# Alex

Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, or Alexis.

## People
### Multiple

* Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alex Cook (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 Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people

### Politicians

* Alex Allan (born 1951), British diplomat
* Alex Attwood (born 1959), Northern Irish politician
* Alex Kushnir (born 1978), Israeli politician
* Alex Salmond (1954–2024), Scottish politician, former First Minister of Scotland

### Baseball players

* Alex Avila (born 1987), American baseball player
* Alex Bregman (born 1994), American baseball player
* Alex Freeland (born 2001), American baseball player
* Alex Gardner (baseball) (1861–1921), Canadian baseball player
* Alex Katz (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball player
* Alex Pompez (1890–1974), American executive in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball scout
* Alex Rodriguez (born 1975), American baseball player

### American football

* Alex Anzalone (born 1994), American football player
* Alex Austin (born 2001), American football player
* Alex Bachman (born 1996), American football player
* Alex Barnes (American football) (born 1996), American football player
* Alex Bars (born 1995), American football player
* Alex Barrett (born 1994), American football player
* Alex Cappa (born 1995), American football player
* Alex Hale, Australian-American football player
* Alex Highsmith (born 1997), American football player
* Alex Hornibrook (born 1997), American football player
* Alex Karras (1935–2012), American football player and actor
* Alex Leatherwood (born 1999), American football player
* Alex Light (born 1996), American football player
* Alex Mack (born 1985), American football player
* Alex McGough (born 1995), American football player
* Alex Orji (born 2003), American football player
* Alex Palczewski (born 1999), American football player
* Alex Redmond (American football) (born 1995), American football player
* Alex Smith (born 1984), American football player

### Association footballers

* Alex (footballer, born 1976), Brazilian footballer
* 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
* Alex Cazumba (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
* Alex Chidiac (born 1999), Australian footballer
* Alessandro Del Piero (born 1974), Italian footballer
* Alex Ferguson (born 1941), Scottish football manager and player
* Alex Freitas (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer
* Alex Freitas (footballer, born 1991), Portuguese footballer
* Alex Gardner (footballer) (1877–1952), Scottish footballer
* Alex Manninger (born 1977), Austrian footballer
* Alex Raphael Meschini (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
* Alex Monteiro de Lima (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
* Alex Morgan (born 1989), American women's soccer player
* Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (born 1993), English footballer
* Álex Pérez (born 1991), Spanish footballer
* Alessandro Santos (born 1977), Brazilian-Japanese international footballer
* Alex Silva (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian footballer
* Alex Stepney (born 1942), English footballer
* Alex Whittle (born 1993), English footballer

### Basketball players

* Alex Caruso (born 1994), American basketball player
* Alex English (born 1954), American basketball player
* Alex Karaban (born 2002), American basketball player
* Alex King (basketball) (born 1985), German basketball player
* Alex Len (born 1993), Ukrainian basketball player
* Alex Poythress (born 1993), American-Ivorian basketball player
* Alex Sarr (born 2005), French basketball player
* Alex Tyus (born 1988), American-Israeli basketball player

### Boxers

* Alex Arthur (born 1978), British boxer
* Alex Obeysekere (1918–2002), Sri Lankan boxer

### Motorsports

* Alex Albon (born 1996), Thai racing driver
* Alex Labbé (born 1993), Canadian racing driver
* Alex Zanardi (born 1966), Italian racing driver and paracyclist

### Other sports

* Alex Asensi (born 1984), Norwegian table tennis player
* Alex Auld (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
* Alex Breton (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
* Alex Chu (born 1992), American professional gamer, usually known by his in-game name Xpecial
* Alex Decoteau (1887–1917), Cree Canadian track and field athlete, police officer and soldier.
* Alex Glenn (born 1988), New Zealand rugby league player
* Alex Hall (born 1998), American freestyle skier
* Alex Honnold (born 1985), American rock climber
* Alex Koslov, ring name of Alex Sherman (born 1984), a Moldovan-born professional wrestler
* Alex Masai (born 1997), Kenyan long-distance runner
* Alex Ovechkin (born 1985), Russian ice hockey player and captain for the Washington Capitals
* Alex Pierzchalski (born 1991), Canadian football player
* Alex Pietrangelo (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
* Alex Schlopy (born 1992), American skier
* Alex Tripolski (born 1962), Israeli Olympic sport shooter, and President of the Israel Curling Federation

### Arts and entertainment

* Alex (actor) (1959–2011), Indian actor and magician
* Alex (singer) (born 1978), Danish singer
* Alex Avery (born 1971), English actor
* Alex Borstein (born 1972), American actress
* Alex Brooker (born 1984), British journalist and presenter of The Last Leg
* Alex Bulmer, Canadian playwright and theatre artist
* Alex Castro (born 1985), Filipino actor and Vice Governor of Bulacan
* Alex Chilton (1950–2010), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, the lead singer of the Box Tops
* Alex Chu (born 1979), Korean-Canadian singer of Clazziquai
* Alex Consani (born 2003), American model and influencer
* Alex Day (born 1989), English musician
* Alex Gaskarth (born 1987), American lead singer of All Time Low
* Alex Gonzaga (born 1988), Filipino actress, comedian, and YouTuber
* Alex Harvey (musician) (1935–1982), British rock musician
* Alex Hills (born 1974), English composer
* Alex Hood (born 1935), Australian folk musician
* Alex James (musician) (born 1968), British bass player for Blur
* Alex Jolig (born 1963), German actor, singer and motorcycle racer
* Alex Kingston (born 1963), English actress
* Alex Koehler (born 1991), American vocalist for Chelsea Grin
* Alex Lifeson, stage name for Canadian musician Alexandar Zivojinovich (born 1953), a guitarist for Rush
* Alex Mahan (born 1988), American video game developer
* Alex Vincent Medina (born 1986), Filipino film actor
* Alex O'Loughlin (born 1976), Australian actor
* Alex Russell (actor) (born 1987), Australian actor
* Alex Sharpe (fl. 1991–present), Irish singer
* Alex Trebek (1940–2020), Canadian-American host of the game show Jeopardy!
* Alex Turner (musician) (born 1986), British guitarist and lead singer of Arctic Monkeys
* Alex Van Halen (born 1953), Dutch drummer for Van Halen
* Alex Vargas (born 1988), Danish singer
* Alex Winter (born 1965), British-American actor
* Eliza Orne White (1856–1947), American author who wrote under the pen-name 'Alex'

### Other

* Alex Aïnouz (born 1982), French culinary YouTuber
* Alex Azar (born 1967), American government official and lawyer
* Alex Balfanz (born 1999), American video game developer
* Alex Ferrer (born 1960), a Cuban-born judge currently residing in Miami, Florida
* Alex Konanykhin (born 1966), Russian Entrepreneur, former banker
* Alex McCool (1923–2020), American NASA manager
* Alex Schachter (2003–2018), one of the 17 victims who was killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
* Alex Chen Stokes (born 1996), American internet celebrity
* Alex Wagner (born 1977), American journalist

## Animals

* Alex (parrot) (1976–2007), an African Grey Parrot and the subject of language experiments

## Fictional characters

* 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 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 (originally named Akane Fujita)