Liesl is a feminine given name of German origin. It is a diminutive of Lieselotte and

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Liesl Herbst Liesl Herbst (8 November 1903 – 25 February 1990) was an Austrian championship tennis player. Biography Liesl Herbst (née Westreich) was born on 8 November 1903 in the town of Jaegerndorf (now called Krnov) in Silesia where her family owned th ...

1903–1990), Austrian tennis player *

Liesl Jobson Liesl Jobson is a South African poet and musician. She received first prize in the Inglis House Poetry Contest 2003 and her poetry was performed at the "Art of Survival" exhibition of the University of Alaska Fairbanks The University of Alask ...

, South African poet *

Liesl Karlstadt Liesl Karlstadt (; born Elisabeth Wellano, 12 December 1892 – 27 June 1960) was a German actress and cabaret performer. Alongside Karl Valentin, she set the tone for a generation of popular culture in Munich. She appeared in more than 70 ...

(1892–1960), German actress and cabaret performer *

Liesl Perkaus Elisabeth "Liesl" Perkaus (later ''Richter'', May 24, 1905 – January 27, 1987) was an Austrian track and field athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1928 she finished sixth in the discus throw event. In 1931 Perkaus e ...

(1905–1987), Austrian track and field athlete *

Liesl Ischia Liesl Ischia is a diver who represented Australia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. Liesl attended Carey Baptist Grammar School in Hawthorn, Melbourne, holding the current Associated Public Schools of Victoria Diving record ...

, Australian diver *

Liesl Seewald Liesel Seewald was an Austrian luger who competed during the early 1950s. She won the silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1953 European championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italia ...

, Austrian luger * Liesl Tommy, South African-American director

Fictional characters

*Liesl von Trapp, a character in '' The Sound of Music'' and fictionalized version of Agathe von Trapp {{given name German feminine given names Feminine given names Swiss feminine given names