Alex

Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis.

Multiple

 * Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alex Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alex Forsyth (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alex Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alexander Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alex Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people

Politicians

 * Alex Allan (born 1951), British diplomat
 * Alex Attwood (born 1959), Northern Irish politician
 * Alex Kushnir (born 1978), Israeli politician
 * Alex Salmond (born 1954), Scottish politician, former First Minister of Scotland

Baseball players

 * Alex Avila (born 1987), American baseball player
 * Alex Bregman (born 1994), American baseball player
 * Alex Freeland (born 2001), American baseball player
 * Alex Gardner (baseball) (1861–1921), Canadian baseball player
 * Alex Katz (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball player
 * Alex Pompez (1890–1974), American executive in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball scout
 * Alex Rodriguez (born 1975), American baseball player

American football

 * Alex Anzalone (born 1994), American football player
 * Alex Austin (born 2001), American football player
 * Alex Bachman (born 1996), American football player
 * Alex Barnes (American football) (born 1996), American football player
 * Alex Bars (born 1995), American football player
 * Alex Barrett (born 1994), American football player
 * Alex Cappa (born 1995), American football player
 * Alex Highsmith (born 1997), American football player
 * Alex Hornibrook (born 1997), American football player
 * Alex Karras (1935–2012), American football player and actor
 * Alex Leatherwood (born 1999), American football player
 * Alex Light (born 1996), American football player
 * Alex Mack (born 1985), American football player
 * Alex McGough (born 1995), American football player
 * Alex Orji (born 2003), American football player
 * Alex Palczewski (born 1999), American football player
 * Alex Redmond (American football) (born 1995), American football player
 * Alex Smith (born 1984), American football player

Association footballers

 * Alex (footballer, born 1976), Brazilian footballer
 * Alex (footballer, born 1977), full name Alexsandro de Souza, Brazilian footballer
 * Alex (footballer, born 1979), full name Domingos Alexandre Martins Costa, Portuguese footballer
 * Alex (footballer, born January 1982), full name Alex Henrique da Silva, Armenian-Brazilian footballer
 * Alex (footballer, born June 1982), full name Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer
 * Alex (footballer, born 1989), full name Alex Costa dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
 * Alex (footballer, born 19 May 1990), full name Francisco Alex do Nascimento Moraes, Brazilian footballer
 * Alex (footballer, born August 1990), full name Alexssander Medeiros de Azeredo, Brazilian footballer
 * Alex (footballer, born 1999), full name Alex de Oliveira Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
 * Alex Cazumba (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
 * Alex Chidiac (born 1999), Australian footballer
 * Alessandro Del Piero (born 1974), Italian footballer
 * Alex Ferguson (born 1941), Scottish football manager and player
 * Alex Freitas (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer
 * Alex Freitas (footballer, born 1991), Portuguese footballer
 * Alex Gardner (footballer) (1877–1952), Scottish footballer
 * Alex Manninger (born 1977), Austrian footballer
 * Alex Raphael Meschini (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
 * Alex Monteiro de Lima (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
 * Alex Morgan (born 1989), American women's soccer player
 * Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (born 1993), English footballer
 * Álex Pérez (born 1991), Spanish footballer
 * Alessandro Santos (born 1977), Brazilian-Japanese international footballer
 * Alex Silva (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian footballer
 * Alex Stepney (born 1942), English footballer
 * Alex Whittle (born 1993), English footballer

Basketball players

 * Alex Caruso (born 1994), American basketball player
 * Alex English (born 1954), American basketball player
 * Alex Karaban (born 2002), American basketball player
 * Alex King (basketball) (born 1985), German basketball player
 * Alex Len (born 1993), Ukrainian basketball player
 * Alex Poythress (born 1993), American-Ivorian basketball player
 * Alex Sarr (born 2005), French basketball player
 * Alex Tyus (born 1988), American-Israeli basketball player

Boxers

 * Alex Arthur (born 1978), British boxer
 * Alex Obeysekere (1918–2002), Sri Lankan boxer

Motorsports

 * Alex Albon (born 1996), Thai racing driver
 * Alex Labbé (born 1993), Canadian racing driver
 * Alex Zanardi (born 1966), Italian racing driver and paracyclist

Other sports

 * Alex Asensi (born 1984), Norwegian table tennis player
 * Alex Auld (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Alex Breton (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Alex Chu (born 1992), American professional gamer, usually known by his in-game name Xpecial
 * Alex Decoteau (1887–1917), Cree Canadian track and field athlete, police officer and soldier.
 * Alex Glenn (born 1988), New Zealand rugby league player
 * Alex Hall (born 1998), American freestyle skier
 * Alex Honnold (born 1985), American rock climber
 * Alex Koslov, ring name of Alex Sherman (born 1984), a Moldovan-born professional wrestler
 * Alex Ovechkin (born 1985), Russian ice hockey player and captain for the Washington Capitals
 * Alex Pierzchalski (born 1991), Canadian football player
 * Alex Pietrangelo (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Alex Schlopy (born 1992), American skier
 * Alex Tripolski (born 1962), Israeli Olympic sport shooter, and President of the Israel Curling Federation

