Le Conte, LeConte, or Leconte may refer to:

People

* Cincinnatus Leconte (1853–1912), president of Haiti 1911-1912 * Emmanuel Leconte (born 1982), French actor * Henri Leconte (born 1963), French tennis player *

John Le Conte John LeConte (December 4, 1818 – April 29, 1891) was an American scientist and academic. He served as president of the University of California from 1869 to 1870 and again from 1875 to 1881. Biography LeConte was born in Liberty County, Georgi ...

(1818–1891), scientist and first president of UC Berkeley * John Eatton Le Conte (1784–1860), naturalist * John Lawrence LeConte (1825–1883), entomologist * Joseph LeConte (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 Joska Le Conté (born 29 September 1987, in Zeist) is a Dutch skeleton racer who has competed since 2006. Prior to starting in skeleton, she was a pole vaulter; when not competing, she works for the Royal Dutch Motorsport Association (KNMV) as a ...

(born 1987), Dutch skeleton racer *

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 (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 lithograp ...

(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 LeConte Falls is a waterfall in the Sierra Nevada of California, in Yosemite National Park. It is a 229 ft. (69.8 m.) high cascade on the Tuolumne River and the second largest falls on this river. (The river's largest falls is Waterwheel Falls, wh ...

, in Yosemite National Park, California * LeConte Glacier * LeConte Hall in Berkeley, California *

Leconte Island Leconte Island is a small, uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Labrador Sea off Baffin Island Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canad ...

in Nunavut, Canada * LeConte Memorial Lodge, in Yosemite Valley *

Le Conte Middle School This is a list of schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The concept of zones is explained on the LAUSD website. K–12 schools Zoned schools *Elizabeth Learning Center (only K–8 is zoned) ( Cudahy, opened 1927) *James A. Fosha ...

, 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)

Other uses

* ''Le Conte du Graal'' or '' Perceval, the Story of the Grail'' * ''Le Conte du ventre plein'', English title Bellyfull, 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, ''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