Alec or Aleck is a Scottish form of the given name Alex. It may be a shortened form of the name Alexander or a given name in its own right. Notable people with the name include:
People Alec Aalto (1942–2018), Finnish diplomat Alec Acton (1938–1994), English footballer Alec Albiston (1917–1998), Australian rules footballer Alec Alston (1937–2009), English footballer Alec and Peter Graham (1881–1957), New Zealand mountaineers, guides, and hotel operators Alec Anderson (American football, born 1894) (1894–1953), American NFL player Alec Anderson (American football, born 1999) (born 1999), American professional football player Alec Ash (born 1986), British writer and editor Alec Ashcroft (1887–1963), English international rugby union player Alec Asher (born 1991), American MLB player Alec Ashworth (1939–1995), English professional footballer Alec Astle (born 1949), New Zealand former cricketer Alec Atkinson (1919–2015), British Royal Air Force officer and civil servant Alec B. Francis (1867–1934), English silent-film actor Alec Bagot (1893–1968), South Australian adventurer, polemicist, and politician Alec Baillie (died 2020), American bassist Alec Baldwin (born 1958), American actor Alec Bangham (1921–2010), British biophysicist Alec Bartlett (born 1993), American soccer player Alec Bathgate, New Zealand musician Alec Bedser (1918–2010), English professional cricketer Alec Bedser (South African cricketer) (1948–1981), South African cricketer Alec Beechman (1896–1965), British barrister and politician Alec Benjamin (born 1994), American singer-songwriter Alec Bennett (1897–1973), Irish-Canadian motorcycle racer Alec Berg (born 1969 or 1970), American comedy and television writer of Swedish descent Alec Bettinger (born 1995), American MLB player Alec Birrell (1885–1948), Australian rules footballer, military personnel, and doctor Alec Birtwell (1908–1974), English cricketer Alec Bishop (1897–1984), British Army officer and administrator Alec Blakeman (1918–1994), English professional footballer Alec Boden (1925–2011), Scottish footballer Alec Bohm (born 1996), American MLB player Alec Bonnett (1922–1992), British sports shooter Alec Boswell Timms (1872–1922), Australian-born international rugby union player Alec Brader (1942–2024), English professional footballer, schoolteacher, and youth athletics coach Alec Brady (1870–1913), Scottish professional footballer Alec Bregonzi (1930–2006), English actor Alec Briggs (born 1939), English former professional footballer Alec Broers, Baron Broers (born 1938), British electrical engineer Alec Brook (1911–1986), English international table tennis player Alec Brook-Krasny (born 1958), American politician Alec Brown (born 1992), American professional basketball player Alec Brown (snooker player) (1908–1995), English snooker player Alec Brownstein (born 1980), American creative marketer, writer, and film director Alec Burgess (1906–1990), English cricketer Alec Burks (born 1991), American NBA player Alec Burleson (born 1998), American MLB player Alec Burns (1907–2003), English track and field athlete Alec Burns (cricketer) (born 1948), Trinidad and Tobago former cricketer Alec Butler (born 1959), Canadian playwright Alec C. Snowden (1901–1983), British film producer Alec Cairncross (1911–1998), Scottish economist Alec Cameron (disambiguation), several people Alec Campbell (disambiguation), several people Alec Cannon, English footballer Alec Carruthers Gould (1870–1948), English illustrator and landscape- and marine painter Alec Cartio (born 1976), Iranian-Swedish-American music video-, automotive commercial-, and film director Alec Chamberlain (born 1964), English former professional footballer Alec Cheyne (1907–1983), Scottish footballer Alec Chien, classical pianist from Hong Kong Alec Christie, British writer, film producer, and actor Alec Clarey (born 1994), English rugby union player Alec Clarke (1904–1959), South African cricketer Alec Clegg (1909–1986), English educationalist Alec Cleland (born 1970), Scottish professional footballer and coach Alec Clifton-Taylor (1907–1985), English architectural historian Alec Clunes (1912–1970), English actor and theatrical manager Alec Clydesdale (1875–1947), Australian politician Alec Cobbe (born 1945), Irish designer, artist, musical instrument collector, and decorator Alec Coles (born 1959), British-Australian art curator Alec Connell (1900–1958), Canadian NHL player Alec Cooke, Baron Cooke of Islandreagh (1920–2007), Irish politician and Royal Navy officer Alec Coombes (born 1995), Scottish rugby union player Alec Coppel (1907–1972), Australian-born screenwriter, novelist, and playwright Alec Coppen (1923–2019), British psychiatrist Alec Coryton (1895–1981), British Air Force commander Alec Cowan (born 1996), Canadian cyclist Alec Coxon (1916–2006), English cricketer Alec Craig (1884–1945), Scottish actor Alec Crikis (1944–2016), Australian sports shooter Alec Croft (born 1937), English former professional footballer Alec Crozier (1904–1974), Australian rules footballer Alec Cunningham (1905–1981), English cricketer Alec Cunningham-Reid (1895–1977), British military personnel Alec Dankworth (born 1960), English jazz musician Alec David Young (1913–2005), British aeronautical engineer Alec Davies (born 1962), Scottish former cricketer and current physical education teacher Alec Davies (footballer) (1920–1998), Scottish footballer Alec Debnam (1921–2003), English cricketer and Royal Air Force member Alec de Candole (1897–1918), English poet and military personnel Alec Denton (born 1994), English footballer Alec Devon Kreider (1991–2017), American murderer Alec Dick (footballer) (1865–1925), Scottish footballer Alec Dickson (1914–1994), British activist and V.S.O. founder Alec Distaso (1948–2009), American MLB player Alec Dockar (1920–1994), English professional rugby league footballer Alec Donald (1900–1952), Scottish professional footballer Alec Douglas (1939–2014), South African cricketer Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995), British politician, Prime Minister of the U.K. (1963–1964) Alec Down (1914–1995), British archaeologist Alec Duckart (born 2000), American singer-songwriter Alec Duffy (born 1975), American writer and theater director Alec Dufty (born 1987), American former soccer player and current coach Alec Eason (1889–1956), Australian rules footballer, coach, and administrator Alec Eist (1929–1982), British police officer and Navy personnel Alec Elliot (born 1996), Canadian competitive Paralympic swimmer Alec Empire (born 1972), German musician Alec Epis (born 1937), Australian former footballer Alec Erwin (born 1948), South African politician Alec Evans (born 1939), Australian former rugby union footballer and coach Alec Farley (1925–2010), English professional footballer Alec Farmer (1908–1986), Scottish professional footballer Alec Farrall (1936–2025), English former professional footballer Alec Farrow (1894–1955), Australian rules footballer Alec Fildes (1901–1976), English professional rugby league footballer Alec Finlay (born 1966), Scottish artist Alec Finn (1944–2018), British musician Alec Firth (1892–?), British trade union official Alec Fischer, documentary filmmaker and LGBTQ+ advocate based in Minneapolis, Minnesota Alec Foege, American author and magazine journalist Alec Fong Lim (1931–1990), Australian politician Alec Fraser (disambiguation), several people Alec Fyfe (1909–1973), Australian rules footballer Alec G. Olson (born 1930), American politician Alec Gallimore, American aerospace engineer Alec Gallup (1928–2009), American pollster Alec Gambling (1926–2021), British electrical engineer Alec Garnett, American politician Alec Gaskell (1932–2014), English professional footballer Alec Geddes (1888–1964), Scottish communist activist Alec George Horwood (1914–1944), British soldier Alec Georgen (born 1998), French professional footballer Alec Gibson (born 1963), American former NFL player Alec Gillies (1875–1932), Scottish footballer Alec Glassey (1887–1970), British politician Alec Glen, Scottish amateur footballer Alec Gletzer (born 1991), American former international rugby union player Alec Gores (born 1953), American billionaire businessman Alec Graham (1929–2021), English Anglican bishop Alec Grant (1893–1966), New Zealand cricketer and military personnel of Australian descent Alec Gray (disambiguation), several people Alec Greven, American self-help author Alec Grieve (1864–1933), Dundee artist Alec Guinness (1914–2000), English actor Alec Hall (Australian footballer) (1869–1953), Australian rules footballer Alec Hall (English footballer) (1909–1992), English footballer Alec Hannan (1916–2002), South African boxer Alec Hansen (born 1994), American former baseball player Alec Hardie (1900–1975), Scottish professional footballer Alec Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1894–1960), British Army personnel Alec Hardy (1891–1970), Anglican bishop Alec Harper (1910–2003), English polo player and Indian Army officer Alec Harris (1897–1974), Welsh spiritualist medium Alec Hastilow (1895–1975), English cricketer and cricket administrator Alec Head (1924–2022), French horse trainer and breeder Alec Hearne (1863–1952), English cricketer Alec Hellewell (1880–1934), English footballer Alec Hepburn (born 1993), English rugby union player Alec Herd (1911–1982), Scottish professional footballer Alec Higgins (1908–1965), English professional rugby league footballer Alec Hill (1916–2008), Australian military historian and academic Alec Holowka (1983–2019), Canadian game programmer, designer, and musician Alec Hooper (1900–1978), English professional footballer Alec Horsley (1902–1993), British businessman, Quaker, and peace activist Alec Horwood (1914–1944), British Army officer Alec Hosie (1890–1957), English cricketer Alec Howie (1913–1940), Indian Army cricketer and British Army personnel Alec Hurley (1871–1913), English music hall singer Alec Hurwood (1902–1982), Australian cricketer Alec Inch (1915–1994), Australian engine driver and politician Alec Ingold (born 1996), American NFL player Alec Ingwersen (1941–2016), Australian rules footballer Alec Issigonis (1906–1988), Greek-British car designer Alec Jackson, several people Alex Jackson (disambiguation), several people Alec James (cricketer) (1889–1961), Welsh cricketer Alec Jason (1911–2000), English actor Alec Jeffreys (born 1950), British geneticist Alec Jenkins (born 1987), Welsh rugby union player Alec John Dawson (1872–1951), English author Alec John Such (1951–2022), American bassist, former member of Bon Jovi Alec Johnson (born 1944), English former cricketer Alec Johnson (rugby league) (1901–?), Australian rugby league footballer Alec Jones (1924–1983), British politician Alec Julian Tyndale-Biscoe (1906–1997), English naval engineer and officer Alec K. Redfearn, American musician and composer Alec Kann (born 1990), American MLS player Alec Kaplan (1890–1963), South African philatelist Alec Karakatsanis (born 1983), American civil rights lawyer, social justice advocate, public defender, and prison reformer Alec Kay (1879–1917), Scottish professional footballer and military personnel Alec Kellaway (1894–1973), Australian actor of South African descent Alec Kennedy (1891–1959), Scottish cricketer Alec Kerr (1876–1953), New Zealand cricketer Alec Kessler (1967–2007), American basketball player and orthopedic surgeon Alec King (1874–1954), Australian rules footballer and officer Alec Kirkbride (1897–1978), British diplomat Alec Kirkland (1900–?), Irish footballer Alec Kitson (1921–1997), British trade unionist and official Alec Knight (1939–2023), British chaplain Alec Knight (cricketer) (1899–1986), New Zealand cricketer Alec Kruger (1924–2015), Australian non-fiction writer