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Lesley-Anne Down
Lesley-Anne Down (born 1954, London) is an English actress known as Georgina Worsley in Upstairs, Downstairs, Madeline Fabray in North and South, and Jacqueline Marone in 779 episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful.
Leslie A. Gardner
Leslie A. Gardner, also known as Leslie Abrams Gardner, is an American jurist who has served as a United States district judge in Georgia since 2014 and as chief judge since 2024.
Leslie A. Geddes
Leslie A. Geddes (1921–2009) was a Scottish-born American biomedical engineer and physiologist at Purdue University whose defibrillation and electrode research earned the 2006 National Medal of Technology.
Leslie A. Grivell
Leslie A. Grivell, also published as L.A. Grivell, is a molecular biologist at the University of Amsterdam who studied yeast mitochondrial DNA and mitochondrial gene expression.
Leslie A. Leinwand
Leslie A. Leinwand is an American molecular biologist at the University of Colorado Boulder known for her 2011 discovery that python fatty acids drive heart growth.
Leslie A. Momoda
Leslie A. Momoda is an American materials scientist and Executive Vice President of HRL Laboratories in Malibu, California, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in February 2025.
Leslie Abramson
Leslie H. Abramson, American criminal defense attorney, UCLA Law 1969, known for defending Erik Menendez; cleared by the California State Bar in 1999; author of The Defense Is Ready.
Leslie Arnold
Leslie Arnold, also known as William Leslie Arnold, was an American murderer who killed his parents in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1958. He escaped prison in 1967 and lived as John Vincent Damon.
Leslie Ash
Leslie Ash (born 1960) is an English actress known as Deborah in Men Behaving Badly, Karen Buckley in Where the Heart Is, and Vanessa Lytton in Holby City; her career was interrupted by a 2004 MSSA hospital infection.
Leslie Benzies
Leslie Benzies, Scottish game producer, former president of Rockstar North and lead on GTA III, IV, and V; left in 2016, sued Take-Two for $150 million in royalties, founded Build A Rocket Boy (Everywhere, MindsEye).
Leslie Bibb
Leslie Bibb (born 1974, Bismarck, North Dakota) is an American actress known for Popular, Talladega Nights, Iron Man, The White Lotus season 3, Palm Royale, and a 2026 Emmy nomination for Hacks.
Leslie Birgit Vosshall
Leslie Birgit Vosshall is an American molecular neurobiologist at Rockefeller University, an HHMI Investigator since 2008, known for discovering insect odorant receptors and how mosquitoes find humans.
Leslie Bretherick
Leslie Bretherick (1926–2003) was a British industrial chemist who created Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, the standard indexed reference on dangerous chemical reactions, first published in 1975.
Leslie Bricusse
Leslie Bricusse (1931–2021), English composer-lyricist, wrote Goldfinger, Pure Imagination, Talk to the Animals, and The Candy Man; partnered with Anthony Newley, won two Oscars, a Grammy, and eight Ivor Novello Awards.
Leslie Burr Howard
Leslie Burr Howard (Leslie Michele Burr-Howard), American show jumper born 1956 in Westport, Connecticut; Olympic team jumping gold 1984 on Albany, silver 1996 on Extreme; 1986 FEI World Cup champion.
Leslie C. Dirks
Leslie C. Dirks (1936–2001) was an American engineer who served as CIA Deputy Director for Science and Technology and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1980.
Leslie Caron
Leslie Caron (born 1 July 1931, Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French-American actress and ballet-trained dancer discovered by Gene Kelly for An American in Paris (1951), later starring in Lili and Gigi, with two Oscar nominations and a 2007 Emmy.
Leslie Carter
Leslie Carter (Leslie Barbara Carter, 1986-2012), American pop singer, sister of Nick and Aaron Carter; signed to DreamWorks, released single "Like Wow!" on the Shrek soundtrack; album canceled; died of prescription drug overdose.
Leslie Charleson
Leslie Charleson (1945-2025), American actress, played Dr. Monica Quartermaine on ABC's General Hospital from 1977 to December 2023, over 2,000 episodes, four Daytime Emmy nominations, longest-tenured cast member.
Leslie Cheung (张国荣)
Leslie Cheung (張國榮, 1956–2003), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor nicknamed Gor Gor, star of Farewell My Concubine, Days of Being Wild and Happy Together; died 1 April 2003.
Leslie Clarence Dunn
Leslie Clarence Dunn (1893–1974) was an American geneticist, professor of zoology at Columbia University from 1928 to 1962, known for the T-locus in mice and for fighting scientific racism.
Leslie Claudius
Leslie Walter Claudius (1927-2012), Indian field hockey right-half; with Udham Singh one of only two Indians to win four Olympic hockey medals (gold 1948, 1952, 1956; silver 1960 as captain); first to 100 caps; Padma Shri 1971.
Leslie Cockburn
Leslie Cockburn (born Leslie Corkill Redlich, 1952) is an American investigative journalist and filmmaker for 60 Minutes, Frontline, CBS, and NBC; author of One Point Safe and Looking for Trouble; 2018 Democratic nominee for Virginia's 5th district, losing to Denver Riggleman.
Leslie Crowther
Leslie Crowther (Leslie Douglas Sargent Crowther, 1933-1996), English comedian and presenter. Hosted Crackerjack, the original UK The Price Is Right (ITV 1984-88, 100 episodes) and Stars in Their Eyes; career ended by a 1992 car crash.
Leslie David Baker
Leslie David Baker (born 1958, Chicago) is an American actor who played Stanley Hudson on NBC's The Office (2005-2013) after a Chicago city-administration career, and later co-owns a Honey Baked Ham shop.
Leslie E. Kobayashi
Leslie Emi Kobayashi is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the District of Hawaii, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010.
Leslie E. Orgel
Leslie E. Orgel (1927–2007) was a London-born theoretical chemist who became a pioneer of the experimental study of life's origins, working chiefly at the Salk Institute in California.
Leslie E. Robertson
Leslie E. Robertson (1928–2021) was an American structural engineer best known as lead engineer of the World Trade Center twin towers, completed in 1972 and 1973.
Leslie Easterbrook
Leslie Easterbrook (born 1948 or 1949) is an American actress known as Sgt. Debbie Callahan in the Police Academy films (1984–1994) and as Mother Firefly in Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects (2005), after playing Rhonda Lee on Laverne & Shirley.
Leslie Feinberg
Leslie Feinberg (1949–2014), who used zie/hir pronouns, was an American butch lesbian, transgender activist, author, and communist, author of Stone Butch Blues (1993) and Transgender Warriors (1996).