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Leslie Leslie may refer to: * Leslie (name), a name and list of people with the given name or surname, including fictional characters Families * Clan Leslie, a Scottish clan with the motto "grip fast" * Leslie (Russian nobility), a Russian noble family ...
that can be male or female name and is ultimately an anglicization of a Scottish (Gaelic) placename.


Places

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Fort Lesley J. McNair Fort Lesley J. McNair, also historically known as the Washington Arsenal, is a United States Army post located on the tip of Buzzard Point, the peninsula that lies at the confluence of the Potomac River and the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C ...
, American army facility *
Lesley University Lesley University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1909 to educate teachers. Originally founded as a women's college, male students were admitted beginning in 2005. History 1909–1998 Th ...
, American academic institution * Lesley, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth


People


Given name

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Lesley Arfin Lesley Arfin (born 1979) is an American comedy writer and author. Life Arfin was born to a Jewish family in 1979 in Long Island, New York. She grew up in the same complex in Woodbury, Nassau County, New York, as writer Gabe Rotter and they both ...
(born 1979), American author *
Lesley Baker Lesley Baker (born 20 January 1944) is an Australian actress, singer, dancer and comedian. She is best known internationally for her small screen roles in cult series ''Prisoner'' and her recurring role in ''Neighbours''. Career Early career ...
(b. 1944), Australian actress *
Lesley Bamberger Lesley Bamberger (born 3 June 1965) is a Dutch billionaire businessman, and the owner of Kroonenberg Groep, a privately held real estate company founded by his grandfather, Jacob Kroonenberg.Lesley Blanch Lesley Blanch (6 June 19047 May 2007) was a British writer and traveller. She is best known for '' The Wilder Shores of Love'', about Isabel Burton (who married the Arabist and explorer Richard), Jane Digby el-Mezrab (Lady Ellenborough, the so ...
(1904–2007), British writer and editor * Lesley M. M. Blume (b. 1975), 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 F ...
(b. 1942), Australian tennis player *
Lesley-Ann Brandt Lesley-Ann Brandt (born 2 December 1981) is a South African-born American actress best known for the role of Mazikeen on the television series ''Lucifer'' (2016–2021). Early life Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Brandt is Cape Coloured of Afr ...
(b. 1981), South African-born actress *
Lesley Choyce Lesley Choyce (born 21 March 1951) is a Canadian writer and publisher based in Nova Scotia. Choyce has written an extensive body of literature consisting of novels, non-fiction, children's literature, young adult novels, and poetry. Early life ...
(b. 1951), American-born writer based in Canada *
Lesley-Anne Down Lesley-Anne Down (born 17 March 1954) is a British actress and singer. She made her motion picture debut in the 1969 drama film '' The Smashing Bird I Used to Know'' and later appeared in films ''Assault'' (1971), '' Countess Dracula'' (1971) a ...
(b. 1954), British actress *
Lesley Ann Downey The Moors murders were a series of child killings committed by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in and around Manchester, England, between July 1963 and October 1965. The victims were five children—Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesle ...
(1954–1964), British murder victim * Lesley Douglas (b. 1963), British radio executive *
Lesley Duncan Lesley Anne 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 achi ...
(1943–2010), British singer-songwriter *
Lesley Dunlop Lesley Jane Dunlop (born 10 March 1956) is an English actress, known for her role as Brenda Walker in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' (2008-2025). Her other roles include Anna Kirkwall in '' Where the Heart Is'' and Zoë Angell in ''May to D ...
(b. 1956), British actress *
Lesley Elliott (disambiguation) Lesley Elliott may refer to: * Lesley Elliott (campaigner) (1946–2022), New Zealand domestic violence prevention campaigner and nurse * Lesley Elliott (field hockey) (born 1960), New Zealand retired field hockey player {{Human name disambig ...
, multiple people *
Lesley Garrett Lesley Garrett, CBE (born 10 April 1955) is an English soprano singer, musician, broadcaster and media personality who is noted for being at home in opera and "crossover music". Early life Garrett was born in the town of Thorne, near Doncas ...
(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 military ...
, American anthropology professor *
Lesley Gore Lesley Gore (born Lesley Sue Goldstein, May 2, 1946 – February 16, 2015) was an American singer and songwriter. At the age of 16, she recorded her first hit song " It's My Party", a US number one in 1963. She follow ...
(1946–2015), American singer-songwriter *
Lesley Hawker Lesley Hawker (born May 1, 1981) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2003 Winter Universiade bronze medallist, the 2003 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medallist, and a two-time Canadian national bronze medallist. Personal life ...
(b. 1981), Canadian figure skater *
Lesley Head Lesley Head (1957-) is an Australian geographer specialising in human-environment relations. She is active in geographical debates about the relationship between humans and nature, using concepts and analytical methods from physical geography, ...
, Australian geographer *
Lesley Hinds Lesley Hinds is a Scottish Labour Party politician who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland from 2003 to 2007. Early life and education Hinds was born on 3 August 1956 in Dundee, Scotland to Kenneth and Ena Nicol. She attended Kirkt ...
(b. 1956), Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland *
Lesley Joseph Lesley Diana Joseph (born 14 October 1945) is an English actress and broadcaster, whose career on stage and screen spans over fifty years. She is best known for playing Dorien Green in the television sitcom ''Birds of a Feather (TV series), Bir ...
(b. 1945), British actress *
Lesley Judd Lesley Judd (born 20 December 1946) is a British 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 a ...
(b. 1946), British actress *
Lesley Langley Lesley Doreen Langley (born 26 March 1944 in Weymouth, Dorset, with the name Lesley Hill, which she changed to Leslie Langley to make it more artistic) is a British actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 1965 she previously ...
(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 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 mone ...
(b. 1942), British politician *
Lesley Manville Lesley Ann Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress. She has received various accolades, including two Laurence Olivier Awards and nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, four British Academy Television ...
(b. 1956), British actress * Lesley J. McNair (1883–1944), American military officer * Lesley Molseed (1964–1975), British murder victim * Lesley Moreland, English author whose daughter was murdered in 1990 * 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 ''The Ark'' is the sixth serial of the third season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 5 to 26 March 1966. The serial is set at least ten million years in th ...
, contributing writer to ''Doctor Who'' *
Lesley Sharp Lesley Sharp (born 3 April 1960) is an English actress, She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her part in the film ''The Full Monty'' (1997), and for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actres ...
(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 Lesley Rene Stahl (born December 16, 1941) is an American television journalist. She has spent most of her career with CBS News, where she began as a producer in 1971. Since 1991, she has reported for CBS's ''60 Minutes''. She is known for her ne ...
(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 care ...
(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, NBA ...
(b. 1953), American sports broadcaster *
Lesley Ann Warren Lesley Ann Warren (born August 16, 1946) is an American actress, singer and dancer. She made her Broadway debut in '' 110 in the Shade'' in 1963. In 1965 she received wide recognition for playing the title role in the television musical product ...
(b. 1946), American actress * Lesley Waters (b. 1960), British celebrity chef *
Lesley Ward Lesley Ann Ward is an Australian mathematician specializing in harmonic analysis, complex analysis, and industrial applied mathematics, applications of mathematics. She is a professor in the School of Information Technology and Mathematical Scien ...
, Australian mathematician *
Lesley Whittle The kidnapping and murder of Lesley Whittle occurred on 14 January 1975. Whittle, a teenage heiress, was kidnapped at gunpoint from her home in Highley, Shropshire, by Donald Neilson; a notorious burglar and murderer known as the Black Panthe ...
(1957–1975), British murder victim *
Twiggy Dame Lesley Lawson (''née'' Hornby; born 19 September 1949), widely known by the nickname Twiggy, is an English model, actress, and singer. She was a Culture of the United Kingdom, British cultural icon and a prominent teenage model during th ...
(born Lesley Hornby, 1949), British model and actress


