Alex is a
given name. It can refer to a shortened version of
Alexander
Alexander is a male given name. 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, Al ...
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Alexandra,
Alexis.
People
Multiple
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Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
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Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
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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 Harri ...
, multiple people
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Alex Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
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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 Johnson ...
, multiple people
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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
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Alex Allan
Sir Alexander Claud Stuart Allan (born 9 February 1951) is a British civil servant who served as chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment for Her Majesty's Government between 2007 and 2011.
He resigned ...
(born 1951), British diplomat
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Alex Attwood
Alexander Gerard Attwood (born 26 April 1959) is an Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician, who served as Minister for Environment in the Northern Ireland Executive from 2011 to 2013. Atwood served as a Member of the Legi ...
(born 1959), Northern Irish politician
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Alex Kushnir (born 1978), Israeli politician
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Alex Salmond
Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond (; born 31 December 1954) is a Scottish politician and economist who served as First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014. A prominent figure on the Scottish nationalist movement, he has served as leader o ...
(born 1954), Scottish politician, former
First Minister of Scotland
The first minister of Scotland ( sco, heid meinister o Scotland; gd, prìomh mhinistear na h-Alba ) is the head of the Scottish Government and keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland. The first minister chair ...
Baseball players
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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
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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 th ...
(born 1994), American baseball player
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Alex Gardner (baseball) (1861–1921), Canadian baseball player
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Alex Katz (baseball)
Alexander Benjamin Katz (born October 12, 1994) is an American-Israeli professional baseball left-handed pitcher who is a free agent. He has played internationally for Team Israel.
Katz pitched for the St. John's Red Storm, and was part of th ...
(born 1994), American baseball player
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Alex Pompez
Alejandro "Alex" Pompez (May 3, 1890 – March 14, 1974) was an American executive in Negro league baseball who owned the Cuban Stars (East) and New York Cubans franchises from 1916 to 1950. His family had emigrated from Cuba, where his father was ...
(1890–1974), American executive in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball scout
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Alex Rodriguez
Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975), nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman, businessman and philanthropist. Rodriguez played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the ...
(born 1975), American baseball player
American football
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Alex Anzalone
Alex Anzalone (born September 22, 1994) is an American football middle linebacker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the third round of ...
(born 1994), American football player
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Alex Bachman
Alex Bachman (born May 29, 1996) is an American football wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Wake Forest.
College career
Bachman was a member of the Wake Forest Demon Dea ...
(born 1996), American football player
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Alex Barnes (American football)
Brandon Alex Barnes (born October 27, 1996) is a former American football running back. He played college football at Kansas State University.
Early years
Barnes attended Pittsburg High School in Pittsburg, Kansas. As a senior at Pittsburg in ...
, American football player
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Alex Bars
Alex Bars (born September 8, 1995) is an American football offensive guard for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Notre Dame and was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Ch ...
(born 1995), American football player
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Alex Barrett
Alejandro Barrett (born March 6, 1994) is an American football defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at San Diego State.
Early years
Barrett played high school football at D ...
, American football player
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Alex Cappa
Alex Cappa (born January 27, 1995) is an American football guard for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Humboldt State. He was selected in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Ta ...
, American football player
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Alex Highsmith
Alex Highsmith (born August 7, 1997) is an American football outside linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Charlotte.
Early life and high school
Highsmith grew up in Wilmingto ...
(born 1997), American football player
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Alex Hornibrook
Alex Hornibrook is a former American football quarterback. The West Chester, Pennsylvania, native attended Malvern Preparatory School and originally committed to the University of Pittsburgh before attending Wisconsin. On March 10, 2019, Hornibro ...
(born 1997), American football player
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Alex Karras
Alexander George Karras (July 15, 1935 – October 10, 2012) was an American football player, professional wrestler, sportscaster, and actor. He was a four-time Pro Bowl player with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL), w ...
