# Alec

Alec or Aleck is a Scottish form of the given name Alex. It may be a shortened form of the name Alexander or a given name in its own right. Notable people with the name include:

## People

* Alec Aalto (1942–2018), Finnish diplomat
* Alec Acton (1938–1994), English footballer
* Alec Albiston (1917–1998), Australian rules footballer
* Alec Alston (1937–2009), English footballer
* Alec and Peter Graham (1881–1957), New Zealand mountaineers, guides, and hotel operators
* Alec Anderson (American football, born 1894) (1894–1953), American NFL player
* Alec Asher (born 1991), American MLB player
* Alec Ashworth (1939–1995), English professional footballer
* Alec Astle (born 1949), New Zealand former cricketer
* Alec Atkinson (1919–2015), British Royal Air Force officer and civil servant
* Alec B. Francis (1867–1934), English silent-film actor
* Alec Bagot (1893–1968), South Australian adventurer, polemicist, and politician
* Alec Baillie (died 2020), American bassist
* Alec Baldwin (born 1958), American actor
* Alec Bangham (1921–2010), British biophysicist
* Alec Bartlett (born 1993), American soccer player
* Alec Bathgate, New Zealand musician
* Alec Bedser (1918–2010), English professional cricketer
* Alec Bedser (South African cricketer) (1948–1981), South African cricketer
* Alec Beechman (1896–1965), British barrister and politician
* Alec Benjamin (born 1994), American singer-songwriter
* Alec Bennett (1897–1973), Irish-Canadian motorcycle racer
* Alec Berg (born 1969 or 1970), American comedy and television writer of Swedish descent
* Alec Bettinger (born 1995), American MLB player
* Alec Birrell (1885–1948), Australian rules footballer, military personnel, and doctor
* Alec Birtwell (1908–1974), English cricketer
* Alec Bishop (1897–1984), British Army officer and administrator
* Alec Blakeman (1918–1994), English professional footballer
* Alec Boden (1925–2011), Scottish footballer
* Alec Bohm (born 1996), American MLB player
* Alec Bonnett (1922–1992), British sports shooter
* Alec Boswell Timms (1872–1922), Australian-born international rugby union player
* Alec Brader (born 1942), English professional footballer, schoolteacher, and youth athletics coach
* Alec Brady (1870–1913), Scottish professional footballer
* Alec Bregonzi (1930–2006), English actor
* Alec Briggs (born 1939), English former professional footballer
* Alec Broers, Baron Broers (born 1938), British electrical engineer
* Alec Brook (1911–1986), English international table tennis player
* Alec Brook-Krasny (born 1958), American politician
* Alec Brown (born 1992), American professional basketball player
* Alec Brown (snooker player) (1908–1995), English snooker player
* Alec Brownstein (born 1980), American creative marketer, writer, and film director
* Alec Burgess (1906–1990), English cricketer
* Alec Burks (born 1991), American NBA player
* Alec Burleson (born 1998), American MLB player
* Alec Burns (1907–2003), English track and field athlete
* Alec Burns (cricketer) (born 1948), Trinidad and Tobago former cricketer
* Alec Butler (born 1959), Canadian playwright
* Alec C. Snowden (1901–1983), British film producer
* Alec Cairncross (1911–1998), Scottish economist
* Alec Cameron (disambiguation), several people
* Alec Campbell (disambiguation), several people
* Alec Cannon, English footballer
* Alec Carruthers Gould (1870–1948), English illustrator and landscape- and marine painter
* Alec Cartio (born 1976), Iranian-Swedish-American music video-, automotive commercial-, and film director
* Alec Chamberlain (born 1964), English former professional footballer
* Alec Cheyne (1907–1983), Scottish footballer
* Alec Chien, classical pianist from Hong Kong
* Alec Christie, British writer, film producer, and actor
* Alec Clarey (born 1994), English rugby union player
* Alec Clarke (1904–1959), South African cricketer