Surname

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John Lesley John Lesley (or Leslie) (29 September 1527 – 31 May 1596) was a Scottish Roman Catholic bishop and historian. His father was Gavin Lesley, rector of Kingussie, Badenoch. Early career He was educated at the University of Aberdeen, where he ...
(1527–1596), Scottish bishop and historian *
Peter Lesley Peter Lesley (September 17, 1819 – June 1, 1903), later known as J. Peter Lesley, was an American geologist. Biography Peter Lesley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 17, 1819. It is recorded by Sir Archibald Geikie that he ...
(1819–1903), American geologist *
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 ...
(1958–2013), American baseball player *
Caroline Lesley Caroline Lesley is an American-Canadian actor and singer. She had a role in the movie ''Fruitvale Station'' which won the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at Sundance Film Festival, and the Future Award at Cannes Film Festival. Lesley's recent w ...
(b. 1978), Canadian actress


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 ** ''Rivers of London'' (book se ...
'' * Lesley Smiles, character in the animated television series ''
CJ the DJ ''CJ the DJ'' is a French-Malaysian-Australian animation, animated television series and sitcom first broadcast on ABC3. The show was created by Stu Connolly and Mark Gravas and ran for 52 episodes. Overview ''CJ the DJ'' follows the adventures ...
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Lesley Webber Lesley Webber is a fictional character from ''General Hospital'', that is an American soap opera on the ABC network. Actress Denise Alexander portrayed the role from March 13, 1973, through February 28, 1984, as a series regular, and from 1996 t ...
, character in American soap opera ''
General Hospital ''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera created by Frank and Doris Hursley which has been broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC since April 1, 1963. Originally a half-hour seria ...
'' * Lesley, playable character in the mobile game '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'' * Lesley, the female antagonist of the British puppet series Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared * Lieutenant Lesley, a character from ''Star Trek'', played by Eddie Paskey (spelled Lesley in the show's credits, but has come to be written more often as Leslie by the fandom)


See also

* "Lesley", a song by Dave from ''
Psychodrama Psychodrama is an action method, often used as a psychotherapy, in which clients use spontaneous Adaptation (arts), dramatization, role playing, and dramatic self-presentation to investigate and gain insight into their lives. Developed by Jaco ...
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Leslie (disambiguation) Leslie may refer to: * Leslie (name), a name and list of people with the given name or surname, including fictional characters Families * Clan Leslie, a Scottish clan with the motto "grip fast" * Leslie (Russian nobility), a Russian noble family ...
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