Leech (disambiguation)

Leech is a common name for the annelids comprising the subclass Hirudinea.

Leech may also refer to:

Leeching (medical), a form of bloodletting in medieval and early-modern medicine which used leeches
Leech (computing), in computing, someone who uses others' information or effort but does not provide any in return
Leech (sail), the aft edge of a sail
Leech (comics), a character in the X-Men universe
Leech (Masters of the Universe), a character from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
The Leech, a 1956 film
Leeches!, a 2003 film
Leech Creek, a stream in Wisconsin
Leech lattice, a lattice Λ in R²⁴, discovered by John Leech
"Leech", an episode of Smallville

People with the surname

Allen Leech (born 1981), Irish stage, television and film actor
Andrew Leech (born 1952), English cricketer
Faith Leech (1941–2013), Australian freestyle swimmer
Fred Leech (1923–2001), English footballer
Geoffrey Leech (1936–2014), specialist in English language and linguistics
George L. Leech (1890–1985), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
George Leech (actor) (1921–2012), British actor and stunt performer
Gwyneth Leech, American artist
Haliburton Hume Leech (1908–1939), Royal Air Force aviator, air racer and test pilot
James Russell Leech (1888–1952), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
John Leech (disambiguation), several people
Kenneth Leech (born 1939), Anglican priest and Christian socialist
Noyes Leech (1921–2010), American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Margaret Leech (1893–1974), American historian and fiction writer
Michelle Leech, Australian academic clinician-scientist and rheumatologist
Richard Leech (1922–2004), Irish actor
Richard Leech (tenor) (born 1957), American operatic tenor
Ryan Leech (born 1979), Canadian trials mountain bike rider
Samuel Leech (1798–1848), sailor in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the War of 1812