Alex Bein (Hebrew: אלכסנדר ביין) (21 January 1903 – 20 June 1988) was a German-Jewish historian and Zionist historiographer best known for his biography of Theodor Herzl.

[1] Bein was born in Steinach an der Saale in Bavaria, southern Germany.

[1]He was director of the Central Zionist Archives and the first State Archivist of Israel.

[1] Bein died while on a visit to Stockholm.

Bein was awarded the Israel Prize in 1987 for his contribution to Zionist historiography.