Len (given Name)

Len is a masculine given name, usually a short form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

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Leonard Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English language, English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German ''Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") from the Greek wikiwikiweb:Λέων, � ...

. It may refer to: People: * Len Attley (1910–1979), Welsh footballer *

Len Barry Leonard Warren Borisoff (June 12, 1942 – November 5, 2020), known professionally as Len Barry, was an American singer, songwriter, lyricist, record producer, author, and poet. Life and career Born on June 12, 1942 and raised in Philadelphia, ...

(1942–2020), American singer, songwriter and record producer *

Len Beadell Leonard Beadell OAM BEM FIEMS (21 April 1923 – 12 May 1995) was a surveyor, road builder, bushman, artist and author, responsible for constructing over of roads and opening up isolated desert areas – some – of central Australia f ...

(1923–1995), Australian surveyor, road builder, bushman, artist and author *

Len Berman Leonard Berman (born June 14, 1947) is an American television sportscaster and journalist who is based in New York City. He is currently hosting the morning show on WOR-AM along with Michael Riedel. Berman is widely known for his television c ...

(born 1947), American television sportscaster and journalist * Len Brown (disambiguation) *

Len Carlson Len Carlson (September 2, 1937 – January 26, 2006) was a Canadian voice actor who has voiced various characters on many animated television series from the 1960s onward, an occasional live-action TV actor, and a Kraft Canada TV pitchman dur ...

(1937-2006), Canadian voice actor and former professional athlete * Len Casey (born 1953), English former rugby league footballer, and coach *

Len Deighton Leonard Cyril Deighton (; born 18 February 1929) is a British author. His publications have included cookery books, history and military history, but he is best known for his spy novels. After completing his national service in the Royal Air Fo ...

(born 1929), British spy novelist * Len Dockett (1920–2008), Australian rules footballer * Len Dugan (1910–1967), American football player * Len Evans (footballer) (1903–1977), Welsh international football goalkeeper *

Len Evans (wine) Leonard Paul Evans AO OBE (31 August 193017 August 2006) was an English-born Australian promoter, maker, judge, taster, teacher and drinker of wine. ''The Oxford Companion to Wine'' writes that he did "... more to advance the cause of wine in ...

(1930–2006), Australian wine columnist *

Leonard Evans Leonard Salusbury Evans (August 19, 1929 – January 2, 2016) was a Canadian politician in Manitoba. He was a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1969 to 1999 and was a Cabinet Minister in the governments of New Democratic Premiers Edward S ...

(1929–2016), Canadian politician *

Len Gabrielson (outfielder) Leonard Gary Gabrielson (born February 14, 1940) is a retired outfielder in Major League Baseball. He graduated from the University of Southern California and played in the majors from 1960 through 1970, initially signing with the Milwaukee Brave ...

(born 1940), retired Major League Baseball player *

Len Gabrielson (first baseman) Leonard Hilburne Gabrielson (September 8, 1915 – November 14, 2000) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the wo ...

(1915–2000), Major league Baseball player in April 1939, father of the above *

Len Goodman Leonard Gordon Goodman (born 25 April 1944) is an English professional ballroom dancer, dance judge, and coach. He has appeared as head judge on the television dance programmes ''Strictly Come Dancing'', a programme where various celebrities c ...

(born 1944), English professional ballroom dancer, dance judge and coach *

Len Hutton Sir Leonard Hutton (23 June 1916 – 6 September 1990) was an English cricketer. He played as an opening batsman for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1934 to 1955 and for England in 79 Test matches between 1937 and 1955. ''Wisden Cricketer ...

(1916-1990), English cricketer * Len Hutton (athlete) (1908-1976), Canadian long and triple jumper * Leonard B. Keller (1947-2009), US Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor *

Len King Leonard James King (1 May 1925 – 23 June 2011) was an Australian politician, lawyer and judge. Early life King matriculated from St Joseph's Memorial School at age 14, then worked at Shell Company as a clerk. He served in the Royal Aus ...

(1925–2011), Australian politician, lawyer and judge *

Len Levy Leonard Bernard "Butch / Len" Levy (February 19, 1921 – February 9, 1999) was an American professional athlete. The 1941 NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion and 1942 AAU champion, he was selected by the Cleveland Rams of the National Football ...

(1921–1999), American football player and professional wrestler *

Len Lye Leonard Charles Huia Lye (; 5 July 1901 – 15 May 1980) was a New Zealand artist known primarily for his experimental films and kinetic sculpture. His films are held in archives including the New Zealand Film Archive, British Film Institute, Mu ...

(1901-1980), New Zealand artist known primarily for his experimental films and kinetic sculpture *

Len McCluskey Leonard David McCluskey (born 23 July 1950) is a British trade unionist. He was General Secretary of Unite the Union, the largest affiliate and a major donor to the Labour Party. As a young adult, he spent some years working in the Liverpool Do ...

(born 1950), British trade unionist *

Len Peterson Leonard Byron Peterson (March 15, 1917 – February 28, 2008) was a Canadian playwright, screenwriter and novelist.Colin Boyd"Leonard Byron Peterson" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', November 1, 2011. He has written more than a thousand different dr ...

(1917-2008), Canadian playwright, screenwriter and novelist *

Len Peterson (footballer) Len Peterson (born 30 June 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as ...

(born 1946), former Australian rules footballer *

Len Phillips Leonard Horace Phillips (11 September 1922 – 9 December 2011) was a professional footballer who won three caps for the England national team. Phillips was born in Shoreditch, London. At club level, he played his entire professional career f ...

(1922–2011), English footballer *

Len Phillips (footballer, born 1890) Leonard Vincent Phillips (14 April 1890 – 13 August 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Essendon in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules footbal ...

(1890-1968), Australian rules footballer *

Len Phillips (footballer, born 1891) Len Phillips (29 March 1891 – 21 March 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving a ...

(1891-1978), Australian rules footballer *

Len Reynolds (politician) Leonard James "Len" Reynolds (19 November 1923 – 14 July 1980) was an Australian politician. Born in Harden, New South Wales, he was educated at state schools before attending the University of Sydney. He undertook military service from 19 ...

(1923-1980), Australian politician Fictional characters: * Major Len Creighton, a character from Stephen King's ''

The Stand ''The Stand'' is a post-apocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by American author Stephen King and first published in 1978 by Doubleday. The plot centers on a deadly pandemic of weaponized influenza and its aftermath, in which the few surv ...

'' * Len Kagamine, a Vocaloid from Vocaloid 2 *

Len Reynolds Leonard "Len" Reynolds is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'', played by Peter Martin. Development In May 2007, Martin's character Len is killed off, as Martin had accepted a role in a stage production of ' ...

, in the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' * Len, the feature character from the manga ''

Video Girl Len ''Video Girl Ai'', known in Japan as simply , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 1989 to April 1992. It was followed by a short seq ...

'' * Len (''Tsukihime''), from the visual novel ''Tsukihime'' by TYPE-MOON *

Bishop Leonard Brennan ''Father Ted'' is a sitcom produced by independent production company Hat Trick Productions for British broadcaster Channel 4. Its three series, comprising 25 episodes and a special, originally aired from 21 April 1995 to 1 May 1998. Its main c ...

, a character in the sitcom ''Father Ted'', who is sometimes referred to as "Len". {{given name Masculine given names Hypocorisms