Le Conte, LeConte, or Leconte may refer to:

People

Cincinnatus Leconte Jean Jacques Dessalines Michel Cincinnatus Leconte (September 29, 1854 – August 8, 1912) was President of Haiti from August 15, 1911 until his death on August 8, 1912. He was the great-grandson of Jean-Jacques Dessalines—a leader of the Hait ...

(1853–1912), president of Haiti 1911-1912 *

Emmanuel Leconte Emmanuel Leconte (born 11 October 1982; Paris, France) is a French actor best known for his role as King Francis I in the television hit series ''The Tudors''. He has also starred in: ''Monsieur Max'' (2007), ''La Ravisseuse'' (2005), and ''À to ...

(born 1982), French actor *

Henri Leconte Henri Leconte (born 4 July 1963) is a French former professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991. Leconte's ...

(born 1963), French tennis player * John Le Conte (1818–1891), scientist and first president of UC Berkeley *

John Eatton Le Conte John Eatton Le Conte, Jr. (sometimes John Eatton LeConte or John Eaton Leconte) (February 22, 1784 – November 21, 1860) was an American naturalist. He was born near Shrewsbury, New Jersey, the son of John Eatton Le Conte and Jane Sloane ...

(1784–1860), naturalist *

John Lawrence LeConte John Lawrence LeConte (May 13, 1825 – November 15, 1883) was an American entomologist of the 19th century, responsible for naming and describing approximately half of the insect taxa known in the United States during his lifetime,

(1825–1883), entomologist *

Joseph LeConte Joseph Le Conte (alternative spelling: Joseph LeConte) (February 26, 1823 – July 6, 1901) was a physician, geologist, professor at the University of California, Berkeley and early California conservationist. Early life Of Huguenot descent, h ...

(1823–1901), geologist and professor at University of South Carolina, UC Berkeley, and founding member of the Sierra Club *

Joseph Nisbet LeConte Joseph Nisbet LeConte (February 7, 1870 – February 1, 1950) was a noted explorer of the Sierra Nevada. He was also a cartographer, a photographer and a professor of mechanical engineering. Early life Joseph Nisbet LeConte was born in Oakland, ...

(1870–1950), explorer and engineering professor at UC Berkeley, Sierra Club leader * Joska Le Conté (born 1987), Dutch skeleton racer * Maria Leconte (born 1970), French chess grandmaster *

Patrice Leconte Patrice Leconte (; born 12 November 1947) is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter. Life and career Leconte grew up in Tours, and began making little amateur films at 15. He went to Paris in 1967 and studied at Insti ...

(born 1947), French film director *

Pierre-Michel Le Conte Pierre-Michel Le Conte (6 March 1921 – 16 October 2000) was a French Conducting, conductor. Biography Born in Rouen, at age 5 Le Conte entered the . Then he began piano and violin studies at the École normale de musique de Paris. He finishe ...

(1921–2000), French conductor * Valleran le Conte (fl. 1590 – c. 1615), French actor-manager *

Leconte de Lisle Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle (; 22 October 1818 – 17 July 1894) was a French poet of the Parnassian movement. He is traditionally known by his surname only, Leconte de Lisle''. Biography Leconte de Lisle was born on the French overseas ...

(1818–1894), French poet *

LeConte Stewart __NOTOC__ LeConte Stewart (April 15, 1891 – June 6, 1990) was a Latter-day Saint artist primarily known for his landscapes of rural Utah. His media included oils, watercolors, pastel and charcoal, as well as etchings, linocuts, and lithographs ...

(1891–1990), artist and professor at the University of Utah

Places

LeConte Bay LeConte Bay is an 810-foot-deep (247 m), six-mile-long (10 km) bay in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Alaska, located east of Frederick Sound. The bay was named in 1887 for Joseph LeConte, then professor of geology at the ...

, in Alaska * LeConte Falls, in Yosemite National Park, California *

LeConte Glacier LeConte Glacier is a and glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows southwest to the head of LeConte Bay. It was named in 1887 by U.S. Navy Lieutenant-Commander Charles M. Thomas in honor of a California geologist Joseph LeConte. According to ...

LeConte Hall LeConte Hall is the former name of a building on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, which is home to the physics department. LeConte Hall was one of the largest physics buildings in the world at the time it was opened in 1924, an ...

in Berkeley, California * Leconte Island in Nunavut, Canada *

LeConte Memorial Lodge The LeConte Memorial Lodge, now known as the Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center, is a structure in Yosemite National Park in California, United States. LeConte is spelled variously as Le Conte or as Leconte. Built in 1903 by the Sierra Club, it ...

, in Yosemite Valley * Le Conte Middle School, in Los Angeles *

Mount Le Conte (California) Mount Le Conte (or LeConte) is a mountain located in the Sierra Nevada of California. The boundary between Inyo and Tulare counties runs along the crest of the Sierra, across Mount Le Conte. The mountain was named in 1895 for Joseph Le& ...

Mount Le Conte (Tennessee) Mount Le Conte (or LeConte) is a mountain located within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Sevier County, Tennessee. At it is the third highest peak in the national park, behind Clingmans Dome () and Mount Guyot (). It is also the h ...

Other uses

* ''Le Conte du Graal'' or ''

Perceval, the Story of the Grail , original_title_lang = fro , translator = , written = between 1182 and 1190 , country = , language = Old French , subject = Arthurian legend , genre = Chivalric romance , for ...

'' * ''Le Conte du ventre plein'', English title ''

Bellyful ''Le Conte du ventre plein'' (international English title: ''Bellyful'') is a 2000 film written and directed by Melvin Van Peebles. Plot A conservative couple masquerade as liberal do-gooders in late 60's France. With orders piling up at their ...

'', 2000 film *

Le Conte pear The Le Conte pear is a deciduous pear tree growing to 8m. It is not frost tender. The flowers are hermaphrodite and are pollinated by insects. The fruit is edible raw or cooked. The flesh resembles that of the Asian pear. The fruit can be eaten ...

Leconte Prize The Leconte Prize ( French: ') is a prize created in 1886 by the French Academy of Sciences to recognize important discoveries in mathematics, physics, chemistry, natural history or medicine. In recent years the prize has been awarded in the speci ...

, prize in mathematics and science awarded by French Academy of Sciences * Le Conte Station, light rail station in San Francisco * Leconte's haploa, ''

Haploa lecontei ''Haploa lecontei'', or Leconte's haploa, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1832. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to Georgia, west to Manitoba through Arkansas ...

'', a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae *

Le Conte's thrasher LeConte's thrasher (''Toxostoma lecontei'') is a pale bird found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It prefers to live in deserts with very little vegetation, where it blends in with the sandy soils. LeConte's thrashers ar ...

, ''Toxostoma lecontei'' *

Le Conte's sparrow LeConte's sparrow (''Ammospiza leconteii'') is one of the smallest New World sparrow species in North America.Terres, J.K. (1980). The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds. New York: Alfred A. Knopf It is a very secretive bird th ...

, ''Ammodramus leconteii'' * M/V ''LeConte'', a vessel in the Alaska Marine Highway System {{disambiguation, surname