Leeds is a surname of English origin. It is likely derived from the city of
Leeds in
West Yorkshire or the village of
Leeds in
Kent.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Alan Leeds (born 1947), American music executive
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Alfred Nicholson Leeds (1847–1917), English amateur paleontologist
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Andrea Leeds (1914–1984), American film actor
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Andrew Leeds
Andrew Leeds (born 19 September 1965) is an Australian former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for the Western Suburbs Magpies, Parramatta Eels, Penrith Panthers and Wakefield Tri ...
(born 1964), Australian rugby footballer
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Anthony Leeds
Anthony Leeds (January 26, 1925 – February 20, 1989) was an anthropologist best known for his work in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and on urban-rural relations in Brazil.
Education
He received his B.A. in anthropology from Columbia Universit ...
(1925–1989), American anthropologist
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Billy Leeds
William Edward Michael Leeds (4 April 1880 – 6 April 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Leeds, who could play both forward and down back, had his first season for Carlton ...
(1880–1955), Australian rules footballer
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Charles J. Leeds, American politician, Mayor of New Orleans 1874–76
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Doug Leeds
Doug Leeds (born 16 May 1968), is the Chief Executive Officer of IAC Publishing, a digital media operating group launched on December 9, 2015, by media and Internet conglomerate IAC. The single digital media publisher reaches 100 million monthly u ...
(born 1968), American businessman
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Douglas B. Leeds (1947–2011), American businessman
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Edward Leeds (priest)
Edward Leeds (died 1589), was an English clergyman who became Master of Clare College, Cambridge.
Leeds, the second son of William Leeds, by Elizabeth Vinall, was born in Benenden, Kent. He was educated at Cambridge, graduated B.A. 1542-3, proc ...
(died 1590), English clergyman
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Edward Thurlow Leeds
Edward Thurlow Leeds (29 July 1877 – 17 August 1955) was an English archaeologist and museum curator. He was Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum from 1928 to 1945.
Biography
He was born in Eyebury, Peterborough on 29 July 1877, the second son of ...
(1877–1955), English archaeologist, Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum 1928–45
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Eric Leeds (born 1952), American musician
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Herbert I. Leeds
Herbert I. Leeds (September 13, 1900 – May 15, 1954) was an American film director.
Biography
Herbert Irving Levy was born on September 13, 1900, to Abraham T. Levy and had a sister, Marjorie Levy Rudman. He married Evelyn C. and had Lydia as t ...
(1900–1954), American film director
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Herbert Leeds
Herbert Corey Leeds (January 30, 1855 – September 29, 1930) was an American amateur golfer and golf course architect. Leeds tied for eighth place in the 1898 U.S. Open held at Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, a golf course o ...
(1855–1930), American amateur golfer and golf course architect
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Joanie Leeds
Joan Leibowitz (born October 1978) is a Grammy-award winning musician best known for her work as a children's musical artist.
Early life and education
Growing up in Miami, Florida in a Jewish family, Leeds took voice lessons as a child and was ...
(born 1978), American musician
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Lila Leeds (1928–1999), American film actor
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Morris E. Leeds
Morris E. Leeds (March 6, 1869 in Philadelphia – February 8, 1952) was an American electrical engineer known for his many inventions in the field of electrical measuring devices and controls.
Biography
Leeds was born in Philadelphia in 1869 to ...
(1869–1952), American electrical engineer
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Peter Leeds (1917–1996), American actor
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Phil Leeds (1916–1998), American film actor
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Stacy Leeds
Stacy L. Leeds (born 1971) is an American Law professor, scholar, and former Supreme Court Justice for the Cherokee Nation. She served as Dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law, from 2011-2018, the first Indigenous woman to lead a la ...
(born 1971), American law professor
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Thelma Leeds (1910–2006), American actor
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Titan Leeds
Titan Leeds (1699–1738) was an 18th-century American almanac publisher.
Titan Leeds was a Philadelphia-based publisher of ''The American Almanack.'' He was mentioned as a "good friend and fellow student" of Benjamin Franklin in Franklin's rival ...
(1699–1738), American almanac publisher
Fictional characters
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Ned Leeds, comic book character
See also
* ''which may include people not yet added to the list above''
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Leeds (disambiguation)
References
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