* Alec Clegg (1909–1986), English educationalist
* Alec Cleland (born 1970), Scottish professional footballer and coach
* Alec Clifton-Taylor (1907–1985), English architectural historian
* Alec Clunes (1912–1970), English actor and theatrical manager
* Alec Clydesdale (1875–1947), Australian politician
* Alec Cobbe (born 1945), Irish designer, artist, musical instrument collector, and decorator
* Alec Coles (born 1959), British-Australian art curator
* Alec Connell (1900–1958), Canadian NHL player
* Alec Cooke, Baron Cooke of Islandreagh (1920–2007), Irish politician and Royal Navy officer
* Alec Coombes (born 1995), Scottish rugby union player
* Alec Coppel (1907–1972), Australian-born screenwriter, novelist, and playwright
* Alec Coppen (1923–2019), British psychiatrist
* Alec Coryton (1895–1981), British Air Force commander
* Alec Cowan (born 1996), Canadian cyclist
* Alec Coxon (1916–2006), English cricketer
* Alec Craig (1884–1945), Scottish actor
* Alec Crikis (1944–2016), Australian sports shooter
* Alec Croft (born 1937), English former professional footballer
* Alec Crozier (1904–1974), Australian rules footballer
* Alec Cunningham (1905–1981), English cricketer
* Alec Cunningham-Reid (1895–1977), British military personnel
* Alec Dankworth (born 1960), English jazz musician
* Alec David Young (1913–2005), British aeronautical engineer
* Alec Davies (born 1962), Scottish former cricketer and current physical education teacher
* Alec Davies (footballer) (1920–1998), Scottish footballer
* Alec Debnam (1921–2003), English cricketer and Royal Air Force member
* Alec de Candole (1897–1918), English poet and military personnel
* Alec Denton (born 1994), English footballer
* Alec Devon Kreider (1991–2017), American murderer
* Alec Dick (footballer) (1865–1925), Scottish footballer
* Alec Dickson (1914–1994), British activist and V.S.O. founder
* Alec Distaso (1948–2009), American MLB player
* Alec Dockar (1920–1994), English professional rugby league footballer
* Alec Donald (1900–1952), Scottish professional footballer
* Alec Douglas (1939–2014), South African cricketer
* Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995), British politician, Prime Minister of the U.K. (1963–1964)
* Alec Down (1914–1995), British archaeologist
* Alec Duckart (born 2000), American singer-songwriter
* Alec Duffy (born 1975), American writer and theater director
* Alec Dufty (born 1987), American former soccer player and current coach
* Alec Eason (1889–1956), Australian rules footballer, coach, and administrator
* Alec Eist (1929–1982), British police officer and Navy personnel
* Alec Elliot (born 1996), Canadian competitive Paralympic swimmer
* Alec Empire (born 1972), German musician
* Alec Epis (born 1937), Australian former footballer
* Alec Erwin (born 1948), South African politician
* Alec Evans (born 1939), Australian former rugby union footballer and coach
* Alec Farley (1925–2010), English professional footballer
* Alec Farmer (1908–1986), Scottish professional footballer
* Alec Farrall (born 1936), English former professional footballer
* Alec Farrow (1894–1955), Australian rules footballer
* Alec Finlay (born 1966), Scottish artist
* Alec Finn (1944–2018), British musician
* Alec Firth (1892–?), British trade union official
* Alec Foege, American author and magazine journalist
* Alec Fong Lim (1931–1990), Australian politician
* Alec Fraser (disambiguation), several people
* Alec Fyfe (1909–1973), Australian rules footballer
* Alec G. Olson (born 1930), American politician
* Alec Gallimore, American aerospace engineer
* Alec Gallup (1928–2009), American pollster
* Alec Garnett, American politician
* Alec Gaskell (1932–2014), English professional footballer
* Alec Geddes (1878–?), Scottish communist activist
* Alec George Horwood (1914–1944), British soldier
* Alec Georgen (born 1998), French professional footballer
