Les

Les is a given name, usually short for Lester or Leslie. Les may refer to:
People:
Leslie Les Baxter (1922–1996), American musician and composer
Les Blank (1935-2013), American documentary filmmaker
Lester Les Brown (bandleader) (1912–2001), leader of Les Brown and the Band of Renown
Leslie Les Claypool (born 1963), American bassist and founding member of Primus
Lester Les Costello (1928–2002), Canadian ice hockey player and Catholic priest
Leslie Les Dawson (1931–1993), English comedian
Leslie Les Eaves (born c. 1967), American businessman and state legislator
Les Edwards (born 1949), British illustrator
Leslie Les Ferdinand (born 1966), English football coach and former player
Lester Les Goble (born 1932), American National Football League player
Les Kaufman, evolutionary ecologist, Professor of Biology at Boston University
Leslie Les McCann (born 1935), American soul jazz and R&B pianist and vocalist
Leslie Les McKeown (born 1955), Scottish pop singer, lead singer of the Bay City Rollers
Leslie Les Mills (born 1934), New Zealand shot putter, discus thrower and politician
Leslie 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
Leslie Les Reed (football coach) (born 1952), English football coach and manager
Leslie Les Reed (songwriter) (born 1935), English songwriter, arranger, musician and light orchestra leader
Leslie 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
Leonid Les Tanyuk (1938-2016), Ukrainian theatre and film director, dissident and politician
Lester Les Tremayne (1913–2003), British radio, film, and television actor
Fictional characters:
Les Battersby, fictional Coronation Street character

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Short form of Leslie (garden of holly) or Lester (from the city of Leicester).

