Lenny (given name)
Lenny or Lennie is a given name, often a nickname for Leonard, and may refer to:People
In sports
- Leonard Lenny Dykstra, American former Major League Baseball player
- Lenny Fernandes Coelho, Brazilian footballer
- Leonard Lennie Friedman, American former National Football League player
- Lenny Hayes, former Australian rules footballer
- Leonid Lenny Krayzelburg, Ukrainian-born American swimmer, four-time Olympic gold medalist
- Jan Leonardus Lennie Louw, South African-born Namibian cricketer
- Lenny Permana, female badminton player from Australia
- Lennie Rosenbluth, American former college basketball and National Basketball Association player
- Lenny Wilkens, American former National Basketball Association player and coach, member of several Halls of Fame as player and coach
- Lennie Waite, British female track and field athlete
In music
- Lenny Fontana, American house music DJ
- Lennie Hayton, American composer and conductor
- Lenny Kaye, American musician, composer and writer, guitarist of Patti Smith Group
- Leonard Lenny Kravitz, American rock/hard rock singer, songwriter, producer and guitarist
- Lenny Waronker, American record label executive and producer
In film and television
- Lenny Clarke, actor, writer, and producer
- Lenny Henry, British stand-up comedian, actor, writer and television presenter
- Lennie James, British actor
- Lennie Mayne, Australian television director
- Leonard Alfred Schneider Lenny Bruce,an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist
Other
- Leonard DiMaria, New York mobster
- Hugh Leonard Lenny Murphy, psychopathic killer from Northern Ireland, member of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force
Fictional characters
- Lenny, a chat bot designed to disrupt telemarketer calls
- Lennie Small, principal character in the John Steinbeck novel, Of Mice and Men
- Lenny Kosnowski, in the television series, Laverne and Shirley
- Lenny Leonard, a recurring character in the television series, The Simpsons
- Lenny, in the animated film, Toy Story
- Lenny Parker, in the television series, Mona the Vampire
- Lenny, in the animated film, Shark Tale
- Lenny, a neopet
- Leni Loud, in the animated series, The Loud House
- Lennie Briscoe, on the television series, Law and Order
- Lenny Summers, in the video game Red Dead Redemption 2
- Lenny, a recurring character in Fanboy and Chum Chum
