Lenny (given name)

Lenny or Lennie is a given name, often a nickname for Leonard, and may refer to:

In sports

 * Leonard Lenny Dykstra (born 1963), American former Major League Baseball player
 * Lenny Fernandes Coelho (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
 * Leonard Lennie Friedman (born 1976), American former National Football League player
 * Lenny Hayes (born 1980), former Australian rules footballer
 * Leonid Lenny Krayzelburg (born 1975), Ukrainian-born American swimmer, four-time Olympic gold medalist
 * Jan Leonardus Lennie Louw (born 1959), South African-born Namibian cricketer
 * Lenny Permana (born 1975), female badminton player from Australia
 * Lenny Rodrigues, Indian footballer playing for FC Goa
 * Lennie Rosenbluth (1933–2022), American former college basketball and National Basketball Association player
 * Lenny Wilkens (born 1937), American former National Basketball Association player and coach, member of several Halls of Fame as player and coach
 * Lennie Waite (born 1986), British female track and field athlete

In music

 * Lenny Fontana (active from 1985), American house music DJ
 * Lennie Hayton (1908-1971), American composer and conductor
 * Lenny Kaye (born 1946), American musician, composer and writer, guitarist of Patti Smith Group
 * Leonard Lenny Kravitz (born 1964), American rock/hard rock singer, songwriter, producer and guitarist
 * Lenny Waronker (born 1941), American record label executive and producer

In film and television

 * Lenny Clarke (born 1953), actor, writer, and producer
 * Lenny Henry (born 1958), British stand-up comedian, actor, writer and television presenter
 * Lennie James (born 1965), British actor
 * Leonard Alfred Schneider Lenny Bruce (1925-1966),an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist

Other

 * Leonard DiMaria (born 1941), New York mobster
 * Hugh Leonard Lenny Murphy (1952-1982), psychopathic killer from Northern Ireland, member of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force
 * Lenny Montana (1926–1992), professional wrestler and mob enforcer turned film actor

Fictional characters

 * Lenny (bot), a chat bot designed to disrupt telemarketer calls
 * Lennie Small, principal character in the John Steinbeck novel, Of Mice and Men
 * Lenny Kosnowski, in the television series, Laverne and Shirley
 * Lenny Leonard, a recurring character in the television series, The Simpsons
 * Lenny, in the animated film, Toy Story
 * Lenny Feder, in the films Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2
 * Lenny Parker, in the television series, Mona the Vampire
 * Lenny, in the animated film, Shark Tale
 * Lenny, a neopet
 * Leni Loud, in the animated series, The Loud House
 * Lennie Briscoe, on the television series, Law and Order
 * Lenny Summers, in the video game Red Dead Redemption 2
 * Lenny, a recurring character in Fanboy and Chum Chum
 * Lenny, a gorilla from Jim Henson's Animal Show