# Lenny (given name)

Lenny or Lennie is a given name, often a nickname for Leonard, and may refer to:

## People
### In sports

* Leonard Lenny Dykstra (born 1963), American former Major League Baseball player
* Lenny Fernandes Coelho (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
* Lenny Druyts (born 1997), Belgian professional racing cycling
* Leonard Lennie Friedman (born 1976), American former National Football League player
* Lenny Hayes (born 1980), former Australian rules footballer
* Elaine Lenny Holohan (born 1985), Irish camogie player
* Leonid Lenny Krayzelburg (born 1975), Ukrainian-born American swimmer, four-time Olympic gold medalist
* Jan Leonardus Lennie Louw (born 1959), South African-born Namibian cricketer
* Lenny Permana (born 1975), female badminton player from Australia
* Lenny Randle (1949–2024), American baseball player
* Lenny Rodrigues, Indian footballer playing for FC Goa
* Leonard Lennie Rosenbluth (1933–2022), American former college basketball and National Basketball Association player
* Ilenia Lenny Sims (born 2002), English-Italian cricketer
* Leonard Lenny Wilkens (born 1937), American former National Basketball Association player and coach, member of several Halls of Fame as player and coach
* Lennie Waite (born 1986), British female track and field athlete

### In music

* Lenny (singer) (born 1993), Czech singer, songwriter, composer, lyricist, and pianist
* Leonard Lenny Fontana (active from 1985), American house music DJ
* Leonard Lennie Hayton (1908-1971), American composer and conductor
* Lenny Kaye (born 1946), American musician, composer and writer, guitarist of Patti Smith Group
* Leonard Lenny Kravitz (born 1964), American rock/hard rock singer, songwriter, producer and guitarist
* Helena Lenny Kuhr (born 1950), Dutch singer-songwriter
* Leonard Lenny Waronker (born 1941), American record label executive and producer

### In film and television

* Lenny Clarke (born 1953), actor, writer, and producer
* Lenworth Lenny Henry (born 1958), British stand-up comedian, actor, writer and television presenter
* Lennie James (born 1965), British actor
* Leonard Alfred Schneider Lenny Bruce (1925-1966),an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist
* Lenny Trčková (born 1978), Czech radio presenter, TV presenter and model

### Other

* Lennie Copeland (1881–1951), American mathematician and professor
* Leonard DiMaria (born 1941), New York mobster
* Leuntje Lenny Geluk-Poortvliet (born 1943), Dutch politician
* Lennie Goodings (born 1953), Canadian-born publisher active in the United Kingdom
* Hugh Leonard Lenny Murphy (1952-1982), psychopathic killer from Northern Ireland, member of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force
* Lenny Montana (1926–1992), professional wrestler and mob enforcer turned film actor

## Fictional characters

* Lenny (bot), a chat bot designed to disrupt telemarketer calls
* Lenny Buskers, a character in the television series Legion
* Lennie Small, principal character in the John Steinbeck novel, Of Mice and Men
* Lenny Kosnowski, in the television series, Laverne and Shirley
* Lenny Leonard, a recurring character in the television series, The Simpsons
* Lenny, in the animated film, Toy Story
* Lenny Feder, in the films Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2
* Lenny Parker, in the television series, Mona the Vampire
* Lenny, in the animated film, Shark Tale
* Lenny, a neopet
* Leni Loud, in the animated series, The Loud House
* Lennie Briscoe, on the television series, Law and Order
* Lenny Summers, in the video game Red Dead Redemption 2
* Lenny, a recurring character in Fanboy & Chum Chum
* Lenny, a gorilla from Jim Henson's Animal Show