Lesley is a placename, given name and surname, a variant of Leslie that can be male or female name and is ultimately an anglicization of a Scottish (Gaelic) placename.

Places

Fort Lesley J. McNair Fort Lesley J. McNair is a United States Army post located on the tip of Greenleaf Point, the peninsula that lies at the confluence of the Potomac River and the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. To the peninsula's west is the Washington Cha ...

, American army facility *

Lesley University Lesley University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. As of 2018-19 Lesley University enrolled 6,593 students (2,707 undergraduate and 3,886 graduate). History ...

, American academic institution

People

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Lesley Baker Lesley Baker (born 20 January 1944) is an Australian actress, singer, dancer and comedian. She was well known for her early appearances on In Melbourne Tonight with Graham Kennedy. After which she went on to play several roles for Crawford Pr ...

(b. 1944), Australian actress * Lesley Bamberger (born 1965/1966), Dutch billionaire, owner of Kroonenberg Groep *

Lesley Blanch Lesley Blanch, MBE, FRSL (6 June 1904, London – 7 May 2007, Garavan near Menton, France) was a British writer, historian and traveller. She is best known for '' The Wilder Shores of Love'', about Isabel Burton (who married the Arabist and ex ...

(1904–2007), British writer and editor * Lesley M. M. Blume, American author *

Lesley Turner Bowrey Lesley Rosemary Turner Bowrey, AM (née Turner; born 16 August 1942) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. Her career spanned two decades from the late 1950s until the late 1970s. Turner Bowrey won the singles title at the Fr ...

(b. 1942), Australian tennis player *

Lesley-Ann Brandt Lesley-Ann Brandt (born 2 December 1981) is a South African actress. Brandt has acted in a number of New Zealand television series and first came to international notice with her role as a slave girl Naevia in the series '' Spartacus: Blood and ...

(b. 1981), South African-born actress *

Lesley Choyce Lesley Choyce (born 21 March 1951) (m. Linda Choyce) is a Canadian author of novels, non-fiction, children's books, young adult novels, and poetry. He is the author of more than 100 books for adults, teens and children, and teaches in the Englis ...

(b. 1951), American-born writer based in Canada *

Lesley Douglas Lesley Douglas (born 7 June 1963) is a British former radio executive. She was the Controller of BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music from early 2004 until her resignation in October 2008 over The Russell Brand Show prank calls row. Early life Lesley Doug ...

(b. 1963), British radio executive *

Lesley-Anne Down Lesley-Anne Down (born 17 March 1954) is a British actress, singer and former model. She achieved fame as Georgina Worsley in the ITV drama series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1973–75). She received further recognition for her performances in ...

(b. 1954), British actress * Lesley Ann Downey (1954–1964), British murder victim *

Lesley Duncan Lesley Cox (née Duncan; 12 August 1943 – 12 March 2010) was an English singer-songwriter, best known for her work during the 1970s. She received much airplay on British radio stations such as BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, but never achieved ...

(1943–2010), British singer-songwriter *

Lesley Dunlop Lesley Jane Dunlop (born 10 March 1956) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Norna in the ''Doctor Who'' serial "Frontios", Anna Kirkwall in '' Where the Heart Is'' and Zoë Angell in ''May to December''. Her current role is Bre ...

(b. 1956), British actress * Lesley Elliott (disambiguation), multiple people *

Lesley Garrett Lesley Garrett, CBE (born 10 April 1955) is an English soprano singer, musician, broadcaster and media personality. She is noted for being at home in opera and "crossover music". Early life Garrett was born in the town of Thorne, near Donc ...

(b. 1955), British soprano *

Lesley Gill Lesley Gill is an author and a professor of anthropology at Vanderbilt University. Her research focusses on political violence, gender, free market reforms and human rights in Latin America, especially Bolivia. She also writes about the militar ...

, American anthropology professor * Lesley Gore (1946–2015), American singer-songwriter * Lesley Hawker (b. 1981), Canadian figure skater * Lesley Head, Australian geographer * Lesley Hinds (b. 1956), Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland *

Twiggy Dame Lesley Lawson (''née'' Hornby; born 19 September 1949) is an English model, actress, and singer, widely known by the nickname Twiggy. She was a British cultural icon and a prominent teenaged model during the swinging '60s in London. ...

(born Lesley Hornby, 1949), British model and actress *

Lesley Joseph Lesley Diana Joseph (born 14 October 1945) is an English actress and broadcaster, best known for playing Dorien Green in the television sitcom '' Birds of a Feather'' from 1989 to 1998 and again from 2014 to 2020. Other television credits incl ...

(b. 1945), British actress *

Lesley Judd Lesley Judd (born 20 December 1946) is an English former television presenter and dancer, best known as a long-serving host of the BBC children's programme '' Blue Peter'' (1972–1979). Background Born in London, the daughter of Leslie T. Judd ...

(b. 1946), British actress * Lesley Langley (b. 1944/5), Miss World 1965 from Britain *

Lesley Magnus Lesley Magnus (born October 6, 1977 in Tisdale, Saskatchewan) is a field hockey player from Oliver, British Columbia, Canada, who was first selected with the Women's National Team for the 2000 Test Series against the United States.

