Rex
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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.
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[edit] People
- Rex Allen, American entertainer
- Rex Barney, American baseball pitcher and announcer
- Rex Beach, American novelist and playwright
- Rex Brown, former bassist of heavy metal band Pantera
- Rex Connor, Australian politician
- Rex Chapman, American former basketball player
- [[Rex Cherryman}], American stage and screen actor
- Rex Everything is a pseudonym of Mondo Generator frontman and former Queens of the Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri
- Rex Gildo, German singer
- Rex Goudie, Canadian singer and 2005 Canadian Idol runner-up
- Rex Grossman, American football player
- Rex Harrison, British actor
- Rex Hughes, American basketball coach
- Rex Humbard, American television evangelist
- Rex Hunt, radio commentator, fisherman, television personality and former Australian rules footballer;
- Rex Ingram, American actor
- Rex Ingram, Irish-born American film director
- Rex Lease, American actor
- Rex E. Lee, former U.S. Solicitor General
- Rex Lynn, American actor
- Rex Murphy, Canadian journalist
- Rex Paterson, British Agriculturalist
- Rex Smith, American entertainer
- Rex Stout, American author
- Simon Rex, American actor
- Rex Ma, A famous swimming coach
- Oedipus, from Oedipus Rex
[edit] 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).
[edit] 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 .
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
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