Alex

For other uses, see Alex (disambiguation).

Alex is a common given name commonly associated with the Greek name Alexandros. In English, it is usually a diminutive of the male given name Alexander, or its female equivalent Alexandra or Alexandria. Aleck or Alec is the Scottish form of Alex. The East European male name Alexey (Aleksei, Alexis, Aleksa) is also sometimes shortened to Alex. It is a commonly used nickname in Spanish for Alejandro, Alexandro, Alejandrino and Alexandrino, and related names like Alexa and Alexis.

People whose first name is Alex

Alex Allan, British diplomat
Alex Arthur, British boxer
Alex Asensi, pingpongo player
Alex Attwood, Northern Irish politician
Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey player
Alex Avila, American baseball player
Alex Brooker, journalist and presenter of The Last Leg
Alex Bregman, American baseball player
Alex Chu, Korean-Canadian singer of Clazziquai
Alex Chu, usually known by his in-game name Xpecial, American professional gamer
Alex Ferrer, a Cuban-born judge currently residing in Miami, Florida.
Alex Glenn, New Zealand Rugby League player
Alex James (musician), bass player for Blur
Alex Jones (British presenter), presenter of The One Show
Alex Jones (radio host), American talk show host, author and conspiracy theorists
Alex Harvey, Scottish rock musician
Alexander Johnson (disambiguation), Multiple people
Alex Konanykhin, Entrepreneur, former banker, former Russian oligarch
Alex Sherman, Moldovan-born professional wrestler
Alex O'Loughlin, Australian actor
Alex Pierzchalski, Canadian football player
Alex Salmond, politician, former First Minister of Scotland
Alex Sensation, American radio personality and DJ of Mega 97.9 in New York
Alex Trebek, host of the syndicated game show Jeopardy!
Alex Tripolski (born 1962), Israeli Olympic sport shooter, and President of the Israel Curling Federation
Alex Tyus, American-Israeli professional basketball player, also plays for the Israeli national basketball team
Alex Wagner, political analyst and MSNBC anchor
Alex Whittle, English footballer

People commonly named or nicknamed Alex

American footballers

Alex Smith, US American football player, NFL quarterback

Association footballers

Alex Cazumba, Brazilian footballer
Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian international footballer
Alejandro Pérez Navarro, Spanish footballer
Alessandro Del Piero, Italian international footballer
Alex Raphael Meschini, Brazilian international footballer
Alex Morgan, American women's international striker
Alessandro dos Santos, Brazilian-Japanese international footballer
Alexsandro de Souza, Brazilian international footballer
Alex Stepney, England International goalkeeper
Alexandre Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
Alex Monteiro de Lima, Brazilian footballer

Basketballers

Alex King (basketball), German basketballer

Music

Alex Jolig, German actor, singer and motorcycle racer
Alex (singer), Danish singer
Alex (X Factor Denmark singer)
Alex Lifeson, guitarist for Rush
Alex Sharpe, Irish singer
Alex Turner (musician), guitarist and lead singer of Arctic Monkeys
Alex Van Halen, drummer for Van Halen

Animals

Alex (parrot), an African Grey Parrot and the subject of language experiments

Fictional characters

Alex (A Clockwork Orange)
Alex (Street Fighter III: New Generation)
Alex (Power Rangers)
Alex Cross, the protagonist of a series of novels of the same name
Alex the Lion of the Madagascar series of films
Alex Rider (character)
Alex Vause, a character in the television series Orange Is the New Black