Alexis (disambiguation)
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Alexis can refer to:
- Several ancient writers:
- AlexisAlexisAlexis 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...
, a Greek comic poet - Alexis, a writer mentioned by AthenaeusAthenaeusAthenaeus , of Naucratis in Egypt, Greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourished about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century AD...
as the author of a treatise Peri Autarkeias - Alexis, a SamianSamošSamoš is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kovačica municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,247 people .-See also:...
, the author of a historical work called the Samian Annals , which AthenaeusAthenaeusAthenaeus , of Naucratis in Egypt, Greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourished about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century AD...
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- Alexis (sculptor)Alexis (sculptor)Alexis was an ancient Greek sculptor and statuary, mentioned by Pliny as one of the pupils of Polykleitos. Pausanias mentions an artist of the same name, a native of Sicyon, and father of the sculptor Cantharus. It cannot be satisfactorily settled whether these are the same, or different persons...
, an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC - Alexis, character in Virgil's Eclogue II, beloved of Corydon (character)Corydon (character)Corydon is a stock name for a shepherd in ancient Greek pastoral poems and fables, such as the one in Idyll 4 of the Syracusan poet Theocritus . The name was also used by the Latin poets Siculus and, more significantly, Virgil...
- Alexis, in Greek mythology, a young man of Ephesus, beloved of MeliboeaMeliboeaIn Greek mythology, Meliboea was a name attributed to the following individuals:*The wife of Magnes, who named the town of Meliboea in Thessaly after her. The town of Meliboea became a kingdom in eastern Thessalia . Nowadays, Meliboea is a municipality of Larissa prefecture...
- Alexis RomanovAlexei Romanov (Disambiguation)Alexei Romanov may refer to:* Alexis of Russia - Tsar of Russia from 1645 - 1676, son of Tsar Michael of Russia* Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, heir to the throne of Russia, son of Tsar Nicholas II...
, various members of the Romanov family - Alexis (singer)Alexis (singer)Alexis is a German pop and gala singer. She is mainly known for participating in the German "Rudi Carrell Show" in 1989, singing Whitney Houston's song "One Moment In Time"...
, a German pop singer - Alexis (country singer)Alexis (country singer)Alexis is an American country pop/rock singer from Albany, Oregon. She is best known for "The Real Me", a song on the soundtrack for the 2004 film Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. She has opened for more prominent artists including Keith Urban, Tracy Byrd and Sawyer Brown.-Career:Alexis has...
, a teenage singer featured on the Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen soundtrack - Alexis (comics)Alexis (comics)Alexis was the pseudonym of Dominique Vallet, a French comics artist, best known for his work on the series Al Crane and Superdupont.-Biography:...
, a French comics artist - ALEXIS, acronym for the Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging SensorsArray of Low Energy X-ray Imaging SensorsThe Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors X-ray telescopes feature curved mirrors whose multilayer coatings reflect and focus low-energy X-rays or extreme ultraviolet light the way optical telescopes focus visible light...
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Surname
- Jacques-Édouard AlexisJacques-Édouard AlexisJacques-Édouard Alexis is a Haitian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Haiti from 1999 to 2001 and was Prime Minister for a second term from 2006 to 2008 when he was dismissed due to political fallout from food riots....
, a former prime minister of Haiti - Jacques Stephen AlexisJacques Stephen AlexisJacques Stephen Alexis was a Haitian novelist. He is best known for his novels Compère Général Soleil , Les Arbres Musiciens , and L'Espace d'un Cillement , and for his collection of short stories, Romancero aux Etoiles .Alexis was born in Gonaïves, the son of novelist and diplomat Stephen Alexis...
, a Haitian novelist - Stephen AlexisStephen AlexisStephen Mesmin Alexis, , was a Haitian novelist and diplomat. Born in Gonaïves, Alexis served as Haiti's ambassador to the United Kingdom and represented Haiti at the United Nations....
, a Haitian novelist and diplomat - Paul AlexisPaul AlexisPaul Alexis was a French novelist, dramatist, and journalist. He is best remembered today as the friend and biographer of Émile Zola.-Life:...
, a French writer - Wendell AlexisWendell AlexisWendell Alexis is a retired American basketball player who played for several European clubs between 1986 and 2004, most notably for ALBA Berlin, where he was voted MVP of the German Bundesliga three times during his 6-year stint.After attending Christ The King Regional High School, Alexis played...
