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Lex (given Name)
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 Czarne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 are Aleksandar, Aleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksander, Aleksandr, and Alekzandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexsander, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa, Aleksandre, Alejandro, Alessandro, Alasdair, Sasha, Sandy, Sandro, Sikandar, Skander, Sander and Xander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/ Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Van Delden
Lex van Delden, born Alexander Zwaap (10 September 1919 – 1 July 1988) was a Dutch composer and the father of actor Lex van Delden. Early life and education Born Alexander Zwaap in Amsterdam, the only child of Wolf Zwaap, a school-teacher, and his wife Sara Olivier, Lex van Delden took piano-lessons from an early age—first with Martha Zwaga, and later with Cor de Groot. He started composing at the age of eleven, when he set poems by Guido Gezelle to music since a long illness prevented him from playing the piano. He remained self-taught as a composer. Despite his artistic promise and interests (by the age of fourteen, for instance, he was accompanying the famous German Expressionist dancer/choreographer, Gertrud Leistikow, and he also moved in the circle of one of Holland's foremost composers of the time, Sem Dresden) he enrolled at the University of Amsterdam in 1938 to study medicine and remained self-taught in music. Still a student, he made his début as a composer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Gibb
Lex Gibb was a former Australian professional soccer player who played as a half-back for Australian clubs and the Australia national soccer team and was son of Alex Gibb. Early life Gibb was born in Ipswich, to Australia's first capped player Alex. Club career Gibb played with the Bundamba Rangers and Latrobe. On 12 March 1948, it was rumoured that Lex Gibb would sign for Brisbane club Corinthians. A day later, he officially transferred to Corinthians where he received a £50 payment signing. International career Gibb played for the Australia national soccer team, and played 8 times in three match tours against India, South Africa and New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla .... Personal life Family and relationships Lex was born to father Alex Mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Frieden
Lex Frieden (born March 5, 1949) is an American educator, researcher, disability policy expert and disability rights activist. Frieden has been called "a chief architect of the Americans with Disabilities Act." He is also regarded as a founder and leader of the independent living movement by people with disabilities in the U.S. Biography Lex Frieden was born in Alva, Oklahoma, a rural community in northwestern Oklahoma. He graduated from Alva Senior High School in 1967 and began studying electrical engineering at Oklahoma State University. It was as a freshman that he sustained a spinal cord injury in an automobile accident. As part of his rehabilitation from that injury, he went to TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston, where he met Dr. William A. Spencer, the rehabilitation medicine visionary. Dr. Spencer became Lex's mentor. Public service Frieden's service in the 1970s included membership on a Congressional task force on science, technology and disability empaneled by Olin E. Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Fridman
Alexei "Lex" Fridman (; born 15 August 1983) is an American computer scientist and podcaster. Since 2018, he has hosted the ''Lex Fridman Podcast'', where he interviews notable figures from various fields such as science, technology, sports, and politics. Fridman rose to prominence in 2019 after Elon Musk praised a study Fridman authored at MIT, which concluded that drivers remained focused while using Tesla's semi-autonomous driving system. The study was not peer-reviewed and was criticized by AI experts. That year Fridman transitioned to an unpaid role at MIT AgeLab, and since 2022 has worked as a research scientist at the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS). As of February 2024, Fridman lives in Texas and is still paid by MIT. Early life and education Fridman was born in Chkalovsk, Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, and grew up in Moscow. He is Jewish. His father, Alexander Fridman, is a plasma physicist and professor at Drexel University. His brothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Franken
Alexander "Lex" Franken (1 April 1916 – 6 November 1990) was a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Born in Utrecht Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ..., he was part of the Dutch team which finished fifth in the 1936 tournament. He played all seven matches. References External links * 1916 births 1990 deaths Dutch male water polo players Olympic water polo players for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Utrecht (city) Water polo players from Utrecht (province) Water polo players at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-waterpolo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Fair
James Alexander (Lex) Fair (1926–1995 ) was Dean of Connor from 1990 until 1995. Born in 1926 he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1950.''Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76'' p312 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 After curacies in Monaghan and Portadown he was the incumbent at Magherafelt, then Dean's Vicar A vicar (; Latin: '' vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English p ... of St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast. References Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 20th-century Irish Anglican priests Deans of Connor 1926 births 1995 deaths Place of birth missing {{Ireland-Anglican-dean-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Eisenhardt
Lex Eisenhardt (born 1952, in Netherlands) is a performer and recording artist on early plucked instruments, such as the vihuela, the baroque guitar, and the 19th-century Romantic guitar. He studied lute and guitar at the Utrecht Conservatory. In 1981 he was appointed professor of guitar and early plucked instruments at the Sweelinck Conservatorium (later the Conservatorium of Amsterdam). In the forefront of the Historically Informed Performance (HIP) on the guitar, Eisenhardt was the first to make several gramophone recordings (in 1981 and 1984) with music by the Catalan composer Fernando Sor on a period instrument from the early 19th century. He has given solo recitals and lectures in many European countries, Australia, and the United States. Well-known guitarists such as Johannes Moller and Izhar Elias studied with him. Recordings Eisenhardt has made several recordings on period instruments. In 1993 he made a world premiere recording of works from the ''Secondo Libro'' (c. 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Eilifsen
Gunnar Eilifsen (12 September 1897 – 16 August 1943) was a Norwegian police officer. In 1943, during the Nazi occupation of Norway, he was executed for disobedience when he refused to arrest five girls who did not show up for forced labour. As the military code (which allowed execution for insubordination) didn't previously apply to police officers, a retroactive law was hurriedly passed after his execution, and that law was subsequently referred to as ''Lex Eilifsen''. Vidkun Quisling Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (; ; 18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945) was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, Nazi collaborator who Quisling regime, headed the government of N ... was convicted for his murder. References 1897 births 1943 deaths People from Kristiansand Norwegian police officers Executed Norwegian people Norwegian resistance members Norwegian people executed by Nazi Germany {{Norway- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Van Der Eb
Alex Jan "Lex" van der Eb (born 16 January 1934) is a Dutch molecular biologist and virologist. He was a professor of fundamental tumor virology and later molecular carcinogenesis at Leiden University from 1979 to 2000. He has performed research in adenoviruses and was fundamental in the creation of the technique of calcium phosphate transfection and the founding of the HEK 293 and PER.C6 cell lines. Life Van der Eb was born on 16 January 1934 in Bandung, Dutch East Indies. He studied biology at Leiden University and afterwards attended Delft University of Technology for a further year to specialize in microbiology. Van der Eb had to fulfill his military service upon graduation and asked the head of military health services to be employed in one of the military laboratories. In 1962 he was sent to work as a biologist on poxviruses in the virology department of Leiden University. At Leiden he met professor J.A. Cohen of the Medical-Biological Laboratory of the Netherlands Organis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Dwyer
Lex Dwyer is a former Australian rules footballer, who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Lex Dwyer transferred to VFA club Prahran for the 1978 season and kicked a goal in their historic Grand Final win over Preston in the same year. References External links * Fitzroy Football Club players 1956 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Doyle
Lex William Doyle is an Australian paediatrician, researcher and academic, best known for his widely published neonatal research into positive long-term outcomes for premature babies.Award ID: 2004661 Australian Honours Search Database, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, . Accessed 19 June 2019. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
