Leech (surname)

Leech is an English surname, originally denoting a physician (in reference to the medical practice of bloodletting). Notable people with the surname include:


 * Allen Leech (born 1981), Irish stage, television and film actor
 * Andrew Leech (born 1952), English cricketer
 * Faith Leech (1941–2013), Australian freestyle swimmer
 * Fred Leech (1923–2001), English footballer
 * Geoffrey Leech (1936–2014), specialist in English language and linguistics
 * George L. Leech (1890–1985), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
 * George Leech (actor) (1921–2012), British actor and stunt performer
 * Gwyneth Leech, American artist
 * Haliburton Hume Leech (1908–1939), Royal Air Force aviator, air racer and test pilot
 * James Russell Leech (1888–1952), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania


 * Kenneth Leech (1939–2015), Anglican priest and Christian socialist
 * Noyes Leech (1921–2010), American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
 * Margaret Leech (1893–1974), American historian and fiction writer
 * Michelle Leech, Australian academic clinician-scientist and rheumatologist
 * Richard Leech (1922–2004), Irish actor
 * Richard Leech (tenor) (born 1957), American operatic tenor
 * Ryan Leech (born 1979), Canadian trials mountain bike rider
 * Samuel Leech (1798–1848), sailor in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the War of 1812
 * William John Leech (1881–1968), Irish painter