Lex (given name)

Lex is a given name. It is a common male name in the Netherlands, and is sometimes short for Alexander, Alexandra, Alexandria or Lexington.[1]

People with the name

  • Lex Banning (1921-1965), Australian lyric poet
  • Lex Barker (1919-1973), American actor
  • Lex Davison (1923-1965), Australian racing driver
  • Lex van Delden (1919-1988), Dutch composer
  • Lex Frieden (born 1949), American disability activist and professor
  • Lex Gigeroff (c. 1962-2011), Canadian television writer and actor best known as co-creator of the science fiction series Lexx
  • Lex Goudsmit (1913-1999), Dutch actor
  • Robert A. Green (1892-1973), U.S. Representative from Florida
  • Lex Humphries (1936-1994), jazz drummer
  • 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), ring name of long-time professional wrestler Lawrence Wendell "Larry" Pfohl
  • Lex McLean (1908-1975), Scottish comedian
  • Lex Schoenmaker (born 1947), Dutch former football player and manager
  • Alexander Lex Shrapnel (born 1979), English actor
  • Lex Staley, half of the syndicated morning team Lex and Terry
  • Lex van den Berghe, a contestant in the television show Survivor: Africa
  • Lex Veldhuis (born 1983), professional poker player

Fictional characters

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

References

  1. Norman, Teresa (2003). "English Male Names". A World of Baby Names. Penguin Books. p. 94. ISBN 9780399528941. Retrieved January 4, 2018 via Google Books.

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)
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