Alex facts for kids

Alex shortened version of the male name Alexander or the female version Alexandria. 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 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
• Alex Murrin (born 1996), South African survived zombie apocalypse

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

Fictional characters

• Alex DeLarge, A Clockwork Orange
• Alex Fernandez (Ghostwriter)
• Alex Masterley, the main character in the Daily Telegraph's daily 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 Rowe, character from the TV series, Lost
• Alex (Street Fighter), Street Fighter III video game series
• Alex (Tekken), Tekken fighting game series
• Alex (comics), Marvel comics universe
• Alex, video game Golden Sun
• Alex (Madagascar), Madagascar
• Alex the Dog, the mascot of Stroh's Beer from 1984–1989
• Dr. Alex Karev, TV series Grey's Anatomy
• Alex, Totally Spies!

Places

• Alex, Haute-Savoie, France
• Alex, Oklahoma, USA
• 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

Related pages

• Special:Allpages/Alex

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