Clegg is a given name and an

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surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Clegg Hoyt Clegg Hoyt (December 10, 1910 – October 6, 1967) was an American film and television actor. He appeared in over 100 films and television programs, and was perhaps best known for his silent role as the Sportscaster's sidekick, George, in the 19 ...

(1910–1967), American actor

Surname

Science

Alec Clegg Sir Alexander Bradshaw Clegg (13 June 1909 – 20 January 1986 in Yorkshire) was an English educationalist. He was the innovative Chief Education Officer of the West Riding of Yorkshire County Council for whom he worked from 1945 to 1974. The s ...

(1909–1986), English educationalist *

Hugh Clegg (doctor) Hugh Anthony Clegg CBE FRCP (19 June 1900 – 6 July 1983) was a British medical doctor. He was editor of the ''British Medical Journal'' from 1947 to 1965. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the British Medical Association in 1966 and was a ...

(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 Clegg (born 1 March 1926) is a British actress and scriptwriter for television and radio. Biography She was born in March 1926 in Manchester, England. Her parents were Herbert Clegg and Ethel Moores, sister of Sir John Moores who fou ...

, British actor *

Betty Clegg Betty Clare Clegg ( Reeve, 24 March 1926 – 13 October 2009) was a New Zealand watercolour artist. Her work is held in the permanent collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Biography Clegg was born in Wellington on 24 March 19 ...

(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 Douglas Clegg (born April 1, 1958) is an American horror and dark fantasy author, and a pioneer in the field of e-publishing. He maintains a strong Internet presence through his website. Early life Born in Alexandria, Virginia to a "family of a ...

(born 1958), American author *

Eileen Clegg Eileen Clegg is an American visual journalist and founder of Visual Insight. Eileen combines experience with journalism and art as part of an evolving visual language. Eileen's murals are created in real time at a large scale and feature a combinat ...

, American journalist *

John Clegg (actor) John Walter Lawrence Clegg (born 9 July 1934) is an Indian-born English actor, best known for playing the part of Gunner 'Paderewski' Graham in the BBC sitcom ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum''. Early life and career Clegg was born on 9 July 1934 in M ...

(born 1934), English actor *

Johnny Clegg Jonathan Paul Clegg, (7 June 195316 July 2019) was a South African musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and anti-apartheid activist, some of whose work was in musicology focused on the music of indigenous South African peopl ...

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

Thaddeus von Clegg Thaddeus von Clegg was a German-American clockmaker who constructed the first kazoo The kazoo is an American musical instrument that adds a "buzzing" timbral quality to a player's voice when the player vocalizes into it. It is a type of '' mir ...

, German clockmaker who constructed the first kazoo in the 1840s *

Tom Clegg (actor) Tom Clegg (1927–1996) was an English actor, who had a number of small roles in film and television during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He is known for appearing in a number of ''Carry On films'', especially '' Carry On Screaming!'', where he pla ...

(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) Sir John Charles Clegg (15 June 1850 – 26 June 1937), better known as Charles Clegg, was an English footballer and later both chairman and president of the Football Association. He was born in Sheffield and lived there his whole life. He com ...

(1850–1937), English footballer *

Don Clegg Donald Clegg (2 June 1921 – 2005) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bury, Huddersfield Town and Stoke City. Career Clegg was born in Huddersfield and played for his local side Huddersfield Town where he made th ...

(1921–2005), English footballer * Ellen Clegg (c. 1841–?), American pickpocket and shoplifter * Henry Clegg (1850–1920), English cricketer *

Joe Clegg Joseph Clegg (1 May 1869 – 14 February 1902) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Accrington Accrington is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burn ...

(1869–1902), English footballer * Michael Clegg (born 1977), English footballer *

Mitchell Clegg Mitchell Clegg (born 12 November 1990) is an Australian professional darts player. He lives in Newcastle, New South Wales. Clegg won the Oceanic Masters title at the age of just 15 years, 345 days. This meant he was the youngest player ever to ...

(born 1990), Australian darts player * Robin Clegg (born 1977), Canadian biathlete *

Ron Clegg Ron "Smokey" Clegg (17 November 192723 August 1990) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League. Clegg was recruited from the South Melbourne Under 19's after winning the 1944 Melbourne Boys Football League's be ...

(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) *

Hugh Clegg (industrial relations) Hugh Armstrong Clegg (22 May 1920 – 9 December 1995) was a British academic who was a founder of the "National Board for Prices and Incomes" (1965–71) and later presided over the "Standing Commission on Pay Comparability" set up by James Cal ...

