Lennox may refer to:

Places

Lennox (district) The Lennox ( gd, Leamhnachd, ) is a region of Scotland centred on The Vale of Leven, including its great loch: Loch Lomond. The Gaelic name of the river is ''Leamhn'', meaning ''the smooth stream'', which anglicises to ''Leven'' (as Gaelic ' ...

, Scotland * Lennox and Addington, electoral district in Ontario, Canada **

Lennox (electoral district) Lennox was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. The County of Lennox consisted of the Tow ...

, a former electoral district in Ontario (1867–1904) * Lennox County, Ontario, Canada *

Lennox, Nova Scotia Isle Madame is an island off southeastern Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. It is part of the Municipality of the County of Richmond. Once part of the French colony of Île-Royale (New France), Île-Royale, it may have been named for Franço ...

, Canada * Lennox Gardens, Canberra, Australia *

Lennox Head, New South Wales Lennox Head is a seaside village in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the stretch of coast between Byron Bay and Ballina in Ballina Shire local government area. It had a population of 7,741 in the 2016 Austra ...

, Australia *

Lennox, California Lennox () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 22,753 at the 2010 census, down from 22,950 at the 2000 census. Geography Lennox's boundaries are Century Boulevard to the north (al ...

, United States *

Lennox, South Dakota Lennox is a city in Lincoln County, South Dakota, United States, located southwest of Sioux Falls. The population was 2,423 at the 2020 census. History The city has the name of Ben Lennox, private secretary to the general manager to the Milwau ...

, United States *

Lennox, Wisconsin Lennox is an unincorporated community located in the town of Schoepke, Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. Lennox is located on County Highway B east-southeast of Rhinelander. Lennox is located just north of the unincorporated community ...

, United States * Lennoxtown, Scotland * Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada

People

Surname

Annie Lennox Ann Lennox (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the New wave music, new wave band the Tourists, she and fellow musician D ...

(born 1954), British singer * Ari Lennox (born 1991), American singer-songwriter *

Betty Lennox Betty Bernice Lennox (born December 4, 1976) is an American retired professional basketball player. She played for the Minnesota Lynx, Miami Sol, Cleveland Rockers, Seattle Storm, Atlanta Dream, Los Angeles Sparks and Tulsa Shock in the Women' ...

(born 1976), American basketball player * Bobby Lennox (born 1943), British football player *

Caroline Lennox Georgiana Carolina Fox, 1st Baroness Holland, of Holland (27 March 1723 – 24 July 1774), known as Lady Caroline Lennox before 1744 and as Lady Caroline Fox from 1744 to 1762, was the eldest of the Lennox sisters. Family background The Lenno ...

(1723–1774), British nobility, later Caroline Fox, 1st Baroness Holland *

Charlotte Lennox Charlotte Lennox, ''née'' Ramsay (c. 1729 – 4 January 1804), was a Scottish novelist, playwright, poet, translator, essayist, and magazine editor, who has primarily been remembered as the author of ''The Female Quixote'', and for her associ ...

(1730–1804), British author * Dave Lennox (1855–1947), American inventor and businessman *

David Lennox David Lennox (1788 – 12 November 1873) was a Scottish-Australian bridge builder and master stonemason born in Ayr, Scotland. Personal details Trained as a stonemason, Lennox worked on Telford's Menai Suspension Bridge at Anglesey in Wales ...

(1788–1873), Australian stonemason and bridge-builder *

Douglas Lennox-Silva Douglas Lennox-Silva (born April 10, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a male butterfly swimmer from Puerto Rico, who was born in the United States. He represented Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. He is the younger ...

(born 1987), Puerto Rican swimmer *

E. J. Lennox Edward James Lennox (September 12, 1854 – April 15, 1933) was a Toronto-based architect who designed several of the city's most notable landmarks in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including Old City Hall and Casa Loma. He ...