(b. 1977), Canadian field hockey player *

Lesley Manville Lesley Ann Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress known for her frequent collaborations with Mike Leigh, appearing in the films '' Grown-Ups'' (1980), '' High Hopes'' (1988), '' Secrets & Lies'' (1996), ''Topsy-Turvy'' (1999), ''A ...

(b. 1956), British actress *

Lesley J. McNair Lesley James McNair (May 25, 1883 – July 25, 1944) was a senior United States Army officer who served during World War I and World War II. He attained the rank of lieutenant general during his life; he was killed in action during World War I ...

(1883–1944), American military officer *

Lesley Mahmood Lesley Elizabeth Mahmood is a British politician. She was active in Militant and Liverpool politics along with her brother Roy Farrar in the 1970s and 1980s. Mahmood was prominent in the Liverpool District Labour Party's campaign for more mon ...

(b. 1942), British politician *

Lesley Molseed Lesley is a placename, given name and surname, a variant of Leslie that can be male or female name and is ultimately an anglicization of a Scottish (Gaelic) placename. Places * Fort Lesley J. McNair, American army facility * Lesley University, A ...

(1964–1975), British murder victim * Lesley Jean Murdoch (b. 1956), New Zealand cricketer * Lesley Rumball (b. 1973), New Zealand netball player * Lesley Sanderson (b. 1985/6), contestant on the British ''Big Brother'' TV series * Lesley Scott, contributing writer to ''Doctor Who'' *

Lesley Sharp Lesley Sharp is an English stage, film and television actress whose roles on British television include ''Clocking Off'' (2000–2001), ''Bob & Rose'' (2001) and ''Afterlife'' (2005–2006). She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress ...

(b. 1964), British actress *

Lesley Soper Lesley Frances Soper (born 5 November 1954) is a former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Political career She was a Labour Party list member of Parliament for several months in 2005, replacing Jonathan Hunt, and she returned ...

(b. 1954), New Zealand politician * Lesley Stahl (b. 1941), American broadcast journalist *

Lesley Vainikolo Lesley Paea 'I'muli Vainikolo (born 4 May 1979) is a former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer. A dual code international, he has played for the New Zealand Kiwis in rugby league and England in rugby union. He began his caree ...

(b. 1979), New Zealand rugby player *

Lesley Visser Lesley Candace Visser (born September 11, 1953) is an American sportscaster, television and radio personality, and sportswriter. Visser is the first female NFL analyst on TV, and the only sportscaster in history who has worked on Final Four, ...

(b. 1953), American sports broadcaster *

Lesley Ward Lesley Ann Ward is an Australian mathematician specializing in harmonic analysis, complex analysis, and industrial applications of mathematics. She is a professor in the School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences of the Universit ...

, Australian mathematician *

Lesley Ann Warren Lesley Ann Warren (born August 16, 1946) is an American actress and singer. She made her Broadway debut in 1963, aged 17, in '' 110 in the Shade''. In 1965 she received wide recognition for playing the title role in the television musical prod ...

(b. 1946), American actress *

Lesley Waters Lesley Waters (born 3 April 1960) is an English celebrity chef. She regularly appeared on such cookery programmes as '' Ready Steady Cook'', and is currently one of the featured chefs on '' This Morning''. Career Waters studied French Cuisine ...

(b. 1960), British celebrity chef *

Lesley Whittle British teenager Lesley Whittle was kidnapped on 14 January 1975, and her body discovered on 7 March 1975. Her kidnapping and murder dominated national headlines for 11 months. The investigation involved over 400 officers from the West Mercia ...

(1957–1975), British murder victim

Surname

Brad Lesley Bradley Jay Lesley (September 11, 1958 – April 28, 2013) was an American actor, media personality and former professional baseball pitcher. Lesley was an especially imposing physical figure, standing and weighing . Nicknamed "The Animal", he w ...

(1958–2013), American baseball player * Caroline Lesley (b. 1978), Canadian actress * John Lesley (1527–1596), Scottish bishop and historian * Peter Lesley (1819–1903), American geologist

Fictional characters

* Lesley May, character in the novel series ''

Rivers of London Rivers of London may refer to * Blue Ribbon Network, a policy element of the London Plan relating to the navigable waterways of London * ''Rivers of London'' (novel), a 2011 urban fantasy novel by Ben Aaronovitch :* Peter Grant (book series) - t ...

'' * Lesley Smiles, character in the animated television series ''

CJ the DJ ''CJ the DJ'' is an animated television series and sitcom created first broadcast on ABC3. The show was created by Stu Connolly and Mark Gravas. Fifty-two episodes were produced for the first season. Two episodes are often broadcast together, cr ...

'' *

Lesley Webber Lesley Webber is a fictional character from ''General Hospital'', an American soap opera on the ABC network. Actress Denise Alexander played the role from 1973 through February 28, 1984, as a series regular, and from 1996 to 2009 in a recurrin ...

, character in American soap opera '' General Hospital'' * Lesley, playable character in the mobile game '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang''

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