Clegg (name)

Clegg is a given name and an English surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Clegg Hoyt (1910–1967), American actor

Science

 * Alec Clegg (1909–1986), English educationalist
 * Hugh Clegg (doctor) (1900–1983), English doctor
 * Moses Clegg (1876–1918), American bacteriologist who was the first scientist to segregate and propagate the leprosy bacillus

Arts

 * Barbara Clegg, British actor
 * Betty Clegg (1926 - 2009), New Zealand watercolour artist
 * Charles Clegg (1916–1979), American author
 * Douglas Clegg (born 1958), American author
 * Eileen Clegg, American journalist
 * John Clegg (actor) (born 1934), English actor
 * Johnny Clegg (1953–2019), British-born South African musician and anthropologist
 * Thaddeus von Clegg, German clockmaker who constructed the first kazoo in the 1840s
 * Tom Clegg (actor) (1915–1996), English actor
 * Tom Clegg (director) (1934–2016), English film director

Sports

 * Charles Clegg (footballer) (1850–1937), English footballer
 * Don Clegg (1921–2005), English footballer
 * Ellen Clegg (c. 1841–?), American pickpocket and shoplifter
 * Henry Clegg (1850–1920), English cricketer
 * Joe Clegg (1869–1902), English footballer
 * Michael Clegg (born 1977), English footballer
 * Mitchell Clegg (born 1990), Australian darts player
 * Robin Clegg (born 1977), Canadian biathlete
 * Ron Clegg (1927–1990), an Australian footballer
 * William Clegg (footballer) (1852–1932), English footballer and politician
 * William Clegg (cricketer) (1869–1949), English cricketer

Other

 * Brian Clegg (disambiguation)
 * Hugh Clegg (industrial relations) (1920–1995), professor and industrial relations expert.
 * Judith Clegg (born 1971), British strategy consultant, technology entrepreneur and angel investor
 * Lee Clegg, British soldier
 * Nick Clegg (born 1967), British politician, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Liberal Democrats
 * Robert Clegg Jr. (born 1954), former US state senator
 * Roger Clegg, American lawyer and former government official
 * Samuel Clegg (1781–1861), British engineer
 * Stephen Clegg Rowan (1808–1890), US vice admiral
 * Walter Clegg (1920–1994), British Conservative politician
 * William Henry Clegg, first Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (1920–1931)

Fictional characters

 * Corporal Clegg, a fictional character in eponymous rock song by Pink Floyd
 * Edward Clegg, a fictional character in the Has Fallen film series starring Gerard Butler
 * Lelia Clegg, a fictional character in the Australian TV police drama Blue Heelers
 * Les Clegg, a fictional character in the British TV soap opera Coronation Street
 * Maggie Clegg, a fictional character in Coronation Street
 * Norman Clegg, a fictional character in the British TV sitcom Last of the Summer Wine
 * Colonel Clegg Forbes, fictional character in The Twilight Zone episode And When The Sky Was Opened
 * Clegg, a character in the US TV series Eastbound & Down