Clegg is a given name and an English surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

* Clegg Hoyt (1910–1967), American actor

Surname

Science

Alec Clegg Sir Alexander Bradshaw Clegg (13 June 1909 – 20 January 1986), known as Alec Clegg, was an English educationalist. He was the innovative Chief Education Officer of the West Riding of Yorkshire County Council from 1945 to 1974. Early life and e ...

(1909–1986), English educationalist * Hugh Clegg (doctor) (1900–1983), English doctor * Moses Clegg (1876–1918), American bacteriologist who was the first scientist to segregate and propagate the leprosy bacillus

Arts

Barbara Clegg Barbara Diana Clegg (1 March 1926 – 7 January 2025) was a British actress and scriptwriter for television and radio. She was the first woman to write a Doctor Who script. Life and career Clegg was born in Manchester, England on 1 March 1926. ...

(1926–2025), British actress and scriptwriter for television and radio * Betty Clegg (1926–2009), New Zealand watercolour artist *

Charles Clegg Charles Myron Clegg Jr. (June 29, 1916 – August 25, 1979) was an American author, photographer, and railroad historian. Clegg is primarily remembered as the lifelong romantic partner of famed railroad author Lucius Beebe, and was a co-author o ...

(1916–1979), American author * Douglas Clegg (born 1958), American author * Eileen Clegg, American journalist * John Clegg (actor) (1934–2024), English actor * John Clegg (violinist) (1714–c. 1746), Irish violinist *

Johnny Clegg Jonathan Paul Clegg, (7 June 195316 July 2019) was a South African musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist. He first performed as part of a duo - ''Johnny & Sipho'' - ...

(1953–2019), British-born South African musician and anthropologist *

Jon Clegg Jonathan Clegg (born 7 April 1970) is a British comedian and impressionist, who is best known for finishing seventh in the eighth series of '' Britain's Got Talent''. Career Stage Clegg has starred in a number of pantomimes, including Snow W ...

(born 1970), British comedian and impressionist * Thaddeus von Clegg, German clockmaker who constructed the first kazoo in the 1840s * Tom Clegg (actor) (1915–1996), English actor *

Tom Clegg (director) Thomas Harrison Clegg (16 October 1934 – 24 July 2016) was a British television and film director. He was known as an action director, responsible for many episodes of ''The Sweeney'', its cinema version ''Sweeney 2'' (1978), and ''Sharpe (TV ...

(1934–2016), English film director

Sports

* Charles Clegg (footballer) (1850–1937), English footballer * Don Clegg (1921–2005), English footballer * Ellen Clegg (c. 1841–?), American pickpocket and shoplifter * Henry Clegg (1850–1920), English cricketer * Joe Clegg (1869–1902), English footballer * Michael Clegg (born 1977), English footballer * Mitchell Clegg (born 1990), Australian darts player * Robin Clegg (born 1977), Canadian biathlete * Ron Clegg (1927–1990), an Australian footballer *

William Clegg (footballer) Sir William Edwin Clegg (21 April 1852 – 22 August 1932) was an English footballer and politician. Football career Born in Sheffield, he was the younger brother of Charles Clegg with whom he played at Sheffield Wednesday. The two were the fi ...

(1852–1932), English footballer and politician * William Clegg (cricketer) (1869–1949), English cricketer

Other

* Brian Clegg (disambiguation) * Frank Clegg, former president of Microsoft Canada * Hugh Clegg (industrial relations) (1920–1995), professor and industrial relations expert. * Judith Clegg (born 1971), British strategy consultant, technology entrepreneur and angel investor * Lee Clegg (born c. 1969), British soldier, involved in a shooting in Belfast *

Nick Clegg Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg (born 7 January 1967) is a British retired politician and media executive who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015 and as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015. H ...

(born 1967), British politician, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Liberal Democrats * Robert Clegg Jr. (born 1954), former US state senator * Roger Clegg, American lawyer and former government official * Samuel Clegg (1781–1861), British engineer * Stephen Clegg Rowan (1808–1890), US vice admiral * Walter Clegg (1920–1994), British Conservative politician * William Henry Clegg, first Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (1920–1931)

Fictional characters

* Corporal Clegg, a fictional character in eponymous rock song by Pink Floyd *Edward Clegg, a fictional character in the '' Has Fallen'' film series starring Gerard Butler * Lelia Clegg, a fictional character in the Australian TV police drama ''

Blue Heelers ''Blue Heelers'' is an Australian police drama series that was produced by Southern Star Group and ran for twelve years on the Seven Network, from 1994 to 2006. Although based around the policing of the town, the series generally depicted th ...

'' * Les Clegg, a fictional character in the British TV soap opera ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

'' * Maggie Clegg, a fictional character in ''Coronation Street'' * Norman Clegg, a fictional character in the British TV sitcom ''

Last of the Summer Wine ''Last of the Summer Wine'' is a British sitcom set in Yorkshire created and written by Roy Clarke and originally broadcast by the BBC from 1973 to 2010. It premiered as an episode of ''Comedy Playhouse'' on 4 January 1973, and the first seri ...

'' *Colonel Clegg Forbes, fictional character in The Twilight Zone episode And When The Sky Was Opened *Clegg, a character in the US TV series Eastbound & Down