Rex (given name)

Rex is a male given name, short for Rexford or Reginald, derived from the Latin word rex, meaning "king". This is the etymological root word for king in several languages.

Given name

 * Rex Addison, Australian architect
 * Rex Andrew Alarcon (born 1970), Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic church
 * Rex Alexander (1924–1982), American basketball and tennis coach
 * Rex Allen (1920–1999), American actor and singer
 * Rex Allen, Jr. (born 1947), American singer and son of the above
 * Rex Applegate (1914–1998), American military officer
 * Rex Armistead (1930–2013), American private detective
 * Rex Babin (1962–2012), American political cartoonist
 * Rex Ballard, Cinematographer
 * Rex T. Barber (1917–2001), American fighter pilot
 * Rex Barnes (born 1959), Canadian politician
 * Rex Barnett (born 1938), American politician, and former officer of the Missouri State Highway Patrol
 * Rex Barney (1924–1997), American baseball pitcher and announcer
 * Rex Barrat (1914–1974), French artist
 * Rex Battarbee (1893–1973), Australian artist
 * Rex Baxter (born 1936), American golfer
 * Rex Beach (1877–1949), American novelist and playwright
 * Rex Bell (1903–1962), American actor and politician
 * Rex M. Best, American soap opera writer
 * Rex Black (born 1964), American author, software engineer and entrepreneur
 * Rex Brandt (1914–2000), American artist and educator
 * Rex Brasher (1869–1960), American painter
 * Rex Briggs (born 1971), American author, analyst and researcher
 * Rex Brothers (born 1987), American baseball player
 * Rex Brown (born 1964), bassist of heavy metal band Pantera
 * Rex Burkhead (born 1990), American football player
 * Rex Caldwell (born 1950), American golfer
 * Rex Carroll, American guitarist
 * Rex L. Carter (1925–2014), American lawyer and politician
 * Rex Cauble (1913–2003), American banker, businessman, rancher and real estate agent
 * Rex Cecil (1916–1966), American baseball player
 * Rex Chapman (born 1967), American basketball player
 * Rex Chikoko, Malawian investigative journalist and media analyst
 * Rex Clark (1935–1978), Australian army officer
 * Rex Cherryman (1897–1928), American stage and screen actor
 * Rex Vicat Cole (1870–1940), English painter
 * Rex Collinge (born 1935), English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer
 * Rex Connor (1907–1977), Australian politician
 * Rex Cramphorn (1941–1991), Australian theatre director, costume designer, theatre critic, theorist and translator
 * Rex Crawford (1932–2022), Canadian farmer and politician
 * Rex M. Cunningham (1907–1969), American politician and World War II veteran
 * Rex Davis (1890–1951), English soldier, silent film actor and sportsman
 * Rex D. Davis (1924–2008), American federal law enforcement officer
 * Rex Dallas (born 1938), Australian country musician, singer, songwriter, yodeler and bush balladeer
 * Rex Damschroder (born 1950), American politician
 * Rex De Garis (1896–1967), Australian footballer
 * Rex de Silva (1918–2005), Ceylonese aviator
 * Rex Dockery (1942–1983), American football player and coach
 * Rex Downing (1925–2020), American child actor
 * Rex Eisen né Tod Rex Salvador, ex-guitarist of Murderdolls, Static-X and Dope
 * Rex Ellsworth (1907–1997), American Thoroughbred racehorse breeder
 * Rex Enright (1901–1960), American football and basketball player, coach and college athletics administrator
 * Rex Everhart (1920–2000), American actor
 * Rex Fell (1944/1945-2016), New Zealand thoroughbred horse breeder
 * Rex Forehand (born 1945), American psychologist
 * Rex Forrester (1928–2001), New Zealand hunting and fishing specialist
 * Rex Frederick (born 1936), American retired basketball coach and player
 * Rex Garrod (1943–2019), English inventor and roboteer
 * Rex Garvin (1940–2013), American instrumentalist and singer-songwriter
 * Rex Gatchalian (born 1979), Filipino politician