* Alec Gibson (born 1963), American former NFL player
* Alec Gillies (1875–1932), Scottish footballer
* Alec Glassey (1887–1970), British politician
* Alec Glen, Scottish amateur footballer
* Alec Gores (born 1953), American billionaire businessman
* Alec Graham (1929–2021), English Anglican bishop
* Alec Grant (1893–1966), New Zealand cricketer and military personnel of Australian descent
* Alec Gray (disambiguation), several people
* Alec Greven, American self-help author
* Alec Grieve (1864–1933), Dundee artist
* Alec Guinness (1914–2000), English actor
* Alec Hall (English footballer) (1909–1992), English footballer
* Alec Hannan (1916–2002), South African boxer
* Alec Hansen (born 1994), American former baseball player
* Alec Hardie (1900–1975), Scottish professional footballer
* Alec Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1894–1960), British Army personnel
* Alec Hardy (1891–1970), Anglican bishop
* Alec Harper (1910–2003), English polo player and Indian Army officer
* Alec Harris (1897–1974), Welsh spiritualist medium
* Alec Hastilow (1895–1975), English cricketer and cricket administrator
* Alec Head (1924–2022), French horse trainer and breeder
* Alec Hearne (1863–1952), English cricketer
* Alec Hellewell (1880–1934), English footballer
* Alec Hepburn (born 1993), English rugby union player
* Alec Herd (1911–1982), Scottish professional footballer
* Alec Higgins (1908–1965), English professional rugby league footballer
* Alec Hill (1916–2008), Australian military historian and academic
* Alec Holowka (1983–2019), Canadian game programmer, designer, and musician
* Alec Hooper (1900–1978), English professional footballer
* Alec Horsley (1902–1993), British businessman, Quaker, and peace activist
* Alec Horwood (1914–1944), British Army officer
* Alec Hosie (1890–1957), English cricketer
* Alec Howie (1913–1940), Indian Army cricketer and British Army personnel
* Alec Hurley (1871–1913), English music hall singer
* Alec Hurwood (1902–1982), Australian cricketer
* Alec Inch (1915–1994), Australian engine driver and politician
* Alec Ingold (born 1996), American NFL player
* Alec Ingwersen (1941–2016), Australian rules footballer
* Alec Issigonis (1906–1988), Greek-British car designer
* Alex Jackson (disambiguation), several people
* Alec James (cricketer) (1889–1961), Welsh cricketer
* Alec Jason (1911–2000), English actor
* Alec Jeffreys (born 1950), British geneticist
* Alec Jenkins (born 1987), Welsh rugby union player
* Alec John Dawson (1872–1951), English author
* Alec John Such (1951–2022), American bassist, former member of Bon Jovi
* Alec Johnson (born 1944), English former cricketer
* Alec Johnson (rugby league) (1901–?), Australian rugby league footballer
* Alec Jones (1924–1983), British politician
* Alec Julian Tyndale-Biscoe (1906–1997), English naval engineer and officer
* Alec K. Redfearn, American musician and composer
* Alec Kann (born 1990), American MLS player
* Alec Kaplan (1890–1963), South African philatelist
* Alec Karakatsanis (born 1983), American civil rights lawyer, social justice advocate, public defender, and prison reformer
* Alec Kay (1879–1917), Scottish professional footballer and military personnel
* Alec Kellaway (1894–1973), Australian actor of South African descent
* Alec Kennedy (1891–1959), Scottish cricketer
* Alec Kerr (1876–1953), New Zealand cricketer
* Alec Kessler (1967–2007), American basketball player and orthopedic surgeon
* Alec King (1874–1954), Australian rules footballer and officer
* Alec Kirkbride (1897–1978), British diplomat
* Alec Kirkland (1900–?), Irish footballer
* Alec Kitson (1921–1997), British trade unionist and official
* Alec Knight (1939–2023), British chaplain
* Alec Kruger (1924–2015), Australian non-fiction writer
* Alec Lamont (1850–1934), English barrister
* Alec Lanham-Love (born 1961), South African sailor
