Lesley

Lesley is a placename, given name and surname, a variant of Leslie that can be male or female name and is ultimately an anglicization of a Scottish (Gaelic) placename.

Places

• Fort Lesley J. McNair, American army facility
• Lesley University, American academic institution
• Lesley, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth

People

Given name

• Lesley Arfin (born 1979), American author
• Lesley Baker (b. 1944), Australian actress
• Lesley Bamberger (born 1965/1966), Dutch billionaire, owner of Kroonenberg Groep
• Lesley Blanch (1904–2007), British writer and editor
• Lesley M. M. Blume (b. 1975), American author
• Lesley Turner Bowrey (b. 1942), Australian tennis player
• Lesley-Ann Brandt (b. 1981), South African-born actress
• Lesley Choyce (b. 1951), American-born writer based in Canada
• Lesley-Anne Down (b. 1954), British actress
• Lesley Ann Downey (1954–1964), British murder victim
• Lesley Douglas (b. 1963), British radio executive
• Lesley Duncan (1943–2010), British singer-songwriter
• Lesley Dunlop (b. 1956), British actress
• Lesley Elliott (disambiguation), multiple people
• Lesley Garrett (b. 1955), British soprano
• Lesley Gill, American anthropology professor
• Lesley Gore (1946–2015), American singer-songwriter
• Lesley Hawker (b. 1981), Canadian figure skater
• Lesley Head, Australian geographer
• Lesley Hinds (b. 1956), Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland
• Lesley Joseph (b. 1945), British actress
• Lesley Judd (b. 1946), British actress
• Lesley Langley (b. 1944/5), Miss World 1965 from Britain
• Lesley Magnus (b. 1977), Canadian field hockey player
• Lesley Mahmood (b. 1942), British politician
• Lesley Manville (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, contributing writer to Doctor Who
• Lesley Sharp (b. 1964), British actress
• Lesley Soper (b. 1954), New Zealand politician
• Lesley Stahl (b. 1941), American broadcast journalist
• Lesley Vainikolo (b. 1979), New Zealand rugby player
• Lesley Visser (b. 1953), American sports broadcaster
• Lesley Ann Warren (b. 1946), American actress
• Lesley Waters (b. 1960), British celebrity chef
• Lesley Ward, Australian mathematician
• Lesley Whittle (1957–1975), British murder victim
• Twiggy (born Lesley Hornby, 1949), British model and actress

Surname

• John Lesley (1527–1596), Scottish bishop and historian
• Peter Lesley (1819–1903), American geologist
• Brad Lesley (1958–2013), American baseball player
• Caroline Lesley (b. 1978), Canadian actress

Fictional characters

• Lesley May, character in the novel series Rivers of London
• Lesley Smiles, character in the animated television series CJ the DJ
• Lesley Webber, character in American soap opera General Hospital
• 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
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• Leslie (disambiguation)

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