 * Rex Geard (1927–1982), Australian footballer
 * Rex Geveden (born 1962), American businessman, CEO of BWX Technologies
 * Rex Gibson (1932–2005), English academic writer
 * Rex Gildo (1939–1999), German singer
 * Rex Goh (born 1951), Singaporean-Australian guitarist
 * Rex Goreleigh (1902–1986), American painter, educator
 * Rex Goudie (born 1985), Canadian singer and 2005 Canadian Idol runner-up
 * Rex Griffin (1912–1959), American singer-songwriter
 * Rex Grossman (born 1980), American football player
 * Rex Grossman Sr. (1924–1980), American football player
 * Rex Hadnot (born 1982), American football player
 * Rex Harrison (1908–1990), British actor
 * Rex Hartwig (1929–2022), Australian tennis player
 * Rex Harvey (1946–2019), American decathlete and engineer
 * Rex Hillier (born 1956), Canadian politician
 * Rex Hobcroft (1925–2013), Australian pianist and music administrator
 * Rex Hudler (born 1960), American baseball player
 * Rex Hughes, American basketball coach
 * Rex Humbard (1919–2007), American television evangelist
 * Rex Hunt (born 1949), Australian television and radio personality and former football player
 * Rex Hunt (governor) (1926–2012), former British Governor of the Falkland Islands
 * Rex Ingamells (1913–1955), Australian poet
 * Rex Ingram, disambiguation page
 * Rex Jackson (1928–2011), Australian politician
 * Rex Jameson (1924–1983), English comedian and drag queen
 * Rex Lee Jim (born 1962), Native American politician
 * Rex Job (1910–1999), Australian footballer
 * Rex Johns (1935–2009), Australian footballer
 * Rex Johnston (1937–2019), American baseball player
 * Rex Jung, American psychologist
 * Rex Kalamian, American basketball coach
 * Rex Keeling (1943–2010), American football player
 * Rex Kern (born 1949), American football player
 * Rex Kieffer Jr. (1929–2001), American politician
 * Rex Kilpatrick (1881–1955), American football player and investment banker
 * Rex King-Clark (1913–2007), English soldier, pilot, racer, photographer, author, and diarist
 * Rex Kirton, New Zealand politician
 * Rex Kodippili (1938–2023), Sri Lankan film actor and producer
 * Rex Lassalle (born 1945), Trinidadian alternative medicine practitioner and former lieutenant
 * Rex Lawson (1938–1971), Nigerian singer, trumpeter and bandleader
 * Rex Layne (1928–2000), American heavyweight boxer
 * Rex Lease (1903–1966), American actor
 * Rex Lee, disambiguation page
 * Rex E. Lee (1937–1996), former U.S. Solicitor General
 * Rex Lewis-Clack (born 1995), American pianist and musical prodigy
 * Rex Liddy (born 1992), Australian football player
 * Rex Linn (born 1956), American actor
 * Rex Makin (1925–2017), English solicitor and philanthropist from Liverpool
 * Rex Marshall (1919–1983), American actor, television announcer and radio personality
 * Rex Distin Martienssen (1905–1942), South African architect
 * Rex Mason (1885–1975), New Zealand politician
 * Rex Maughan (1936–2021), the founder, president and CEO of Forever Living Products and Terry Labs
 * Rex McCandless (1915–1992), Northern Irish motorcycle racer
 * Rex McDougall (1878–1933), English stage and film actor
 * Rex McGill (born 1949), New Zealand cricketer
 * Rex Morgan, disambiguation page
 * Rex Mossop (1928–2011), Australian rugby player
 * Rex Murphy (1947–2024), Canadian commentator
 * Rex Nan Kivell (1898–1977), New Zealand-born British art collector
 * Rex Navarrete (born 1969), Filipino American comedian
 * Rex Neame (1936–2008), English cricketer and brewer
 * Rex Nelon (1932–2000), American southern gospel musicician
 * Rex Nelson, American college sports broadcaster, columnist, reporter, author, political appointee and chronicler of Arkansas history
 * Rex Nettleford (1933–2010), Jamaican scholar
 * Rex Newmark (born 1984), British television personality
 * Rex Norris, disambiguation page
 * Rex Nutting. American journalist, economist and columnist
 * Rex Ogle, American author
