Famous People with Name Leslie

Leslie Byrne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leslie Byrne: is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia. She served for one term (1993-1995) in the 103rd Congress. She lost a bid for the Lieutenant Governorship in 2005 by a wide margin, and lost again in 2008 in her primary bid against Gerry Connolly for her old congressional seat.

Leslie Conway Bangs            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leslie Conway Bangs: was an American music journalist, author and musician. Most famous for his work at Creem and Rolling Stone magazines, Bangs was and still is regarded as an extremely influential voice in rock criticism

Leslie O'Neal            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leslie O'Neal: is a former football defensive end who played 13 years in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers, St. Louis Rams, and the Kansas City Chiefs from 1986 to 1999.

Leslie Herbert Duncan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leslie Herbert Duncan: a former American football cornerback who played college football at Jackson State University, and then played professional football.Duncan played with the American Football League San Diego Chargers from 1964 through 1969, and the NFL's Chargers in 1970 and Washington Redskins from 1971 through 1974. He was an AFL All-Star in 1965, 1966, and 1967 and an AFC-NFC Pro Bowler in 1971. Duncan now resides in Stockton, California. He previously worked at Webster Middle School, and is currently employed with Harrison Elementary School and other local elementary schools.

Leslie Copus Peltier            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leslie Copus Peltier: was an American astronomer.An amateur astronomer, he was a prolific discoverer of comets and also a persistent observer of variable stars and member of the AAVSO. Harlow Shapley once described him as "the world's greatest non-professional astronomer".He wrote the heart-warming autobiographical Starlight Nights (ISBN 0-933346-94-8), which evokes the magic of stargazing in simpler days, on a farm and without light pollution.Asteroid 3850 Peltier is named in his honor, as is the Leslie C. Peltier Award of the Astronomical League

Sheila Leslie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sheila Leslie: is a Democratic member of the Nevada Assembly, representing the Washoe County District 27 since 1998. Leslie was born in Carmel, California in 1955. She received her BA with distinction and honors from Sonoma State University in 1977 and her M.A. in 1979

Preston Hopkins Leslie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Preston Hopkins Leslie: was the 26th Governor of Kentucky from 1871 to 1875 and territorial governor of Montana from 1887 to 1889. He ascended to the office of governor by three different means. First, he succeeded Kentucky governor John W. Stevenson upon the latter's resignatio

James Leslie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Leslie: was a Canadian businessman and political figure. He was named to the Senate of Canada for Alma division in 1867 and died in office.Leslie owned a food wholesale company in Montreal. He was a member of the local militia and served during the War of 1812; he later became lieutenant-colonel. He helped form the Bank of Montreal and served as a director from 1817 to 1829. He owned the seigneuries of Bourchemin, Ramesay and Lake Matapédia. He represented Montreal East in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1824 to 1838. He supported representation by population and so opposed the Union of Upper and Lower Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Verchères as a Reformer in an 1841 by-election; he was reelected in 1844 and 1847.

Kenneth Leslie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kenneth Leslie: was a Canadian poet and songwriter, and an influential political activist in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. He was the founder and editor of The Protestant Digest (later The Protestant), which had a peak circulation of over 50,000 subscribers. A Christian socialist, he was given the nickname, "God's Red Poet."

Megan Leslie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Megan Leslie: is a Canadian politician, who has been the federal Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Halifax since the 2008 Canadian federal election. She is a member of the New Democratic Party and serves as the NDP critic for the environment. Until May 2010, she was the critic for housing and homelessness, deputy critic for justice and deputy critic for First Nations, Métis and Inuit affairs (urban issues).