Rex (given name)
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Rex, derived from the Latin word for king
, is a male given name. It may refer to :
King
- Centers of population :* King, Ontario, CanadaIn USA:* King, Indiana* King, North Carolina* King, Lincoln County, Wisconsin* King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin* King County, Washington- Moving-image works :Television:...
, is a male given name. It may refer to :
- Rex AllenRex AllenRex Elvie Allen was an American film actor, singer and songwriter, known as the Arizona Cowboy, particularly known as the narrator in many Disney nature and Western film productions. For contributions to the recording industry, Allen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.-Family...
(1920–1999), an American actor and singer - Rex Allen, Jr.Rex Allen, Jr.Rex Allen, Jr. is an American country music singer, who started singing at the age of six; he had followed in the footsteps of his father, Rex Allen, a singing cowboy and the narrator of many Walt Disney films. Rex Allen, Jr...
(born 1947), an American singer and son of the above - Rex BarneyRex BarneyRex Edward Barney was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943 and from 1946 through 1950....
(1924–1997), an American baseball pitcher and announcer - Rex BeachRex BeachRex Ellingwood Beach was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.- Biography :...
(1877–1949), an American novelist and playwright - Rex BrownRex BrownRex Robert Brown is an American heavy metal bassist. A former member of Down, he is most famous as the longtime bassist for the Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling band Pantera.-Pantera:...
(born 1964), a former bassist of heavy metal band Pantera - Rex ChapmanRex ChapmanRex Everett Chapman is a retired American professional basketball player. Chapman was a college standout at the University of Kentucky and went on to play for four NBA teams through his 12-year career in the league...
(born 1967), an American basketball player - Rex CherrymanRex CherrymanRexford Raymond "Rex" Cherryman was an American actor of the stage and screen whose career was most prolific during the 1920s....
(1897–1928), an American stage and screen actor - Rex ConnorRex ConnorReginald Francis Xavier "Rex" Connor , Australian politician, was a minister in the Whitlam government and promoted government investment to support national development...
(1907–1977), an Australian politician - Rex D. DavisRex D. DavisRex Darwin Davis was a federal law enforcement officer in the United States, with a long career in the U.S. Treasury Department. He was the first director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.-Personal:...
(1924–2008), a federal law enforcement officer in the United States - Rex GildoRex GildoRex Gildo was a German singer of Schlager ballads who reached the height of his popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, selling over 25 million records and starring in film and television roles....
(1939–1999), a German singer - Rex GoudieRex GoudieRex Goudie is a Canadian singer, songwriter and was the runner-up of Canadian Idol 3.-Biography:Rex Goudie was born in Dawson Creek, British Columbia on November 18, 1985 and moved back to his father's hometown of Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada with his family when he was a year old....
(born 1985), a Canadian singer and 2005 Canadian Idol runner-up - Rex GrossmanRex GrossmanRex Daniel Grossman, III is an American football quarterback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League . Grossman played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he has played professionally for the Chicago Bears, Houston Texans and Washington Redskins of...
(born 1980), an American football player - Rex HadnotRex HadnotJonathan Rex Hadnot, Jr. is an American football guard for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the sixth round of the 2004 NFL Draft...
(born 1982), an American football player - Rex HarrisonRex HarrisonSir Reginald Carey “Rex” Harrison was an English actor of stage and screen. Harrison won an Academy Award and two Tony Awards.-Youth and stage career:...
(1908–1990), a British actor - Rex HudlerRex HudlerRex Allen Hudler is a former Major League Baseball utility player. He played a total of thirteen seasons after being a first round draft pick of the New York Yankees in 1978.-Playing career:...
(born 1960), an American baseball player - Rex HughesRex HughesRex Hughes is a former college and professional basketball coach. He coached men's basketball at Kent State University, and would later serve as an NBA head and assistant coach...
, an American basketball coach - Rex HumbardRex HumbardAlpha Rex Emmanuel Humbard was a well-known American television evangelist whose Cathedral of Tomorrow show was shown on over 600 stations at the peak of its popularity....
(1919–2007), an American television evangelist - Rex HuntRex HuntRex James Hunt is an Australian television and radio personality, and a former Australian rules football player. He is an Australian rules football commentator, currently on the 1116 SEN radio station with son in law Lee Raynor conducting a program called Off The Hook. He is better known around...
(born 1949), an Australian television and radio personality and former football player - Rex Hunt (governor) (born 1926), a former British Governor of the Falkland Islands
- Rex Ingram, a disambiguation page
- Rex KernRex KernRex William Kern is a former American football player. He played quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1968 to 1970, and played professional football in the National Football League at defensive back for the Baltimore Colts and Buffalo Bills...
