Elkan Rex Makin, (20 August 1925 – 26 June 2017) usually known as Rex Makin, was a solicitor and philanthropist who practised in Liverpool, England, for over sixty years.
He was most noted for his involvement with the Beatles' early career and subsequently high-profile cases such as the Hillsborough and Heysel Stadium disasters, the Walton sextuplets and the re-opening of the Cameo Murder case.
A freeman of the City of Liverpool, he also supported the arts and held an honorary professorship at Liverpool John Moores University.
He also wrote a weekly column in the Liverpool Echo.