* Alec Law (1910–?), Scottish professional footballer
* Alec Lazenby (born 1927), English-born Australian academic and writer
* Alec Lazo, Cuban-American ballroom dancer
* Alec Lemon (born 1991), American former football player
* Alec Leonce (born 1962), British bobsledder
* Alec Leslie (1900–1961), Scottish professional footballer
* Alec Lindsay (born 1948), English former footballer
* Alec Lindstrom (born 1998), American football player
* Alec Linwood (1920–2003), Scottish footballer
* Alec Logan (1882–1918), Scottish footballer
* Alec Longstreth (born 1979), American comics creator and illustrator
* Alec Lorimer (1896–?), Scottish footballer and ASL player
* Alec Lorimore (born 1948), American film director, film producer, and screenwriter
* Alec Lucas (born 1945), Welsh former professional footballer
* Alec Luyckx (born 1995), Belgian professional footballer
* Alec MacKaye (born 1966), American punk vocalist
* Alec Mackie (Irish footballer) (1903–1984), Irish footballer
* Alec Mackie (Scottish footballer), Scottish footballer
* Alec Mango (1911–1989), English actor
* Alec Mann (1902–?), English professional snooker player
* Alec Mapa (born 1965), Filipino-American actor
* Alec Marantz (born 1959), American linguist and researcher
* Alec Marks (1910–1983), Australian cricketer
* Alec Marr, Australian environmentalist
* Alec Marsh (born 1998), American MLB player
* Alec Marshall, American professional soccer player
* Alec Martinez (born 1987), American NHL player
* Alec Mathieson (1921–2022), Australian rules former footballer
* Alec Mawhinney (1894–1967), Australian rules footballer
* Alec Mazo (born 1978), Belarusian American producer and former professional dancer
* Alec McCartney (1879–1968), Irish international footballer
* Alec McClure (1892–1971), English professional footballer
* Alec McCowen (1925–2007), English actor
* Alec McCue (1927–1989), Scottish professional footballer
* Alec McDonald (disambiguation), several people
* Alec McHoul (born 1952), Anglo-Australian ethnomethodologist
* Alec McKenzie (1882–1968), Australian rules footballer
* Alec McLean (born 1950), New Zealand former rower
* Alec McNair (1882–1951), Scottish footballer and manager
* Alec Mercer (1891–1977), English footballer
* Alec Merrison (1924–1989), British physicist
* Alec Mildren (1915–1998), Australian racing driver
* Alec Mills (born 1991), American MLB player
* Alec Mills (soccer) (born 2000), Australian professional footballer
* Alec Milne (born 1937), Scottish former professional footballer
* Alec Milne (footballer, born 1889) (1889–1970), English footballer
* Alec Monk (born 1942), British businessman and brewer
* Alec Monopoly (born 1980s), American graffiti artist and DJ
* Alec Monteath (1941–2021), Scottish television actor and broadcaster
* Alec Monteith (1886–1972), New Zealand politician, farmer, and trade unionist
* Alec Moores (1919–2014), Canadian politician
* Alec Morgan (1908–1957), Australian rules footballer
* Alec Morris (fl. 1910s), New Zealand professional rugby league footballer
* Alec Moyse (1935–1994), English footballer
* Alec Mudimu (born 1995), Zimbabwean footballer
* Alec Muffett (born 1968), Anglo-American internet-security evangelist, architect, and software engineer
* Alec Mullen (born 1966), Scottish former boxer
* Alec Musser (1973–2024), American fitness model and actor
* Alec Mutch (1889–1960), Australian rules footballer and umpire
* Alec N. Wildenstein (1940–2008), French-born American billionaire businessman, art dealer, racehorse owner, and breeder
* Alec Năstac (born 1949), Romanian boxer and Olympic medalist
* Alec Naylor Dakin (1912–2003), English Egyptologist, cryptographer, and schoolmaster
* Alec Neill (born 1950), New Zealand politician
* Alec Nevala-Lee (born 1980), American novelist, biographer, and science fiction writer
* Alec Newman (born 1974), Scottish actor
