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 ...
) of
Leonard
Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common 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 Λέων ("lion") through the Latin '' ...
. It may refer to:
People:
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Len Attley (1910–1979), Welsh footballer
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Len Barry (1942–2020), American singer, songwriter and record producer
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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 fr ...
(1923–1995), Australian surveyor, road builder, bushman, artist and author
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Len Berman (born 1947), American television sportscaster and journalist
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Len Brown (disambiguation)
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Len Carlson (1937-2006), Canadian voice actor and former professional athlete
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Len Casey (born 1953), English former rugby league footballer, and coach
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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
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Len Dockett (1920–2008), Australian rules footballer
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Len Dugan (1910–1967), American football player
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Len Evans (footballer) (1903–1977), Welsh international football goalkeeper
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Len Evans (wine) (1930–2006), Australian wine columnist
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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 ...
(1929–2016), Canadian politician
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Len Gabrielson (outfielder) (born 1940), retired Major League Baseball player
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Len Gabrielson (first baseman) (1915–2000), Major league Baseball player in April 1939, father of the above
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Len Goodman (born 1944), English professional ballroom dancer, dance judge and coach
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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 Crickete ...
(1916-1990), English cricketer
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Len Hutton (athlete) (1908-1976), Canadian long and triple jumper
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Leonard B. Keller (1947-2009), US Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor
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Len King (1925–2011), Australian politician, lawyer and judge
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Len Levy (1921–1999), American football player and professional wrestler
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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, M ...
(1901-1980), New Zealand artist known primarily for his experimental films and kinetic sculpture
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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 D ...
(born 1950), British trade unionist
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Len Peterson (1917-2008), Canadian playwright, screenwriter and novelist
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Len Peterson (footballer) (born 1946), former Australian rules footballer
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Len Phillips (1922–2011), English footballer
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Len Phillips (footballer, born 1890) (1890-1968), Australian rules footballer
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Len Phillips (footballer, born 1891) (1891-1978), Australian rules footballer
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Len Reynolds (politician) (1923-1980), Australian politician
Fictional characters:
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Major Len Creighton, a character from Stephen King's ''
The Stand''
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Len Kagamine, a Vocaloid from Vocaloid 2
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Len Reynolds, 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 ...
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Len (''Tsukihime''), from the visual novel ''Tsukihime'' by TYPE-MOON
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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".
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