Leslie (name)
Leslie is a surname and given name, derived from the name of Clan Leslie.
The name derives from a placename in Aberdeenshire, perhaps an anglicisation of an originally Gaelic leas celyn "holly-garden". In the United Kingdom, the name is spelled Leslie when given to boys, while for girls it is usually rendered as Lesley.
First name
The following people bear the first name Leslie:Female">Female foeticide in India">Female
- Leslie , French pop-R&B singer
- Leslie Cohen Berlowitz, American academic
- Leslie Bibb, American actress
- Leslie Caron, French actress
- Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, puppeteer, also known as the voice of Abby Cadabby in Sesame Street.
- Leslie Carter, 2000s pop and later, pop/rock singer
- Mrs. Leslie Carter, American stage actress
- Leslie Cheng, American mathematician
- Leslie Erganian, American artist
- Leslie Feist, Canadian singer
- Leslie Fish, American musician and songwriter
- Lesley Gore, American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist
- Leslie Hogben, American mathematician
- Leslie Mahaffy, Canadian homicide victim
- Leslie Mann, American actress
- Lesley Manville, English actress
- Leslie Marshall, American journalist
- Leslie "Sam" Phillips, American singer and songwriter
- Leslie Pope, American set decorator
- Lesley Sharp, English stage, film, and television actress
- Leslie Crocker Snyder, American lawyer and former judge
- Leslie Uggams, American actress
- Leslie Van Houten, American murderer and member of the Manson Family
- Lesley Ann Warren, American actress
- Leslie HiltonFemale, American custom painter-faux painting and home remodeling
Male
- Les Aspin, American politician
- Leslie Banks, English actor
- Leslie Benzies, Scottish video game producer and former president of Rockstar North
- Leslie Bohem, a screenwriter who wrote Dante's Peak and Taken, among others
- Leslie Cauchi, backup singer with The Del-Satins and Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge
- Leslie Charteris, half-Chinese, half-English author of primarily mystery fiction
- Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor-singer
- Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool, lead vocalist and bassist in the band Primus
- Leslie Cochran, vagrant cross-dresser of Austin, Texas
- Leslie Crowther, English comedian and TV presenter
- Leslie Duncan, Australian journalist and politician
- Les Ferdinand, English footballer
- Leslie Frazier, American NFL head coach and former player
- Leslie Glasgow, American conservationist
- Les Gleadell, Falkland Islands civil servant.
- Leslie Groves, American general in command of the Manhattan Project
- Leslie Bob Hope, born Leslie Townes Hope, British-born American actor-comedian
- Leslie Howard , British actor
- Leslie Howard , Australian pianist and composer
- Leslie Lamport, American computer scientist
- Leslie Lynch King, Jr., birth name of 38th U.S. President Gerald Ford
- Leslie Manigat, President of Haiti
- Les Miles, American college football coach and former player
- Leslie Miller
- Les Mills, New Zealand track and field athlete and politician.
- Leslie Moonves, President and CEO of CBS
- Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and comedian
- Leslie Odom Jr., American actor and singer
- Leslie O'Neal, American football player
- Leslie Phillips, British actor
- Leslie Pridgen, American rapper who goes by the name of Freeway
- Leslie Sears, English cricketer
- Leslie Stephen, English author and critic
- Leslie Thomas, British author
- Leslie Valiant, British computer scientist
- Leslie West, American musician
- Les Wexner, American businessman, founder of L Brands
- Leslie D. Zettergren, American biomedical researcher
- Leslie Claudius, Indian Olympic hockey player
Surname
- Alan M. Leslie, Scottish psychologist
- Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross
- Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven
- Alexander Leslie of Auchintoul
- Andrew Leslie , retired Canadian Forces general
- Andrew Leslie , Scottish shipbuilder
- Andrew Leslie, 5th Earl of Rothes, Scottish nobleman
- Ann Leslie, British journalist
- Austin Leslie, New Orleans chef
- Bethel Leslie, American actress and screenwriter
- Cameron Leslie , New Zealand paralympics gold medal winner
- Charles Leslie , British Jacobite nonjuror and controversialist
- Charles Leslie , Irish Anglican priest
- Charles Robert Leslie, American genre painter