Arts and entertainment

 * Alex (actor) (1959–2011), Indian actor and magician
 * Alex (singer) (born 1978), Danish singer
 * Alex Borstein (born 1972), American actress
 * Alex Brooker (born 1984), British journalist and presenter of The Last Leg
 * Alex Bulmer, Canadian playwright and theatre artist
 * Alex Castro (born 1985), Filipino actor and Vice Governor of Bulacan
 * Alex Chilton (1950–2010), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, the lead singer of the Box Tops
 * Alex Chu (born 1979), Korean-Canadian singer of Clazziquai
 * Alex Consani (born 2003), American model and influencer
 * Alex Day (born 1989), English musician
 * Alex Gardner (born 1991), Scottish musician
 * Alex Gaskarth (born 1987), American lead singer of All Time Low
 * Alex Gonzaga (born 1988), Filipino actress, comedian, and YouTuber
 * Alex Harvey (musician) (1935–1982), British rock musician
 * Alex Hills (born 1974), English composer
 * Alex Hood (born 1935), Australian folk musician
 * Alex James (musician) (born 1968), British bass player for Blur
 * Alex Jolig (born 1963), German actor, singer and motorcycle racer
 * Alex Kingston (born 1963), English actress
 * Alex Koehler (born 1991), American vocalist for Chelsea Grin
 * Alex Lifeson, stage name for Canadian musician Alexandar Zivojinovich (born 1953), a guitarist for Rush
 * Alex O'Loughlin (born 1976), Australian actor
 * Alex Russell (actor) (born 1987), Australian actor
 * Alex Sharpe (fl. 1991–present), Irish singer
 * Alex Trebek (1940–2020), Canadian-American host of the game show Jeopardy!
 * Alex Turner (musician) (born 1986), British guitarist and lead singer of Arctic Monkeys
 * Alex Van Halen (born 1953), Dutch drummer for Van Halen
 * Alex Vargas (born 1988), Danish singer
 * Alex Winter (born 1965), British-American actor
 * Eliza Orne White (1856–1947), American author who wrote under the pen-name 'Alex'

Other

 * Alex Aïnouz (born 1982), French culinary YouTuber
 * Alex Azar (born 1967), American government official and lawyer
 * Alex Balfanz (born 1999), American video game developer
 * Alex Ferrer (born 1960), a Cuban-born judge currently residing in Miami, Florida
 * Alex Konanykhin (born 1966), Russian Entrepreneur, former banker
 * Alex McCool (1923–2020), American NASA manager
 * Alex Schachter (2003–2018), one of the 17 victims who was killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
 * Alex Stokes (born 1996), American internet celebrity
 * Alex Wagner (born 1977), American journalist

Animals

 * Alex (parrot) (1976–2007), an African Grey Parrot and the subject of language experiments

Fictional characters

 * Alex, a character in the 2009 American romantic comedy-drama movie He's Just Not That Into You
 * Alex (A Clockwork Orange)
 * Alex (Power Rangers)
 * Alex (Street Fighter)
 * Alex (Totally Spies)
 * Alex Archer, character in the 1987–1992 Alex series of young adult novels by New Zealand novelist Tessa Duder
 * Alex Browning, a character from Final Destination
 * Alex Cross, from the Alex Cross novel and film series
 * Alex Fierro, from the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard novels by Rick Riordan
 * Alex P. Keaton, a character on the United States TV sitcom Family Ties
 * Alex the Lion, from the Madagascar animated films and franchise
 * Alex Louis Armstrong, the state alchemist from Fullmetal Alchemist
 * Alex Masterley, the title character in Alex (comic strip)
 * Alex Millar (Being Human)
 * Alex O'Donnell, a character in the 2009 American fantasy comedy movie 17 Again
 * Alex, one of the marriageable male characters in the video game Stardew Valley
 * Alex Rider (character), from the Alex Rider novels by Anthony Horowitz
 * Alex Shamir, a character in the 1994 American comedy film Robot in the Family
 * Alex Standall, a character in the novel and Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
 * Alex Taylor, the main character in the video game The Crew
 * Alex, the second of nine player skins added to Minecraft
 * Alex Vause, a character in the television series Orange Is the New Black
 * Alex, supporting character in the anime series Futari wa Pretty Cure (originally named Akane Fujita)