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