 * Rex O'Malley (1901–1976), English actor
 * Rex Omar, Ghanaian musician
 * Rex Orr (1923–2011), New Zealand rugby player
 * Rex Paterson (1902–1978), British agriculturalist
 * Rex Patrick (born 1967), Australian politician
 * Rex Patterson (1927–2016), Australian politician
 * Rex Paul (born 1945), real name of Guyanese-born American radio journalist Kojo Nnamdi
 * Rex Pemberton (born 1983), Australian extreme sport athlete and motivational speaker
 * Rex R. Perschbacher (1946–2018), American law professor
 * Rex Piano, American film director, screenwriter, TV actor and producer
 * Rex Pickett, American novelist and filmmaker
 * Rex Pierson (1891–1948), English aircraft designer
 * Rex Pilbeam (1907–1999), Australian politician
 * Rex Rabanye (1944–2010), South African jazz fusion and soulful pop musician
 * Rex Rammell (born 1961), American politician and veterinarian
 * Rex Ray (1956–2015), American graphic designer
 * Rex Reason (1928–2015), American actor
 * Rex Reed (born 1938), American journalist and film critic
 * Rex Richardson (born 1983), American politician
 * Rex Rienits (1909–1971), Australian writer
 * Rex M. Rogers (born 1952), American author, broadcaster and televangelist
 * Rex Rudicel (1912–2000), American basketball player
 * Rex Ryan (born 1962), American football coach
 * Rex Salas (born 1962), American record producer, songwriter, musical director and music arranger
 * Rex Sanders (1922–2017), English military aviator
 * Rex Shelley (1930–2009), Singaporean author
 * Rex Sinquefield (born 1944), American businessman, investor and philanthropist
 * Rex Slinkard (1887–1918), American painter and teacher
 * Rex Smith (born 1955), American entertainer
 * Rex Wakely Smith (1930–2013), South African rally driver and philatelist
 * Rex Solomon (born 1966), American jewelry store owner and former capella directory publisher
 * Rex Stewart (1907–1967), American jazz cornetist
 * Rex Stout (1886–1975), American author
 * Rex Taylor (1889–1968), American screenwriter
 * Rex Terp (born 1970), Australian rugby player
 * Rex Terry (1888–1964), American banker and politician
 * Rex Tillerson (born 1952), 69th United States Secretary of State
 * Rex Tilley (1929–2016), English footballer
 * Rex Townley (1904–1982), Australian politician
 * Rex Trailer (1928–2013), American television personality, broadcast pioneer, cowboy and Country and Western recording artist
 * Rex Tremlett (1903–1986), British-South African mining engineer and journalist
 * Rex Tso (born 1987), Hong Kong super-flyweight boxer
 * Rex Tucker (1913–1996), British television director in the 1950s and 1960s
 * Rex Tucker (American football) (born 1976), American football player
 * Rex Varghese, Indian bodybuilder
 * Rex Vijayan (born 1983), Indian composer, guitarist, singer, record producer and multi-instrumentalist
 * Rex A. Wade (born 1936), American historian and author
 * Rex Wailes (1901–1986), English engineer and historian on aspects of engineering history
 * Rex Walheim (born 1962), American astronaut
 * Rex E. Wallace (born 1952), American linguist and classical scholar
 * Rex (born 1947), gay erotic artist
 * Rex Walters (born 1970), American basketball player and coach
 * Rex Warner (1905–1986), English classicist, writer and translator
 * Rex Weyler (born 1947), American-Canadian author, journalist and ecologist
 * Rex Whistler (1905–1944), English painter, designer and illustrator
 * Rex White (born 1929), American race car driver
 * Rex Marion Whitton (1898–1981), American federal highway administrator
 * Rex Williams (born 1933), English snooker and billiards player
 * Rex Willis (1924–2000), Welsh rugby player
 * Rex Wilson (born 1960), New Zealand long-distance runner
 * Rex Winsbury (1935–2015), English journalist and author
 * Rex Yeatman (1919–1995), English cricketer
 * Rex Yetman (1933–2009), Canadian musician
 * Rex Ziak, American writer, historian, tour guide and documentarian