(born 1949), a former American football player - Rex LeaseRex LeaseRex Lloyd Lease was an American actor. He appeared in over 300 films, mainly in westerns. Lease was accused in 1930 by Vivian Duncan of the Duncan Sisters for assault...
(1903–1966), an American actor - Rex LeeRex LeeRex Lee is an American actor. He is best known for his role on the HBO original series, Entourage, as Lloyd Lee.-Early life:Lee was born in Warren, Ohio...
(born 1969), an American actor - Rex E. LeeRex E. LeeRex Edwin Lee from St. Johns, Arizona was a Constitutional lawyer, a law clerk for former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White, and the United States Solicitor General under the Reagan administration. He argued 59 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court...
(1937–1996), a former U.S. Solicitor General - Rex LinnRex LinnRex Maynard Linn is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Frank Tripp in the television series CSI: Miami.-Early life:...
(born 1956), an American actor - Rex Liu (born 1982), a British-Canadian classical bassoonist
- Rex MakinRex MakinElkan Rex Makin, usually known as Rex Makin, is a solicitor and philanthropist who has practised in Liverpool, England, for over sixty years. He is most noted for his involvement with The Beatles' early career and subsequently high-profile cases such as the Hillsborough and Heysel Stadium...
(born 1925), an English solicitor and philanthropist from Liverpool - Rex MaughanRex MaughanRex G. Maughan is the founder, president, and CEO of Forever Living Products and Terry Labs. He is a philanthropist who has purportedly given millions of US dollars to several causes....
, the founder, president and CEO of Forever Living Products and Terry Labs - Rex Morgan, a disambiguation page
- Rex MurphyRex MurphyRex Murphy is a Canadian commentator and author, primarily on Canadian political and social matters.Murphy was born in Carbonear, Newfoundland, 105 kilometres west of St. John's and is the second of five children of Harry and Marie Murphy...
(born 1947), a Canadian commentator - Rex NavarreteRex NavarreteRex Lasat Navarrete is a Filipino American comedian whose material is geared toward Filipino audiences.-Early life:...
(born 1969), a Filipino American comedian - Rex Newmark (born 1984), a British television personality
- Rex Norris, a disambiguation page
- Rex PatersonRex PatersonRex Munro Paterson OBE was an English agricultural pioneer whose extensive business and meticulous record keeping enabled him to carry out research and development in dairy farming systems on a scale that would have been beyond most research institutions.-Biography:The son of a clergyman, he was...
(1902–1978), a British agriculturalist - Rex D. PinegarRex D. PinegarRex Dee Pinegar has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1972. He has twice served as a member of the church's seven-man Presidency of the Seventy....
(born 1931), a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1972 - Rex ReedRex ReedRex Taylor Reed is an American film critic and former co-host of the syndicated television show At the Movies. He currently writes the column "On the Town with Rex Reed" for The New York Observer.-Life and career:...
(born 1938), an American journalist and film critic - Rex RyanRex RyanRex Ryan is an American football head coach for the New York Jets of the National Football League . After serving as an assistant coach for twenty-two years, Ryan attained his first head coaching job in the NFL with the Jets in 2009...
(born 1962), an American football coach - Rex SmithRex SmithRex Smith is an American actor and singer. Smith debuted in the Broadway play Grease in 1978. He is noted for his role as Jesse Mach in the 1985 television series Street Hawk, as well as being a singer and stage actor. During the late 1970s, Smith was popular as a teen idol...
(born 1955), an American entertainer - Rex StoutRex StoutRex Todhunter Stout was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. Stout is best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe, described by reviewer Will Cuppy as "that Falstaff of detectives." Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin recorded the cases of the...
(1886–1975), an American author - Rex TuckerRex TuckerRex Tucker was a British television director in the 1950s and 1960s.He was born in March in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire. Amongst his work, he was a driving force during the formative stages of Doctor Who in 1963, acting as a caretaker producer prior to the arrival of Verity Lambert...
(1913–1996), a British television director in the 1950s and 1960s - Rex Tucker (American football)Rex Tucker (American football)Rex T. Tucker is a former professional American football offensive guard. He was selected 66th overall in the 1999 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears for whom he played six seasons . He also played a season with the St...
(born 1976), a former American football player - Rex WailesRex WailesRex Wailes OBE, FSA, F I Mech E was an English engineer and historian who published widely on aspects of engineering history and industrial archaeology, particularly on windmills and watermills....
(1901–1986), an English engineer and historian on aspects of engineering history - Rex Walheim (born 1962), an American astronaut
- Rex WaltersRex Walters-External links:...
(born 1970), an American basketball player and coach - Rex WilsonRex WilsonRex Albert Wilson is a retired male long-distance runner from New Zealand, who represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he finished in 16th place in the men's marathon, clocking 2:15:51. He set his personal best in the classic distance in...
(born 1960), a New Zealand long-distance runner