, an American basketball player - Willibald AlexisWillibald AlexisWillibald Alexis, the pseudonym of Georg Wilhelm Heinrich Häring , was a German historical novelist.-Life:...
, a German novelist
Given name
- Alexis (given name)Alexis (given name)Alexis is a given name derived from the Greek word ἀλέξω or aléxo, meaning "to help, defend." It was the name of several saints venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, including Saint Alexis of Rome, and of a Russian tsar, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia...
, origin and history of the given name - Alexis AlexiouAlexandros AlexiouAlexandros "Alexis" Alexiou is a former Greek football player. He played for Apollon Kalamarias, Olympiacos, and PAOK, as well as for the national side. He competed at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.-External links:*...
, Greek footballer - Alexis AlexopoulosAlexios AlexopoulosAlexios Alexopoulos is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He won the silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships...
, Greek sprinter - Alexis AlexoudisAlexis AlexoudisAlexandros "Alexis" Alexoudis is a former Greek football player.Alexoudis played most of his career for OFI Crete and Panathinaikos FC....
, Greek footballer - Alexis ArgüelloAlexis ArgüelloAlexis Argüello , also known by the stage name El Flaco Explosivo , was a Nicaraguan professional boxer and politician...
(1952–2009), Nicaraguan boxer and politician - Alexis ArquetteAlexis ArquetteAlexis Arquette is an American trans woman, actress, musician, and cabaret performer.-Early life:...
, American transgendered actress and musician, of the Arquette acting family - Alexis Simon BelleAlexis Simon BelleAlexis Simon Belle was a French portrait painter, known for his portraits of the French and Jacobite nobility.-Birth:...
(1674–1734), French portrait artist - Alexis BledelAlexis BledelAlexis Bledel is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Rory Gilmore in the television series Gilmore Girls and Lena Kaligaris in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.-Early life:Bledel was born Kimberly Alexis Bledel in Houston, Texas...
, actress - Alexis ChristoforousAlexis ChristoforousAlexis Elizabeth Christoforous is the New York-based correspondent for CBS MoneyWatch.com, , and CBS Newspath, the 24-hour affiliate news service of CBS News, since 2005....
, WCBS-TV Wall Street reporter - Alexis DenisofAlexis DenisofAlexis Denisof is an American actor who is known for playing Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel.-Early life:...
, actor - Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de TocquevilleAlexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville was a French political thinker and historian best known for his Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution . In both of these works, he explored the effects of the rising equality of social conditions on the individual and the state in...
, French political thinker and historian - Alexis DzienaAlexis Dziena-Early life :Dziena was born in New York City of Irish, Italian and Polish descent. She attended the private Saint Ann's School alongside her Bringing Rain costar, Paz de la Huerta. She spent many of her summers growing up in the small South Jersey shore town of Sea Isle City...
, actress - Alexis GalanosAlexis GalanosAlexis Galanos is a Cypriot politician. He was President of the House of Representatives of Cyprus from 1991 to 1996....
, Cypriot politician - Alexis GavrilopoulosAlexis GavrilopoulosAlexis Gavrilopoulos is a football striker currently playing for Veria in Beta Ethniki.He is considered to be one of the most powerful and physically gifted footballers in whole Greece, as his body composition and muscle built are truly impressive...
, Greek footballer - Alexis GeorgoulisAlexis GeorgoulisAlexis Georgoulis is a Greek actor and director who became particularly popular in Greece after his participation in the 2001 Greek Television Series "You Are My Mate"...
, Greek actor - Alexis Jordan (swimmer), Barbadian swimmer
- Alexis KornerAlexis KornerAlexis Korner was a blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a Founding Father of British Blues"...
, musician - Alexis Laree, American professional wrestler
- Alexis LoizidisAlexis LoizidisAlexis Loizidis is a football player from Greece. As of January 2005 he has gone to Ionikos FC from Atromitos Piraeus who he has played 42 matches and scored 10 goals in Delta Ethniki...
, Greek footballer - Alexis MatiasAlexis MatiasAlexis Matias is a volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who was a member of the Men's National Team that ended up in sixth place at the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan. In the same year the allrounder won the silver medal at the NORCECA Championship in Anaheim. He won with his team the Bronze...
, Puerto Rican volleyball player - Alexis MéndezAlexis MéndezAlexis Omar Méndez is a retired male professional track and road racing cyclist from Venezuela. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1988 and 2000.-Career:19901991199319941998...