(1935–2012), American football player and actor
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Alex Leatherwood (born 1998), American football player
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Alex Light
Alex Light (born May 2, 1996) is an American football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He last played for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Richmond, and was originally sign ...
(born 1996), American football player
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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 ...
, American football player
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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 roun ...
, American football player
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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, Califor ...
, American football player
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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 20 ...
(born 1984), American football player
Association footballers
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Alex (footballer, born 1976), Brazilian footballer
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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 ...
, full name Alexsandro de Souza, Brazilian footballer
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Alex (footballer, born 1979), full name Domingos Alexandre Martins Costa, Portuguese footballer
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Alex (footballer, born June 1982)
Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa (born 17 June 1982), known as Alex, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He was known for his physical strength and the power of his shot, which has gained him the nicknames of "Th ...
, full name Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer
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Alex (footballer, born 1989), full name Alex Costa dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
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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
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian prof ...
, full name Francisco Alex do Nascimento Moraes, Brazilian footballer
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Alex (footballer, born August 1990), full name Alexssander Medeiros de Azeredo, Brazilian footballer
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Alex (footballer, born 1999), full name Alex de Oliveira Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
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Alex Cazumba (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
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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
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Alex Ferguson
Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football managers of all ti ...
(born 1941), Scottish football manager and player
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Alex Freitas (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer
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Alex Freitas (footballer, born 1991), Portuguese footballer
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Alex Gardner (footballer)
Alexander Gardner (1877 – 1952) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a right half.
Career
Born in Leith, Gardner played for local club Leith Athletic then moved to Newcastle United at the end of 1899, making over 300 appearance ...
(1877–1952), Scottish footballer
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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
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Alex Raphael Meschini (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
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Alex Monteiro de Lima (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
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Alex Morgan
Alexandra Morgan Carrasco (born Alexandra Patricia Morgan; July 2, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker and captains for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division o ...
(born 1989), American women's soccer player
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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-Ch ...
(born 1993), English footballer
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Álex Pérez (born 1991), Spanish footballer
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Alessandro Santos
, often known as Alex, is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Brazil, he became a Japanese citizen and made 82 appearances for the Japan national team.
Club career
Santos was born in Maringá in Paraná and mo ...
(born 1977), Brazilian-Japanese international footballer
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Alex Silva (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian footballer
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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 unsucc ...
(born 1942), English footballer
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Alex Whittle
Alex Whittle (born 15 March 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for York City. He has played for Dunfermline Athletic, AFC Fylde, Southport, York City, Forest Green Rovers, Southport, Boston United, Glou ...
(born 1993), English footballer
Basketball players
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Alex King (basketball) (born 1985), German basketball player
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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). Be ...
(born 1993), Ukrainian basketball player
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Alex Poythress
Alex Poythress (born September 6, 1993) is an American-Ivorian professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier Basketball League and the EuroLeague. He won the Gatorade Player of the Year in Tennessee in 2011–12 in h ...
(born 1993), American-Ivorian basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv
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Alex Tyus
Alexander Trent Tyus (born January 8, 1988) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for ASVEL Basket of the LNB Pro A. He was the 2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP. Having been naturalized as an Israeli citizen, he a ...
(born 1988), American-Israeli professional basketball player
Boxers
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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 held t ...
(born 1978), British boxer
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Alex Obeysekere
Alexander Indrajith Obeysekere (March 1918 – 28 April 2002) was a Ceylonese sportsman. He won a Bronze medal at the 1950 British Empire Games. He was the welterweight champion in the 1940s and was a member of the Ceylon contingent to the ...
(1918-2002), Sri Lankan boxer
Motorsports
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Alex Albon
Alexander Albon Ansusinha ( th, อเล็กซานเดอร์ อัลบอน อังศุสิงห์; , , born 23 March 1996) is a Thai-British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Williams Racing, under th ...
(born 1996), Thai racing driver
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Alex Labbé
Alex Labbé (born April 29, 1993) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 36/90/92 Chevrolet Camaros for DGM Racing. The 2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series champion, he ...
