Alexi is a
given name that is a variant or nickname 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. Notable people with the name include:
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Alexi Laiho
Alexi Laiho ( IE-ho born Markku Uula Aleksi Laiho; 8 April 1979 – 29 December 2020) was a Finnish guitarist, composer, and vocalist. He was best known as the lead guitarist, lead vocalist and founding member of the melodic death metal band ...
(1979–2020), full name Markku Uula Aleksi Laiho, Finnish singer, composer, and guitarist of the death metal band Children of Bodom
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Alexi Lalas
Panayotis Alexander "Alexi" Lalas ( el, Αλέξης Λάλας; born June 1, 1970) is an American retired soccer player who played mostly as a defender. Lalas is best known for his participation with the United States men's national soccer t ...
(born 1970), American soccer player
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Alexi Murdoch
Alexi Murdoch (born 27 December 1973) is a British folk musician and songwriter.Elms, Robert (22 April 2011), "BBC London 94.9". Since his debut in 2002, Murdoch has released two LPs and one EP. His music has been featured in numerous televisio ...
, British singer-songwriter
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Alexi Giannoulias Alexi is a given name that is a variant or nickname of Alexander or Alexandra. Notable people with the name include:
Men
*Alexi Laiho (1979–2020), full name Markku Uula Aleksi Laiho, Finnish singer, composer, and guitarist of the death metal ...
(born 1976), full name Alexander Giannoulias, American politician
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Alexi Casilla
Alexi Casilla Lora (born July 20, 1984) is a Dominican former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins and Baltimore Orioles.
Professional career Minnesota Twins
Casilla was signed ...
(born 1984), full name Alexi Casilla Lora, American baseball player
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Alexi Grewal
Alexi Singh Grewal (born September 8, 1960) is an American Olympic gold medalist and former professional road racing cyclist. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Grewal became the first American man to win an Olympic gold medal in road ...
(born 1960), Indian-American road racing cyclist
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Alexi Ogando
Alexi Ogando Acosta (born October 5, 1983) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indians. He was an MLB Al ...
(born 1983), American baseball player
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Alexi Zentner
Alexi Zentner (born August 29, 1973 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian-American short story writer, and novelist.
Life
He graduated from Grinnell College with a BA and Cornell University with an MFA.
He taught at Cornell University. He's now ...
, Canadian-American author
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Alexi Kaye Campbell
Alexi Kaye Campbell (born 1966) is a Greeks in the United Kingdom, Greek-British playwright and actor. In 2009, his play ''The Pride (play), The Pride'' was given the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre.
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, Greek-American playwright and actor
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Alexi Ivanov
Aleksi Ivanov Vasilev (Bulgarian: Алекси Иванов Василев), (born Alexe Bădărău; October 22, 1922 – June 9, 1997) was a Bulgarian politician Secretary of (Deputy Chairman) of Standing Committee Bulgarian Agrarian People's ...
(1922–1997), Bulgarian politician, birth name Alexe Bădărău
Women
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Alexi Spann
Alexandra ("Alexi") Spann (born October 21, 1986) is a female breaststroke swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal in the women's 200m breaststroke event at the 2003 Pan American Games.
Spann is a native of Austin, Texas. Her fath ...
(born 1986), American swimmer
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Alexey
Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin A ...
(includes Aleksei, Aleksey, Alexei)
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Aleksi
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Alexis (disambiguation) Alexis may refer to:
People Mononym
* Alexis (poet) ( – ), a Greek comic poet
* Alexis (sculptor), an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC
* Alexis (singer) (born 1968), German pop singer
* Alexis (comics) (1946–1977 ...
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