Alex
Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis.
People
- Alex Allan (born 1951), British diplomat
- Alex Arthur (born 1978), British boxer
- Alex Asensi (born 1984), Norwegian pingpongo player
- Alex Attwood (born 1959), Northern Irish politician
- Alex Auld (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
- Alex Avila (born 1987), American baseball player
- Alex Azar (born 1967), American government official and lawyer
- Alex Balfanz (born 1999), American video game developer
- Alex Bregman (born 1994), American baseball player
- Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Brooker (born 1984), British journalist and presenter of The Last Leg
- Alex Bulmer, Canadian playwright and theatre artist
- Alex Chu (born 1979), Korean-Canadian singer of Clazziquai
- Alex Chu (born 1992), American professional gamer, usually known by his in-game name Xpecial
- Alex Ferrer (born 1960), a Cuban-born judge currently residing in Miami, Florida
- Alex Gardner (baseball) (1861–1921), Canadian baseball player
- Alex Glenn (born 1988), New Zealand Rugby League player
- Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alexander Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Katz (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball player
- Alex Konanykhin (born 1966), Russian Entrepreneur, former banker
- Alex Obeysekere (1918-2002), Sri Lankan Sinhala Olympian
- Alex O'Loughlin (born 1976), Australian actor
- Alex Pierzchalski (born 1991), Canadian football player
- Alex Russell (actor) (born 1987), Australian actor
- Alex Salmond (born 1954), Scottish politician, former First Minister of Scotland
- Alex Koslov, ring name of Alex Sherman (born 1984) a Moldovan-born professional wrestler
- Alex Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Trebek (1940–2020), Canadian-American host of the game show Jeopardy!
- Alex Tripolski (born 1962), Israeli Olympic sport shooter, and President of the Israel Curling Federation
- Alex Tyus (born 1988), American-Israeli professional basketball player, also plays for the Israeli national basketball team
- Alex Wagner (born 1977), American political analyst and MSNBC anchor
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
- Alex Leatherwood (born 1998), American football player
- Alex Light (born 1996), American football player
- Alex Mack, American football player
- Alex McGough, American football player
- Alex Redmond (American football), American football player
- Alex Smith (born 1984), 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 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 May 1990), 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), full name Alex de Oliveira Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
- Alex Cazumba (born 1988), Brazilian 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 Sandro da Silva (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
- Alex Stepney (born 1942), English footballer
- Alex Whittle (born 1993), English footballer
Music
- Alex Chilton (1950–2010), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, the lead singer of the Box Tops
- Alex Day (born 1989), English musician
- Alex Gardner (born 1991), Scottish musician
- Alex Gaskarth (born 1987), American lead singer of All Time Low
- Alex Harvey (musician) (1935–1982), British rock musician
- 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 Koehler (born 1991), American vocalist for Chelsea Grin
- Alex Lifeson, stage name for Canadian musician Alexandar Zivojinovich (born 1953), a guitarist for Rush
- Alex (singer) (born 1978), Danish singer
- Alex Sharpe (fl. 1991–present), Irish singer
- 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
Other
- Alex Aïnouz (born 1982), French culinary YouTuber
- Alex King (basketball) (born 1985), German basketballer
- Alex Kingston (born 1963), English actress
- Alex Kushnir (born 1978), Israeli politician
- Alex McCool (1923–2020), American NASA manager
- Alex Pompez (1890–1974), American executive in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball scout
- Alex Stokes (born 1996), American internet celebrity
- Alex Zanardi (born 1966), Italian racing driver and paracyclist
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
- Alex (A Clockwork Orange)
- Alex (Power Rangers)
- Alex (Street Fighter)
- Alex (Totally Spies)
- 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, from the Madagascar animated films and franchise
- 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
- 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
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Alex
- Alexander
- Alexandra (disambiguation)
- Allex (disambiguation)
References
Categories:
- Given names
- English-language masculine given names
- English masculine given names
- English feminine given names
- English-language unisex given names
- English unisex given names
- French unisex given names
- Hypocorisms