Rex

For the programming language, see REXX.

Rex (Latin for "king"; see also King of Rome, raja) is the name of several things.

As an English male given name, it gained usage mainly in the 20th century.

People

Politics

• Rex — The official Last name of the Danish Royal Family for more than 900 years
• Rex Connor (1907-1977), Australian politician
• Rex E. Lee (1937-1996), former U.S. Solicitor General

Entertainment and arts

• Rex Allen (1920-1999), American entertainer
• Rex Beach (1877-1949), American novelist and playwright
• Rex Smith (1955), American entertainer
• Rex Stout (1886-1975), American author

Film, TV and stage

• Rex Cherryman (1897-1928), American stage and screen actor
• Rex Harrison (1908-1990), British actor
• Rex Ingram (1855-1969), American actor
• Rex Ingram (1893-1950), Irish-born American film director
• Rex Lease (1903-1966), American actor
• Rex Linn, American actor
• Simon Rex (1974), American actor

Musicians

• Rex Brown (1964), former bassist of heavy metal band Pantera
• Rex Everything (1971) is a pseudonym of Mondo Generator frontman and former Queens of the Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri
• Rex Gildo (1939-1999), German singer
• Rex Goudie (1985), Canadian singer and 2005 Canadian Idol runner-up

Sports

• Rex Barney (1924-1997), American baseball pitcher and announcer
• Rex Chapman (1967), American former basketball player
• Rex Grossman (1980), American football player
• Rex Hughes, American basketball coach
• Rex Ma, A famous swimming coach

Miscellaneous

• Rex Humbard (1919), American television evangelist
• Rex Hunt (1949), radio commentator, fisherman, television personality and former Australian rules footballer;
• Rex Murphy (1947), Canadian journalist
• Rex Paterson (1902-1978), British Agriculturalist
• Oedipus, from Oedipus Rex

Animals

• The Cornish Rex and the Devon Rex, cat breeds.
• Rex (dog) was a dog owned by Ronald Reagan.
• The canine star of the television show Kommissar Rex
• Rex the Wonder Horse, star of 15 Hollywood motion pictures (Imdb)
• Tyrannosaurus rex, a species of dinosaur. Often called T-Rex or Tyrannosaurus.
• The personal name of a specimen of Coelurosauravus jaeckeli seen in Primeval (TV series).
• The Rex and the Mini Rex, rabbit breeds and type of fur in rabbits.
• Rex Murphy is the name of the Green-winged Macaw owned by Tom Green, who occasionally appears on his show, Tom Green Live.

Machines/Objects

• Subaru Rex is a Japanese K-Car.
• The Subaru Impreza WRX, which is commonly referred to as "Rex".
• The Rex series of PDAs, including the REX 5000 and REX 6000.
• Rex (chair) is a foldable chair designed by Niko Kralj in 1952, still in production and worldwide use today.
• SS Rex was an Italian luxury ship, sunk by Allied bombers off the coast of Slovenia in 1944
• Rex was a German manufacturer of small two-stroke engines and mopeds .

Fictional characters

• Rex the Runt, an animated dog in the animated television show produced by Aardman Animations.
• Rex, a locomotive on the fictional Arlesdale Railway in The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry.
• A character from Power Rangers Operation Overdrive.
• A character from the game "Rex" by Martech.
• A dinosaur-like enemy from several Super Mario games.
• Metal Gear REX from Metal Gear Solid.
• A toy character from Disney/Pixar's computer-animated Toy Story movies.
• Rex (NX Files), a fictional character in an action adventure web-show called NX Files.
• Rex Raptor, a fictional character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! series (known as Dinosaur Ryuzaki in the original version).
• Rex Van De Kamp, a fictional character in the TV series Desperate Housewives.

Music

• T.Rex, a 1970s British glam-rock band.
• Rex Records, one of four record labels.
• Rex (band) is a Dream pop alternative rock band.
• Rex is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers.
• Oedopeus Rex Igor Stravinsky's oratorio, written toward the end of his career.

Other

• REX is the IATA airport code for the General Lucio Blanco International Airport in Reynosa, Mexico.
• Rex (airline) (Regional Express) is a regional airline that operates Saab 340's and services the southeastern states of Australia.
• Rex was the original name of the Rexx programming language.
• Rexoop, A Word meaning dinosaur like
• rex (language) is a functional programming language used for teaching purposes at Harvey Mudd College.
• Rex is a Carnival Krewe in New Orleans that hosts the Rex parade.
• Rex (company) is an Italian company that makes electronics, mechanics.
• REX (company) is an Omaha company that specializes in Workers' Compensation technology and processing.
• Rex is the dinosaur mascot of the University of Calgary
• Rex (1935-1945) was the Belgian fascist party founded by Leon Degrelle
• Rex TV & Appliance, a retailer of major appliances and electronics.
• Rex theatre and music hall in Athens-Greece, one of the characteristic Art Deco buildings in Athens.
• Rex is a PCMCIA electronic PDA made by Franklin and later Xircom
• Rex (video game), a 1988 game for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC