Lex (given name)

Lex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander or Alexis.

People with the name

 * Lex Albrecht (born 1987), Canadian racing cyclist
 * Lex de Azevedo (born 1943), American composer, songwriter, pianist
 * Lex Baillie (born 1966), Scottish professional footballer
 * Lex Banning (1921–1965), Australian lyric poet
 * Lex Barker (1919–1973), American actor
 * Lex Bell OAM (born 1945), Australian politician
 * Lex Bos (born 1957), field hockey goalkeeper from the Netherlands
 * Lex Brown (artist) (born 1989), American video and performance artist
 * Lex Brown (businessman), Scottish businessman
 * Lex Chisholm (1915–1981), Canadian ice hockey centre
 * Lex Cools (1941–2013), Dutch behavioral pharmacologist
 * Lex Czarnek (born 1977), Polish politician and academic
 * Lex van Dam (born 1968), Dutch investment manager, investor, writer
 * Lex Scott Davis (born 1991), American actress
 * Lex Davison (1923–1965), Australian racing driver
 * Lex van Delden (1919–1988), Dutch composer
 * Lex van Delden (actor) (1947–2010), Dutch actor and singer
 * Lex Delles (born 1984), Luxembourgish politician
 * Lex Diamonds (born 1970), American rapper (stage name Raekwon)
 * Lex Doyle AO, Australian paediatrician, researcher and academic
 * Lex Dwyer, former Australian rules footballer
 * Lex van der Eb (born 1934), Dutch molecular biologist and virologist
 * Lex Eilifsen (1897–1943), Norwegian police officer
 * Lex Eisenhardt (born 1952), performer on early plucked instruments
 * Lex Fair (1926–1995), Dean of Connor from 1990 until 1995
 * Lex Franken (born 1916), Dutch Olympic water polo player
 * Lex Fridman (born 1983), Russian-American computer scientist
 * Lex Frieden (born 1949), American disability activist and professor
 * Lex Gibb, Australian professional soccer player
 * Lex Gigeroff (1962–2011), Canadian television writer, actor, co-creator of the science fiction series Lexx
 * Lex Gillette (born 1984), US blind Paralympic athlete competing in T11 and F11
 * Lex Gold CBE (born 1940), Scottish administrator and former footballer
 * Lex Goudsmit (1913–1999), Dutch actor
 * Lex Govan (1914–1996), Scottish rugby union player
 * Lex Grant (born 1962), Scottish football forward
 * Lex Greensill (born 1976), Australian businessman, founded Greensill Capital
 * Lex Green (Florida politician) (Robert A. Green) (1892–1973), U.S. Representative from Florida
 * Lex de Haan (1954–2006), author, lecturer, researcher, and consultant in relational database technology
 * Lex van Haeften (born 1987), Dutch professional footballer
 * Lex Hester (1935–2000), public administrator in Jacksonville, Florida
 * Lex Hilliard (born 1984), American football running back and fullback
 * Lex Hixon (1941–1995), American Sufi author, poet, and spiritual teacher
 * Lex Hudson (born 1955), Canadian professional ice hockey player
 * Lex Humphries (1936–1994), jazz drummer
 * Lex Icon (born 1978), Norwegian metal musician
 * Lex Immers (born 1986), Dutch professional footballer
 * Lex Jacoby (1930–2015), Luxembourgian writer
 * Lex Johnson, British designer, director and creative executive
 * Lex van Kreuningen (born 1937), Dutch road cyclist between 1959 and 1964
 * Lex Land (born 1988), American singer-songwriter and jazz vocalist
 * Lex Lang (born 1965), American voice actor
 * Lex Lasry (born 1948), Australian lawyer and a judge on the Supreme Court of Victoria
 * Lex Law, Scottish former footballer
 * Lex Luger (born 1958), American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and football player
 * Lex Luger (record producer) (born 1991), American record producer
 * Lex Lutzus (born 1980), British film producer and financier
 * Lex MacKenzie, MC (1885–1970), Canadian politician
 * Lex Marinos (born 1949), Australian actor
 * Lex McLean (1908–1975), Scottish comedian
 * Lex Medlin (born 1969), American actor
 * Alexander "Lex" Miller (1908–1960), New Zealand Presbyterian minister, author, theologian
 * Lex Mpati SC (born 1949), South African judge, Chancellor of Rhodes University
 * Lex Mullink (born 1944), Dutch Olympic rower
 * Lex Nederlof (born 1966), retired Dutch cyclist
 * Lex Peterson (1957–2004), New Zealand bobsledder
 * Lex Pritchard (born 1954), Australian rules footballer
 * Lex Redelé (1939–2013), Dutch rower
 * Lex Richardson (born 1958), Scottish professional football player and manager
 * Lex Rijger (1944–2021), Surinamese country singer and songwriter
 * Lex Robson (1898–1974), Scottish-Canadian professional golfer
 * Lex Schoenmaker (born 1947), Dutch former football player and manager
 * Lex Schrijver (born 1948), Dutch mathematician and computer scientist
 * Lex Shrapnel (born 1979), English actor
 * Lex Staley, half of the syndicated American radio morning team Lex and Terry
 * Lex Stone (1885–1925), American football player, coach, politician
 * Lex Thompson (1911–1954), owner of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles
 * Lex Tupas, Filipino public servant
 * Lex van den Berghe, contestant in the 2001 American television show Survivor: Africa
 * Lex Veldhuis (born 1983), Dutch professional poker player
 * Lex Watson "Lex" Watson, AM (1943–2014), Australian LGBT rights activist, historian, political scientist

Fictional characters

 * Lex Luthor, nemesis of Superman
 * Alexis "Lex" Murphy, in the Jurassic Park novel and film franchise
 * Lex, in the New Zealand / British TV series The Tribe (1999–2003), played by Caleb Ross
 * Lex, in the game Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (1996)