* Alec Ogilvie (1882–1962), British early aviation pioneer
* Alec Ogilvie (businessman) (1913–1997), British business executive
* Alec Ogletree (born 1991), American NFL player
* Alec O'Hanley, member of Two Hours Traffic
* Alec O'Leary, Irish musician and director
* Alec Olney (1922–2017), British long-distance runner
* Alec O'Riordan (born 1940), Irish former cricketer
* Alec Ormiston (1884–1952), Scottish footballer
* Alec Ounsworth (born 1977), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Alec Oxenford, Argentine entrepreneur
* Alec Page (born 1993), Canadian former competitive swimmer
* Alec Pantaleo (born 1996), American wrestler
* Alec Parker (born 1974), American former rugby union player
* Alec Parker (cricketer) (born 1955), Australian cricketer
* Alec Peak (1916–1997), Australian rules footballer
* Alec Pearce (1910–1982), English cricketer
* Alec Pecker (1893–1975), British painter
* Alec Peters (born 1995), American NBA player
* Alec Peterson (1908–1988), British educator, founder of the International Baccalaureate
* Alec Pierce (born 2000), American football player
* Alec Poitevint (born 1947), American politician
* Alec Poole (born 1943), Irish racing driver
* Alec Potts (born 1996), Australian competitive archer
* Alec Price (1913–1999), Australian cricketer
* Alec Proudfoot (1906–1995), Australian rules footballer
* Alec Purdie (born 1988), American soccer player
* Alec Puro (born 1975), American musician, songwriter, and composer
* Alec R. Costandinos (born 1944), French composer, music producer, and singer-songwriter
* Alec Rasizade (born 1947), Azerbaijani-American retired professor
* Alec Rauhauser (born 1995), American ice hockey player
* Alec Rayme (born 1978), American actor
* Alec Reed (born 1934), English business writer, philanthropist, and humanist
* Alec Reeves (1902–1971), British scientist
* Alec Regula (born 2000), American NHL player
* Alec Reid (1931–2013), Irish Catholic priest
* Alec Reid (footballer) (1897–1969), Scottish footballer
* Alec Reid (rugby union) (1878–1952), South African international rugby union player
* Alec Riddolls (1908–1963), New Zealand cricketer
* Alec Robertson (disambiguation), several people
* Alec Rodger (1907–1982), British occupational psychologist
* Alec Rose (1908–1991), English nursery owner and fruit merchant
* Alec Ross (disambiguation), several people
* Alec Roth (born 1948), English composer
* Alec Rowley (1892–1958), English composer, organist, pianist, lecturer, and music writer
* Alec Roxburgh (1910–1985), English professional footballer
* Alec Russell, English journalist
* Alec Ryrie (born 1971), British historian of religion, Anglican, and writer
* Alec Sabin (born 1947), British actor
* Alec Scheiner (born 1973), American attorney and private equity investor
* Alec Scott (1906–1978), British horse rider
* Alec Secăreanu (born 1984), Romanian stage, television, and film actor
* Alec Sehon (1924–2018), Romanian-born Canadian immunologist
* Alec Seward (1901–1972), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Alec Shankly, Scottish professional footballer
* Alec Shelbrooke (born 1976), British politician
* Alec Shellogg (1914–1968), American NFL player
* Alec Shepperson (born 1936), English amateur golfer
* Alec Skelding (1886–1960), English cricketer and umpire
* Alec Skempton (1914–2001), British civil engineer
* Alec Sloan (1870–1938), Australian rules footballer
* Alec Smight (born 1959), American film editor and television director
* Alec Smith (disambiguation), several people
* Alec Snow (born 1945), Canadian businessperson and former politician
* Alec Sokolow (born 1965), American screenwriter
* Alec Soth (born 1969), American photographer
* Alec Southwell (1926–2018), Australian judge
* Alec Spalding (1923–2007), British radar operator and agricultural economist
* Alec Stander (born 1979), South African cricketer
