# Leroux (surname)

Leroux (mostly northwestern France), LeRoux (American spelling), Le Roux (mostly Brittany, as a translation of Breton Ar Rouz or Ar Ruz) or Roux (mostly southeastern France, as a translation of Occitan Ros) is a surname of French origin meaning "red-haired" or "red-skinned" and may also come in certain cases (e.g. with the spelling Le Roux) from Breton Ar Roue meaning ″The King″. It may refer to:

## People

* Adélaïde Leroux (born 1982), French actress
* AJ le Roux (born 1990), South African rugby player
* Alain Le Roux (c. 1040–1093), associate of William I of England
* Antoine Leroux (fl. 1846–1853), New Mexico mountain man
* Auguste Leroux (1871–1954), French painter
* Bernard Le Roux (born 1989), South African-born French rugby player
* Bruno Le Roux (born 1965), French politician
* Buddy LeRoux (1930–2008), American businessman and baseball club owner
* Charles C.-J. Le Roux (1724-?), French educator, inventor, and physicist
* Charles Le Roux (1814–1895), French painter
* Charles Leroux (1856–1889), American balloonist and parachutist
* Chelazon Leroux, Indigenous Canadian drag queen
* Chris Leroux (born 1984), Canadian baseball pitcher
* Christine Barkhuizen le Roux (1959–2020), South African writer
* Claudine Le Roux (born 1964), French canoer
* Christophe Le Roux (born 1969), French footballer
* Daniel Le Roux (1933–2016), South African footballer
* Doppies le Roux (born 1985), South African rugby player
* Etienne Leroux (1922–1989), South African writer
* François Le Roux (born 1955), French baritone
* François Leroux (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
* Fred le Roux (1882–1963), South African cricketer
* Garth Le Roux (born 1955), South African cricketer
* Gaspard Le Roux (1660–1707), French harpsichordist
* Gaston Leroux (1868–1927), French journalist, detective, and novelist
* Gaston Leroux (ice hockey) (1913–1988), Canadian ice hockey player
* Gaston Leroux (politician) (born 1948), Canadian politician
* Grant le Roux (born 1986), South African rugby player
* Hennie le Roux (born 1967), South African rugby player
* Isabel Le Roux (born 1987), South African sprinter
* Jean Leroux (born 1949), Canadian politician
* Jean-Marie Le Roux (1863–1949), French mathematician
* Jean Paul Leroux, Venezuelan actor
* Jean-Yves Leroux (born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player
* Josephine Leroux (1747–1794), French Ursuline nun
* Lash LeRoux (born 1976), American wrestler
* Laura Leroux-Revault (1872–1936) French artist and painter, daughter of Louis Hector Leroux.
* Laurent Leroux (1759–1855), Canadian businessman and politician
* Le Roux Smith Le Roux (1914–1963), South African artist, actor and broadcaster
* Louis Héctor Leroux (1829–1900), French painter, father of Laura Leroux-Revault.
* Louis Napoleon Le Roux (1890–1944), Breton nationalist
* Louise-Zulmée Le Roux (1804–1874), singing teacher
* Maurice Le Roux (1923–1992), French composer and conductor
* Maxime Leroux (1951–2010), French actor
* Ollie le Roux (born 1973), South African rugby player
* Paul Le Roux (born 1972), Rhodesia-born programmer, criminal cartel boss and DEA informant
* P. K. Le Roux (1904–1985), South African politician
* Pierre Leroux (1797–1871), French philosopher and political economist
* Pierre Leroux (author) (born 1958), Canadian novelist, journalist and screenwriter
* Pieter Louis Le Roux (1865–1943), South African missionary
* Robert Leroux (sociologist) (born 1964), Canadian sociologist
* Robert Leroux (fencer) (born 1967), French fencer
* Roland Leroux (born 1956), German chemist
* Roulland Le Roux (fl. 1508–1527), French architect
* Shaun Le Roux (born 1986), South African squash player
* Sydney Leroux (born 1990), Canadian-American soccer player
* Willie le Roux (born 1989), South African rugby player
* Xavier Leroux (1863–1919), French composer
* Yvon Le Roux (born 1960), French football player
* Zulmée Leroux (1795–1877), French opera singer

## Fictional characters

* Françoise Leroux, aka “Femme Leroux”, character of Le Labyrinthe du monde (Memoirs) by Marguerite Yourcenar
* Leroux, in Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
* Leroux, in L’Armée des ombres (Army of Shadows) by Joseph Kessel
* Louis Leroux, from the fifth season of the video game series Criminal Case
* Messieurs Leroux, characters of Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès by Maurice Leblanc
* Pierre Leroux, from the novel A French Lover by Taslima Nasrin
* Zommari Leroux, villain from the manga Bleach