Fox is a unisex, primarily masculine, given name, a transferred use of the English surname meaning “fox.” In some instances, it might have been used as a given name in honor of George Fox (1624–1691), the founder of the Quaker movement. The X-Files character Fox Mulder has drawn more attention to the name in recent years.
Men Fox Butterfield (born 1939), American journalist Fox Conner (1874 – 1951), American Army major general Fox Fisher (born 1980), Indian-British artist, film maker, author and transgender rights campaigner Fox Harris (1936–1988), American actor Fox Henderson (1853–1918), American businessman and banking entrepreneur Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie (1801 – 1874), British politician W. Fox McKeithen (1946–2005), American politician
Nicknames William “Fox” Stanton (1874–1946), American football player and coach
Stage name Fox Stevenson, stage name of English singer-songwriter Stanley Stevenson-Byrne (born 1993)
Fictional characters
Fox (comics), one of two related superheroes (from 1940) Fox Crane, in the soap opera Passions (2002–2007) Fox McCloud, from the Star Fox video game series (1993–2017) Fox Mulder, a character from the American television and movie series The X-Files Fox, in Disney animated series Gargoyles (1994–1997) Fox, a 2007 character in soap opera Neighbours Fox, on the Canadian comedy Son of a Critch The Fox, from The Hunter, a segment from the cartoon series King Leonardo and His Short Subjects (1960–1963) Yusuke Kitagawa (codename: Fox), from the 2016 Persona 5 video game Fox, a character from Skunk Fu!
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