(born 1993), Canadian racing driver
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Alex Zanardi
Alessandro "Alex" Zanardi (; born 23 October 1966) is an Italian professional racing driver and paracyclist. He won the CART championship in 1997 and 1998, and took 15 wins in the series. He also raced in Formula One from 1991 to 1994 and again ...
(born 1966), Italian racing driver and paracyclist
Other sports
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Alex Asensi
Alex Asensi (born February 9, 1984), is a photographer and distinguished Pingpongo
Ping pong with obstacles, or Pingpongo, is a sport that consists of a variation of ping pong or traditional table tennis, by adding material and/or mental obs ...
(born 1984), Norwegian table tennis player
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Alex Auld
Alexander James Auld (born January 7, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Auld played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers, Phoenix Coyotes, Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, Dal ...
(born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
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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, ...
(born 1992), American professional gamer, usually known by his in-game name Xpecial
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Alex Glenn (born 1988), New Zealand rugby league player
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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 f ...
, ring name of Alex Sherman (born 1984), a Moldovan-born professional wrestler
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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 Capit ...
(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 team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference, a ...
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Alex Pierzchalski (born 1991), Canadian football player
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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 201 ...
(born 1992), American skier
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Alex Tripolski (born 1962), Israeli Olympic sport shooter, and President of the Israel Curling Federation
Arts and entertainment
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Alex (actor) (1959–2011), Indian actor and magician
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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
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Alex Borstein
Alexandrea Borstein (born February 15, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. Borstein voices Lois Griffin on the animated comedy television series '' Family Guy'' (1999–present), and won a Primetime Emmy Award for the rol ...
(born 1972), American actress
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Alex Brooker
Alexander James Brooker (born 15 May 1984) is an English journalist and presenter best known for his television work with Channel 4.
Since 2012, Brooker has co-hosted '' The Last Leg'', a Channel 4 panel show with Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe ...
(born 1984), British journalist and presenter of ''
The Last Leg
''The Last Leg'' (known during its first series as ''The Last Leg with Adam Hills'' and in Australia as ''Adam Hills: The Last Leg'') is a British comedy and late-night television talk/sketch show that originally ran alongside the 2012 Summer Pa ...
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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 an ...
, Canadian playwright and theatre artist
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Alex Chilton
William Alexander Chilton (December 28, 1950 – March 17, 2010) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer best known as the lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star. Chilton's early commercial success in the 1960s ...
(1950–2010), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, the lead singer of the Box Tops
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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, ...
(born 1979), Korean-Canadian singer of Clazziquai
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Alex Day
Alex Richard George Day (born 8 April 1989) is an English musician, vlogger and writer. Day has released seven studio albums, two EPs, and had three UK Top 40 hits.Holiday, RyanYouTube and Chart Sensation Alex Day the Future of Music? ''Forbe ...
(born 1989), English musician
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Alex Gardner (born 1991), Scottish musician
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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 ...
(born 1987), American lead singer of All Time Low
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Alex Gonzaga
Catherine Cruz Gonzaga-Morada (; born Catherine Cruz Gonzaga; January 16, 1988), professionally known as Alex Gonzaga, is a Filipino media personality, comedienne, businesswoman, host, singer and actress. Her self-titled YouTube channel is one ...
(born 1988), Filipino actress, comedian, and YouTuber
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Alex Harvey (musician)
Alexander James Harvey (5 February 1935 – 4 February 1982) was a Scottish rock and blues musician. Although his career spanned almost three decades, he is best remembered as the frontman of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, with whom he bui ...
(1935–1982), British rock musician
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Alex Hood (born 1935), Australian folk musician
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Alex James (musician)
Steven Alexander James, FRSA (born 21 November 1968) is an English musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band Blur, he has also played with temporary bands Fat Les, Me Me Me, WigWam and Bad Lieutenant.
Music career
James was b ...
(born 1968), British bass player for Blur
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Alex Jolig (born 1963), German actor, singer and motorcycle racer
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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 Dr. Elizabeth Corday in ...
