Lex (given name) explained

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
• 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)

See also

• Lexx, a science fiction TV series and a spaceship/weapon in the series
• LEXX (text editor)
• Mr. Lexx, Jamaican dancehall artist Christopher Palmer (born 1974)