Leslie 426643 220307804 2008-06-19T06:15:23Z LConnTX 7336482 added Alfred Eric Leslie Satie to list of famous people {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Leslie | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Female or Male | meaning = garden of hollies, grey fortress, or garden by the pool | region = | origin = | related names = | footnotes = }} '''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== {{reflist}} ==See also== * [[Lesley]] {{disambig}} {{given name|Leslie|nocat}} [[Category:Surnames]] [[Category:Given names]] [[Category:American unisex given names]] [[de:Leslie]] [[fr:Leslie]] [[la:Leslius]] [[nl:Leslie]] [[pl:Leslie]] [[pt:Leslie]] [[vo:Leslie]]