Alex is a

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. Similar names are

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 ...

, Alexandra, Alexey or Alexis.

People

Multiple

* Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Cook (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Forsyth (disambiguation), multiple people * Alexander Gardner (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Jones (disambiguation), multiple people * Alexander Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Lee (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people

Politicians

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

Alex Kushnir Alexander Kushnir (; 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 the Soviet Union. In 1992, he immigrated to Israel with his mother, settling ...

(born 1978), Israeli politician * Alex Salmond (1954–2024), Scottish politician, former First Minister of Scotland

Baseball players

* Alex Avila (born 1987), American baseball player *

Alex Bregman Alexander David Bregman (born March 30, 1994) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Houston Astros. As a high school sophomore at Albu ...

(born 1994), American baseball player * Alex Freeland (born 2001), American baseball player * Alex Gardner (baseball) (1861–1921), Canadian baseball player * Alex Katz (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball player * Alex Pham (born 1999), American baseball player * Alex Pompez (1890–1974), American executive in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball scout *

Alex Rodriguez Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975), nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American former professional baseball shortstop, third baseman and designated hitter and current businessman. Rodriguez played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (ML ...

(born 1975), American baseball player *

Alex Santos (baseball) This a partial list of Minor League Baseball players in the Houston Astros system and the rosters of their minor league affiliates. Players Luis Báez Luis Alexander Báez (born January 11, 2004) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder in ...

(born 2002), American baseball player

American football

Alex Anzalone Alex Anzalone ( , born September 22, 1994) is an American professional football linebacker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Gators. Anzalone was selected in the third round ...

(born 1994), American football player *

Alex Austin Alex Austin (born May 22, 2001) is an American professional football cornerback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers. Early life Austin was born and raised ...

(born 2001), American football player * Alex Bachman (born 1996), American football player * Alex Barnes (American football) (born 1996), American football player * Alex Bars (born 1995), American football player * Alex Barrett (born 1994), American football player * Alex Cappa (born 1995), American football player * Alex Hale, Australian-American football player * Alex Highsmith (born 1997), American football player * Alex Hornibrook (born 1997), American football player * Alex Huntley (born 2001), American football player * Alex Karras (1935–2012), American football player and actor * Alex Leatherwood (born 1999), American football player * Alex Light (born 1996), American football player * Alex Mack (born 1985), American football player * Alex McGough (born 1995), American football player * Alex Orji (born 2003), American football player * Alex Palczewski (born 1999), American football player * Alex Redmond (American football) (born 1995), American football player * Alex Smith (born 1984), American football player * Alex "Sonny" Styles (born 2004), 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 January 1982), full name Alex Henrique da Silva, Armenian-Brazilian 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 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 * Alex Chidiac (born 1999), Australian 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 Monteiro de Lima (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Alex Morgan (born 1989), American women's soccer player * Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (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 (born 1942), English footballer * Alex Whittle (born 1993), English footballer

Basketball players

* Alex Caruso (born 1994), American basketball player * Alex English (born 1954), American basketball player * Alex Karaban (born 2002), American basketball player * Alex King (basketball) (born 1985), German basketball player * Alex Len (born 1993), Ukrainian basketball player * Alex Poythress (born 1993), American-Ivorian basketball player * Alex Sarr (born 2005), French basketball player * Alex Tyus (born 1988), American-Israeli 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 Breton (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player * Alex Chu (born 1992), American professional gamer, usually known by his in-game name Xpecial * Alex Eala (born 2005), Filipino tennis player * Alex Decoteau (1887–1917),

Cree The Cree, or nehinaw (, ), are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people, numbering more than 350,000 in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada, First Nations. They live prim ...

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

track and field athlete, police officer and soldier. * Alex Glenn (born 1988), New Zealand rugby league player * Alex Hall (born 1998), American freestyle skier * Alex Honnold (born 1985), American rock climber * 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 The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The Capitals compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NH ...

* Alex Pierzchalski (born 1991), Canadian football player * Alex Pietrangelo (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player * Alex Schlopy (born 1992), American skier * Alex Tracy (born 2001), American ice hockey player * 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 Avery (born 1971), English actor * 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 Castro (born 1985), Filipino actor and Vice Governor of Bulacan * 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 Consani (born 2003), American model and influencer * Alex Day (born 1989), English 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 Hills (born 1974), English composer * 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 Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Elizabeth Corday, Dr. Eliz ...

(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 Mahan (born 1988), American video game developer * Alex Vincent Medina (born 1986), Filipino film actor * Alex O'Loughlin (born 1976), Australian actor * Alex Russell (actor) (born 1987), Australian actor * Alex Sauser-Monnig, American singer * Alex Sharpe ('' fl.'' 1991–present), Irish singer * Alex Trebek (1940–2020), Canadian-American host of the game show ''

Jeopardy! ''Jeopardy!'' is an American television 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 g ...

'' * 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 Wenham, English stone carver * Alex Winter (born 1965), British-American actor * Eliza Orne White (1856–1947), American author who wrote under the pen-name 'Alex'

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 Schachter (2003–2018), one of the 17 victims who was killed in the

Stoneman Douglas High School shooting On February 14, 2018, a mass shooting occurred when 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, part of the Miami metropolitan area, Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people and injuring 18 ot ...

* Alex Chen Stokes (born 1996), American internet celebrity * Alex Wagner (born 1977), American journalist

Others

* 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'' * Alex (''A Clockwork Orange'') * Alex (''Power Rangers'') * Alex (''Street Fighter'') * Alex (''Totally Spies'') *Alex Archer, character in the 1987–1992 ''Alex'' series of young adult novels by New Zealand novelist Tessa Duder * Alex Browning, a character from '' Final Destination'' * Alex Cross, from the ''Alex Cross'' novel and film series *Alex Dunphy, a character in '' Modern Family'' * 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 O'Connell, a character from the 2001 film '' The Mummy Returns'' and its 2008

sequel A sequel is a work of literature, film, theatre, television, music, or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work. In the common context of a narrative work of fiction, a sequel portrays events set in the same ...

*Alex O'Donnell, a character in the 2009 American fantasy comedy movie '' 17 Again'' *Alex Pruitt, the main character in the 1997 film '' Home Alone 3'' *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'' *Alex Standall, a character in the novel and Netflix series ''

13 Reasons Why ''13 Reasons Why'' (also stylized as ''TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY'') is an American teen drama television series based on the 2007 novel '' Thirteen Reasons Why'' by author Jay Asher. Developed for Netflix by Brian Yorkey and with Selena Gomez ser ...

'' *Alex Taylor, the main character in the video game '' The Crew'' * Alex, the second of nine player skins added to ''

Minecraft ''Minecraft'' is a 2011 sandbox game developed and published by the Swedish video game developer Mojang Studios. Originally created by Markus Persson, Markus "Notch" Persson using the Java (programming language), Java programming language, the ...

'' * Alex Vause, a character in the television series ''Orange Is the New Black'' *Alex, supporting character in the anime series ''

Futari wa Pretty Cure , also sometimes stylized as ''PreCure'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the first installment in the '' Pretty Cure'' metaseries created by Izumi Todo. It aired on ANN, with 96 episodes across two ...

'' (originally named Akane Fujita)

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