Alex

Alex is a common English name, usually a diminutive of the male given name Alexander, or its female equivalent Alexandra. The East European male name Alexey (Aleksei, Alexis) is also sometimes shortened to Alex.

The name also exists in accented forms in Spanish as Álex (short for Alejandro) and Catalan as Àlex (short for Alexandre).

People whose first name is Alex

• Alex Chu, Korean-Canadian singer of Clazziquai
• Alex Ferrer, a Cuban-born judge currently residing in Miami, Florida.
• Alex James (musician), bass player for Blur
• Alex Harvey, Scottish rock musician
• Alex Konanykhin, Entrepreneur, former banker, former Russian oligarch
• Alex Sherman, Moldovan-born professional wrestler
• Alex Trebek, Host of the syndicated game show Jeopardy!
• Alex Tyus, American-Israeli professional basketball player, also plays for the Israeli national basketball team
• Alex Wagner, political analyst and MSNBC anchor

People commonly named or nicknamed Alex

Footballers

• Alex Cazumba, Brazilian footballer, currently playing for Los Angeles Galaxy
• Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian international footballer, currently playing for Paris Saint-Germain F.C.
• Alejandro Pérez Navarro, Spanish footballer, currently playing for Getafe CF
• Alessandro Del Piero, Italian international footballer, currently playing for Sydney F.C.
• Alex Raphael Meschini, Brazilian international footballer, currently playing for Corinthians
• Alex Morgan, American women's international striker, currently playing for the Western New York Flash
• Alessandro dos Santos, Brazilian-Japanese international footballer, currently playing for Urawa Red Diamonds
• Alex Smith, San Francisco 49er's starting quarterback for the NFL
• Alexsandro de Souza, Brazilian international footballer, currently playing for Coritiba FC.
• Alex Stepney, England International goalkeeper, played for Manchester United F.C.
• Alexandre Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer, currently playing for F.C. Porto
• Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer, currently playing for Arsenal F.C.

Music

• Alex (Jolig), German actor, singer and motorcycle racer
• Alex (Ambrose), Danish singer
• Alex Lifeson, guitarist for Rush (band)
• Alex Van Halen, drummer for Van Halen
• Alex Turner, guitarist and lead singer of Arctic Monkeys

Fictional characters

• Alex (Street Fighter), poster character from the Street Fighter III video game series
• List of characters in Alex
• Alex (Tekken), Tekken fighting game series
• Alex (comics), Marvel comics universe
• Alex (comic strip), British comic featuring Alex Masterley
• Alex, the name in Dutch of Alix from The Adventures of Alix
• Alex, video game Golden Sun
• Alex (Madagascar), character in the film Madagascar
• Alex the Dog, the mascot of Stroh's Beer from 1984 to 1989
• Alex, character from Totally Spies!
• Alex Nuñez, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Alex, narrator of A Clockwork Orange
• Alex (Lost), recurring character in the hit television series Lost
• Alex Rider (character), main character of the Alex Rider series
• Alex Kidd, main character of the Alex Kidd series
• Alex Russo main character in the Disney Channel TV series Wizards of Waverly Place
• Alex Daley main character in the Disney Channel TV series Wizards Place
• Alex Mack from The Secret World of Alex Mack which was a popular TV series during the 1990s

Places

• Alex, Haute-Savoie, France
• Alex, Oklahoma, USA
• Alex (restaurant), Las Vegas, USA
• Alex (Alexanderplatz), Berlin, Germany

Other

• Alex (videotex service), by Bell Canada in the early 1990s
• Alex (sniper rifle), a Polish sniper rifle (Bor)
• Alex (1908 automobile), an early British automobile
• Alex (parrot), talking African gray parrot studied by psychologist Irene Pepperberg
• Alex Reader, an e-book reader
• Tropical Storm Alex (disambiguation), a number of named tropical cyclones
• Alex (film), a 1992 New Zealand film

See also

• All pages starting with "Alex"
• Alexander
• Alexandra (disambiguation)
• Allex