Famous People with Name Leslie

Leslie Ferdinand "Buster" Narum            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leslie Ferdinand "Buster" Narum: (November 16, 1940 - May 17, 2004) was a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played for the Baltimore Orioles (1963) and Washington Senators (1964-1967).

Leslie Grant Nunamaker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leslie Grant Nunamaker: January 25, 1889 - November 14, 1938) born in Aurora, Nebraska was a catcher for the Boston Red Sox (1911-14), New York Yankees (1914-17), St. Louis Browns (1918) and Cleveland Indians (1919-22).

Leslie Burnell Jepsen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leslie Burnell Jepsen: is a retired American professional basketball player who had a brief career in the National Basketball Association during the early 1990s.A 7'0" center, Jepsen played at Bowbells High School in North Dakota and at The University of Iowa. He was part of George Raveling's recruiting class at The University of Iowa in 1985 which included B.J. Armstrong, Roy Marble, Ed Horton and Kevin Gamble. All five recruits went on to play in the NBA.

Leslie Hunter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leslie Hunter: is a former professional basketball player. A 6'7" forward/center, Hunter attended Loyola University Chicago, who won the 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. He later spent one season (1964-1965) in the NBA with the Baltimore Bullets and six seasons (1967-1973) in the American Basketball Association with the Minnesota Muskies, Miami Floridians, New Jersey Nets, Kentucky Colonels, and Memphis Tams. Hunter scored 5,735 points in his professional career and was a two-time ABA All-Star.

Leslie Jeanne Erganian            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leslie Jeanne Erganian: is an American artist, television correspondent, and arts education advocate. Her multi-disciplinary work is influenced by the Surrealists and often incorporates found objects and photographic images into collage and assemblage constructions and installat

Sheila Leslie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sheila Leslie: is a Democratic member of the Nevada Assembly, representing the Washoe County District 27 since 1998. Leslie was born in Carmel, California in 1955. She received her BA with distinction and honors from Sonoma State University in 1977 and her M.A. in 1979

Preston Hopkins Leslie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Preston Hopkins Leslie: was the 26th Governor of Kentucky from 1871 to 1875 and territorial governor of Montana from 1887 to 1889. He ascended to the office of governor by three different means. First, he succeeded Kentucky governor John W. Stevenson upon the latter's resignatio

James Leslie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Leslie: was a Canadian businessman and political figure. He was named to the Senate of Canada for Alma division in 1867 and died in office.Leslie owned a food wholesale company in Montreal. He was a member of the local militia and served during the War of 1812; he later became lieutenant-colonel. He helped form the Bank of Montreal and served as a director from 1817 to 1829. He owned the seigneuries of Bourchemin, Ramesay and Lake Matapédia. He represented Montreal East in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1824 to 1838. He supported representation by population and so opposed the Union of Upper and Lower Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Verchères as a Reformer in an 1841 by-election; he was reelected in 1844 and 1847.

Kenneth Leslie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kenneth Leslie: was a Canadian poet and songwriter, and an influential political activist in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. He was the founder and editor of The Protestant Digest (later The Protestant), which had a peak circulation of over 50,000 subscribers. A Christian socialist, he was given the nickname, "God's Red Poet."

Megan Leslie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Megan Leslie: is a Canadian politician, who has been the federal Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Halifax since the 2008 Canadian federal election. She is a member of the New Democratic Party and serves as the NDP critic for the environment. Until May 2010, she was the critic for housing and homelessness, deputy critic for justice and deputy critic for First Nations, Métis and Inuit affairs (urban issues).