L'Estrange and its various spelling variants represent an English surname, derived from the French word for foreigner and may refer to any of the following people or characters.

People

L'Estrange

* Alexander L'Estrange (born 1974), English composer and jazz musician * Charles James L'Estrange (1867–1947), children's fiction author who used the pen name

Herbert Strang Herbert Strang was the pseudonym of two English authors, George Herbert Ely (1866–1958) and Charles James L'Estrange (1867–1947). They specialized in writing adventure stories for boys, both historical and modern-day. Both men were ...

along with George Herbert Ely (1866–1958) * Francis L'Estrange (c. 1756–1836), Irish surgeon, President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland *

Gerry L'Estrange Mathew Gerrard L'Estrange (7 November 1917 – 5 April 1996) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of Defence from June 1981 to November 1981. He served as a Teachta Dála ...

(1917–1996), Irish politician *

Heath L'Estrange Heath L'Estrange (born 21 May 1985), also known by the nickname of "Stranger", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played for the Sydney Roosters, Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the St. George Illawarra Dragons in ...

(born 1985), Australian rugby league player *

Henri L'Estrange Henri L'Estrange, known as the Australian Blondin, was an Australian successful funambulist and accident-prone Hot air ballooning, aeronautical balloonist. Modelling himself on the famous French wire-walker Charles Blondin, L'Estrange performed ...

(c. 1842–c. 1900), Australian tightrope walker and balloonist * Herbert L'Estrange Ewen (1876–1912), British philatelist *

Michael L'Estrange Michael Gerard L'Estrange (born 12 October 1952 in North Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian academic and former public servant. He is the former Head of the National Security College at the Australian National University, in Canberra. L' ...

(born 1952), Australian academic and former public servant *

Nicholas L'Estrange Nicholas L'Estrange may refer to: *Sir Nicholas L'Estrange (politician, born 1511) (1511–1580), English politician *Sir Nicholas L'Estrange, 1st Baronet Sir Nicholas L'Estrange, 1st Baronet (March 1604 – 24 July 1655) was an English baronet ...

(1511–1580), English Member of Parliament * Peter L'Estrange, 20th-century Australian Jesuit priest *

Richard L'Estrange Richard Lestrange (L'Estrange, Strange) (born before 1526) of Hunstanton and King's Lynn, Norfolk; later of Kilkenny, Ireland, was an English politician. Family Lestrange was the second son of Sir Thomas Le Strange, Thomas le Strange and Anne V ...

(1500s), English Member of Parliament *

Roger L'Estrange Sir Roger L'Estrange (17 December 1616 – 11 December 1704) was an English pamphleteer, author, courtier and press censor. Throughout his life L'Estrange was frequently mired in controversy and acted as a staunch ideological defender of King ...

(1616–1704), English pamphleteer and author * Sean L'Estrange (born 1967), Australian politician

Lestrange or de Lestrange

Augustin de Lestrange Augustin de Lestrange ( secular name Louis-Henri de Lestrange) (born in 1754, in the Château de Colombier-le-Vieux, Ardèche, France; died at Lyon, 16 July 1827) was a French Trappist abbot, an exile from France after the French Revolution. L ...

(1754–1827), French

Trappist The Trappists, officially known as the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (, abbreviated as OCSO) and originally named the Order of Reformed Cistercians of Our Lady of La Trappe, are a Religious order (Catholic), Catholic religious o ...

Gisèle Lestrange Gisèle Lestrange or Gisèle de Lestrange, and after marriage, Gisèle Celan-Lestrange (19 March 1927 – 9 December 1991), was a French graphic artist. Biography Born in Paris, Lestrange studied drawing and painting at the Académie Julian in Pa ...

(1927–1991), French graphic artist * John Lestrange (died 1269), English landowner, administrator and soldier

Le Strange or le Strange

* some early bearers of the English title

Baron Strange Baron Strange is a title which has been created four times in the Peerage of England. Two creations, one in 1295 and another in 1326, had only one holder each, upon whose deaths they became extinct. Two of the creations, that of 1299 and that ...

, including: **

Eubulus le Strange, 1st Baron Strange Eubulus le Strange, 1st Baron Strange (died 1335) was an English baron and an especially competent and trusted military officer under King Edward III. Biography Eubulo was a younger son of John le Strange, 1st Baron Strange of Knockyn, John le ...

(died 1335), an especially competent and trusted military officer for King Edward III * some early bearers of the English title

Baron Strange of Blackmere Baron Strange of Blackmere is an abeyant title in the Peerage of England The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland w ...

, including: **

Fulk le Strange, 1st Baron Strange of Blackmere Fulk le Strange, 1st Baron Strange of Blackmere (died 23 January 1324) was an English noble. He fought in the wars in Gascony and Scotland. He was a signatory of the Baron's Letter to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301. Biography He was a younger s ...

(died 1324) *

Guy Le Strange Guy Le Strange (24 July 1854 – 24 December 1933) was a British Orientalist noted especially for his work in the field of the historical geography of the pre-modern Middle Eastern and Eastern Islamic lands, and his editing of Persian geographic ...

(1854–1933), English orientalist *

Hamon le Strange Sir Hamon le Strange (c. 1583 – 31 May 1654) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1626. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. His family were Norfolk gentry long based ...

(1583–1654), English politician * Sir Thomas Le Strange (1494–1545), an Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII

Fictional characters

Bellatrix Lestrange Bellatrix Lestrange () is a fictional character in the ''Harry Potter'' book series written by J. K. Rowling. She evolved from an unnamed peripheral character in ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' into a major antagonist in subsequent novel ...

, in the

Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven Fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...

series *

Gary Le Strange Gary Le Strange is a character created by comedian Waen Shepherd. Le Strange is played as an eccentric English cult-rock composer, songwriter and performer, who believes his surreal and abstract performances to be groundbreaking. Le Strange's ...

, created by comedian Waen Shepherd *

Leta Lestrange This is a list of characters from the ''Fantastic Beasts'' films. Introduced in ''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'' Newt Scamander Newt Scamander is an introverted British wizard and magizoologist, as well as a member of Hogwarts' ...

, a fictional witch in the Wizarding World * Estelle Lestrange, a fictional character in

The Murder at the Vicarage ''The Murder at the Vicarage'' is a work of detective fiction by the British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in October 1930 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edi ...

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