Alex
Alex, Alec or Aleks is a unisex name, employed either as a hypocoristic or a standalone given name, derived from the Greek element ἀλέξειν, meaning "to defend" or "to protect." Universally recognized as a diminutive for Alexander and Alexandra, Alex has, in contemporary usage, established itself as an independent given name for both males and females. Additionally, it is associated with Alexis.
People
Multiple
- Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alexander Curtis (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Forsyth (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alexander Gardner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alexander Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Lee (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Padilla (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alex Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people
Politicians
- Alex Allan, British diplomat
- Alex Attwood, Northern Irish politician
- Alex Kushnir, Israeli politician
- Alex Salmond, Scottish politician, former First Minister of Scotland
Baseball players
- Alex Avila, American baseball player
- Alex Bregman, American baseball player
- Alex Freeland, American baseball player
- Alex Gardner (baseball), Canadian baseball player
- Alex Katz (baseball), American baseball player
- Alex Pham, American baseball player
- Alex Pompez, American executive in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball scout
- Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player
- Alex Santos (baseball), American baseball player
American football
- Alex Afari, Italian-American football player
- Alex Anzalone, American football player
- Alex Austin, American football player
- Alex Bachman, American football player
- Alex Barnes (American football), American football player
- Alex Bars, American football player
- Alex Barrett, American football player
- Alex Cappa, American football player
- Alex Hale, Australian-American football player
- Alex Harkey, American football player
- Alex Highsmith, American football player
- Alex Hornibrook, American football player
- Alex Huntley, American football player
- Alex Karras, American football player and actor
- Alex Leatherwood, American football player
- Alex Light, American football player
- Alex Mack, American football player
- Alex McGough, American football player
- Alex Orji, American football player
- Alex Palczewski, American football player
- Alex Redmond (American football), American football player
- Alex Smith, American football player
- Alex "Sonny" Styles, American football player
Association footballers
- Alex (footballer, born 1977), full name Alexsandro de Souza, Brazilian footballer
- Alex (footballer, born 1979), full name Domingos Alexandre Martins Costa, Portuguese footballer
- Alex (footballer, born January 1982), full name Alex Henrique da Silva, Armenian-Brazilian footballer
- Alex (footballer, born June 1982), full name Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer
- Alex (footballer, born 1989), full name Alex Costa dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
- Alex (footballer, born August 1990), full name Alexssander Medeiros de Azeredo, Brazilian footballer
- Alex (footballer, born 1999), full name Alex de Oliveira Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
- Álex Baena, Spanish footballer
- Alex Cazumba, Brazilian footballer
- Alex Chidiac, Australian footballer
- Alessandro Del Piero, Italian footballer
- Alex Ferguson, Scottish football manager and player
- Alex Freitas (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer
- Alex Freitas (footballer, born 1991), Portuguese footballer
- Alex Gardner (footballer), Scottish footballer
- Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer
- Alex Raphael Meschini, Brazilian footballer
- Alex Monteiro de Lima, Brazilian footballer
- Alex Morgan, American women's soccer player
- Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
- Álex Pérez, Spanish footballer
- Alessandro Santos, Brazilian-Japanese international footballer
- Alex Silva (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian footballer
- Alex Stepney, English footballer
- Alex Whittle, English footballer
Basketball players
- Alex Caruso, American basketball player
- Alex English, American basketball player
- Alex Karaban, American basketball player
- Alex King (basketball), German basketball player
- Alex Len, Ukrainian basketball player
- Alex Poythress, American-Ivorian basketball player
- Alex Reese, American basketball player
- Alex Sarr, French basketball player
- Alex Toohey, Australian basketball player
- Alex Tyus, American-Israeli basketball player
Boxers
- Alex Arthur, British boxer
- Alex Obeysekere, Sri Lankan boxer
Motorsports
- Alex Albon, Thai racing driver
- Alex Labbé, Canadian racing driver
- Alex Zanardi, Italian racing driver and paracyclist
Other sports
- Alex Asensi, Norwegian table tennis player
- Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey player
- Alex Breton, Canadian ice hockey player
- Alex Carpenter, American ice hockey player
- Alex Chu, American professional gamer, usually known by his in-game name Xpecial
- Alex Eala, Filipino tennis player
- Alex Decoteau, Cree Canadian track and field athlete, police officer and soldier.