- Chris Leslie , English electric folk musician
- Chris Leslie , British Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament for Nottingham East, formerly MP for Shipley
- David Leslie, Lord Newark, Scottish Civil War general
- David Leslie, American missionary and pioneer in Oregon
- David Leslie , Scottish Touring Car racing driver
- Delroy Leslie, Jamaican boxer
- Desmond Leslie, Irish writer and film-maker
- Donald Leslie,, created and manufactured the Leslie speaker
- Ed Leslie, American racing driver. Drove for Carroll Shelby Cobra, Jim Hall, Roger Penske, Bud Moore
- Edgar Leslie, American songwriter, lyricist, charter member of ASCAP
- Edward Leslie, American professional wrestler
- Frank Leslie, publisher of Frank Leslie's Weekly
- Frank Leslie, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- Franklin Leslie, western gunfighter
- Frederick W. Leslie, NASA payload specialist
- George Dunlop Leslie, English artist
- Henry David Leslie, English composer and conductor
- Jim Leslie, American public relations executive
- Joan Leslie, American actress
- John Leslie, several people including
- * John Leslie , Scottish mathematician and physicist
- * John A. Leslie, Canadian philosopher
- * John Leslie , former New Zealand rugby union player
- Jordan Leslie, American football player
- Lawrie Leslie, retired Scottish footballer
- Lew Leslie, Broadway producer
- Lisa Leslie, female basketball player
- Martin Leslie , former Australian rules footballer
- Martin Leslie , former New Zealand rugby union player
- May Sybil Leslie, British chemist
- Megan Leslie, a Member of Parliament in the riding of Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Melanie Leslie, dean of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
- Miriam Leslie, wife of Frank Leslie
- Patrick Leslie, early settler in Australia
- Preston Leslie, governor of Kentucky
- R. Conrad Leslie, American businessman
- Rose Leslie,Scottish actress
- Ryan Leslie, American record producer and singer
- Shane Leslie, Sir John Randolph Leslie, 3rd Baronet
- Sheila Leslie, American politician
- Stefan Leslie, Canadian soccer player
- Steve Leslie, Scottish footballer
- Steve Leslie, Scottish footballer
- Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie, Irish economist
- Walter Leslie, Lord of Ross
- Walter Leslie, Imperial Field Marshalj
- William Leslie or Bill Leslie, several people including
- * William Leslie, rugby league player in the New South Wales Rugby League's foundation season of 1908
- * William Leslie, 3rd Earl of Rothes, Scottish nobleman, briefly Earl of Rothes in 1513, killed at Flodden Field
- * Sir William Leslie, 3rd Baronet, one of the Leslie Baronets
- * Wilhelm von Leslie, bishop of Laybach
- * William Leslie , son of Earl of Leven, killed at the Battle of Princeton
- * William Leslie , Lord Provost of Aberdeen
- * William Leslie , Scottish politician and MP for Aberdeenshire
- * William Leslie, American actor, played Dr. David Conway in The Night the World Exploded
- * Bill Leslie , American journalist and musician
- * Bill Leslie, British football commentator
- * William Leslie, Scottish footballer of the late 19th century
- * William Leslie, Canadian - North American Chieftain,
People in fiction
- Leslie Burke, the female protagonist of the Katherine Paterson novel, Bridge to Terabithia
- Leslie Lynnton, the socialite played by Elizabeth Taylor in the 1956 film Giant
- , a character from Star Trek, played by Eddie Paskey
- Leslie Jake Ryan, a recurring character on the Disney Channel program Hannah Montana, played by Cody Linley
- Leslie Chow, Chinese character in The Hangover
- The Great Leslie, a character played by Tony Curtis in the 1965 film The Great Race
- Leslie Knope, the main character on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, played by Amy Poehler
- Leslie Winkle, a recurring character on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, played by Sara Gilbert
- Leslie, a flower from The Amazing World of Gumball, a Cartoon Network British animated series.
- Leslie Meyers, a character in South Park
- Leslie Withers, a character from the survival horror video game The Evil Within
- Leslie P. Lilylegs, an antagonist in the Looney Tunes
- Leslie Kyle, a character in the video game, Final Fantasy VII Remake, and the novel, Final Fantasy VII The Kids Are Alright: A Turks Side Story, voiced by Mark Whitten
- Lesley is a playable character in the mobile game