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, which particularly focuses on help for children in war situations. In 1993, Leeson and David Wilson produced a d ...

, British filmmaker *

Cecil Leeson Cecil B. Leeson (December 16, 1902 – April 17, 1989), a musician and teacher, was widely credited with establishing the saxophone as a legitimate concert instrument in the U.S. Early life While living in the southwest, he received a degree fr ...

, 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 a ...

, 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 Rob Ski ...

, British musician *

John Leeson John Francis Christopher Ducker (born 16 March 1943), known professionally as John Leeson, is an English actor, voice artist and freelance wine educator. He is known for portraying Bungle in ''Rainbow'' and voicing K9 in '' Doctor Who'' and ...

, 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. Hi ...

, Irish brewer *

Lynn Hershman Leeson Lynn Hershman Leeson (née Lynn Lester Hershman; born 1941) is a multimedia American artist and filmmaker. Her work combines art with social commentary, particularly on the relationship between people and technology. Leeson is a pioneer in new med ...

, 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'' (1972–1974) ...

, American screenwriter *

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

, 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 dismi ...

, 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. The website Big Think listed him in 2012 among "Eight of the World's Top Young Economists". He is a Fello ...

, American economist Leeson is an electric motor brand name under the

Regal Rexnord Corporation Regal Rexnord Corporation, usually referred to as just Regal Rexnord, is a manufacturer of electric motors and power transmission components headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin. The company has manufacturing, sales, and service facilities throu ...

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