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Rex is the Latin word for "king" (see also King of Rome). In the English language, Rex is a male given name.
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[edit] Politics
[edit] Entertainment and arts
- Rex Allen (1920-1999), American entertainer
- Rex Beach (1877-1949), American novelist and playwright
- Rex Smith (1955), American entertainer
- Rex Stout (1886-1975), American author
- Rex Hunt (1949), Australian television and radio personality and former football player
- Rex Murphy (1947), Canadian commentator
- Rex Navarrete (1969), Filipino American comedian
- Rex Newmark (1984), British television personality
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[edit] Sports
- Rex Barney (1924-1997), American baseball pitcher and announcer
- Rex Chapman (1967), American basketball player
- Rex Grossman (1980), American football player
- Rex Hadnot (1982), American football player
- Rex Hughes, American basketball coach
- Rex Hudler (1960), American baseball player
- Rex Kern (1949), former American football player
- Rex Norris (American football) (1939), American football coach
- Rex Ryan (1962), American football coach
- Rex Tucker (American football) (1976), former American football player
- Rex Walters (1970) American basketball player and coach
- Rex Wilson (1960), New Zealand long-distance runner
[edit] Fictional dogs
- Rex, a dog in the animated (claymation) television show Rex the Runt
- Inspector Rex, an Austrian police dog
- Rex the Wonder Dog, a canine DC Comics superhero
- Rex, the sheepdog from the 1995 Academy Award winning film Babe
[edit] Other fictional characters
- Rex, a locomotive on the fictional Arlesdale Railway in The Railway Series books
- Rex (Primeval), a Coelurosauravus-like reptile on the television series Primeval
- A character from Power Rangers Operation Overdrive
- A character from the game "Rex" by Martech
- A dinosaur-like enemy from the Super Mario video game series
- Metal Gear REX, a mecha from the video game, Metal Gear Solid
- Rex (Toy Story), a toy character from Disney/Pixar's Toy Story movies
- Rex (NX Files), a character in the action adventure web-show NX Files
- Rex Raptor, a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! series (known as Dinosaur Ryuzaki in the original version)
- Rex Balsom, a character on the soap opera One Life to Live
- Rex Goodwin, a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's series
- Rex Van de Kamp, a character in the TV series [esperate Housewives
- Clone Captain Rex a clone trooper in Star Wars
- Rex the first attempt at a replacement for Gary in Spongebob Squarepants
[edit] Animals
- Tyrannosaurus, often called T. rex, a species of dinosaur of the genus Tyrannosaurus
- Othnielia rex, a species of dinosaur belonging to the Hypsilophodont family
- Balaeniceps rex, the Shoebill, a species of bird with a very distinct bill
- The Cornish Rex and the Devon Rex cat breeds
- The Rex and the Mini Rex, rabbit breeds and type of fur in rabbits
- Rex (dog), a dog once owned by Ronald Reagan
- Rex the Wonder Horse, star of 15 Hollywood motion pictures
- Rex Murphy, a parrot owned by Tom Green, named after the Canadian commentator
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- Rex, King of Carnival, the de facto monarch of the Carnival Season in New Orleans
- rex (language), a programming language used for teaching purposes at Harvey Mudd College
- REX, an IATA airport code for the General Lucio Blanco International Airport in Reynosa, Mexico
- Rex, the dinosaur mascot of the University of Calgary
- Rex (video game), a 1988 game for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC
- Rex (musical), a stage musical, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
- Subaru Rex, a Japanese Kei car
- Subaru Impreza WRX (colloquially pronounced as "Impreza Rex"), a car referred to as "Rex"
- REX, a series of PDAs, including the REX 5000 and REX 6000
- SS Rex, an Italian luxury ship, sunk by Allied bombers off the coast of Slovenia in 1944
- Rex (chair), a foldable chair
- Wreckx-N-Effect, hip-hop band
[edit] See also