Rex (given name)

Rex
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	King
Other names
Related names	Regis, Reginald, Rexford, Roy, Renato

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.

Notable people with the name include:

Rex (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 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 (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

This page or section lists people that share the same given name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.