REX

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

Contents

Male given name

People

Politics

Entertainment and arts

Film, TV and stage

Musicians

Sports

Miscellaneous

Animals

Machines / Objects

Fictional characters

Music / Radio

Other

Male given name

As an English male given name, Rex is of mostly 20th century North American use. It has 1 variant form: Reyes.

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

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

★ REX (Radiation Experiment), a series of two experimental USAF satellites launched June 29, 1991 and March 9, 1996

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 / Radio

★ ''REX! RADiO'' will be an Internet-based radio station created by CHiLL FM which is situated across Singapore that will be launched on New Year's Day in 2008.

★ 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.

★ Rex Brown is the bassist for the heavy metal band Pantera.

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.

★ 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