Famous People with Name Leslie

Leslie Ernest Munns            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leslie Ernest Munns: was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1934 to 1936 for the Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals.

Leslie Edwin Powers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leslie Edwin Powers: was a Major League Baseball first baseman. He played parts of two seasons in the majors, 1938 for the New York Giants and 1939 for the Philadelphia Phillies. He played in the minors from 1933 until 1945, including a brief stint as manager of the Bakersfield Badgers in 1941.

Leslie Marie Osborne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leslie Marie Osborne: is an American soccer defensive midfielder who currenly plays for the Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team.Osborne grew up in Brookfield, Wisconsin and attended Catholic Memorial High School in Waukesha, Wisconsin. She went on play college soccer at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. As a freshman, she was a key member of the Santa Clara team that won the 2001 NCAA Women's Soccer Championship.

Leslie John Ralston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leslie John Ralston: is an American boxer. Known as "Lightning" Les, Ralston began his professional career in 2002, and lost to Sergio Mora in 2004 before Mora's appearance on The Contender. He will be one of the featured boxers on the 3rd season of the boxing reality TV seri

Leslie Burr-Howard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leslie Burr-Howard: is an equestrian from the United States and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in show jumping with the American team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and a silver medal in 1996.

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).