(1844–1933), Canadian architect *

Elizabeth Lennox Elizabeth Lennox (March 16, 1894 – May 3, 1992), also known as Louise Terrell, was an American contralto singer. She made over 150 musical recordings in the 1920s, on the Brunswick, Edison, Victor, and Columbia labels. Early life Elizabe ...

(1894–1992), American contralto singer *

Jack Lennox John Patrick Lennox (21 March 1907 – 7 December 1943) was an Australian WWII serviceman and prisoner of war. He had played rugby league in the New South Wales premiership competition with St. George and South Sydney in the 1930s. Backgroun ...

(1907–1943), Australian rugby league player *

John Lennox John Carson Lennox (born 7 November 1943) is a Northern Irish mathematician, bioethicist and Christian apologist. He has written many books on religion, ethics, the relationship between science and faith (like his books, ''Has Science Buried Go ...

(born 1943), British mathematician *

Kristina Lennox-Silva Kristina Lennox-Silva (born April 24, 1985 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a female freestyle swimming, freestyle and butterfly swimming, butterfly swimmer from Puerto Rico, who was born in the United States. During her college career she swam fo ...

(born 1985), Puerto Rican swimmer *

Louisa Lennox Lady Louisa Conolly (5 December 1743 – August 1821) was an English-born Irish noblewoman. She was the third of the famous Lennox Sisters, and was notable among them for leading a wholly uncontroversial life filled with good works. Biograph ...

(1743–1821), British noblewoman *

Michael Lennox Michael Carson Lennox is a Northern Irish film director. Biography Born and raised in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Lennox was inspired by cinema from an early age and began to make plans for a career as a filmmaker. In 2008, he made his fir ...

, British film director *

Noah Lennox Noah Benjamin Lennox (born July 17, 1978), also known by his moniker Panda Bear, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and co-founding member of the band Animal Collective. In addition to his work with that group, Len ...

(born 1978), American musician *

Lady Sarah Lennox Lady Sarah Lennox (14 February 1745 – August 1826) was the most notorious of the famous Lennox sisters, daughters of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Sarah Cadogan. Early life After the deaths of both her parents when she was only fi ...

(1745–1826), British noblewoman *

Wilbraham Oates Lennox Lieutenant-General Sir Wilbraham Oates Lennox (4 August 1830 – 7 February 1897) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Briti ...

(1830–1897), British soldier * William G. Lennox (1884–1960), American neurologist

First name

Lennox Alves Lennox Alves (born 7 March 1956) is a former Guyanese cricketer who played a single first-class match for Essequibo in the final of the 1980–81 inter-county Jones Cup. Alves, a right-handed batsman, was born in Suddie in what was then Brit ...

(born 1956), Guyanese cricketer *

Lennox Berkeley Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley (12 May 190326 December 1989) was an English composer. Biography Berkeley was born on 12 May 1903 in Oxford, England, the younger child and only son of Aline Carla (1863–1935), daughter of Sir James Char ...

(1903–1989), British composer * Lennox Blackmoore (born 1950), Guyanese boxer * Lennox Broster (1889–1965), South African surgeon *

Lennox Cato Lennox Paul Cato DL (born 1961) is a British antiques dealer specialising in furniture and decorative items from the Georgian and Regency periods. He has been an expert on the BBC's ''Antiques Roadshow'' since 2004. Biography The second to yo ...

(born 1961), British antiques dealer *

Lennox Clarke Lennox Clarke is an English professional boxer who held the British and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles from 2021 to 2022. Professional career Clarke made his professional debut on 16 November 2013, scoring a second-round technical kno ...

(born 1991), English professional boxer *

Lennox Cowie Lennox Lauchlan Cowie Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (born 18 October 1950, Jedburgh, Scotland) is a British astronomer, and professor at the Institute for Astronomy (Hawaii), Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii. Biography In 1970, Co ...

(born 1950), British astronomer * Lennox Gordon (born 1978), American football player *

Lennox Grafton Lennox Grafton (3 December 1919 – 24 March 2017) was a Canadian architect and one of the first women to be trained as architects in Canada. She completed her undergraduate education in University of Alberta during 1938-1941 and graduated from th ...

