Leroi is surname of French origin, a variant spelling of Leroy which in French literally means "The King". It is used both as a given name, and as a surname.

As a given name

* Leroi Court (born 1963), Australian athlete *

Leroi Jones Amiri Baraka (born Everett Leroy Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism. He was the author of numerous bo ...

or Amiri Baraka (1934-2014), African-American writer *

LeRoi Moore LeRoi Holloway Moore (September 7, 1961 – August 19, 2008) was an American saxophonist. He was a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band. Moore often arranged music for songs written by Dave Matthews. Moore also co-wrote many of the band's ...

(1961-2008), American saxophonist

As a surname

Ali LeRoi Ali LeRoi (born February 12, 1962) is an Emmy-award-winning"Ali LeRoi"
''Emmys'' website, the Academy ...

(born 1962), American television producer, director, writer and actor *

Armand Marie Leroi Armand Marie Leroi (born 16 July 1964) is a New Zealand-born Dutch author, broadcaster, and professor of evolutionary developmental biology at Imperial College in London. He received the Guardian First Book Award in 2004 for his book ''Mutant ...

(born 1964), New Zealand author, broadcaster, and professor of evolutionary developmental biology *

Gary LeRoi Gray Gary LeRoi Gray (born February 12, 1987) is an American actor, who has appeared in movies, television and animation. Career He is best known for his childhood role as Nelson Tibideaux, the son of Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux and Elvin Tibideaux on ...

(born 1987), American actor *

André Leroi-Gourhan André Leroi-Gourhan (; ; 25 August 1911 – 19 February 1986) was a French archaeology, archaeologist, paleontology, paleontologist, paleoanthropology, paleoanthropologist, and anthropology, anthropologist with an interest in technology and a ...

(1911-1986), French archaeologist, paleontologist, paleoanthropologist, and anthropologist

As a given name

As a surname

See also