Lesley, Leslie, Lester

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Les Miles	1953	American college football player, college and professional football coach
2	Les Claypool	1963	American musician
3	Les Paul	1915	American jazz guitarist, country guitarist, songwriter and inventor
4	Les Dennis	1953	British comedian and TV presenter
5	Les Dawson	1931	English comedian
6	Les Ferdinand	1966	English footballer
7	Les Gold	1950	Pawnbroker, reality TV star, author, and public speaker
8	Les Stroud	1961	Musician, film-maker and survival expert
9	Les Wexner	1937	American billionaire
10	Les McKeown	1955	British singer
11	Les Crane	1933	Radio announcer and television talk show host
12	Les Thatcher	1940	American professional wrestler
13	Les Baxter	1922	American musician and composer
14	Les Aspin	1938	American politician
15	Les Humphries	1940	English pop musician
16	Les Gray	1946	British singer
17	Les Sealey	1957	English footballer
18	Les Battersby
19	Les Snead	1971	American football executive
20	Les Mills	1934	New Zealand athlete and politician
21	Les Tremayne	1913	Actor
22	Les Munro	1919	New Zealand air force squadron leader
23	Les Hiddins	1946	Australian actor
24	Les McCann	1935	American musician
25	Les Dudek	1952	American musician
26	Les Blank	1935	American documentary filmmaker
27	Les Binks	1948	Northern Irish drummer
28	Les Lye	1924	Canadian actor
29	Les Nessman
30	Les Hill	1973	Australian actor
31	Les Clark	1907	American animator
32	Jim Les	1963	American basketball player-coach
33	Les Schwab	1917	American businessman
34	Les Darcy	1895	Boxer
35	Les Brown	1987	American football tight end
36	Les Pattinson	1958	Bassist
37	Les Kiss	1964	Australian rugby league player and coach
38	Les Murray	1945	Australian sports journalist
39	Les Daniels	1943	Writer
40	Les Chapman	1948	English footballer and manager
41	Les Mayfield	1959	American film director
42	Les Mueller	1919	American baseball player
43	Les Chadwick	1943	English bassist
44	Les Horvath	1921	American football player
45	Les Steckel	1946	America football player and coach, United States Marine
46	Les AuCoin	1942	American politician
47	Les Kellett	1915	Professional wrestler
48	Les Layton	1921	American baseball player
49	Les Maguire	1941	British pianist
50	Les Wallace	1962	Scottish darts player
51	Les Hall		American musician
52	Les Landau	2000	American film director and producer
53	Les Richter	1930	American football player
54	Les Emmerson	1944	Canadian musician
55	Les Thornton	1934	British wrestler
56	Les Greenberg	1945	Canadian psychologist
57	Les Holroyd	1948	English bass guitarist, vocalist and songwriter
58	Les Otten	1949	American businessman
59	Les Boyd	1956	Australian rugby league player
60	Les Johnson	1924	Australian politician
61	Les Hinton	1944	American businessman
62	Les Gutches	1973	Wrestler
63	Les Smith	1967	British musician
64	Les Garland		American businessman
65	Les Gock	1954	Australian musician
66	Les Warner		English drummer
67	Les Ross	1949	British DJ
68	Les Barker	1947	British writer
69	Les Ames	1905	Cricket player of England.
70	Les Reed	1952	English footballer and manager
71	Les Scadding	1955
72	Les Lannom	1946	American actor
73	Les Elgart	1917	American musician
74	Les Vandyke	1931	English popular music singer and songwriter
75	Les Parrott		American minister
76	Les Fradkin		Guitarist
77	Les Shannon	1926	Footballer
78	Les Cocker	1924	English footballer
79	Les Knight	1921	Australian Air Force officer
80	Les Nemes	1960	British musician
81	Les Holden	1895	Australian World War I flying ace and commercial aviator
82	Les Jepsen	1967	American basketball player
83	Les Brownlee	1939	Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
84	Les Edwards	1949	British illustrator
85	Les Koenning	1959	American football player and coach
86	Les Twentyman		Australian activist
87	Les Carlyon	1942	Journalist
88	H. Leslie (Les) Hoffman	1906	American businessman
89	Les Davies	1984	Welsh footballer
90	Les Kosem		Cambodian military officer
91	Les Davidson	1963	Australian rugby league player
92	Les Costello	1928	Canadian ice hockey player
93	Les Harris	1939	British motorcycle designer
94	Les Binkley	1934	Canadian ice hockey player
95	Les Lancaster	1962	American baseball player
96	Les Krims	1942	American photographer
97	Les Gore	1915	British association football player
98	Les Leston	1920	English racing driver and businessman
99	Les Parry	1957	English football manager
100	Les Lazarowitz	1941	Sound engineer
101	Les Huckfield	1942	British politician
102	Les Beasley	1928	American singer
103	Les Moss		Arena Football League coach
104	Les Payne	1941	American journalist
105	Les Green	1941	English footballer and manager
106	Les Standiford	1945	American historian and writer
107	Les Josephson	1942	American football player
108	Les Kouba	1917	American artist
109	Les Bubb	1969	British mime
110	Les Kershaw	2000	Association football coach, scout
111	Les Kurbas	1887	Ukrainian theatre director
112	Les McDowall	1912	Scottish footballer and manager
113	Les Spann	1932	American guitarist
114	Les Tanyuk	1938	Ukrainian theatre director
115	Les Afful	1984	Footballer
116	Les Bingaman	1926	American football player
117	Les Bradd	1947	Footballer
118	Les Cusworth	1954	English rugby union player
119	Les Rohr	1946	British baseball player
120	Les Johns	1942	Australian rugby league player
121	Les Hunter	1942	American basketball player
122	Les Earnest	1930	American computer scientist
123	Les Clisby	1914	Royal Air Force officer
124	Les Martin	1934	American writer
125	Les Cain	1948	American baseball pitcher
126	Les Gibbard	1945	Cartoonist
127	Les Keiter	1919	American sportscaster
128	Les Gara	1963	American politician
129	Les Straker	1959	Venezuelan baseball player
130	Les Hooper	1940	American composer
131	Les Foote	1924	Australian rules footballer and coach
132	Les Fresholtz	2000	Sound engineer
133	Les Rudman	1955	Military general officer
134	Les Ebdon	1947	British chemist
135	Les Back	1962	English academic
136	Les Bowie	1913	Canadian-British special effect artist
137	Les Lear	1918	American gridiron football player and coach
138	Les Scheinflug	1938	Australian soccer player
139	Les Goodman	1950	American football player
140	Les Miller	1965	American football player
141	Les Bury	1913	Australian politician
142	Les Perelman
143	Les West	1943	English racing cyclist
144	Les Hite	1903	American musician
145	Les Waters		British theatre director
146	Les Medley	1920	English footballer
147	Les Fong	1956	Australian rules footballer
148	Les Haylen	1898	Australian politician, playwright, novelist
149	Les Damon	1908	American actor
150	Les Nunamaker	1889	American baseball player
151	Les Hart	1917	English football manager
152	Les Guthman		American film director
153	Les Massie	1935	Scottish footballer
154	Les Briley	1956	Professional footballer
155	Les Wilson	1947	Footballer
156	Les Collins	1958	British speedway rider
157	Les Walrond	1976	American baseball player
158	Les Shy	1944	American football player
159	Les Jackson	1952	Canadian ice hockey player
160	Les Barrett	1947	English footballer
161	Les Chappell	1947	English footballer and manager
162	Les Blair	1941	British television and film director
163	Les Guice	1954	14th President of Louisiana Tech University
164	Les Sweetland	1901	American baseball player
165	Les Bennett	1918	English footballer
166	Les Adams	1974	American politician
167	Les Dodd	1954	English snooker player
168	Les Strong	1953	English footballer
169	Les Cooper	1921	American doo wop musician
170	Les Robinson	1967	English footballer
171	Les Bell	1901	American baseball player
172	Les Dyl	1952	English rugby league player
173	Les Norman	1969	American baseball player
174	Les Hatton	1948	British mathematician and computer scientist
175	Les Henderson		Canadian activist
176	Les Whitt	1951	American zoologist
177	Les Murakami	1936	College baseball player and coach
178	Les Shapiro
179	Les Pogliacomi	1976	Australian soccer player
180	John Les		Canadian politician
181	Les Levine	1935	Irish artist
182	Les Favell	1929	Australian cricketer
183	Les McDonald	1914	American football player
184	Les Scarsella	1913	Major League Baseball player
185	Les Makin	1992	Australian rugby union player
186	Les Podervyansky	1952	Ukrainian artist
187	Les Bartley	1954	Lacrosse coach
188	Les Talbot	1910	English footballer and manager
189	Les Benjamin	1925	Canadian politician
190	More Or Les		Canadian rapper
191	Les Pawson	1905	American distance runner
192	Les Archer, Jr.	1929	British motorcycle racer
193	Les Kuntar	1969	American ice hockey goaltender
194	Les Lawrence	1957	Footballer
195	Les Taylor	1953	English Test and County cricketer
196	Les Fridge	1968	Scottish footballer
197	Les Whitten	1928	American writer
198	Les Bursill	1945	Australian academic
199	Les Phillips	1963	English footballer
200	Les Strayhorn	1951