Lesser, from Eliezer (, "Help/Court of my Elohim, God"), is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolf Lesser (1851–1926), German physician * Aleksander Lesser (1814–1884), Polish painter and art critic * Anton Lesser (born 1952), British actor * Axel Lesser (born 1946), East German cross country skier * Edmund Lesser (1852–1918), German dermatologist * Erik Lesser (born 1988), German biathlete * Gabriele Lesser (born 1960), German historian and journalist * George Lesser, American musician * Gerald S. Lesser (1926–2010), American psychologist * Henry Lesser (born 1963), German footballer * J Lesser (born 1970), American musician * Len Lesser (1922–2011), American actor * Louis Lesser (born 1916), American real estate developer * Matt Lesser, Connecticut politician * Mike Lesser (born 1943), British mathematical philosopher and political activist * Milton Lesser or Stephen Marlowe (1928–2008), American author * Norman Lesser (1902–1985), Anglican bishop and Archbishop of New Zealand * Otto Lesser (1830–1887), German astronomer * Rika Lesser (born 1953), American poet * Robert Lesser (born 1942), American actor * Rosa Lesser, Austrian luger * Ryan Lesser, Rhode Island video game designer * Sam Lesser or Sam Russell (1915–2010), British journalist and Spanish Civil War veteran * Sol Lesser (1890–1980), American film producer * Stephen A. Lesser (born 1944), American architect * Virginia Lesser, American statistician * Wendy Lesser (born 1952), American author, editor and critic * Werner Lesser (1932–2005), East German ski jumper Lesser is also a given name. Notable people with the given name include: * Lesser Samuels (1894–1980), Hollywood screenwriter * Lesser Ury (1861-1931), German Impressionist painter and printmaker

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