Lesley
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Places
- Fort Lesley J. McNairFort Lesley J. McNairFort Lesley J. McNair is a United States Army post located on the tip of a peninsula that lies at the confluence of the Potomac River and the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. To its west is the Washington Channel, while the Anacostia River is on its south side...
, American army facility - Lesley UniversityLesley UniversityLesley University is a private, coeducational university in Boston, Massachusetts and Cambridge, Massachusetts.The university is a member of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, National Association of Schools of Art and Design, and New England Collegiate Conference.-History:The...
, American academic institution
People
The following people bear the first name Lesley:- Lesley Turner BowreyLesley Turner BowreyLesley Rosemary Turner Bowrey AM is an Australian female tennis player.Bowrey won 13 Grand Slam titles during her career: two in singles, seven in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She lost in the final of 14 other Grand Slam events.Bowrey twice won the singles title at the French...
(b. 1942), Australian tennis player - Lesley BakerLesley BakerLesley Baker is an Australian actress, singer, dancer and comedienne.She is best known for her roles as hulking husband basher Monica Ferguson in Prisoner and Angie Rebecchi in Neighbours.-Filmography:...
(b. 1944), Australian actress - Lesley BlanchLesley BlanchLesley Blanch, MBE, FRSL was an English writer, fashion editor and writer of history....
(b. 1904), British writer and editor - Lesley Castillo, Filipino-Australian research scientist
- Lesley ChoyceLesley ChoyceLesley Choyce is a Canadian author of novels, non-fiction, children's books, and poetry.Born in Riverside Township, New Jersey, he was educated at Rutgers University, CUNY, and Montclair State University...
(b. 1951), American-born writer based in Canada - Lesley DouglasLesley DouglasLesley Douglas is a former British radio executive. She was the Controller of BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music from early 2004 until her resignation in October 2008 over the Russell Brand Show prank telephone calls row.-Early life:...
, British radio executive - Lesley-Anne DownLesley-Anne DownLesley-Anne Down is a British film and television actress, former model and singer.Down achieved fame as Georgina Worsley in the ITV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs...
(b. 1954), British actress - Lesley Ann Downey, British murder victim
- Lesley DuncanLesley DuncanLesley Duncan was an English singer-songwriter, best known for her work during the 1970s. She received a lot of airplay on British radio stations such as BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, but never achieved great commercial success.Duncan was born in Stockton-on-Tees...
, British singer-songwriter - Lesley DunlopLesley DunlopLesley Dunlop is a British actress.Daughter of the television writer Pat Dunlop, she began as a child actress in the seventies featuring in a BBC version of the classic A Little Princess and as Lydia Holly in the ITV adaptation of South Riding.Her transition to adult roles began by playing Lizzie...
(b. 1956), British actress - Lesley ElliottLesley ElliottLesley Anne Elliott is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Her former name is Going....
(b. 1960), New Zealand field hockey player - Lesley GarrettLesley GarrettLesley Garrett CBE is an English musician, broadcaster and media personality.- Early life :Garrett was born in the town of Thorne near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, into a musical family. She attended Thorne Grammar School, where she performed in school plays and musicals. As she grew up she...
(b. 1955), British soprano - Lesley GillLesley GillLesley Gill is an author and a professor of anthropology at Vanderbilt University. Her research focusses on political violence, gender, free market reforms and human rights in Latin America, especially Bolivia. She also writes about the military training that takes place at the School of the...
, an American anthropology professor - Lesley GoreLesley GoreLesley Gore is an American singer. She is perhaps best known for her 1963 pop hit "It's My Party", which she recorded at the age of 16. Following the hit, she became one of the most recognized teen pop singers of the 1960s.- Biography :Gore was born in New York City, New York. She was raised in...
(b. 1946 as Lesley Sue Goldstein), American singer-songwriter - Lesley HawkerLesley HawkerLesley Hawker is a Canadian figure skater. She is a two-time Canadian bronze medalist.- Career :Hawker is a Canadian bronze medalist and was the first alternate for the 2006 World Championships and 2006 Olympic Games. She is the oldest of 10 children in her family...
(b. 1981), Canadian figure skater - Lesley HindsLesley HindsLesley Hinds, born in Dundee, is a councillor and from 2003 to 2007 was Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland.A teacher by profession, she was first elected to Edinburgh District Council as a member of the Scottish Labour Party to represent the Telford ward in 1984, later becoming leader of the...
, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland - Lesley JosephLesley JosephLesley D Joseph is an English actress and broadcaster.-Life and career:Joseph was born in Northampton. She is best known for starring in the BBC sitcom Birds of a Feather from 1989–1998, in which she played Dorien Green, the Jewish next-door neighbour of the main characters Sharon and Tracy...
(b. 1946), British actress - Lesley JuddLesley JuddLesley Judd is an English dancer and TV presenter, best known as a long-serving host of the BBC children's programme Blue Peter. She was educated at the independent Royal Ballet School...
(b. 1946), British actress - Lesley LangleyLesley LangleyLesley Langley from Weymouth, England was Miss United Kingdom and Miss World in 1965. She became the third woman from her country to win the title....
(b. 1965), Miss World 1965 from Britain - Lesley M. M. BlumeLesley M. M. BlumeLesley M. M. Blume is an author, journalist,, columnist, and cultural observer based in New York City. She did her undergraduate work at Williams College and [Oxford college], and took her graduate degree in history from Cambridge University, where she was a Herchel Smith fellow.Blume has authored...
