Leyshon is a Welsh surname derived from the Welsh masculine given name ''Lleision''. A variant of the surname is Leyson. Notable people with the surname include: ;Leyshon *

Glynn Leyshon Glynn Arthur Leyshon (2 August 1929 – 15 November 2018) was a Canadian Wrestling, wrestler and university professor who played a significant role in the development of wrestling in Canada. As a wrestler himself, Leyshon won the Ontario–Quebe ...

, Canadian wrestler and academic *

Nell Leyshon Nell Leyshon is a British novelist and award-winning dramatist. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Alpine Fellowship and as the Deputy Chair of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Prior, she served on the Management Committee for the Society of A ...

, British playwright and novelist * Thyrza Anne Leyshon, Welsh artist * William Leyshon (born 1976), Australian rugby league footballer ;Leyson * Armando Leyson (born 1956), Mexican politician *

Jose Leyson José S. Leyson y Floreta (April 23, 1895–1945) was a Filipino Visayans, Visayan lawyer and politician from Cebu, Philippines. He was appointed by the Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese forces to serve as governor of the province of Cebu during ...

, Filipino lawyer and politician *

Leon Leyson Leon Leyson (born Leib Lejzon; September 15, 1929 – January 12, 2013) was a Polish-American Holocaust survivor and one of the youngest , Jews saved by Oskar Schindler. His posthumously published memoir, ''The Boy on the Wooden Box- How the impo ...

(1929–2013), Polish-American Holocaust survivor and author *

Thomas Leyson Thomas Leyson was a Welsh poet and physician in the 16th century. A member of the gentry, Leyson was born in Neath, Glamorgan circa 1549 and roughly 20 miles from St. Donat's Castle. He studied at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, where ...

(16th century), Welsh poet and physician

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{{surname Surnames of Welsh origin

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