- Alex Glenn, New Zealand rugby league player
- Alex Hall, American freestyle skier
- Alex Honnold, American rock climber
- Alex Koslov, ring name of Alex Sherman, a Moldovan-born professional wrestler
- Alex Ovechkin, Russian ice hockey player and captain for the Washington Capitals
- Alex Pierzchalski, Canadian football player
- Alex Pietrangelo, Canadian ice hockey player
- Alex Schlopy, American skier
- Alex Sedrick, American women's rugby sevens player
- Alex Tracy, American ice hockey player
- Alex Tripolski, Israeli Olympic sport shooter, and President of the Israel Curling Federation
- Alex Welsh (cyclist), Australian para-cyclist
Arts and entertainment
- Alex (actor), Indian actor and magician
- Alex (singer), Danish singer
- Alex Avery, English actor
- Alex Borstein, American actress
- Alex Brooker, British journalist and presenter of The Last Leg
- Alex Bulmer, Canadian playwright and theatre artist
- Alex Castro, Filipino actor and Vice Governor of Bulacan
- Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, the lead singer of the Box Tops
- Alex Chu, Korean-Canadian singer of Clazziquai
- Alex Consani, American model and influencer
- Alex Day, English musician
- Alex Gaskarth, American lead singer of All Time Low
- Alex Gonzaga, Filipino actress, comedian, and YouTuber
- Alex Harvey (musician), British rock musician
- Alex Hills, English composer
- Alex Hood, Australian folk musician
- Alex James (musician), British bass player for Blur
- Alex Jolig, German actor, singer and motorcycle racer
- Alex Kingston, English actress
- Alex Koehler, American vocalist for Chelsea Grin
- Alex Lifeson, stage name for Canadian musician Alexandar Zivojinovich, a guitarist for Rush
- Alex Mahan, American video game developer
- Alex Vincent Medina, Filipino film actor
- Alex O'Loughlin, Australian actor
- Alex Russell (actor), Australian actor
- Alex Sauser-Monnig, American singer
- Alex Sharpe, Irish singer
- Alex Trebek, Canadian-American host of the game show Jeopardy!
- Alex Turner (musician), British guitarist and lead singer of Arctic Monkeys
- Alex Van Halen, Dutch drummer for Van Halen
- Alex Vargas, Danish singer
- Alex Wenham, English stone carver
- Alex Winter, British-American actor
- Eliza Orne White, American author who wrote under the pen-name 'Alex'
Other
- Alex Aïnouz, French culinary YouTuber
- Alex Azar, American government official and lawyer
- Alex Balfanz, American video game developer
- Alex Ferrer, a Cuban-born judge currently residing in Miami, Florida
- Alex Konanykhin, Russian entrepreneur and former banker
- Alex McCool, American NASA manager
- Alex Pretti, American nurse killed by United States Border Patrol agents
- Alex Schachter, one of the 17 victims who was killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
- Alex Chen Stokes, American internet celebrity
- Alex Wagner, American journalist
Others
- Alex (parrot), an African Grey Parrot and the subject of language experiments
- Alex the Great (rabbit), popular rabbit known simply as Alex
Fictional characters
- Alex, one of the default player skins in the 2009 game Minecraft
- Alex, a character in the 2009 American romantic comedy-drama movie He's Just Not That Into You
- Alex (A Clockwork Orange)
- Alex (Power Rangers)
- Alex (Street Fighter)
- Alex (Totally Spies)
- Alex Archer, character in the 1987–1992 Alex series of young adult novels by New Zealand novelist Tessa Duder
- Alex Browning, a character from Final Destination
- Alex Cross, from the Alex Cross novel and film series
- Alex Dunphy, a character in Modern Family
- Alex Fierro, from the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard novels by Rick Riordan
- Alex P. Keaton, a character on the United States TV sitcom Family Ties
- Alex the Lion, from the Madagascar animated films and franchise
- Alex Louis Armstrong, the state alchemist from Fullmetal Alchemist
- Alex Masterley, the title character in Alex (comic strip)
- Alex Millar (Being Human)
- Alex O'Connell, a character from the 2001 film The Mummy Returns and its 2008 sequel
- Alex O'Donnell, a character in the 2009 American fantasy comedy movie 17 Again
- Alex Pruitt, the main character in the 1997 film Home Alone 3
- Alex, one of the marriageable male characters in the video game Stardew Valley
- Alex Reiger, a character on the United States TV sitcom Taxi
- Alex Rider (character), from the Alex Rider novels by Anthony Horowitz
- Alex Shamir, a character in the 1994 American comedy film Robot in the Family
- Alex Standall, a character in the novel and Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- Alex Taylor, the main character in the video game The Crew
- Alex, the second of nine player skins added to Minecraft
- Alex Vause, a character in the television series Orange Is the New Black
- Alex, supporting character in the anime series ''Futari wa Pretty Cure''