, Venezuelan track and road cyclist - Alexis MinotisAlexis MinotisAlexis Minotakis, known as Alexis Minotis , was born 8 August 1898 or 1899 in Deliana , Chania, Crete and died on 11 November 1990 in Athens, Greece....
, Greek theater actor and director - Alexis PanselinosAlexis PanselinosAlexis Panselinos is an award winning Greek novelist and translator. He read Law at the University of Athens and worked as a practicing lawyer...
, Greek novelist and translator - Alexis PapahelasAlexis PapahelasAlexis Papahelas is a Greek investigative journalist and the current editor in chief of Kathimerini newspaper. He is the creator and principal presenter of the weekly news program in Skai TV called "Oi Neoi Fakeloi" , which is a continuation of his show in Mega Channel called "Oi Fakeloi "...
, Greek investigative journalist and newspaper editor - Alexis Rios, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Alexis RojasAlexis RojasJosé Alexis Rojas Díaz is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:1995José Alexis Rojas Díaz is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:1995...
, Colombian road cyclist - Alexis Ruano DelgadoAlexis Ruano DelgadoAlexis Ruano Delgado , simply Alexis, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Sevilla FC in the Spanish first division.Mainly a central defender, he can also operate as left back.-Football career:...
, Spanish footballer - Alexis Rykov, Leader of the Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
from 1924-30 - Alexis SánchezAlexis SánchezAlexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez , is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for FC Barcelona and for the Chilean national team. He is well known for his excellent dribbling ability, great speed and his unusual strength for a fast winger....
, Chilean footballer who plays for FC Barcelona - Alexis SkyeAlexis SkyeAlexis Skye is an American model. Standing 6'5" tall, Alexis Skye was crowned in 2008 by the Guinness Book of World Records as the "World's Tallest Fashion and Bikini model." Alexis has appeared at various events like Arnold Classic, Amazon Fest, Kaikura Tall Pageant and GlamourCon...
, model - Alexis SmithAlexis SmithAlexis Smith was a Canadian-born stage, film, and television actress. She appeared in several major Hollywood movies in the 1940s and had a notable career on Broadway in the 1970s, winning a Tony Award in 1972.-Life and career:...
, actress - Alexis Suárez MartínAlexis Suárez MartínJosé Alejandro Suárez Martín, aka Alexis , is a retired Spanish footballer who played mainly as a central defender.-Football career:...
, Spanish footballer - Alexis ValidoAlexis ValidoAlexis Valido Moreno is a Spanish volleyball player who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he finished ninth place with the Men's National Team.-References:...
, Spanish volleyball player - Alexis TsiprasAlexis TsiprasAlexis Tsipras is a Greek left wing politician, member of the Hellenic parliament, president of the Synaspismos political party and head of SYRIZA parliamentary group.-Early life and career:Tsipras was born July 28, 1974, in Athens....
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Fictional
- Alexis ColbyAlexis ColbyAlexis Colby is a fictional character and the primary antagonist on the American TV series Dynasty....
, a fictional character played by Joan Collins on the 1980s prime time soap opera Dynasty - Alexis MeadeAlexis MeadeAlexis Meade is a fictional character from the ABC dramedy series Ugly Betty. She was initially played by Elizabeth Penn Payne for the first 12 episodes of her appearance and was played by Rebecca Romijn for the rest of the series.-Biography:Alex Meade was a background presence in the...
, a fictional character played by Rebecca Romijn on the American television series Ugly Betty - Alexis RhodesAlexis RhodesAlexis Rhodes can refer to:*Alex Rhodes , Australian cyclist*A character in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX...
, a character in the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Alexis Zorbas, the protagonist of Zorba the Greek
- Alexis Leonides, a fictional Greek writer who features in Geoffrey Trease's novels The Hills of VarnaThe Hills of VarnaThe Hills of Varna is a children's historical novel by Geoffrey Trease, published in 1948. It is an adventure story based on the revival of classical scholarship in the Renaissance.-Introduction:...
and The Crown of Violet - Alexis, a human from the Transformers: Unicron TrilogyUnicron TrilogyThe Unicron Trilogy is a series of television programs, comic books, and toy franchises in the Transformers maxi-series. It deals with the approach of the Transformer chaos-bringer Unicron and the aftermath of his destruction...
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