Famous People with Name Leslie

Leslie William Nielsen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leslie William Nielsen: is a Canadian-American Emmy Award-nominated comedian and actor. He is well known for his roles as Frank Drebin in The Naked Gun, Dr. Rumack in Airplane! and most recently President Harris in the Scary Movie series. Although Nielsen's acting career crossed a variety of genres in both television and movies, he has achieved his greatest film success in comedies, including Airplane! and The Naked Gun series of films. His portrayal of serious characters seemingly oblivious of (and complicit in) their absurd surroundings gave Nielsen a reputation as a comedian. A series of later comedies attempted to emulate the popularity of his prior roles.

Leslie Wunderman,            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leslie Wunderman,: Dayne, who was born in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York, came to prominence in the late 1980s and continued to appear at the top of the charts through the 1990s. Dayne's first seven singles hit the U.S. top ten and she has topped the U.S. Hot Dance Club P

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.

Robert Timothy Leslie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Timothy Leslie: is an American politician from California and a member of the Republican Party. A one-time lobbyist, Leslie first ran for the California State Assembly in 1984, losing to Democratic incumbent Jean Moorhead Duffy by just 1 percent. With Moorhead Duffy not

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."