# Lesley

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'''Lesley''' is a placename, given name and surname, a variant of [Leslie](/source/Leslie_(name)) that can be male or female name and is ultimately an anglicization of a Scottish (Gaelic) placename.
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==Places==
* [Fort Lesley J. McNair](/source/Fort_Lesley_J._McNair), American army facility
* [Lesley University](/source/Lesley_University), American academic institution
* [Lesley, Western Australia](/source/Lesley%2C_Western_Australia), a suburb of Perth

==People==
===Given name===
* [Lesley Arfin](/source/Lesley_Arfin) (born 1979), American author
* [Lesley Baker](/source/Lesley_Baker) (b. 1944), Australian actress
* [Lesley Bamberger](/source/Lesley_Bamberger) (born 1965), Dutch billionaire, owner of Kroonenberg Groep
* [Lesley Blanch](/source/Lesley_Blanch) (1904–2007), British writer and editor
* [Lesley M. M. Blume](/source/Lesley_M._M._Blume) (b. 1975), American author
* [Lesley Turner Bowrey](/source/Lesley_Turner_Bowrey) (b. 1942), Australian tennis player
* [Lesley-Ann Brandt](/source/Lesley-Ann_Brandt) (b. 1981), South African-born actress
* [Lesley Choyce](/source/Lesley_Choyce) (b. 1951), American-born writer based in Canada
* [Lesley Crewe](/source/Lesley_Crewe), Canadian writer
* [Lesley-Anne Down](/source/Lesley-Anne_Down) (b. 1954), British actress
* [Lesley Ann Downey](/source/Lesley_Ann_Downey) (1954–1964), British murder victim
* [Lesley Douglas](/source/Lesley_Douglas) (b. 1963), British radio executive
* [Lesley Duncan](/source/Lesley_Duncan) (1943–2010), British singer-songwriter
* [Lesley Dunlop](/source/Lesley_Dunlop) (b. 1956), British actress
* [Lesley Elliott (disambiguation)](/source/Lesley_Elliott_(disambiguation)), multiple people
* [Lesley Garrett](/source/Lesley_Garrett) (b. 1955), British soprano
* [Lesley Gill](/source/Lesley_Gill),  American anthropology professor
* [Lesley Gore](/source/Lesley_Gore) (1946–2015), American singer-songwriter
* [Lesley Hawker](/source/Lesley_Hawker) (b. 1981), Canadian figure skater
* [Lesley Head](/source/Lesley_Head), Australian geographer
* [Lesley Hinds](/source/Lesley_Hinds) (b. 1956), Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland
* [Lesley Joseph](/source/Lesley_Joseph) (b. 1945), British actress
* [Lesley Judd](/source/Lesley_Judd) (b. 1946), British actress
* [Lesley Langley](/source/Lesley_Langley) (b. 1944/5), Miss World 1965 from Britain
* [Lesley Magnus](/source/Lesley_Magnus) (b. 1977), Canadian field hockey player
* [Lesley Mahmood](/source/Lesley_Mahmood) (b. 1942), British politician
* [Lesley Manville](/source/Lesley_Manville) (b. 1956), British actress
* [Lesley J. McNair](/source/Lesley_J._McNair) (1883–1944), American military officer
* [Lesley Molseed](/source/Lesley_Molseed) (1964–1975), British murder victim
* [Lesley Moreland](/source/Lesley_Moreland), English author whose daughter was murdered in 1990
* [Lesley Jean Murdoch](/source/Lesley_Murdoch) (b. 1956), New Zealand cricketer
* [Lesley Rumball](/source/Lesley_Rumball) (b. 1973), New Zealand netball player
* Lesley Sanderson (b. 1985/6), contestant on the [British ''Big Brother'' TV series](/source/Big_Brother_(UK_series_6))
* [Lesley Scott](/source/Lesley_Scott), contributing writer to ''Doctor Who''
* [Lesley Sharp](/source/Lesley_Sharp) (b. 1964), British actress
* [Lesley Soper](/source/Lesley_Soper) (b. 1954), New Zealand politician
* [Lesley Stahl](/source/Lesley_Stahl) (b. 1941), American broadcast journalist
* [Lesley Vainikolo](/source/Lesley_Vainikolo) (b. 1979), New Zealand rugby player
* [Lesley Visser](/source/Lesley_Visser) (b. 1953), American sports broadcaster
* [Lesley Walker](/source/Lesley_Walker) (1945–2025), British film editor
* [Lesley Ward](/source/Lesley_Ward), Australian mathematician
* [Lesley Ann Warren](/source/Lesley_Ann_Warren) (b. 1946), American actress
* [Lesley Waters](/source/Lesley_Waters) (b. 1960), British celebrity chef
* [Lesley Whittle](/source/Lesley_Whittle) (1957–1975), British murder victim
* [Twiggy](/source/Twiggy) (born Lesley Hornby, 1949), British model and actress

===Surname===
* [John Lesley](/source/John_Lesley) (1527–1596), Scottish bishop and historian
* [Peter Lesley](/source/Peter_Lesley) (1819–1903), American geologist
* [Brad Lesley](/source/Brad_Lesley) (1958–2013), American baseball player
* [Caroline Lesley](/source/Caroline_Lesley) (b. 1978), Canadian actress

==Fictional characters==
* Lesley May, character in the novel series ''[Rivers of London](/source/Rivers_of_London_(novel))''
* Lesley Smiles, character in the animated television series ''[CJ the DJ](/source/CJ_the_DJ)''
* [Lesley Webber](/source/Lesley_Webber), character in American soap opera ''[General Hospital](/source/General_Hospital)''
* Lesley, playable character in the mobile game ''[Mobile Legends: Bang Bang](/source/Mobile_Legends%3A_Bang_Bang)''
* Lesley, the female antagonist of the British puppet series [Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared](/source/Don't_Hug_Me_I'm_Scared_(TV_series))
* [Lieutenant Lesley](/source/List_of_minor_recurring_characters_in_Star_Trek%3A_The_Original_Series), a character from ''Star Trek'', played by Eddie Paskey (spelled Lesley in the show's credits, but has come to be written more often as Leslie by the fandom)

==See also==
* "Lesley", a song by Dave from ''[Psychodrama](/source/Psychodrama_(album))''
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* [Leslie (disambiguation)](/source/Leslie_(disambiguation))

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