Les (given name)

Les
Gender Unisex
Other names
Related names Lester, Leslie, Lesley

Les is a given name, usually short for Lester or Leslie. Les may refer to:

People:

  • Les Baxter (1922–1996), American musician and composer
  • Les Blank (1935-2013), American documentary filmmaker
  • Les Brown (bandleader) (1912–2001), leader of Les Brown and the Band of Renown
  • Les Claypool (born 1963), American bassist and founding member of Primus
  • Les Costello (1928–2002), Canadian ice hockey player and Catholic priest
  • Les Dawson (1931–1993), English comedian
  • Les Eaves (born c. 1967), American businessman and state legislator
  • Les Edwards (born 1949), British illustrator
  • Les Ferdinand (born 1966), English football coach and former player
  • Les Gleadell (1921-2009), Falkland Islands civil servant.
  • Les Goble (born 1932), American National Football League player
  • Les Kaufman, evolutionary ecologist, Professor of Biology at Boston University
  • Les McCann (born 1935), American soul jazz and R&B pianist and vocalist
  • Les McKeown (born 1955), Scottish pop singer, lead singer of the Bay City Rollers
  • Les Mills (born 1934), New Zealand shot putter, discus thrower and politician
  • Les Palmer (1923–2006), American National Football League player
  • Les Paul, stage name of American jazz guitarist and inventor Lester William Polsfuss (1915–2009)
  • Les Reed (footballer) (born 1932), Australian rules footballer
  • Les Reed (football coach) (born 1952), English football coach and manager
  • Les Reed (songwriter) (born 1935), English songwriter, arranger, musician and light orchestra leader
  • 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 theatre and film director, dissident and politician
  • Les Tremayne (1913–2003), British radio, film, and television actor

Fictional characters:

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