* Alec Statham (1912–1977), British speedway rider
* Alec Stevens (born 1965), Brazilian-born American author, illustrator, and musician
* Alec Stewart (disambiguation), several people
* Alec Stock (1917–2001), English footballer and manager
* Alec Stokes (1919–2003), British physicist
* Alec Stone Sweet, American political scientist and jurist
* Alec Su (born 1973), Taiwanese musician and actor
* Alec Sulkin (born 1973), American writer, producer, and voice actor
* Alec Sundly (born 1992), American soccer player
* Alec Sutherland (1922–2014), Scottish swimmer, swimming coach, mountain climber, and airman
* Alec Swann (born 1976), English former cricketer
* Alec Talbot (1902–1975), English footballer
* Alec Taylor (disambiguation), several people
* Alec Templeton (1909–1963), British composer
* Alec Tennant, Australian former professional rugby league footballer
* Alec Thomas (1894–?), Canadian fisherman, trapper, longshoreman, logger, interpreter, anthropologist, and politician
* Alec Thompson (1916–2001), English cricketer
* Alec Thomson (1873–1953), English-born Australian politician
* Alec Thomson (footballer) (1901–1975), Scottish footballer
* Alec Thurlow (1922–1956), English footballer
* Alec Tidey (born 1955), Canadian former NHL player
* Alec Tod (1898–1977), British equestrian
* Alec Torelli (born 1987), American poker player
* Alec Trendall (1928–2013), English geologist, poet, and explorer
* Alec Troup (1909–?), Scottish professional rugby league footballer
* Alec Udell (born 1995), American racing driver
* Alec Urosevski (born 1994), Australian footballer
* Alec Utgoff (born 1986), Soviet-born English actor
* Alec Valentine (1928–1997), Scottish international rugby union footballer
* Alec Van Hoorenbeeck (born 1998), Belgian footballer
* Alec Vary (1908–1977), Australian rules footballer
* Alec Vidler (1899–1991), English Anglican priest, theologian, and ecclesiastical historian
* Alec Vinci (born 1999), Australian professional footballer
* Alec Wainman (1913–1989), British photographer, Quaker, and Slavonic scholar
* Alec Waterman (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
* Alec Waugh (1898–1981), British novelist
* Alec Wilder (1907–1980), American composer
* Alec Wilkinson (born 1952), American writer
* Alec Wills (1911–1941), English cricketer and Royal Air Force officer
* Alec Wintering (born 1995), American basketball player
* Alec Wood (1933–2016), Australian mycologist
* Alec Yoder (born 1997), American artistic gymnast
* Alec Young (1925–2010), Scottish footballer and coach
* Anthony Seibu Alec Abban (1928–1985), Ghanaian politician

## Fiction

* Alec, protagonist in Lonely Freddy, the second story in Five Nights at Freddy's Fazbear Frights 2: Fetch.
* Alec the Great, American newspaper comic strip
* Alec Forbes of Howglen, Scottish novel by George MacDonald
* Alec: A Novel, 2021 continuation of Maurice (1975)
* Alec Gilroy, fictional character in Coronation Street
* Alec of Kerry, fictional character in The Nightrunner Series by Lynn Flewelling
* Alec Lightwood, fictional character in The Shadowhunter Chronicles
* Alec Mason, fictional character in Red Faction: Guerilla
* Alec McDowell, fictional character in Dark Angel
* Alec McEwan, fictional character in Journey to the Center of the Earth
* Alec Trevelyan, fictional character in GoldenEye
* Alec of the Volturi coven in the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer
* Alec Ramsay, fictional character in The Black Stallion books and movies
* Alec Ryder father of protagonist in Mass Effect Andromeda
* Alec D'Urberville, fictional character in Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
* Alec Scudder, fictional character in Maurice by E.M. Forster
* DI Alec Hardy, fictional character in the Broadchurch TV show by Chris Chibnall
* Alec Holland, fictional character in the Swamp Thing comic series