(1919–2017), one of the first women to be trained as an architect in Canada *

Lennox Lagu Lennox Lagu, born Mongameli Johnson Tshali (16 October 1938 7 September 2011) was a commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He was a major general in the South African National Defence Force (S ...

(1938–2011), South African general *

Lennox Lewis Lennox Claudius Lewis (born 2 September 1965) is a former professional boxer and boxing commentator who competed from 1989 to 2003. He is a three-time world heavyweight champion, a two-time lineal champion, and the last heavyweight to hold ...

(born 1965), British boxer *

Lennox Miller Lennox Valencia Miller (8 October 1946 in Kingston, Jamaica – 8 November 2004 in Pasadena, California) was a champion runner and father of Inger Miller. Representing Jamaica, Miller won the silver medal in the 100 meters in the 1968 Summ ...

(1946–2004), Jamaican athlete * Lennox Mohammed, Trinidadian musician *

Lennox Napier Major-General Lennox Alexander Hawkins Napier (28 June 1928 – 21 July 2020) was a British Army officer. Military career Educated at Radley College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Napier was commissioned into the South Wales Bor ...

(1928–2020), British Army officer *

Lennox Pawle Lennox Pawle (27 April 1872, in Marylebone, Middlesex – 22 February 1936, in Los Angeles, California) was an English stage and film actor. Life and career John Lennox Pawle was born in Marylebone, London, on 27 April 1872, the son of John C ...

(1872–1936), British actor *

Lennox Raphael Lennox Raphael (born September 17, 1939, in Trinidad, West Indies) is a journalist, poet, and playwright. His writings have been published in ''Negro Digest'', ''American Dialog'', ''New Black Poetry'', ''Natural Process'' and ''Freedomways''. A l ...

(born 1939), Trinidadian writer *

Lennox Robinson Esmé Stuart Lennox Robinson (4 October 1886 – 15 October 1958) was an Irish dramatist, poet and theatre producer and director who was involved with the Abbey Theatre. Life Robinson was born in Westgrove, Douglas, County Cork and raised in ...

(1886–1958), Irish writer * Lennox Sebe (1926–1994), South African politician *

Lennox Sharpe Lennox "Boogsie" Sharpe (born 28 October 1953 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) is a successful and popular composer and arranger of steelpan music. Biography Sharpe began his career with Starlift steelband where he worked as a co-arrange ...

(born 1953), Trinidadian musician *

Lennox Yearwood Lennox Yearwood, Jr. is a minister and community activist who is also an influential member of political hip hop. Yearwood currently serves as president of the Hip Hop Caucus, a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that empowers young pe ...

(born 1969), American activist

Fictional characters

*Lennox Elizabeth Scanlon, a teenage girl character from the TV show '' Melissa & Joey'', played by Taylor Spreitler *William Lennox, a soldier character from the ''Transformers'' film series, played by Josh Duhamel *Tom Lennox, the White House Chief of Staff of President Wayne Palmer in the sixth season of the television series ''24'', played by Peter MacNicol *Thane of Lennox, in William Shakespeare's ''

Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...

Peerages

* Duke of Lennox * Earl of Lennox *

Mormaer of Lennox The Earl or Mormaer of Lennox was the ruler of the region of the Lennox in western Scotland. It was first created in the 12th century for David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon and later held by the Stewart dynasty. Ancient earls The first earl ...

Other uses

* HMS ''Lennox'', the name of two ships of the Royal Navy * Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), difficult-to-treat form of childhood-onset epilepsy *

Lennox Football Club Lennox Football Club was an English 19th century rugby union football club that disbanded in the early twentieth century. It is notable for producing a number of international players and for its role in the Rugby Football Union fight against ...

, 19th-century English rugby club * Lennox Generating Station, a power station in Ontario, Canada * Lennox International, a global manufacturer of furnaces and central air conditioners *

Lennox Stakes The Lennox Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each ...

, a horse race