Alex

Alex is a short form of the given name 'Alexander' or 'Alexandra' or 'Alexandria' or 'Alexandru'. In particular, it may refer to—

• a famous talking parrot studied by Irene Pepperberg.
• Alex, the antihero of A Clockwork Orange
• (the eponymous hero of) a cartoon strip in the Daily Telegraph.
• Alex Kidd, a fictional video game character.
• Alex, a fictional video game character in Golden Sun.
• Alex (NZ), the name given to a quartet of childrens novels and a movie made of them staring an eponymous New Zealand school girl swimming star created by Tessa Duder, see also http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/duder.html and http://www.tessaduder.com/
• Alessandro dos Santos, a Brazilian-born Japanese football (soccer) player typically referred to as Alex.
• Alexsandro de Souza, a Brazilian football (soccer) player also referred to as Alex.
• Alex Katsopolis, a character on the sitcom Full House.
• Alex Lam, a Hong Kong individual music producer.

In the United States, Alex may refer to—

• a town in Oklahoma.
• a township in North Dakota.

Other locations by the same name include—

• a commune in the Haute-Savoie département of France.

Other uses of Alex:

• Alex was the name of a NAPLPS videotex service offered by Bell Canada in the early 1990s.

See also

• Ice-Cold in Alex a war movie starring John Mills
• Alex Trebek, Host of the game show Jeopardy
• Alex Covalt, A strapping young buck from the Panhandle of Nebraska