# Legge

Legge (/lɛɡ/) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alexander Legge (1866–1933), US businessman, president of International Harvester
* Anthony Legge (1939–2013), British archaeologist specialized in zooarchaeology
* Arthur Kaye Legge KCB (1766–1835), Royal Navy officer
* Arthur Legge (British Army officer) (1800–1890), British soldier and politician
* Arthur Legge (footballer) (1881–1941), Australian sportsman
* Augustus Legge (1839–1913), bishop of Lichfield from 1891 until 1913
* Barnwell R. Legge (1891–1949), US Army officer and WWII Military Attaché to Switzerland
* Barry Legge (born 1954), retired Canadian ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League
* Charles A. Legge (born 1930), former United States federal judge
* Charles Legge (1829–1881), Canadian civil engineer and patent solicitor
* David Legge (born 1954), Australian rules footballer with St Kilda
* Dominica Legge (1905–1986), British scholar of the Anglo-Norman language
* Dominique de Legge (born 1952), French politician, member of the Senate of France
* Eddie Legge (1902–1947), Scottish footballer with Carlisle United and York City
* Edward Legge (bishop) (1767–1827), Bishop of Oxford, clergyman
* Edward Legge (Royal Navy officer) (1710–1747), Royal Navy officer and posthumous MP for Portsmouth
* Francis Legge (c.1719–1783), British military officer and colonial official in Nova Scotia
* Geoffrey Legge (1903–1940), English first-class cricketer
* George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth (c. 1647–1691)
* George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth (1755–1810)
* Gerald Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth (1924–1997)
* Gordon Legge (born 1948), Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota
* H. Dormer Legge (1890–1982), British Army officer and philatelist
* Heneage Legge (1788–1844), Member of Parliament (MP) for Banbury
* Heneage Legge (1845–1911), MP for St George's Hanover Square, nephew of the above
* Henry Bilson-Legge (1708–1764), English statesman
* Henry Legge (courtier) (1852–1924), Paymaster of the Household to King George V
* Humphry Legge, 8th Earl of Dartmouth (1888–1962)
* James Gordon Legge (1863–1947), WWI Australian Army Lieutenant General
* James Legge (1815–1897), Scottish sinologist (professor of Chinese)
* John Williamson Legge (1917–1996), Australian scientist and activist.
* Lady Joan Margaret Legge (1885–1939), English botanist
* Katherine Legge (born 1980), British racecar driver
* Laura Legge QC (1923–2010), treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada
* Leon Legge (born 1985), English footballer who plays for Cambridge United
* Lionel K. Legge (1889–1970), associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
* Michael Legge (actor) (born 1978), British actor
* Michael Legge (comedian) (born 1968), Irish comedian
* Michael Legge (filmmaker) (born 1953), American actor and independent filmmaker
* Paterno Legge, South Sudanese politician, former Minister of Local Government of Central Equatoria
* Randy Legge (1945–2023), Canadian ice hockey defenceman with the New York Rangers
* Robin Legge (1862–1933), English music writer and critic
* Stanley Ferguson Legge CBE (1900–1977), Australian soldier and son of James Gordon Legge
* Thomas Legge (1535–1607), English playwright
* Thomas Morison Legge CBE MD (1863–1932), UK Medical Inspector of Factories and Workshops
* Topsy Jane Legge (1938–2014), English actress under the name of Topsy Jane
* Wade Legge (1934–1963), American jazz pianist and bassist
* Walter Legge (1906–1979), English classical record producer and impresario
* William Gordon Legge (1913–1999), Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Western Newfoundland
* William Kaye Legge (1869–1946), senior British Army officer during World War I
* William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (1672–1750)
* William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (1731–1801)
* William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth (1784–1853)
* William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth (1823–1891)
* William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth (1851–1936)
* William Legge, 7th Earl of Dartmouth (1881–1958)
* William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth (born 1949)
* William Legge (Royalist) (1608–1670), English royalist army officer
* William Vincent Legge (1841–1918), Australian ornithologist