Lesley

Lesley is a placename, given name and surname, a variant of Leslie that can be male or female name and is ultimately an anglicization of a Scottish (Gaelic) placename.

Places

 * Fort Lesley J. McNair, American army facility
 * Lesley University, American academic institution
 * Lesley, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth

Given name

 * Lesley J. McNair (1883–1944), American military officer
 * Lesley Blanch (1904–2007), British writer and editor
 * Lesley Gill, American anthropology professor
 * Lesley Stahl (b. 1941), American broadcast journalist
 * Lesley Turner Bowrey (b. 1942), Australian tennis player
 * Lesley Mahmood (b. 1942), British politician
 * Lesley Duncan (1943–2010), British singer-songwriter
 * Lesley Baker (b. 1944), Australian actress
 * Lesley Joseph (b. 1945), British actress
 * Lesley Langley (b. 1944/5), Miss World 1965 from Britain
 * Lesley Judd (b. 1946), British actress
 * Lesley Ann Warren (b. 1946), American actress
 * Lesley Gore (1946–2015), American singer-songwriter
 * Twiggy (born Lesley Hornby, 1949), British model and actress
 * Lesley Choyce (b. 1951), American-born writer based in Canada
 * Lesley Visser (b. 1953), American sports broadcaster
 * Lesley-Anne Down (b. 1954), British actress
 * Lesley Soper (b. 1954), New Zealand politician
 * Lesley Ann Downey (1954–1964), British murder victim
 * Lesley Garrett (b. 1955), British soprano
 * Lesley Dunlop (b. 1956), British actress
 * Lesley Hinds (b. 1956), Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland
 * Lesley Jean Murdoch (b. 1956), New Zealand cricketer
 * Lesley Manville (b. 1956), British actress
 * Lesley Whittle (1957–1975), British murder victim
 * Lesley Waters (b. 1960), British celebrity chef
 * Lesley Douglas (b. 1963), British radio executive
 * Lesley Sharp (b. 1964), British actress
 * Lesley Molseed (1964–1975), British murder victim
 * Lesley Bamberger (born 1965/1966), Dutch billionaire, owner of Kroonenberg Groep
 * Lesley Rumball (b. 1973), New Zealand netball player
 * Lesley M. M. Blume (b. 1975), American author
 * Lesley Magnus (b. 1977), Canadian field hockey player
 * Lesley Vainikolo (b. 1979), New Zealand rugby player
 * Lesley-Ann Brandt (b. 1981), South African-born actress
 * Lesley Hawker (b. 1981), Canadian figure skater
 * Lesley Sanderson (b. 1985/6), contestant on the British Big Brother TV series
 * Lesley Elliott (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Lesley Head, Australian geographer
 * Lesley Moreland, English author whose daughter was murdered in 1990
 * Lesley Scott, contributing writer to Doctor Who
 * Lesley Ward, Australian mathematician

Surname

 * John Lesley (1527–1596), Scottish bishop and historian
 * Peter Lesley (1819–1903), American geologist
 * Brad Lesley (1958–2013), American baseball player
 * Caroline Lesley (b. 1978), Canadian actress

Fictional characters

 * Lesley May, character in the novel series Rivers of London
 * Lesley Smiles, character in the animated television series CJ the DJ
 * Lesley Webber, character in American soap opera General Hospital
 * Lesley, playable character in the mobile game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
 * Lesley, the female antagonist of the British puppet series Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared
 * Lieutenant Lesley, 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)