Famous People with Name Alex

Alex O'Brien            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alex O'Brien: is a professional tennis player from the United States, who competed on the ATP Tour. He was the No. 1 doubles player in the world (gaining that ranking on May 8, 2000) and was ranked as high as 30 in the world in singles (gaining that ranking on June 21, 1997).

Alex Lenderman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alex Lenderman: is a Russian-American chess player who won the U16 (under 16 years old) division of the 2005 World Youth Chess Championship, Belfort, France, July 18–29, with a score of 9/10 (+8 =2 -0). He holds a title of International Master. On the April 2006 FIDE rating list, he held an ELO rating of 2431, ranking him 1450th in the world and 64th in the United States.

Alex Kozinski            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alex Kozinski: a Romanian American jurist. He is currently Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and an essayist and judicial commentator.[1]Kozinski's first judicial appointment was as chief judge at the newly formed United States Court of Federal Claims in 1982.In 1985, aged 35, Kozinski was appointed to a new seat at the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by President Ronald Reagan, making him the youngest federal appeals court judge in the country. Defending the court against criticism because of a controversial decision, Kozinski went on record emphasizing the independence of the judges: "It seems to me that this is what makes this country truly great -- that we can have a judiciary where the person who appoints you doesn't own you."[3

Alex Yermolinsky            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alex Yermolinsky: is an American chess Grandmaster. In 1993, Alex won the U.S. Chess Championship, a title he shared with Alexander Shabalov. In 1996 he was the sole champion of the United States. In 2001 he won the American Continental Championship.

Alex Katz            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alex Katz: an American figural artist associated with the Pop art movement. In particular, he is known for his paintings, sculptures, and prints.he studied at The Cooper Union in New York, and from 1949 to 1950 he studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine. His first one-person show came in 1954: an exhibition of paintings at the Roko Gallery in New York. In 1974 The Whitney Museum of American Art showed Alex Katz Prints, followed by a traveling retrospective exhibition Alex Katz in 1986. During his first ten years as a painter, Katz admitted to destroying a thousand paintings. Since the 1950s,