Alex

Alex, Alec or Aleks is a unisex name, employed either as a hypocoristic or a standalone given name, derived from the Greek element ἀλέξειν (aléxein), meaning "to defend" or "to protect." Universally recognized as a diminutive for Alexander and Alexandra, Alex has, in contemporary usage, established itself as an independent given name for both males and females. Additionally, it is associated with Alexis.

People

Multiple

• Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
• Alex Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
• Alexander Curtis (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 Padilla (disambiguation), multiple people
• Alex Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people

Politicians

• Alex Allan (born 1951), British diplomat
• Alex Attwood (born 1959), Northern Irish politician
• Alex Kushnir (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 (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 (born 1975), American baseball player
• Alex Santos (baseball) (born 2002), American baseball player

American football

• Alex Anzalone (born 1994), American football player
• Alex Austin (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 Harkey (born 2001), 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 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
• Álex Baena, Spanish 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 Reese (born 1999), American basketball player
• Alex Sarr (born 2005), French basketball player
• Alex Toohey (born 2004), Australian 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 Carpenter (born 1994), American 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 Canadian 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 Masai (born 1997), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Alex Ovechkin (born 1985), Russian ice hockey player and captain for the Washington Capitals
• Alex Pierzchalski (born 1991), Canadian football player
• Alex Pietrangelo (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
• Alex Schlopy (born 1992), American skier
• Alex Sedrick (born 1998), American women's rugby sevens player
• Alex Tracy (born 2001), American ice hockey player
• Alex Tripolski (born 1962), Israeli Olympic sport shooter, and President of the Israel Curling Federation
• Alex Welsh (cyclist) (born 1991), Australian para-cyclist

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 (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!
• 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
• 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
• Alex the Great (rabbit) (2020-2025), popular rabbit known simply as Alex

Fictional characters

• Alex, one of the default player skins in the 2009 game Minecraft
• 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
• 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 Reiger, a character on the United States TV sitcom Taxi
• 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 second of nine player skins added to Minecraft
• Alex Vause, a character in the television series Orange Is the New Black
• Alex, supporting character in the anime series Futari wa Pretty Cure (originally named Akane Fujita)

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Alex
• Alexander
• Alexandra (disambiguation)
• Allex (disambiguation)

References