Alex
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Alex is a common English name
, usually a nickname
of the male given name Alexander
, its female equivalent Alexandra
. The East European male name Alexey (Aleksei, Alexis
) sometime is also nicknamed as Alex.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
, usually a nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
of the male given name Alexander
Alexander
Alexander is a common male first name, and less common surname. The most famous is Alexander the Great, the King of Macedon who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.- Origin :...
, its female equivalent Alexandra
Alexandra (disambiguation)
Alexandra is the feminine form of the given name Alexander.Alexandra may also refer to:- Places :* Alexandra, New Zealand, town in the South Island* Alexandra, Gauteng, township near Johannesburg, South Africa...
. The East European male name Alexey (Aleksei, Alexis
Alexis
Alexis was a Greek comic poet of the Middle Comedy period, born at Thurii in Magna Graeca and taken early to Athens, where he became a citizen, being enrolled in the deme Oion and the tribe Leontides. It is thought he lived to the age of 106 and died on the stage while being crowned...
) sometime is also nicknamed as Alex.
People whose names are Alex
- Alex ChuAlex ChuAlex Chu , known simply as Alex , is a Korean-Canadian singer and actor. He is the male vocalist of South Korean electropop band Clazziquai.-Biography:...
(born 1979), Korean-Canadian singer of Clazziquai - Alex FerrerAlex FerrerAlex Ferrer is an American judge who hosts the television series Judge Alex.-Childhood & early adulthood:Ferrer was born in Havana, Cuba but emigrated to the United States with his family when a year old. At age 15, Alex landed a part-time job as a gas-station attendant; by his senior year of high...
(born 1961), a Cuban-born judge currently residing in Miami, Florida. - Alex James (musician)Alex James (musician)Professionally known as Alex James is an English musician, songwriter, journalist and cheesemaker. He is best known as the bass player and occasional vocalist of band Blur...
(born 1968), bass player for Blur - Alex HarveyAlex Harvey (musician)Alex Harvey was a Scottish rock musician. With The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, he built a reputation as an exciting live performer during the 1970s glam rock era.-Biography:...
(born 1935), Scottish rock musician - Alex KonanykhinAlex KonanykhinAlex Konanykhin is a Russian entrepreneur, former banker, former oligarch and past member of Russian President Boris Yeltsin’s inner circle....
(born 1966), Entrepreneur, former banker, former Russian oligarchRussian oligarchsBusiness oligarch is a near-synonym of the term "business magnate", borrowed by the English speaking and western media from Russian parlance to describe the huge, fast-acquired wealth of some businessmen of the former Soviet republics during privatization in Russia and other post-Soviet states in... - Alex ShermanAlex KoslovAlex Sherman is a Moldovan-born professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Alex Koslov. He is currently signed to WWE, working in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Peter Orlov...
(born 1984), Moldovan-born professional wrestler
People commonly known as Alex
- Alex JoligAlex JoligAlex Jolig is a German actor, singer and motorcycle racer.Better known with his stage name Alex, he was once a housemate in Big Brother Germany reality show on RTL II. He became famous in Europe and also internationally with his hit songs Ich will nur dich and Willst du...?...
(born 1963), German actor, singer and motorcycle racer
Footballers known as Alex
- Alex Cazumba (born 1988), Brazilian footballer, currently playing for Los Angeles Galaxy
- Alex Rodrigo Dias da CostaAlex Rodrigo Dias da CostaAlex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, better known as Alex , is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Chelsea FC and the Brazil national team. His nickname is "Vinny" amongst fans for his close similarities to actor Vin Diesel....
(born 1982), Brazilian international footballer, currently playing for Chelsea F.C. - Alejandro Pérez NavarroAlejandro Pérez NavarroAlejandro Pérez Navarro, known as Alex is a Spanish professional football player currently playing for Getafe CF....
(born 1991), Spanish footballer, currently playing for Getafe CF - Alessandro Del PieroAlessandro Del PieroAlessandro Del Piero Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus, of which he is also club captain....
(born 1974), Italian international footballer, currently playing for Juventus F.C. - Alex Raphael MeschiniAlex Raphael MeschiniAlex Raphael Meschini is a football player from Brazil, he currently plays at Corinthians.- Career :...
(born 1982), Brazilian international footballer, currently playing for Corinthians - Alex MorganAlex MorganAlexandra Patricia "Alex" Morgan is an American soccer player from Diamond Bar, California. She is a forward for the Western New York Flash of Women's Professional Soccer and member of the US Women's National Team...
(born 1989), American women's international striker, currently playing for the Western New York Flash - Alessandro dos SantosAlessandro dos Santos, formerly name ; Alessandro dos Santos , born July 20, 1977 in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, and often known as Alex, is a Brazilian Japanese football player who plays for Nagoya Grampus.-Career:...
(born 1977), Brazilian-Japanese international footballer, currently playing for Urawa Red Diamonds - Alexsandro de SouzaAlexsandro de SouzaAlexsandro de Souza, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Turkish club Fenerbahçe.He is a former captain of the Brazilian national team, he has also played for Coritiba, Palmeiras, Flamengo and Cruzeiro in Brazil and Parma in Serie A.-In Brazil:Alex first played professionally for Coritiba, a...
(born 1977), Brazilian international footballer, currently playing for Fenerbahçe S.K. - Alex StepneyAlex StepneyAlexander Cyril "Alex" Stepney is a former English football player who was Manchester United's goalkeeper when they became the first English club to win the European Cup.-London beginnings:...
