L'Estrange is a surname of French origin which 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 (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 aeronautical balloonist. Modelling himself on the famous French wire-walker Charles Blondin, L'Estrange performed a number of tight ...

(c. 1842–c. 1900), Australian tightrope walker and balloonist *

Herbert L'Estrange Ewen Herbert L'Estrange Ewen (1876–1912)Birch, Brian. ''Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers''. 9th edition. Standish, Wigan: 2008, p. 504. was a British stamp dealer and philatelist in Swanage, Dorset and later in Norwood, London who was an a ...

(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 Sir Nicholas le Strange (1 January 1511 – 19 February 1580) of Hunstanton, Norfolk, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). The eldest son of Sir Thomas Le Strange, he succeeded his father in 1545 and was knighted in 1547. His mother was ...

(1511–1580), English Member of Parliament *

Peter L'Estrange Peter John L'Estrange, AO is an Australian Jesuit priest and historian. He was the Master of Campion Hall at the University of Oxford in England from 2006 to 2008. Early life and education Pierre L'Estrange was educated at St Aloysius' Co ...

, 20th-century Australian Jesuit priest * Richard L'Estrange (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 Kin ...

(1616–1704), English pamphleteer and author *

Sean L'Estrange Sean Kimberley L'Estrange (born 19 September 1967) is a former Australian politician. He was the Member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Churchlands from 2013 until 2021. He was the Minister for Finance; Minister for Mi ...

(born 1967), Australian politician

Lestrange or de Lestrange

* Augustin de Lestrange (1754–1827), French

Trappist The Trappists, officially known as the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance ( la, Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae, abbreviated as OCSO) and originally named the Order of Reformed Cistercians of Our Lady of La Trappe, are a ...

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 ...

(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 (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. It was created on 13 January 1309 when Fulk le Strange was summoned to parliament. On the death of the fifth baron in 1375, it was inherited by Elizabeth Mowbray, née le Str ...

, including: ** Fulk le Strange, 1st Baron Strange of Blackmere (died 1324) * Guy Le Strange (1854–1933), English orientalist *

Hamon le Strange Sir Hamon le Strange (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 at ...

(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 periphery character in ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' into a major antagonist in subsequent novels. ...

, in the Harry Potter 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, a fictional witch in the

Wizarding World The Wizarding World (previously known as J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World) is a fantasy media franchise and shared fictional universe centred on the ''Harry Potter'' novel series by J. K. Rowling. A series of films have been in production si ...

* Estelle Lestrange, a fictional character in

The Murder at the Vicarage ''The Murder at the Vicarage'' is a work of detective fiction by 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 editio ...

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