Lesley is a placename, given name and surname, a variant of

Leslie Leslie may refer to: * Leslie (name), a name and list of people with the given name or surname, including fictional characters Families * Clan Leslie, a Scottish clan with the motto "grip fast" * Leslie (Russian nobility), a Russian noble family ...

that can be male or female name and is ultimately an anglicization of a Scottish (Gaelic) placename.

Places

* Fort Lesley J. McNair, American army facility * Lesley University, American academic institution

People

Given name

* Lesley Baker (b. 1944), Australian actress *

Lesley Bamberger Lesley Bamberger (born 1965/1966) is a Dutch billionaire businessman, and the owner of Kroonenberg Groep, a privately held real estate company founded by his grandfather, Jacob Kroonenberg. Bamberger joined Kroonenberg Groep in 1986, and inheri ...

(born 1965/1966), Dutch billionaire, owner of Kroonenberg Groep * Lesley Blanch (1904–2007), British writer and editor *

Lesley M. M. Blume Lesley M. M. Blume is an award-winning journalist, historian, and ''New York Times'' bestselling author. Early Life and Education Blume was born in New York City in 1975. She holds a B.A. in history from Williams College and earned her gradua ...

, American author * Lesley Turner Bowrey (b. 1942), Australian tennis player * Lesley-Ann Brandt (b. 1981), South African-born actress * Lesley Choyce (b. 1951), American-born writer based in Canada * Lesley Douglas (b. 1963), British radio executive * Lesley-Anne Down (b. 1954), British actress *

Lesley Ann Downey The Moors murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around Manchester, England. The victims were five children—Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey, and Edward E ...

(1954–1964), British murder victim * Lesley Duncan (1943–2010), British singer-songwriter * Lesley Dunlop (b. 1956), British actress *

Lesley Elliott (disambiguation) Lesley Elliott may refer to: * Lesley Elliott (campaigner) (1946–2022), New Zealand domestic violence prevention campaigner and nurse * Lesley Elliott (field hockey) (born 1960), New Zealand retired field hockey player {{Human name disambig ...

, multiple people * Lesley Garrett (b. 1955), British soprano * Lesley Gill, American anthropology professor *

Lesley Gore Lesley Sue Goldstein (May 2, 1946 – February 16, 2015), known professionally as Lesley Gore, was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. At the age of 16, she recorded the pop music, pop hit "It's My Party (Lesley Gore song), I ...

(1946–2015), American singer-songwriter *

Lesley Hawker Lesley Hawker (born May 1, 1981) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the Figure skating at the 2003 Winter Universiade, 2003 Winter Universiade bronze medallist, the 2003 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medallist, and a two-time Canadi ...

(b. 1981), Canadian figure skater *

Lesley Head Lesley Head is an Australian geographer specialising in human-environment relations. She is active in geographical debates about the relationship between humans and nature, using concepts and analytical methods from physical geography, archaeo ...

, Australian geographer *

Lesley Hinds Lesley Hinds is a Scottish Labour Party politician who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland from 2003 to 2007. Early life and education Hinds was born on 3 August 1956 in Dundee, Scotland to Kenneth and Ena Nicol. She attended Kirkt ...

(b. 1956), Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland * Twiggy (born Lesley Hornby, 1949), British model and actress * Lesley Joseph (b. 1945), British actress * Lesley Judd (b. 1946), British actress *

Lesley Langley Lesley Doreen Langley (born 26 March 1944 in Weymouth, Dorset, with the name Lesley Hill, which she changed to Leslie Langley to make it more artistic) is a British model, beauty queen and actress who was Miss United Kingdom and Miss World in 196 ...

(b. 1944/5), Miss World 1965 from Britain * Lesley Magnus (b. 1977), Canadian field hockey player * Lesley Manville (b. 1956), British actress * Lesley J. McNair (1883–1944), American military officer * Lesley Mahmood (b. 1942), British politician * Lesley Molseed (1964–1975), British murder victim * Lesley Jean Murdoch (b. 1956), New Zealand cricketer * Lesley Rumball (b. 1973), New Zealand netball player * Lesley Sanderson (b. 1985/6), contestant on the British ''Big Brother'' TV series *

Lesley Scott ''The Ark'' is the fifth serial of the Doctor Who (season 3), third season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 5 to 26 March 1966. The serial is set at least t ...

, contributing writer to ''Doctor Who'' * Lesley Sharp (b. 1964), British actress * Lesley Soper (b. 1954), New Zealand politician *

Lesley Stahl Lesley Rene Stahl (born December 16, 1941) is an American television journalist. She has spent most of her career with CBS News, where she began as a producer in 1971. Since 1991, she has reported for CBS's ''60 Minutes''. She is known for her ne ...

(b. 1941), American broadcast journalist * Lesley Vainikolo (b. 1979), New Zealand rugby player *

Lesley Visser Lesley Candace Visser (born September 11, 1953) is an American sportscaster, television and radio personality, and sportswriter. Visser is the first female NFL analyst on TV, and the only sportscaster in history who has worked on Final Four, NB ...

(b. 1953), American sports broadcaster * Lesley Ward, Australian mathematician * Lesley Ann Warren (b. 1946), American actress *

Lesley Waters Lesley Waters (born 3 April 1960) is an English celebrity chef. She regularly appeared on such cookery programmes as ''Ready Steady Cook'', and is currently one of the featured chefs on '' This Morning''. Career Waters studied French Cuisine a ...

(b. 1960), British celebrity chef *

Lesley Whittle British teenager Lesley Whittle was kidnapped on 14 January 1975, and her body discovered on 7 March 1975. Her kidnapping and murder dominated national headlines for 11 months. The investigation involved over 400 officers from the West Mercia ...

(1957–1975), British murder victim

Surname

* Brad Lesley (1958–2013), American baseball player *

Caroline Lesley Caroline Lesley is an American-Canadian actor and singer. She had a role in the movie ''Fruitvale Station'' which won the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at Sundance Film Festival, and the Future Award at Cannes Film Festival. Lesley's recent w ...

(b. 1978), Canadian actress *

John Lesley John Lesley (or Leslie) (29 September 1527 – 31 May 1596) was a Scottish Roman Catholic bishop and historian. His father was Gavin Lesley, rector of Kingussie, Badenoch. Early career He was educated at the University of Aberdeen, where he ...

(1527–1596), Scottish bishop and historian *

Peter Lesley Joseph Peter Lesley (September 17, 1819 – June 1, 1903) was an American geologist. Biography Peter Lesley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 17, 1819. It is recorded by Sir Archibald Geikie that he was christened Peter after ...

(1819–1903), American geologist

Fictional characters

* Lesley May, character in the novel series '' Rivers of London'' * Lesley Smiles, character in the animated television series '' CJ the DJ'' * Lesley Webber, character in American soap opera ''

General Hospital ''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the list of longest-running television shows by category, longest-running American soap opera in pro ...

'' * Lesley, playable character in the mobile game '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang''

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