# Clegg (name)

Clegg is a given name and an English surname. Notable people with the name include:

## Given name

* Clegg Hoyt (1910–1967), American actor

## Surname
### Science

* Alec Clegg (1909–1986), English educationalist
* Hugh Clegg (doctor) (1900–1983), English doctor
* Moses Clegg (1876–1918), American bacteriologist who was the first scientist to segregate and propagate the leprosy bacillus

### Arts

* Barbara Clegg (1926–2025), British actress and scriptwriter for television and radio
* Betty Clegg (1926–2009), New Zealand watercolour artist
* Charles Clegg (1916–1979), American author
* Douglas Clegg (born 1958), American author
* Eileen Clegg, American journalist
* John Clegg (actor) (1934–2024), English actor
* John Clegg (violinist) (1714–c. 1746), Irish violinist
* Johnny Clegg (1953–2019), British-born South African musician and anthropologist
* Jon Clegg (born 1970), British comedian and impressionist
* Thaddeus von Clegg, German clockmaker who constructed the first kazoo in the 1840s
* Tom Clegg (actor) (1915–1996), English actor
* Tom Clegg (director) (1934–2016), English film director

### Sports

* Charles Clegg (footballer) (1850–1937), English footballer
* Don Clegg (1921–2005), English footballer
* Ellen Clegg (c. 1841–?), American pickpocket and shoplifter
* Henry Clegg (1850–1920), English cricketer
* Joe Clegg (1869–1902), English footballer
* Michael Clegg (born 1977), English footballer
* Mitchell Clegg (born 1990), Australian darts player
* Robin Clegg (born 1977), Canadian biathlete
* Ron Clegg (1927–1990), an Australian footballer
* William Clegg (footballer) (1852–1932), English footballer and politician
* William Clegg (cricketer) (1869–1949), English cricketer

### Other

* Brian Clegg (disambiguation)
* Frank Clegg, former president of Microsoft Canada
* Hugh Clegg (industrial relations) (1920–1995), professor and industrial relations expert.
* Judith Clegg (born 1971), British strategy consultant, technology entrepreneur and angel investor
* Lee Clegg (born c. 1969), British soldier, involved in a shooting in Belfast
* Nick Clegg (born 1967), British politician, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Liberal Democrats
* Robert Clegg Jr. (born 1954), former US state senator
* Roger Clegg, American lawyer and former government official
* Samuel Clegg (1781–1861), British engineer
* Stephen Clegg Rowan (1808–1890), US vice admiral
* Walter Clegg (1920–1994), British Conservative politician
* William Henry Clegg, first Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (1920–1931)

## Fictional characters

* Corporal Clegg, a fictional character in eponymous rock song by Pink Floyd
* Edward Clegg, a fictional character in the Has Fallen film series starring Gerard Butler
* Lelia Clegg, a fictional character in the Australian TV police drama Blue Heelers
* Les Clegg, a fictional character in the British TV soap opera Coronation Street
* Maggie Clegg, a fictional character in Coronation Street
* Norman Clegg, a fictional character in the British TV sitcom Last of the Summer Wine
* Colonel Clegg Forbes, fictional character in The Twilight Zone episode And When The Sky Was Opened
* Clegg, a character in the US TV series Eastbound & Down