Famous People with Name Lea

Lea DeLaria            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lea DeLaria: is an American comedienne, actress, and jazz musician.[1][2][3] The "famously controversial" DeLaria was "the first openly gay comic to break the late-night talk-show barrier" with her 1993 appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show.

Lea Quezada            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lea Quezada: is a contemporary R&B singer and songwriter signed to Blackground Records.In 2002, Quezada signed her first record deal with Lava/Atlantic. Upon completing the album, and getting ready to go on a promotional tour for the album. Quezada decidedly walked aw

Lea E. Loveless Maurer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lea E. Loveless Maurer: is the head coach of the Stanford University women's swimming and diving team. A former backstroke swimmer from the United States, she won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, swimming the backstroke leg of the 4x100-meter medley

Lea Ann Miller            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lea Ann Miller: is an American pair skater. With partner William Fauver, she is a three-time (1981, 1983–1984) U.S. silver medalist and the 1982 U.S. bronze medalist. They represented the United States at the 1984 Winter Olympics, where they placed 10th.

Lea Fite            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lea Fite: was an Alabama state legislator. Fite was elected as a Democrat to the Alabama House of Representatives in 2002. He attended Jacksonville State University and was a supermarket owner. Fite was a politician reminiscent of better times. He was deeply connec

Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr.: was a prominent American attorney from El Paso, Texas, and mayor of that city from 1915 to 1917.

Luke Lea            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Luke Lea: was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1911 to 1917.He was elected to the Senate by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1911. He was an enthusiastic supporter of most of the progressive policies of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson, a

Graham Richard Lea            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Graham Richard Lea: was a broadcaster and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Prince Rupert in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1972 to 1986 as a New Democratic Party (NDP), then United Party and finally Progressive Conservative member. Lea served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Highways. After an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the NDP in 1984, he sat as an independent. Lea then sat as a member of the short-lived United Party of British Columbia. In 1986, he became a Progressive Conservative party member. Lea did not run for reelection in 1986.

Walter Maxfield Lea            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Walter Maxfield Lea: was a Prince Edward Island politician. He was elected to the provincial House of Assembly in 1915 as a Liberal and became commissioner of agriculture in 1919. In 1930 Lea became premier when his predecessor was appointed to the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island but the Great Depression took a toll on the government's popularity and he lost the election the next year to the rival Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island. Lea rebuilt the party while in opposition and in 1935 the Liberals won all 30 seats in the legislature, the first time such a thing had ever happened in the British Empire. Lea had been ill during the campaign, however, and died in office at the Prince Edward Island Hospital in Charlottetown on January 10, 1936.

Sarah Jean "Jeannie" Lea            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sarah Jean "Jeannie" Lea: is a former Canadian politician. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 1993 provincial election. She represented the electoral district of 6th Queens and was a member of the Liberal Party. She served only a single term in office and resigned a few months before the 1996 election. Lea was a member of the province's Executive Council, serving as a minister without portfolio, Minister Responsible for Government Reform and the Status of Women and Minister Responsible for Higher Education, Adult Training and Literacy. Since her retirement from office, she has been actively involved in the electoral reform movement in Canada and has been promoting the involvement of women in politics.