List of Famous people named Alec

Often it's a shorthand for Alexander. Similar names: Alexander, Alice, Alicia, Alycia, Allyce, Alyce. Here are some famous Alecs:

Alec Baldwin

Alexander Rae Baldwin III
First Name Alec
Born on April 3, 1958 (age 65)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Alexander Rae Baldwin III is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian, and political activist. A member of the Baldwin family, he is the eldest of the four Baldwin brothers, all actors. Baldwin first gained recognition appearing on seasons six and seven of the CBS television drama Knots Landing.

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Alec Jeffreys

First Name Alec
Born on January 9, 1950 (age 74)

Sir Alec John Jeffreys, is a British geneticist known for developing techniques for genetic fingerprinting and DNA profiling which are now used worldwide in forensic science to assist police detective work and to resolve paternity and immigration disputes. He is a professor of genetics at the University of Leicester, and he became an honorary freeman of the City of Leicester on 26 November 1992. In 1994, he was knighted for services to genetics.

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Alec Guinness

First Name Alec
Born on April 2, 1914
Died on August 5, 2000 (aged 86)
Height 176 cm | 5'9

Sir Alec Guinness, was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), in which he played nine different characters, The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination, and The Ladykillers (1955). He collaborated six times with director David Lean: Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations (1946), Fagin in Oliver Twist (1948), Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai, Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), General Yevgraf Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Professor Godbole in A Passage to India (1984). In 1970 he played Jacob Marley's ghost in Ronald Neame's Scrooge. He also portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas's original Star Wars trilogy; for the original 1977 film, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 50th Academy Awards.

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Alec Holowka

First Name Alec
Born on October 30, 1983
Died on August 31, 2019 (aged 35)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Alec Holowka was a Canadian indie game developer and co-founder of independent game companies Infinite Ammo, Infinite Fall, and Bit Blot. He was known for collaborating with Derek Yu to create Aquaria and freeware game I'm O.K – A Murder Simulator and with Scott Benson and Bethany Hockenberry to create Night in the Woods.

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Alec Douglas-Home

First Name Alec
Born on July 2, 1903
Died on October 9, 1995 (aged 92)

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964. He was the last prime minister to hold office while a member of the House of Lords, before disclaiming his peerage and taking up a seat in the House of Commons for the remainder of his premiership. His reputation, however, rests more on his two periods serving as Britain's foreign minister than on his brief premiership.

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Alec Utgoff

Олег Володимирович Утгоф
First Name Alec
Born on March 1, 1986 (age 38)
Born in Ukraine
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Alec Utgoff is a Soviet-born British actor. Born in Kyiv, modern day Ukraine. Alec moved to UK at the age of 10 and studied at Dover College boarding school before moving to Portsmouth and eventually London. He pursued acting and graduated from the prestigious Drama Centre London. He is known for playing the role of Aleksandr Borovsky in ‘’Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’’ and Alexei in the third season of Stranger Things. His other notable roles include Alexi in San Andreas (2015), Dmitri in Mortdecai (2015) and Yuri/Dimitri in The Wrong Mans (2015).

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Alec N. Wildenstein

First Name Alec
Born on August 5, 1940
Died on February 18, 2008 (aged 67)

Alec Nathan Wildenstein was an American billionaire businessman, art dealer, racehorse owner, and breeder.

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Alec Burks

Alec Burks is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Utah Jazz as the 12th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft, but made his first pro start in his third year with the team. Burks primarily plays the shooting guard position.

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Alec Devon Kreider

First Name Alec
Born on February 4, 1991
Died on January 20, 2017 (aged 25)

Alec Devon Kreider was an American murderer, convicted of the killing of three members of the Haines family in Manheim Township, Pennsylvania, on 12 May 2007.

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Alec Mills

Alec Thomas Mills is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Kansas City Royals selected Mills in the 22nd round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. He previously played for the Kansas City Royals.

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