# Lesley

Lesley is a placename, given name and surname, a variant of Leslie that can be male or female name and is ultimately an anglicization of a Scottish (Gaelic) placename.

## Places

* Fort Lesley J. McNair, American army facility
* Lesley University, American academic institution
* Lesley, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth

## People
### Given name

* Lesley Arfin (born 1979), American author
* Lesley Baker (b. 1944), Australian actress
* Lesley Bamberger (born 1965/1966), Dutch billionaire, owner of Kroonenberg Groep
* Lesley Blanch (1904–2007), British writer and editor
* Lesley M. M. Blume (b. 1975), American author
* Lesley Turner Bowrey (b. 1942), Australian tennis player
* Lesley-Ann Brandt (b. 1981), South African-born actress
* Lesley Choyce (b. 1951), American-born writer based in Canada
* Lesley-Anne Down (b. 1954), British actress
* Lesley Ann Downey (1954–1964), British murder victim
* Lesley Douglas (b. 1963), British radio executive
* Lesley Duncan (1943–2010), British singer-songwriter
* Lesley Dunlop (b. 1956), British actress
* Lesley Elliott (disambiguation), multiple people
* Lesley Garrett (b. 1955), British soprano
* Lesley Gill, American anthropology professor
* Lesley Gore (1946–2015), American singer-songwriter
* Lesley Hawker (b. 1981), Canadian figure skater
* Lesley Head, Australian geographer
* Lesley Hinds (b. 1956), Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland
* Lesley Joseph (b. 1945), British actress
* Lesley Judd (b. 1946), British actress
* Lesley Langley (b. 1944/5), Miss World 1965 from Britain
* Lesley Magnus (b. 1977), Canadian field hockey player
* Lesley Mahmood (b. 1942), British politician
* Lesley Manville (b. 1956), British actress
* Lesley J. McNair (1883–1944), American military officer
* Lesley Molseed (1964–1975), British murder victim
* Lesley Moreland, English author whose daughter was murdered in 1990
* Lesley Jean Murdoch (b. 1956), New Zealand cricketer
* Lesley Rumball (b. 1973), New Zealand netball player
* Lesley Sanderson (b. 1985/6), contestant on the British Big Brother TV series
* Lesley Scott, contributing writer to Doctor Who
* Lesley Sharp (b. 1964), British actress
* Lesley Soper (b. 1954), New Zealand politician
* Lesley Stahl (b. 1941), American broadcast journalist
* Lesley Vainikolo (b. 1979), New Zealand rugby player
* Lesley Visser (b. 1953), American sports broadcaster
* Lesley Ann Warren (b. 1946), American actress
* Lesley Waters (b. 1960), British celebrity chef
* Lesley Ward, Australian mathematician
* Lesley Whittle (1957–1975), British murder victim
* Twiggy (born Lesley Hornby, 1949), British model and actress

### Surname

* John Lesley (1527–1596), Scottish bishop and historian
* Peter Lesley (1819–1903), American geologist
* Brad Lesley (1958–2013), American baseball player
* Caroline Lesley (b. 1978), Canadian actress

## Fictional characters

* Lesley May, character in the novel series Rivers of London
* Lesley Smiles, character in the animated television series CJ the DJ
* Lesley Webber, character in American soap opera General Hospital
* Lesley, playable character in the mobile game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
* Lesley, the female antagonist of the British puppet series Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared
* Lieutenant Lesley, a character from Star Trek, played by Eddie Paskey (spelled Lesley in the show's credits, but has come to be written more often as Leslie by the fandom)