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Toponyms

Ley (landform) ''Ley'' (''the Ley'', plural: the ''Leyen'') is an old German word for rock (geology), rock, cliff or crag (climbing), crag which often occurs in placenames. Etymology ''Ley'', also ''lay'', ''lei'', ''lai'', ''laige'' or ''lägge'', and, acc ...

, name for a crag, rock or cliff in the north German language area *

Ley (crater) Ley is a lunar impact crater that is located across the southern rim of the much larger walled plain Campbell. Intruding into the south-southwestern rim of Ley is the slightly larger crater Von Neumann. The debris from the formation of Von Neum ...

, crater on the Moon *

Ley, Moselle Ley (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France France, officially ...

, commune in France *

Ley Hill Ley Hill is a Chiltern village on the Buckinghamshire/Hertfordshire border in south-east England, near the town of Chesham. It is part of the civil parish of Latimer and Ley Hill, and comes under Chiltern District Council in the County of Buc ...

, hill in England

People

* Ley Matampi (born 1989), Congolese professional footballer * Ley Sander, professor of neurology and clinical epilepsy at University College London * Ley baronets, baronetcies in England and the United Kingdom ** Francis Ley (1846–1916), 1st Baronet *

Bob Ley Robert A. Ley ( ; born March 16, 1955) is an American sports anchor and reporter, best known for his work at ESPN. A multiple Emmy Award-winner, he was the longest-tenured on-air employee of the network, having joined ESPN just three days after ...

(born 1955), American sportscaster * David Ley, Canadian Geographer * Douglas Ley, American educator and politician * Duncan Ley, Australian playwright * Felix Ley (1909–1972), Roman Catholic bishop * Gary Ley (born 1956), Welsh writer *

George Ley Oliver Albert George Ley (born 7 April 1946) is an English former footballer who played professionally in both England and the United States. Ley played for Exeter City, Portsmouth, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham between 1963 and 19 ...

(born 1946), English footballer *

Henry Ley (organist) Henry George Ley (30 December 188724 August 1962) was an English organist, composer and music teacher.Herbert Ley, Jr., American doctor *

Hugh Ley Hugh Ley (1790 – 24 January 1837) was an English physician. Biography Ley was born in 1790 at Abingdon, Berkshire, where his father, Hugh Ley (1762–1826), was for a time a medical practitioner, afterwards settling at St. Ives, Cornwall. Hug ...

(1790–1837), English physician *

James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough (c. 1552–1629) was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1622. He was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Chi ...

(1552–1629), English jurist * John Ley (1583–1662), English Puritan clergyman *

John Henry Ley John Henry Ley (1770 – 21 August 1850), was an English civil servant who served as Clerk of the House of Commons from 1820 to 1850. Early life He was a son of Henry Ley (1744–1824) and Mary ( Smith) Ley (1748–1834), a daughter of Capt. Smi ...

(1770–1850), Clerk of the House of Commons *

Juan Manuel Ley Juan Manuel Ley López (February 17, 1933 – January 22, 2016) was a Mexican businessman, and the Casa Ley chairman. He was also president of the baseball teams Saraperos de Saltillo in the Mexican Summer League and Tomateros de Culiacán in ...

(1933–2016), Mexican businessman *

Rick Ley Richard Norman Ley (born November 2, 1948) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA). Playing career Ley was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the thir ...

(born 1948), Canadian hockey player *

Robert Ley Robert Ley (; 15 February 1890 – 25 October 1945) was a German Nazi politician and head of the German Labour Front during its entire existence, from 1933 to 1945. He also held many other high positions in the Nazi Party, including , and . So ...

(1890–1945), German Nazi politician *

Shaun Ley Shaun Dominic Ley (born 14 June 1969) is a British journalist and newsreader for BBC News. He currently appears regularly on a wide range of BBC programmes from ''HARDTalk'' to BBC Radio 4's ''The World Tonight'' and the BBC World Service's ''Ne ...

(born 1961), British journalist and BBC presenter *

Sophie Ley Sophie Ley (1849–1918) was a German painter. Ley was born in 1849 in Bodmann am Bodensee, Kingdom of Württemberg. She studied painting with Hans Gude and at the Academia Artium Stuttgardens. She also studied with Eugen Bracht at the Aca ...

(1849-1918), German painter * Steven V. Ley, British chemistry professor *

Sussan Ley Sussan Penelope Ley (pron. , "Susan Lee"; ; born 14 December 1961) is an Australian politician who is the current Leader of the Opposition (Australia), Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, leader of the Liberal ...

(born 1961), Australian politician *

Tengku Djan Ley Tengku Djan Ley bin Tengku Mahaleel is the head of Proton Motorsports and is also a Malaysian professional drift driver who has taken part in the D1 Grand Prix racing series and others.

(born 1976), Malaysian race car driver *

Terry Ley Terrence Richard Ley (born February 21, 1947) is an American former baseball pitcher who began his career in the season for the New York Yankees. He was a student of University of Oregon before he was drafted in the 3rd round of the January 196 ...

(born 1947), American baseball player *

Thomas John Ley Thomas John Ley (28 October 188024 July 1947) was an Australian politician who was convicted of murder in England. He is widely suspected to have been involved in the deaths of a number of people in Australia, including political rivals. Early ...

, Australian politician *

Willy Ley Willy Otto Oskar Ley (October 2, 1906 – June 24, 1969) was a German and American science writer and proponent of space exploration and cryptozoology. The crater Ley on the far side of the Moon is named in his honor. Early life and Berlin y ...

(1906–1969), science writer * Alternate romanization of

Li (surname 李) Li or Lee (; ) is a common Chinese surname, it is the 4th name listed in the famous ''Hundred Family Surnames.'' Li is one of the most common surnames in Asia, shared by 92.76 million people in China, and more than 100 million in Asia. It is the ...

among Asian Latin Americans

Other uses

Ley lines Ley lines () are straight alignments drawn between various historic structures, prehistoric sites and prominent landmarks. The idea was developed in early 20th-century Europe, with ley line believers arguing that these alignments were recognis ...

, a pseudoscientific belief that apparent alignments of landmarks etc. are not accidental and have spiritual significance. * Ley-class minehunter, a class of inshore minehunter built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1950s * Ley farming, an agricultural system *

Lemolang language Limola (also called Lemolang) is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is spoken in two villages in North Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi. It is classified as a member of the Badaic languages, Badaic subgroup of ...

(ISO:639:I code), an Austronesian language of Sulawesi, Indonesia * A type of

pewter Pewter () is a malleable metal alloy consisting of tin (85–99%), antimony (approximately 5–10%), copper (2%), bismuth, and sometimes silver. In the past, it was an alloy of tin and lead, but most modern pewter, in order to prevent lead poi ...

alloy *

La Ley (band) ; ) were a Chilean rock band formed by Andrés Bobe, Rodrigo Aboitiz, Luciano Rojas and Mauricio Claveria with Beto Cuevas. The band has won one Grammy Award, two Latin Grammy Awards, three Lo Nuestro Awards and three Premios MTV Latinoamérica ...

, a Chilean rock band ** ''La Ley'' (album), the band's 1993 self-titled album * La Ley (publisher), Argentinian law publisher *

Casa Ley Casa Ley is a Mexican grocery store chain based in Culiacán founded in 1954 by Juan Ley Fong. Most of its stores are located in western Mexico, in the states of Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Coahuila, Durango, Guana ...

, Mexican grocery store chain * Ley (Colombia), defunct Colombian supermarket chain