(1920–1995), professor and industrial relations expert. *

Judith Clegg Judith Caroline Clegg is a British strategy consultant, technology entrepreneur, and author. She is the founder and CEO of Takeout, a strategy consultancy based in London and New York City, and founder of The Glasshouse, a support network for t ...

(born 1971), British strategy consultant, technology entrepreneur and angel investor *

Lee Clegg Sergeant Lee Clegg (born c. 1969) is a British Army soldier who was convicted of murder for his involvement in the shooting dead of one teenage joyrider in West Belfast, Northern Ireland. His conviction was later overturned. Shooting The shoo ...

, British soldier *

Nick Clegg Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg (born 7 January 1967) is a British media executive and former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who has been president for global affairs at Meta Platforms since 2022, having previously been vicepre ...

(born 1967), British politician, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Liberal Democrats *

Robert Clegg Jr. Robert E. Clegg Jr. (April 27, 1954 – August 31, 2023) was an American politician, a Republican state senator from New Hampshire's 14th district, and who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. State ...

(born 1954), former US state senator * Roger Clegg, American lawyer and former government official *

Samuel Clegg Samuel Clegg (2 March 1781 – 8 January 1861) was a British engineer, known mostly for his development of the gas works process. Biography Clegg was born at Manchester on 2 March 1781, received a scientific education under the care of Dr. Dal ...

(1781–1861), British engineer *

Stephen Clegg Rowan Stephen Clegg Rowan (December 25. 1808 – March 31, 1890) was a Vice admiral (United States), vice admiral in the United States Navy, who served during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Early life and career Born in Dub ...

(1808–1890), US vice admiral *

Walter Clegg Sir Walter Clegg (18 April 1920 – 15 April 1994) was a British Conservative politician. Clegg contested Ince in 1959 and was elected Member of Parliament for North Fylde in 1966. He became a Lord of the Treasury in 1970 and was successivel ...

(1920–1994), British Conservative politician *

William Henry Clegg William Henry Clegg (born 1867 - died 1945) was the first Governor of the South African Reserve Bank from 17 December 1920 until 31 December 1931. His successor was Johannes Postmus. Early life He was born in 1867 in Stanley, West Yorkshire to ...

, first Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (1920–1931)

Fictional characters

Corporal Clegg "Corporal Clegg" is a song by the English psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured on their second album, ''A Saucerful of Secrets'' (1968). It was written by Roger Waters and features David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright sharing ...

, a fictional character in eponymous rock song by Pink Floyd *Edward Clegg, a fictional character in the ''

Has Fallen ''Has Fallen'' is an American action thriller film series starring Gerard Butler as United States Secret Service agent Mike Banning. The series includes the films ''Olympus Has Fallen'' (2013), ''London Has Fallen'' (2016), and ''Angel 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 12 years on the Seven Network, from 1994 to 2006. Although based around the policing of the town, the series generally depicted the e ...

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Les Clegg Jenny Sutton Jennifer Louise "Jenny" Tanner (née Sutton) was the first wife of Dennis Tanner. Jenny was raised in a family of nine at a fourth-floor flat near Battersea Power Station. In 1968, the attractive young blonde arrived in Weathe ...

, a fictional character in the British TV soap opera ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based ...

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Maggie Clegg Jenny Sutton Jennifer Louise "Jenny" Tanner (née Sutton) was the first wife of Dennis Tanner. Jenny was raised in a family of nine at a fourth-floor flat near Battersea Power Station. In 1968, the attractive young blonde arrived in Weatherf ...

, a fictional character in ''Coronation Street'' *

Norman Clegg Norman Clegg, often nicknamed Cleggy, is a fictional character from the world's longest-running sitcom, '' Last of the Summer Wine''. Fictional character biography Early life Norman Clegg was the only child of a builder and decorator, David Cle ...

, a fictional character in the British TV sitcom ''

Last of the Summer Wine ''Last of the Summer Wine'' is a British sitcom 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 series of episodes fo ...

'' *Colonel Clegg Forbes, fictional character in The Twilight Zone episode

And When The Sky Was Opened "And When the Sky Was Opened" is episode eleven of the American television anthology series '' The Twilight Zone''. It originally aired on December 11, 1959. It is an adaptation of the 1953 Richard Matheson short story "Disappearing Act." Open ...

*Clegg, a character in the US TV series

Eastbound & Down ''Eastbound & Down'' is an American sports comedy television series that was broadcast on HBO, and created by Ben Best, Jody Hill, and Danny McBride. It stars McBride as Kenny Powers, a former professional baseball pitcher who, after a care ...