# Lex (given name)

Lex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander or Alexis.

## People with the name

* Lex Albrecht (born 1987), Canadian racing cyclist
* Lex de Azevedo (born 1943), American composer, songwriter, pianist
* Lex Baillie (born 1966), Scottish professional footballer
* Lex Banning (1921–1965), Australian lyric poet
* Lex Barker (1919–1973), American actor
* Lex Bell OAM (born 1945), Australian politician
* Lex Bos (born 1957), field hockey goalkeeper from the Netherlands
* Lex Brown (artist) (born 1989), American video and performance artist
* Lex Brown (businessman), Scottish businessman
* Lex Chisholm (1915–1981), Canadian ice hockey centre
* Lex Cools (1941–2013), Dutch behavioral pharmacologist
* Lex Czarnek (born 1977), Polish politician and academic
* Lex van Dam (born 1968), Dutch investment manager, investor, writer
* Lex Scott Davis (born 1991), American actress
* Lex Davison (1923–1965), Australian racing driver
* Lex van Delden (1919–1988), Dutch composer
* Lex van Delden (actor) (1947–2010), Dutch actor and singer
* Lex Delles (born 1984), Luxembourgish politician
* Lex Diamonds (born 1970), American rapper (stage name Raekwon)
* Lex Doyle AO, Australian paediatrician, researcher and academic
* Lex Dwyer, former Australian rules footballer
* Lex van der Eb (born 1934), Dutch molecular biologist and virologist
* Lex Eilifsen (1897–1943), Norwegian police officer
* Lex Eisenhardt (born 1952), performer on early plucked instruments
* Lex Fair (1926–1995), Dean of Connor from 1990 until 1995
* Lex Franken (born 1916), Dutch Olympic water polo player
* Lex Fridman (born 1983), Russian-American computer scientist
* Lex Frieden (born 1949), American disability activist and professor
* Lex Gibb, Australian professional soccer player
* Lex Gigeroff (1962–2011), Canadian television writer, actor, co-creator of the science fiction series Lexx
* Lex Gillette (born 1984), US blind Paralympic athlete competing in T11 and F11
* Lex Gold CBE (born 1940), Scottish administrator and former footballer
* Lex Goudsmit (1913–1999), Dutch actor
* Lex Govan (1914–1996), Scottish rugby union player
* Lex Grant (born 1962), Scottish football forward
* Lex Greensill (born 1976), Australian businessman, founded Greensill Capital
* Lex Green (Florida politician) (Robert A. Green) (1892–1973), U.S. Representative from Florida
* Lex de Haan (1954–2006), author, lecturer, researcher, and consultant in relational database technology
* Lex van Haeften (born 1987), Dutch professional footballer
* Lex Hester (1935–2000), public administrator in Jacksonville, Florida
* Lex Hilliard (born 1984), American football running back and fullback
* Lex Hixon (1941–1995), American Sufi author, poet, and spiritual teacher
* Lex Hudson (born 1955), Canadian professional ice hockey player
* Lex Humphries (1936–1994), jazz drummer
* Lex Icon (born 1978), Norwegian metal musician
* Lex Immers (born 1986), Dutch professional footballer
* Lex Jacoby (1930–2015), Luxembourgian writer
* Lex Johnson, British designer, director and creative executive
* Lex van Kreuningen (born 1937), Dutch road cyclist between 1959 and 1964
* Lex Land (born 1988), American singer-songwriter and jazz vocalist
* Lex Lang (born 1965), American voice actor
* Lex Lasry (born 1948), Australian lawyer and a judge on the Supreme Court of Victoria
* Lex Law, Scottish former footballer
* Lex Luger (born 1958), American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and football player
* Lex Luger (record producer) (born 1991), American record producer
* Lex Lutzus (born 1980), British film producer and financier
* Lex MacKenzie, MC (1885–1970), Canadian politician
* Lex Marinos (1949–2024), Australian actor
* Lex McLean (1908–1975), Scottish comedian
* Lex Medlin (born 1969), American actor
* Alexander "Lex" Miller (1908–1960), New Zealand Presbyterian minister, author, theologian
* Lex Mpati SC (born 1949), South African judge, Chancellor of Rhodes University
* Lex Mullink (born 1944), Dutch Olympic rower
* Lex Nederlof (born 1966), retired Dutch cyclist
* Lex Peterson (1957–2004), New Zealand bobsledder
* Lex Pritchard (born 1954), Australian rules footballer
* Lex Redelé (1939–2013), Dutch rower
* Lex Richardson (born 1958), Scottish professional football player and manager
* Lex Rijger (1944–2021), Surinamese country singer and songwriter
* Lex Robson (1898–1974), Scottish-Canadian professional golfer
* Lex Schoenmaker (born 1947), Dutch former football player and manager
* Lex Schrijver (born 1948), Dutch mathematician and computer scientist
* Lex Shrapnel (born 1979), English actor
* Lex Staley, half of the syndicated American radio morning team Lex and Terry
* Lex Stone (1885–1925), American football player, coach, politician
* Lex Thompson (1911–1954), owner of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles
* Lex Tupas, Filipino public servant
* Lex van den Berghe, contestant in the 2001 American television show Survivor: Africa
* Lex Veldhuis (born 1983), Dutch professional poker player
* Lex Watson "Lex" Watson, AM (1943–2014), Australian LGBT rights activist, historian, political scientist

## Fictional characters

* Lex Luthor, nemesis of Superman
* Alexis "Lex" Murphy, in the Jurassic Park novel and film franchise
* Lex, in the New Zealand / British TV series The Tribe (1999–2003), played by Caleb Ross
* Lex, in the game Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (1996)