Famous People with Name Leigh

Leigh Lisker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leigh Lisker: was an eminent American linguist and phonetician. Most of his career was spent at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a professor and then emeritus professor of linguistics. Dr. Lisker received his A.B. in 1941, with a major in German, his M.A. in 1946, and a Ph.D. in 1949 in linguistics. He was a major figure in phonetics, working both at the University of Pennsylvania and at Haskins Laboratories in New Haven, CT, where he was a senior scientist from 1951 until the end of his life. He collaborated with several phoneticians, principally Arthur S. Abramson[1]. He is best known for his work, done mostly in conjunction with Abramson, on voice onset time. Dr. Lisker also made important contributions to Dravidian linguistics, including the book Introduction to Spoken Telugu (Telugu), and did research comparing phonetic and phonological perceptions on the part of linguistically naive and linguistically sophisticated speakers of different native language backgrounds.

Leigh Bingham Nash            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leigh Bingham Nash: a singer-songwriter who is the lead vocalist for the rock band Sixpence None the Richer[1] and is also a member of Fauxliage and Movement Nashville.The two formed Sixpence None the Richer soon after and went on to record four full-length albums with the b

Leigh Donovan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leigh Donovan: is an American downhill mountain biker.She was a champion mountain bike racer, competing from 1993 to 2001, the most decorated U.S. downhill and slalom rider. Donovan retired in 2001 and now owns a clothing boutique in Temecula, California called Tangerin

Leigh Sembaluk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leigh Sembaluk: is a Canadian soccer player who currently played five games for the Rochester Rhinos in the USL First Division in 2008.

Leigh Ann Fetter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leigh Ann Fetter: is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, finishing fifth in the final of the 50 metre freestyle in a time of 25.78 seconds.

Jennifer Leigh            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jennifer Leigh: is an American professional poker player. Leigh was introduced to poker by Robert Boyd (Dutch Boyd's brother) years after they met each other on Internet Relay Chat.

Jennifer Jason Leigh            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jennifer Jason Leigh: Jennifer Jason Leigh was born Jennifer L. Morrow in Hollywood, California, the daughter of Combat! actor Vic Morrow and Pollock screenwriter Barbara Turner.[1] Both of Leigh's parents were Jewish, although Leigh was raised mostly without religion.[2] Leig

Chyler Leigh            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Chyler Leigh: an English-born American singer-songwriter, actress, and former stand-up comedian, noted for her critically acclaimed debut album Get Away from Me and for her Broadway debut in The Threepenny Opera (2006), for which she won a Theatre World Award.Her critically acclaimed first CD, Get Away from Me, was produced by The Beatles sound engineer Geoff Emerick and released by Columbia/Sony Records in February 2004. The title is a play on Norah Jones' Come Away with Me.[1] McKay is said to be the first woman to release a double album as her first release. Originally, her contract with Columbia called for 13 songs, but McKay aggressively lobbied her label for a double album, including bottles of wine, a PowerPoint slideshow,

Hiram Eugene Leigh            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hiram Eugene Leigh: was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer/owner and breeder who had a highly successful career in the United States as well as in Europe. By the early 1890s, Eugene Leigh had established himself as an important owner and trainer and in 1894 won the K

Benjamin Watkins Leigh            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benjamin Watkins Leigh: was an American lawyer and politician from Richmond, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and represented Virginia in the United States Senate. Benjamin Watkins Leigh was born in Chesterfield County on June 18, 1781, the son of the Rever