, American author - Lesley MagnusLesley MagnusLesley Magnus is a field hockey player from Oliver, BC, Canada, who was first selected with the Women's National Team for the 2000 Test Series against the United States. The resident of Vancouver, British Columbia earned her first cap on July 10...
(b. 1977), Canadian field hockey player - Lesley ManvilleLesley ManvilleLesley Manville is an award-winning English actress.-Early life:Born in Brighton, Manville was raised in Hove, East Sussex, one of three daughters of a taxicab driver. Training as a soprano singer from age 8, she twice became under-18 champion of Sussex...
(b. 1956), British actress - Lesley J. McNairLesley J. McNairGeneral Lesley James McNair was an American Army officer who served during World War I and World War II. He was killed by friendly fire when a USAAF Eighth Air Force bomb landed in his foxhole near Saint-Lô during Operation Cobra as part of the Battle of Normandy.McNair, Frank Maxwell Andrews and...
(1883–1944), American military officer - Lesley MahmoodLesley MahmoodLesley Mahmood is an English politician.She was active in Militant Tendency and Liverpool politics along with her brother Roy Farrar in the 1970s and 1980s....
(b. 1942), British politician - Lesley Molseed (1964-1975), British murder victim
- Lesley Jean MurdochLesley MurdochLesley Jean Murdoch is a former New Zealand cricketer. Between 1979 and 1990 she played in six women's Test matches and twenty-five women's one-day internationals as a batsman. Murdoch captained New Zealand in three Tests against Australia, drawing two and losing one...
(b. 1956), New Zealand cricketer - Lesley MurdochLesley Murdoch (field hockey)Lesley Murdoch is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She was born in Christchurch.-References:*...
(b. 1956), New Zealand cricketer - Lesley NicolLesley NicolLesley Marie Rumball, ONZM is a former New Zealand netball player. Rumball played with the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, from 1993–2005. She represented New Zealand in 109 tests to become the second most capped player in Silver Ferns history behind Irene van Dyk...
(b. 1973), New Zealand netball player - Lesley Sanderson, contestant on the British Big Brother TV series
- Lesley ScottLesley ScottLesley Scott is the first woman to receive a writing credit in the history of the British science-fiction program, Doctor Who. She received a full co-writing credit for the 1966 serial, The Ark, despite having contributed nothing to the script. The credit came at the request of writer Paul...
, contributing writer to Doctor Who - Lesley SharpLesley SharpLesley Sharp is an English stage, film and television actress, particularly well known for her variety of British television roles including Clocking Off, Bob & Rose and afterlife.-Early life:...
(b. 1964), British actress - Lesley SoperLesley SoperLesley Soper is a New Zealand politician.-Political career:She was a Labour Party list member of Parliament for several months in 2005, replacing Jonathan Hunt, and she returned to Parliament in 2007 to fill the vacancy caused by Georgina Beyer's resignation.Soper is a member of the Labour Party,...
, New Zealand politician - Lesley StahlLesley StahlLesley Rene Stahl is an American television journalist. Since 1991, she has reported for CBS on 60 Minutes.-Personal life:...
(b. 1941), American broadcast journalist - Lesley Stowe, Vancouver, BC based chef
- Lesley VainikoloLesley VainikoloLesley Vainikolo is a dual code professional rugby football player who currently plays for Gloucester Rugby. He plays on the wing....
(b. 1979), New Zealand rugby player - Lesley van der Lek, Dutch guitarist
- Lesley VisserLesley VisserLesley Candace Visser is an American sportscaster, radio personality, and sportswriter. Visser is the first female NFL analyst on TV, and the only sportscaster in history, male or female, who has worked on Final Four, NBA Finals, World Series, Triple Crown, Monday Night Football, the Olympics, the...
(b. 1953), American sports broadcaster - Lesley Ann WarrenLesley Ann WarrenLesley Ann Warren is an American actress and singer. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and Emmy Awards and five times for Golden Globe, winning one....
(b. 1946), American actress - Lesley WatersLesley WatersLesley Waters is an English celebrity chef. She regularly appears on such cookery programmes as Ready Steady Cook, and is currently one of the featured chefs on This Morning....
, British celebrity chef - Lesley Whittle, British murder victim
The following people bear the surname Lesley:
- Brad LesleyBrad LesleyBradley Jay Lesley is a former Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers from 1982 to 1985. Lesley, who was nicknamed "The Animal", was known for his aggressive style to motivate himself. He later became a television personality in Japan after playing 2 seasons for...
(b. 1958), American baseball player - Caroline LesleyCaroline LesleyCaroline Lesley is a Canadian TV and film actress based in New York City. She is a well known voice actor having voiced hundreds or radio and TV commercials. She is currently the voice of Yoplait Light and has been voicing several commercials for Yoplait since 2007...
(b. 1978), Canadian actress - John LesleyJohn LesleyJohn Lesley was a Scottish Roman Catholic bishop and historian. His father was Gavin Lesley, rector of Kingussie, Badenoch.-Early career:...
(1527-1596), Scottish bishop and historian - John Peter LesleyJohn Peter LesleyPeter Lesley was an American geologist.-Biography:He was born in Philadelphia. It is recorded by Sir Archibald Geikie that he was christened Peter after his father and grandfather, and at first wrote his name Peter Lesley, Jr., but disliking the Christian appellation that had been given to him,...
(1819-1903), American geologist