Title: Alex Content: Alex shortened version of the male name Alexander or the female version Alexandria. Both names mean "protector of men" or "defender of men". ==Art and entertainment== *Alex Cox (born 1954), British film director *Alex Grey (born 1953), American artist *Alex Kapranos (born 1972), Greek/British singer for the Scottish band Franz Ferdinand *Alex Lifeson (born 1953), Canadian guitarist for the rock band Rush *Alex Naumik (born 1951), Polish Norwegian funk rock musician *Alex Pettyfer (born 1990), English actor who plays Alex Rider in the film Stormbreaker *Alex Trebek (born 1940), Canadian/American TV personality and game show host *Alex Turner (musician) (born 1986), English singer for the Arctic Monkeys *Alex Van Halen (born 1953), Dutch/American drummer with the band Van Halen *Alex Varkatzas (born 1982), American lead vocalist with the alternative metal band Atreyu *Alex Jolig (born 1963), German actor, singer and motorcycle racer *Alex Webster (born 1969), American bassist for the death metal band Cannibal Corpse *Alex Murrin (born 1996), South African survived zombie apocalypse ==Sport== *Alex Rodriguez (born 1975), baseball player for the New York Yankees *Alex Shelley (born 1983), Patrick Martin, professional wrestler *Sir Alex Ferguson (born 1941), manager of Manchester United Football Club *Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa (born 1982), a central defender for Chelsea F.C. and the Brazil national football team *Alessandro dos Santos (born 1977), a defensive midfielder for Red Bull Salzburg and the Japan national football team *Alexandro de Souza (born 1977), an attacking midfielder for Fenerbahçe S.K. *Alex McLeish (born 1959), Scottish footballer and manager of the national side for 10 months *Alex Menzies (c.1932- 1990), Scottish professional footballer *Alex Raphael Meschini (born 1982), Brazilian football player currently playing for Internacional ==Fictional characters== *Alex DeLarge, A Clockwork Orange *Alex Fernandez (Ghostwriter) *Alex Masterley, the main character in the Daily Telegraph's daily comic strip, Alex *Alex Kidd, a video game character for the Sega company *Alex Krycek, TV series The X-files *Alex P. Keaton, TV series Family Ties *Alex Power, Marvel Universe *Alex Rider, eponymous series *Alex Row, anime series Last Exile *Alex Rowe, character from the TV series, Lost *Alex (Street Fighter), Street Fighter III video game series *Alex (Tekken), Tekken fighting game series *Alex (comics), Marvel comics universe *Alex, video game Golden Sun *Alex (Madagascar), Madagascar *Alex the Dog, the mascot of Stroh's Beer from 1984–1989 *Dr. Alex Karev, TV series Grey's Anatomy *Alex, Totally Spies! ==Places== *Alex, Haute-Savoie, France *Alex, Oklahoma, USA *Alex (restaurant), Las Vegas, USA ==Other usage== *Alex George (born 1939), Australian botanist *Alex (videotex service), by Bell Canada in the early 1990s *Tropical Storm Alex, a number of named tropical cyclones *Alex (sniper rifle), a Polish sniper rifle *Alex (1908 Automobile), an early British automobile *Alex (parrot), talking parrot studied by Dr. Irene Pepperberg *Alex's Lemonade Stand, pediatric cancer charity fundraiser ==Related pages== *Special:Allpages/Alex Category:Given names