(born 1942), England International goalkeeper, played for Manchester United F.C. - Alexandre GonçalvesAlexandre GonçalvesAlexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas , known as Alex or Alexi is a Portuguese footballer. He currently plays for C.D. Santa Clara of Portugal, mainly as an Attacking midfielder. He can also play as a Winger and a Second striker.-Early life:Freitas was born in Funchal, Madeira Island...
(born 1991), Portuguese footballer, currently playing for F.C. Porto
Fictional characters
- Alex (Street Fighter), poster character from the Street Fighter III video game series
- Alex (Tekken), Tekken fighting game series
- Alex (comics)Alex (comics)Alex is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. His/her first appearance was in Ghost Rider #8 released in December 1990...
, Marvel comics universe - Alex (comic strip)Alex (comic strip)Alex is a British cartoon strip by Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor. It first appeared in the short-lived London Daily News in 1987. It moved to The Independent later that year and then to the Daily Telegraph in 1992....
, British comic featuring Alex Masterley - Alex, video game Golden Sun
- Alex (Madagascar), character in the film Madagascar
- Alex the DogAlex the DogAlex the Dog was the advertising mascot for Stroh's beer in the 1980s and precursor to Budweiser's Spuds MacKenzie. At the peak of his career, Alex appeared in parades, on Good Morning America, and the Today show. He even inspired a series toys, posters, cologne, shampoo and hand lotion...
, the mascot of Stroh's Beer from 1984 to 1989 - Alex, character from Totally Spies!
- Alex NuñezAlex NuñezAlexandra "Alex" Nuñez is a fictional character on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. She is portrayed by Deanna Casaluce....
, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation - AlexAlex (A Clockwork Orange)Alex is a fictional character in Anthony Burgess' novel A Clockwork Orange and the film adaptation, in which he is played by Malcolm McDowell. In this film adaption, Alex's surname is DeLarge, in relation to Alex's reference to himself as "Alexander the Large" in the novel. This, in itself, is an...
, narrator of A Clockwork Orange - Alex (Lost)Alex (Lost)Alexandra "Alex" Linus is a recurring fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Tania Raymonde. She was born 16 years prior to the crash of Oceanic Flight 815, but was taken from her mother, Danielle Rousseau by the Others. She was raised among them, believing her mother to...
, recurring character in the hit television series Lost - Alex Rider (character)Alex Rider (character)Alex Rider is a fictional character, and the protagonist and title character of the popular Alex Rider novel series by British author Anthony Horowitz...
, main character of the Alex Rider series - Alex RussoAlex RussoAlexandra Margarita "Alex" Russo is the main protagonist of the Disney Channel sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place, portrayed by Selena Gomez. As the middle child and only daughter, she is sly, outgoing, and sometimes rude to her family and friends. Alex usually underachieves when it comes to school...
main character in the Disney Channel TV series Wizards of Waverly Place - The Secret World of Alex MackThe Secret World of Alex MackThe Secret World of Alex Mack is an American television series that ran on Nickelodeon from October 8, 1994 to January 15, 1998, replacing Clarissa Explains It All on the SNICK line-up. It also aired on YTV in Canada and NHK in Japan, and was a popular staple in the children's weekday line-up for...
was a popular children's TV series during the 1990s
Places
- Alex, Haute-SavoieAlex, Haute-SavoieAlex is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France....
, France - Alex, OklahomaAlex, OklahomaAlex is a town in Grady County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 635 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...
, USA - Alex (restaurant)Alex (restaurant)Alex was a French restaurant located in Las Vegas, Nevada that held two Michelin stars. It is the namesake restaurant of celebrity chef Alessandro Stratta, Iron Chef USA and winner of the James Beard Foundation Award for "Best Chef Southwest" in 1998. The restaurant was well-known for Stratta's...
, Las Vegas, USA
Other
- Alex (videotex service)Alex (videotex service)Alex was the name of an interactive videotex information service offered by Bell Canada in market research from 1988 to 1990 and thence to the general public until 1994....
, by Bell Canada in the early 1990s - Alex (sniper rifle), a Polish sniper rifle (Bor)
- Alex (1908 automobile)Alex (1908 Automobile)The Alex was a prototype light car produced by Alexander and Co, Edinburgh, in 1908. The sole car made utilized a 14/18 hp 4-cylinder Gnome engine and a Rubery Owen chassis. Production was stopped after the solitary prototype after costs were found to be too great.-References:^Bill Emery,...
, an early British automobile - Alex (parrot)Alex (parrot)Alex was an African Grey Parrot and the subject of a thirty-year experiment by animal psychologist Irene Pepperberg, initially at the University of Arizona and later at Harvard University and Brandeis University. Pepperberg bought Alex in a regular pet shop when he was about one year old...
, talking African gray parrot studied by psychologist Irene Pepperberg - Alex ReaderAlex ReaderThe Alex eReader is an e-book reader created by Spring Design. As with the Barnes & Noble Nook, the Alex features two screens. The upper is a 6-inch monochrome electronic ink screen and the lower is a 3.5 inch HVGA touch screen color LCD. The device has Wi-Fi and mobile network connectivity and...
, an e-book reader - Tropical Storm Alex (disambiguation), a number of named tropical cyclones
See also
- All pages starting with "Alex"
- AlexanderAlexanderAlexander is a common male first name, and less common surname. The most famous is Alexander the Great, the King of Macedon who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.- Origin :...
- Alexandra (disambiguation)Alexandra (disambiguation)Alexandra is the feminine form of the given name Alexander.Alexandra may also refer to:- Places :* Alexandra, New Zealand, town in the South Island* Alexandra, Gauteng, township near Johannesburg, South Africa...