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Music

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Lisle (band) Lisle was a Canadian rock band formed in 1967 in Barrie, Ontario. Biography Originally named 'Quantity Unknown' and 'Robin and the Hoods', the band produced one hit single in Canada in 1974: "Shelly Made Me Smile" which came from their album, ' ...


People

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Baron Lisle Baron Lisle was a title which was created five times in the Peerage of England during the Middle Ages and Tudor period, and once in the Peerage of Ireland in the 18th century. First Creation (of Wootton), (1299-1311/14) The earliest cr ...
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Viscount Lisle The title of Viscount Lisle has been created six times in the Peerage of England. The first creation, on 30 October 1451, was for John Talbot, 1st Baron Lisle. Upon the death of his son Thomas at the Battle of Nibley Green in 1470, the viscou ...
''Lisle'' is a last name of Norman origin. * Lady
Alice Lisle Alice, Lady Lisle (September 16172 September 1685), commonly known as Alicia Lisle or Dame Alice Lyle, was a landed lady of the English county of Hampshire, who was executed for harbouring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at t ...
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Edward Lisle Edward Lisle (17 May 1692 – 1753), of Moyles Court, Hampshire, was an English landowner and Tory politician, who sat in the House of Commons between 1727 and 1741. He fled to France to escape a creditor, before the end of his parliamentary term ...
(1692–1753), English landowner and politician *
Harriet Lisle Harriet Lisle (1717–1794) was an English painter. Lisle was born in Crux Easton, the youngest of nine daughters of barrister and agricultural writer Edward Lisle (c.1665–1722) and his wife, Mary Phillipps (1676–c.1750), daughter of Sir Ambr ...
(1717–1794), English painter *
Jim Lisle Ronald James Lisle (19 September 1939 – 1 March 2003) was an Australian rugby union and rugby league player and a dual code rugby international. He represented the Wallabies in 4 tests in 1961 and the Australia national rugby league team in 1 ...
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Raymond Lisle Raymond Everett Lisle (November 28, 1910, in Brooklyn – February 13, 1994) was an American attorney, officer in the United States Foreign Service, and Dean of Brooklyn Law School. Biography Lisle attended CCNY (BS, 1929), Columbia University ( ...
(1910–1994), American attorney, officer in the US Foreign Service, and Dean of
Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn Law School (BLS) is a private law school in New York City. Founded in 1901, it has approximately 1,100 students. Brooklyn Law School's faculty includes 60 full-time faculty, 15 emeriti faculty, and a number of adjunct faculty. Brookly ...
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Sel Lisle Selwyn Sydney Lisle (29 April 1921 – 26 March 1999) was an Australian rugby league player, a first-grade New South Wales Rugby League premiership winning halfback who played in the 1940s who made a number of New South Wales representat ...
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Vanessa de Lisle Vanessa de Lisle is a British fashion journalist. She was fashion editor for ''Harpers & Queen'' for 12 years, and then worked for British ''Vogue''. As a representative of ''Harpers & Queen'', she was the fashion journalist asked to choose the ...
, British fashion journalist Also: surname ''Leconte de Lisle:'' *
Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle (; 22 October 1818 – 17 July 1894) was a French poet of the Parnassian movement. He is traditionally known by his surname only, Leconte de Lisle''. Biography Leconte de Lisle was born on the French overseas ...
(1818–1894), French poet


Places

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Lisle, Tasmania Lisle is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Dorset in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of Scottsdale. The 2016 census recorded a population of nil for the state suburb of L ...
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Lisle, Dordogne Lisle (; oc, L'Esla) is a commune in the Dordogne department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative div ...
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Lisle, Loir-et-Cher Lisle () is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department The following is a list of the 267 communes of the Loir-et-Cher department of France. The communes coop ...
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Lisle-en-Barrois Lisle-en-Barrois (, literally ''Lisle in Barrois'') is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Meuse department The following is a list of the 499 communes of the Meuse department of ...
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Lisle-en-Rigault L'Isle-en-Rigault (; before 2017: ''Lisle-en-Rigault'')Décret n° 2017-1744
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Lisle-sur-Tarn Lisle-sur-Tarn (; oc, L'Illa d'Albigés) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Geography The city is located halfway between Toulouse and Albi on the A68 motorway, in the Gaillac vineyard, on the banks of the Tarn. Histo ...
, in the Tarn ''département'' *Obsolete spelling of
Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord ...
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Lisle, Illinois Lisle ( ) is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 22,390 at the 2010 census, and in 2019 the population was recorded to be 23,270. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Illinois Technology and Res ...
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Lisle, Missouri Lisle is an unincorporated community in western Cass County, in the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States. The community lies within one mile of the Missouri-Kansas state line. It is on Mi ...
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Lisle (town), New York Lisle is a town in Broome County, New York, United States. The population was 2,751 at the 2010 census. The town is in the northwestern part of the county and is north of Binghamton. The town includes a village also named Lisle. History T ...
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Lisle (village), New York Lisle is a village in Broome County, New York, United States. The population was 320 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village was named after a community in France. The village of Lisle is in the ...


Other uses

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Cotton lisle Cotton lisle or fil d'Ecosse cotton is a finely-spun, tightly twisted type of cotton that is noted for being strong and durable. Lisle is composed of two strands that have each been twisted an extra twist per inch than ordinary yarns and combined to ...
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Lisle Corporation Lisle Corporation is an American manufacturer of auto mechanic's specialty tools. It is an independent, private corporation that has been operated in Clarinda, Iowa by members of the Lisle family since its founding in 1903. The company manufact ...


See also

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Delisle (disambiguation) Delisle or De Lisle or de Lisle may refer to: People * Delisle (surname) * DeLisle Worrell, a former governor of the Central Bank of Barbados Places ;Canada * Delisle, Quebec, a former municipality that is now part of Alma, in RCM of Lac-Saint-J ...
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Lyall (disambiguation) Lyall may refer to: * Lyall (name) * Lyall (surname) * Lyall Bay, a bay and a suburb in Wellington, New Zealand See also * Mount Lyall (disambiguation) *Lyell (disambiguation) Lyell is a surname of Scotland traced to Radulphus de Insula, 11th-c ...
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Lyell (disambiguation) Lyell is a surname of Scotland traced to Radulphus de Insula, 11th-century Lord of Duchal Castle. "De insula" was subsequently translated into the Old French "de l'isle" and developed into a number of variants ( eLyell; eLisle; eLyle; see below ...
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Lyle (disambiguation) Lyle may refer to: People Surname * Lyle (surname) Given name * Lyle Alzado (1949–1992), American NFL All-Pro football player * Lyle Beerbohm (born 1979), professional mixed martial arts fighter * Lyle Bennett (1903–2005), head coach of th ...
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