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Les (given name)

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Les
GenderUnisex
Other names
Related namesLester, Leslie, Lesley

Les is a given name, usually short for Lester or Leslie. Also, a romanization of Ukrainian name Лесь [ˈlɛsʲ]. Les may refer to:

People:

  • Les Aspin (1938–1995), American politician
  • Les AuCoin (born 1942), American politician
  • Les Baxter (1922–1996), American musician and composer
  • Les Besser (born 1936), American electronics engineer
  • Les Blank (1935–2013), American documentary filmmaker
  • Les Brown (bandleader) (1912–2001), American jazz musician and bandleader
  • Les Brown (speaker) (born 1945), American motivational speaker and politician
  • Les Claypool (born 1963), American rock bassist and founding member of Primus
  • Les Costello (1928–2002), Canadian ice hockey player and Catholic priest
  • Les Crane (1933–2008), American broadcaster and talk show host
  • Les Darcy (1895–1917), Australian boxer
  • Les Dawson (1931–1993), English comedian
  • Les Dennis (born 1953), English television presenter
  • Les Dodd (born 1954), English snooker player
  • Les Eaves (born c. 1967), American businessman and state legislator
  • Les Edwards (born 1949), British illustrator
  • Les Elgart (1917–1995), American jazz trumpeter and bandleader
  • Les Ferdinand (born 1966), English football coach and former player
  • Les Fradkin (born 1951), American guitarist and composer
  • Les Gleadell (1921–2009), Falkland Islands civil servant
  • Les Goble (1932–2019), American National Football League player
  • Les Gold (born 1950), American pawnbroker and media personality
  • Les Gray (1946–2004), English singer and songwriter
  • Les Green (1941–2012), English footballer and manager
  • Les Greenberg (born 1945), Canadian psychologist
  • Les Guthman, American filmmaker
  • Les Hull (born 1935), Canadian politician
  • Les Humphries (born 1940), Founder of the Les Humphries Singers
  • Les Kaufman, evolutionary ecologist, Professor of Biology at Boston University
  • Les Kurbas (1887–1937), Ukrainian movie and theater director. Considered to be one of the lead figures of the Executed Renaissance
  • Les McCann (born 1935), American soul jazz and R&B pianist and vocalist
  • Les McKeown (1955–2021), Scottish pop singer, lead singer of the Bay City Rollers
  • Les Mills (born 1934), New Zealand shot putter, discus thrower and politician
  • Les Munro (1919-2015), New Zealand Air Force pilot
  • Les Owen (speedway rider) (1939-2004), English international speedway rider
  • Les Palmer (American football) (1923–2006), American National Football League player
  • Les Paul, stage name of American jazz guitarist and inventor Lester William Polsfuss (1915–2009)
  • Les Podervianskyi (born 1952), Ukrainian painter, poet, playwright and performer
  • Les Reed (footballer) (1932–2021), Australian rules footballer
  • Les Reed (football coach) (born 1952), English football coach and manager
  • Les Reed (songwriter) (1935–2019), English songwriter, arranger, musician and light orchestra leader
  • Les Sealey (1957-2001), English footballer
  • Les Serdyuk (1940–2010), Soviet and Ukrainian theater and film actor
  • Les Shannon (1926–2007), English football player and manager
  • Les Stroud (born 1961), Canadian filmmaker and survival expert, creator, writer, producer, director, cameraman and host of the television series Survivorman
  • Les Tanyuk (1938–2016), Ukrainian theater and film director, dissident and politician
  • Les Tremayne (1913–2003), British radio, film, and television actor

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