Leeson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Bill Leeson William Edward Gregory-Leeson (born 13 October 1943) is an English filmmaker who was one of the founders of the charity War Child (charity), War Child, which particularly focuses on help for children in war situations. In 1993 Leeson and Wilson ...

(born 1943), British filmmaker *

Cecil Leeson Cecil B. Leeson (October 16, 1902 – April 17, 1989), was an American musician and teacher who was widely credited with establishing the saxophone as a legitimate concert instrument in the U.S. Early life While Leeson lived in the southwestern ...

(1902–1989), American musician *

David Leeson David Leeson (October 18, 1957 – April 16, 2022) was a staff photographer for ''The Dallas Morning News''. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in 2004, together with Cheryl Diaz Meyer, for coverage of the Iraq War. He also ...

(1957–2022), American photojournalist *

Edward Leeson Larrikin Love were an English four piece indie rock band from London. Consisting of singer-songwriter Edward Leeson, guitarist Micko Larkin, bassist Alfie Ambrose and drummer Coz Kerrigan, and also occasionally including violinist Robb Skipp ...

, British musician *

George Mansfield Leeson George Mansfield Leeson was a Canadian politician from Ontario. He represented Grey South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA; ) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. I ...

, Canadian politician *

John Leeson John Francis Christopher Ducker (born 16 March 1943), known professionally as John Leeson, is an English actor. He is known for portraying Bungle in ''Rainbow'' and voicing K9 in ''Doctor Who'' and spin-offs '' The Sarah Jane Adventures'' a ...

(born 1943), British actor *

Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown (11 March 1701 – 2 October 1783) was an Irish peer and politician. Background He was the son of Joseph Leeson, a brewer in Dublin, and Mary Brice, daughter of Alderman Andrew Brice, Sheriff of Dublin. ...

(1701–1783), Irish brewer *

Lynn Hershman Leeson Lynn Hershman Leeson (née Lynn Lester Hershman; born June 17, 1941) is an American multimedia artist and filmmaker. Her work with technology and in media-based practices is credited with helping to legitimize digital art forms. Her interests inc ...

(born 1941), American filmmaker *

Michael J. Leeson Michael Jon Leeson (died July 27, 2016) was an American screenwriter. Filmography * ''Love, American Style'' (1972–1973) (TV) * ''All in the Family'' (1973) (TV) * ''The Partridge Family'' (1973–1974) (TV) * ''The Odd Couple'' (1972–197 ...

(died 2016), American screenwriter *

Nick Leeson Nicholas William Leeson (born 25 February 1967) is an English former derivatives trader whose fraudulent, unauthorised and speculative trades resulted in the 1995 collapse of Barings Bank, the United Kingdom's oldest existing merchant bank ...

(born 1967), derivatives trader for Barings Bank *

Patrick Leeson Patrick George Leeson (17 July 1915 – 12 May 1997) was an English first-class cricketer: a right-handed batsman who played a single first-class match for Worcestershire against Northamptonshire in July 1936. Oddly, in that game he was dismisse ...

(1915–1997), English cricketer *

Peter Leeson Peter T. Leeson (born July 29, 1979) is an American economist and the Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Law at George Mason University. In 2012 Big Think listed him among "Eight of the World's Top Young Economists". He is a Fellow of the R ...

(born 1979), American economist

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Leeson is an electric motor brand name under the Regal Rexnord Corporation.

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