(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 fo ...

(born 1974), Italian footballer * Alex Ferguson (born 1941), Scottish football manager and player *

Alex Freitas (footballer, born 1988) Alex Freitas (born 14 November 1988) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender for the VSI Tampa Bay FC in the USL Pro. Career Freitas made his debut for VSI Tampa Bay FC of the USL Pro The USL Championship (USLC) is a profess ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Alex Freitas (footballer, born 1991) Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas (born 27 August 1991), commonly known as Alex, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for S.C.U. Torreense mainly as a left winger. Club career Porto Born in Funchal, Madeira, Alex started his ...

, Portuguese footballer * Alex Gardner (footballer) (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 football ...

(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 (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 (born 1977), Brazilian-Japanese international footballer * Alex Silva (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian footballer *

Alex Stepney Alexander Cyril Stepney (born 18 September 1942) is an English former footballer who was Manchester United's goalkeeper when they became the first English club to win the European Cup. Early career Born in Mitcham, Surrey, Stepney had unsuccess ...

(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 player. He is the all-time leader of games played in the Basketball Bundesliga, with 638 appearances. Professional career On July 8, 2013, he signed a three-year contra ...

(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). ...

(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 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 hel ...

(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 Alex Chu (born Chu Hun-gon September 2, 1979), known simply as Alex (), is a Korean-Canadian singer and actor. He is the male vocalist of the South Korean electropop band Clazziquai. Biography Having immigrated to Canada with his family, Al ...

(born 1992), American professional gamer, usually known by his in-game name Xpecial * Alex Glenn (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 Capitals ...

(born 1985), Russian ice hockey player and captain for the Washington Capitals *

Alex Pierzchalski Alex Pierzchalski (born August 7, 1991) is a former Canadian football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the second round of the 2014 CFL Draft. He played Canadian Interuniversity Sport football at the University of ...

(born 1991), Canadian football player *

Alex Schlopy Alex Schlopy (born July 25, 1992) is an American freeskier from Park City, Utah. He was the winner of a gold medal at the 2011 Winter X Games in the big air contest. The following week, he won the gold medal in slopestyle at the 20 ...

(born 1992), American skier *

Alex Tripolski Alex Tripolski (אלכס טריפולסקי; born April 2, 1962) is an Israeli former Olympic sport shooter. He is also the President of the Israel Curling Federation. Early life Tripolski was born in Russia, and is Jewish. He made '' aliyah'' ...

(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) Alex Ambrose (born 31 May 1978) is a Danish singer, songwriter and actor. As a soloist, he is better known by his first name Alex. Alex Ambrose was born in Brøndbyøster, Brøndby Municipality (a suburb of Copenhagen) and grew up in a musical f ...

(born 1978), Danish singer * Alex Borstein (born 1972), American actress * Alex Brooker (born 1984), British journalist and presenter of '' The Last Leg'' *

Alex Bulmer Alex Bulmer is a Canadian playwright and theatre artist. Bulmer is the co-founder of the theatre companies SNIFF Inc. and Invisible Flash. She wrote the play ''Smudge'' and was a writer for the 2009 Channel 4 series ''Cast Offs''. Early life and ...

, Canadian playwright and theatre artist * Alex Chilton (1950–2010), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, the lead singer of the Box Tops *

(born 1979), Korean-Canadian singer of Clazziquai * Alex Day (born 1989), English musician * Alex Gardner (born 1991), Scottish musician *

Alex Gaskarth Alexander William Gaskarth (born 14 December 1987) is an English-born American singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary songwriter for the American rock band All Time Low since its formation in ...

(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 Alexander Stewart Ferguson "Alex" Hood (born 1935) is an Australian folk singer, writer, actor, children's entertainer/educator and folklorist. It is not known whether the vocals used were new recordings, or were recordings already available on p ...

(born 1935), Australian folk musician * Alex James (musician) (born 1968), British bass player for Blur *

Alex Jolig Alexander Jolig (born January 14, 1963, Stuttgart), better known by his stage name Alex, is a German actor, singer, and motorcycle racer. Once a housemate in Big Brother Germany reality show on RTL II, he became famous in Europe and also intern ...

(born 1963), German actor, singer and motorcycle racer * Alex Kingston (born 1963), English actress * Alex Koehler (born 1991), American vocalist for

Chelsea Grin Chelsea Grin is an American deathcore band from Salt Lake City, Utah. Formed in 2007, the group have released two EPs and five full-length albums. Since 2018, no original members remain in the band. Chelsea Grin was originally founded under ...

* 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 Alexandria Sharpe (born 4 May 1971) is an Irish soprano singer and actress mostly known for her live roles in London's West End and on the Irish stage (both the Olympia and Gaiety Theatres). In the United States she is best known as one of the ...

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'' 1991–present), Irish singer *

Alex Trebek George Alexander Trebek (; July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American game show host and television personality. He is best known for hosting the syndicated general knowledge quiz game show ''Jeopardy!'' for 37 season ...

(1940–2020), Canadian-American host of the game show ''

Jeopardy! ''Jeopardy!'' is an American game show created by Merv Griffin. The show is a quiz competition that reverses the traditional question-and-answer format of many quiz shows. Rather than being given questions, contestants are instead given genera ...

'' * 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 Alexander Vargas Blay (born 17 February 1988) is a Danish singer, songwriter and record producer. He was born in Denmark to a Danish-English mother and a Uruguayan father. Career Vargas relocated to London at age 17 to pursue his musical ca ...

(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 *

Alex Stokes Alexander Rawson Stokes (27 June 1919 – 6 February 2003) was a British physicist at Royal Holloway College, London and later at King's College London. He was most recognised as a co-author of the second of the three papers published sequent ...

(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 ''He's Just Not That Into You'' is a self-improvement book written by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo that was published in 2004 and later adapted into a film by the same name in 2009. It was a New York Times bestseller and was featured on ''Th ...

'' * Alex (''A Clockwork Orange'') * Alex (''Power Rangers'') * Alex (''Street Fighter'') * 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 This is a list of characters from the DreamWorks Animation franchise of ''Madagascar'' films, and the TV shows. Concept and creation Tom McGrath explained in an interview that the intention of ''Madagascar'' was not to take a political stance ...

, from the ''Madagascar'' animated films and franchise *

Alex Louis Armstrong The '' Fullmetal Alchemist'' manga and anime series feature an extensive cast of fictional characters created by Hiromu Arakawa. The story is set in a fictional universe within the 20th century in which alchemy is one of the most advanced scie ...

, the state alchemist from Fullmetal Alchemist *Alex Masterley, the title character in

Alex (comic strip) Alex is a British cartoon strip by Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor (cartoonist), Russell Taylor. It first appeared in the short-lived ''London Daily News'' in 1987. It moved to ''The Independent'' later that year and then to ''The Daily Teleg ...

* Alex Millar (''Being Human'') *Alex O'Donnell, a character in the 2009 American fantasy comedy movie '' 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 ''Robot in the Family'' (also known as ''Golddigger'') is a 1994 American comedy film produced and directed by Mark Richardson and Jack Shaoul. It was written by Shaoul and stars Joe Pantoliano, John Rhys-Davies, Danny Gerard, and Amy Wright. C ...

'' *Alex Standall, a character in the novel and Netflix series '' 13 Reasons Why'' *Alex Taylor, the main character in the 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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