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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 (artist) (birth name not made public; c.1943–2024), American gay erotic artist
  • 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 Baddeley (born 1941), New Zealand cricketer
  • Rex Ballard, American 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 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 Hazlewood (disambiguation), several people
  • 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 (diplomat) (1926–2012), British diplomat, Governor of the Falkland Islands from 1980 to 1985
  • Rex Ingamells (1913–1955), Australian poet
  • Rex Ingram (disambiguation), several people
  • 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), several people
  • 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), several people
  • 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 musician
  • 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), several people
  • 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 (disambiguation), several people
  • 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 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 (disambiguation), several people
  • Rex Willis (1924–2000), Welsh rugby player
  • Rex Wilson (disambiguation), several people
  • 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

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