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'''Alex''' shortened version of the male personal name '''Alexander''' or the female equivalent '''Alexandra'''. 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 Jones (radio)]] (born 1974), American radio show host
*[[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
==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
*[[Alex Costa dos Santos|Alex]], Brazilian defender playing for ACF Fiorentina
==Fictional characters==
*[[Alex DeLarge]], ''A Clockwork Orange''
*[[Alex Fernandez (Ghostwriter)]]..
*'''Alex Masterley''', the main character in the''Daily Telegraph's'' daily comic strip, [[Alex (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 (Lost)|Alex Rowe]], character from the TV series, [[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]
*[[Alex (Street Fighter)]], ''Street Fighter III'' video game series
*[[Alex (Tekken)]], ''Tekken'' fighting game series
*[[Alex (comics)]], Marvel comics universe
*[[List of characters in Golden Sun#Alex|Alex]], video game ''Golden Sun''
*[[Alex (Madagascar)]], [[Madagascar (film)|''Madagascar'']]
*''[[Alex the Dog]]'', the mascot of Stroh's Beer from 1984–1989
*[[Dr. Alex Karev]], TV series ''Grey's Anatomy''
*[[List of characters in Totally Spies!#Alex|Alex]], ''[[Totally Spies!]]''
Alex Arruda mls soccer player
==Places==
*[[Alex, Haute-Savoie]], France
*[[Alex, Oklahoma]], USA
*[[Alexanderplatz]], Berlin
*[[Alexandria]], Egypt
*[[Alexandra, Gauteng]], near Johannesburg, South Africa
*[[Alexandra College]], Dublin
*[[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
*[[Alexandria, Romania]]
==See also==
*[[Special:Allpages/Alex]]
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