(born 1963), English actress
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Alex Koehler
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 ...
(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 ...
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Alex Lifeson
Aleksandar Živojinović, (born 27 August 1953), known professionally as Alex Lifeson (), is a Canadian musician, best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist of the progressive rock band Rush. In 1968, Lifeson co-founded the band that wo ...
, stage name for Canadian musician Alexandar Zivojinovich (born 1953), a guitarist for Rush
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Alex O'Loughlin
Alex O'Loughlin (born 24 August 1976) is an Australian actor, writer, director, and producer, who played Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett on CBS' remake of the TV series '' Hawaii Five-0'' (2010–2020). He had starring roles in the films ...
(born 1976), Australian actor
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Alex Russell (actor)
Alexander Andrew Russell (born 11 December 1987) is an Australian actor and director. He is known for starring in the films '' Chronicle'' (2012) and '' Believe Me'' (2014). Since 2017, Russell has portrayed Jim Street in the CBS crime actio ...
(born 1987), Australian actor
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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 th ...
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fl.
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
'' 1991–present), Irish singer
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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 seaso ...
(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 ge ...
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Alex Turner (musician)
Alexander David Turner (born 6 January 1986) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is well known as the frontman and principal songwriter of the rock band Arctic Monkeys, with whom he has released seven albums. He ...
(born 1986), British guitarist and lead singer of Arctic Monkeys
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Alex Van Halen
Alexander Arthur Van Halen (; born May 8, 1953) is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band Van Halen. The band was formed in 1972 by Alex Van Halen, his younger brother Eddie, David Lee Roth, and Mark ...
(born 1953), Dutch drummer for Van Halen
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Alex Vargas (born 1988), Danish singer
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Alex Winter
Alexander Ross Winter (born July 17, 1965) is a British-American actor and filmmaker. He played the slacker Bill in the 1989 film '' Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'' and its sequels '' Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey'' (1991) and '' Bill & Ted Fa ...
(born 1965), British-American actor
Other
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Alex Aïnouz (born 1982), French culinary YouTuber
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Alex Azar
Alex Michael Azar II (; born June 17, 1967) is an American attorney, businessman, lobbyist, and former pharmaceutical executive who served as the United States secretary of health and human services from 2018 to 2021. Azar was nominated to his ...
(born 1967), American government official and lawyer
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Alex Balfanz
Alex Balfanz, (born May 5, 1999) known online as badcc, is an American video game developer who is the programmer and co-creator of the '' Roblox'' game ''Jailbreak''.
Early life
Born in 1999, Balfanz began to code games using Roblox Studio at t ...
(born 1999), American video game developer
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Alex Ferrer
Alejandro Enrique Ferrer (born October 18, 1960), known professionally as Judge Alex, is an American television personality, lawyer, and retired judge who presided as the arbitrator on the eponymous '' Judge Alex''.
Early life
Ferrer was born ...
(born 1960), a Cuban-born judge currently residing in Miami, Florida
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Alex Konanykhin
Alex Konanykhin (born Alexander Pavlovich Konanykhin (russian: Александр Павлович Конаныхин) September 25, 1966) is an entrepreneur and former banker. He started his career by founding a private bank in Russia towards th ...
(born 1966), Russian Entrepreneur, former banker
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Alex McCool
Alexander A. McCool Jr. (10 December 1923 – 14 July 2020) was manager of the Space Shuttle Projects Office at the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. During his career, McCool contributed to several space devel ...
(1923–2020), American NASA manager
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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 sequen ...
(born 1996), American internet celebrity
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Alex Wagner
Alexandra Swe Wagner (born November 27, 1977) is an American journalist. She is the host of both '' Alex Wagner Tonight ''on MSNBC and Netflix's '' The Mole'' reboot, as well as the author of ''FutureFace: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the ...
