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'''Leslie''' (Gaelic, derived from a surname meaning 'garden of hollies', 'grey fortress', or 'garden by the pool')<ref> [http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?nmd=n&terms=Leslie] Behind the Name</ref> can refer to any of the following:
===Places===
in '''Canada''':
*[[Leslie Street]], a road in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
**[[Leslie (TTC)]], a subway station located on the above road
**[[Leslie Street Spit]], an artificial [[Spit (landform)|spit]] in Toronto, south of the above road.
in '''Scotland''':
*[[Leslie, Aberdeenshire]]
*[[Leslie, Fife]]
in the '''United States of America''':
*[[Leslie, Arkansas]]
*[[Leslie, Georgia]]
*[[Leslie, Michigan]]
*[[Leslie Township, Michigan]]
*[[Leslie Township, Minnesota]]
in '''Australia'''
*[[Leslie Dam]], a dam in Warwick South West Queensland
===Other===
* The [[Clan Leslie]] is a [[Scottish clan]] with the motto "grip fast".
* The [[Leslie speaker]] system, named after its inventor, [[Donald Leslie]]
===People===
The following people bear the first name Leslie:
* the character played by [[Elizabeth Taylor]] in the film [[Giant (film)|''Giant'']]
* [[Leslie (comedienne)]], American stand-up comedian and actress
* [[Leslie (singer)]], French R&B singer
* [[Leslie Bohem]], a screenwriter who wrote ''Dante's Peak'' and ''Taken'', among others
* [[Leslie Caron]], French actress
* [[Leslie Chang]], With the help of Bryan Cropper, pioneered the double invisible GChat
* [[Leslie Cheung]], Hong Kong actor-singer (1956—2003)
* [[Leslie Cochran]], famous vagrant transvestite of Austin, Texas
* [[Leslie Crocker Snyder]], American lawyer and former judge
* [[Leslie Erganian]], American artist
* [[Leslie Erven]], top equestrian of Canada <!--citation needed-->
* [[Leslie Feist]], Canadian singer
* [[Leslie Townes Hope]], American actor-comedian known as [[Bob Hope]]
* [[Leslie Hornby]], British model known as [[Twiggy]]
* [[Leslie Howard (actor)]], British actor
* [[Leslie Howard (musician)]], Australian pianist and composer
* [[Leslie Lamport]], American computer scientist
* [[Leslie Lynch King, Jr.]], the birth name of 38th President [[Gerald R. Ford]]
* [[Leslie Moonves]], President and CEO of CBS
* [[Leslie Nielsen]], American-Canadian actor
* [[Leslie Stephen]], English author and critic
* [[Leslie Uggams]], American actress
* [[Leslie Kwok]], Singapore's ex-national swimmer.
The following people bear the surname of Leslie:
* [[Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross]]
* [[Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven|Alexander Leslie]] (c.1580-1661), First Earl of Leven
* [[Andrew Leslie]] (born 1957), Chief of the Land Staff and Commander Land Forces Command of the Canadian Forces
* [[Charles Leslie]] (1650-1722) British Jacobite nonjuror and controversialist
* [[Charles Robert Leslie]] (1794-1859), American genre painter
* [[Edgar Leslie]] (1885-1976), American songwriter, Lyricist, charter member of ASCAP
* [[Frank Leslie]] (1821-80), Publisher of [[Frank Leslie's Weekly]]
* [[Frank Leslie (Medal of Honor)]], [[American Civil War]] [[Medal of Honor]] recipient
* [[Franklin Leslie]] Western gunfighter
* [[Henry David Leslie]] (1822-1896), English composer and conductor
* [[John Andrew Leslie]] (born 1940) Canadian philosopher
* [[John Leslie (physicist)|Sir John Leslie]] (1766-1832), Scottish mathematician and physicist
* [[Lew Leslie]] (1886-1963), Broadway producer
* [[Lisa Leslie]] (born 1972), female basketball player
* [[Miriam Leslie]] (1828-1914), wife of [[Frank Leslie]]
* [[Patrick Leslie]] (1815-1881), an early settler in Australia
* [[Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie]] (1827-82), Irish economist
* [[Walter Leslie, Lord of Ross]]
* [[Leslie (Star Trek)|Lieutenant Leslie]], a character from [[Star Trek]], played by [[Eddie Paskey]].
Other famous people with Leslie in their full name:
* [[Alfred Éric Leslie Satie]] (1866 – 1925), French composer and pianist
==References==
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==See also==
* [[Lesley]]
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