(born 1977), American journalist
Animals
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Alex (parrot)
Alex (May 1976 – 6 September 2007) was a grey parrot and the subject of a thirty-year experiment by animal psychologist Irene Pepperberg, initially at the University of Arizona and later at Harvard University and Brandeis University. When Alex ...
(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''
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Alex (''A Clockwork Orange'')
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Alex (''Power Rangers'')
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Alex (''Street Fighter'')
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Alex (''Totally Spies'')
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Alex Browning
Alexander Theodore Browning is a fictional character in the ''Final Destination'' series created by Jeffrey Reddick and portrayed by Canadian actor Devon Sawa. As the series' most popular character, Alex serves as the protagonist of the origin ...
, a character from
Final Destination
''Final Destination'' is an American horror franchise that includes five films, two comic books, and nine novels. It is based on an unproduced spec script by Jeffrey Reddick, originally written for ''The X-Files'' television series, and was d ...
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Alex Cross
''Alex Cross'' is a crime, mystery, and thriller novel series written by James Patterson. The series focuses on Metropolitan Police Department detective and father Alex Cross as he faces threats to his family and the city of Washington, D.C. ...
, from the ''Alex Cross'' novel and film series
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Alex Fierro
Alex Fierro is a fictional character and one of the main characters in Rick Riordan's '' Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'' series. Alex's portrayal in ''The Hammer of Thor'' was praised for its honest and accurate approach to the character's g ...
, from the ''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'' novels by Rick Riordan
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Alex P. Keaton
Alex P. Keaton is a fictional character on the American television sitcom '' Family Ties,'' which aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989. ''Family Ties'' reflected the move in the United States away from the cultural liberalism of t ...
, a character on the United States TV sitcom ''
Family Ties
''Family Ties'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC for seven seasons, premiering on September 22, 1982, and concluding on May 14, 1989. The series, created by Gary David Goldberg, reflected the move in the United States f ...
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Alex the Lion, from the ''Madagascar'' animated films and franchise
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Alex Louis Armstrong, the state alchemist from
Fullmetal Alchemist
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga anthology magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' between July 2001 and June 2010; the publisher later collected the ...
*Alex Masterley, the title character in
Alex (comic strip)
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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
''Stardew Valley'' is a simulation role-playing video game developed by Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone. Players take the role of a character who takes over their deceased grandfather's dilapidated farm in a place known as Stardew Valley. The game wa ...
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Alex Rider (character)
Alex Rider is a title character and the protagonist of the '' Alex Rider'' novel series by British author Anthony Horowitz. He has also been featured in three short story, short stories written by Horowitz based in the same canon (fiction), can ...
, from the ''Alex Rider'' novels by Anthony Horowitz
*Alex Shamir, a character in the 1994 American comedy film ''
Robot in the Family
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Cas ...
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*Alex Standall, a character in the novel and Netflix series ''
13 Reasons Why
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''
*Alex Taylor, the main character in the video game ''
The Crew''
*Alex, the default female avatar in the video game ''
Minecraft
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Alex Vause
Alex Pearl Vause is a fictional character played by Laura Prepon on the Netflix series ''Orange Is the New Black''. The character is loosely based on the real ex-girlfriend of Piper Kerman, author of '' Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Wome ...
, a character in the television series ''Orange Is the New Black''
*Alex, supporting character in the anime series ''
Futari wa Pretty Cure
, known as simply ''Pretty Cure'' outside Japan, is a Japanese magical girl anime series produced by Toei Animation and broadcast across Japan on ANN for 97 episodes. It is the first series in the '' Pretty Cure'' metaseries created by I ...
'' (originally named Akane Fujita)
See also
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Alexander
Alexander is a male given name. 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, Al ...
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Alexandra (disambiguation)
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Alexz (disambiguation) Alexz can be a variation of the name Alexzandra, or several other similar names. Notable people with the given name or nickname include:
*Alexz Johnson (born 1986), Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, and philanthropist
*Alexz Wig ...
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Alexx (disambiguation)
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Allex (disambiguation)
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