John Leslie
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John Leslie may refer to:
  • Sir John Leslie (physicist)
    John Leslie (physicist)
    Sir John Leslie was a Scottish mathematician and physicist best remembered for his research into heat.Leslie gave the first modern account of capillary action in 1802 and froze water using an air-pump in 1810, the first artificial production of ice.In 1804, he experimented with radiant heat using...

     (1766–1832), Scottish mathematician and physicist
  • John Leslie (television presenter)
    John Leslie (television presenter)
    John Leslie is a Scottish former television presenter. He has presented BBC One's Blue Peter and ITV's This Morning and the ITV gameshow Wheel of Fortune. He was also the roving reporter for the first series of the UK version of Survivor...

     (born 1965), Scottish television presenter of Blue Peter (BBC), Wheel of Fortune and This Morning (both ITV1)
  • John Leslie (bishop of Clogher)
    John Leslie (bishop of Clogher)
    John Leslie was a combative Scottish royalist bishop of Clogher, who became known as the "fighting bishop" for his resistance to the Irish rebellion of 1641 and the parliamentarian forces.-Life:...

     (1571–1671), Church of Scotland and Church of Ireland bishop
  • John Leslie (bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh) (1772–1854), Church of Ireland bishop, great-great-grandson of the above
  • John Leslie (footballer)
    John Leslie (footballer)
    John Alexander Leslie is an English former professional association football player. He is best known for his time playing for Wimbledon, where he spent eight years. By the time he left the club he was the last remaining member of the team which joined the Football League in 1977. He later...

     (born 1955), English footballer
  • John Leslie (politician)
    John Leslie (politician)
    John Robert Leslie, MP was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was born in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland to John Leslie and Clementina Hunter. Leslie and his wife had 3 sons, John, William and Robert, and two daughters, Clementina and Alice...

     (1873–1955), British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Sedgefield, 1935–1950
  • John Leslie (pornographic actor) (1945–2010), American porn actor
  • John Leslie (rugby union) (born 1970), New Zealand rugby union footballer who played for Scotland
  • Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet of Glaslough, County Monaghan (1822–1916), Conservative Member of Parliament for Co. Monaghan, 1871–1880
  • Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet
    Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet
    Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet was an Anglo-Irish baronet.-Family:Leslie was the only son of Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet, and Lady Constance Wilhelmina Frances Dawson-Damer...

     of Glaslough (1857–1944), Irish landowner and soldier in the British Army
  • Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet
    Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet
    Captain Sir John Norman Ide Leslie, 4th Baronet , is the eldest son of Sir Shane Leslie, 3rd Bt., and Marjorie Ide. He became the fourth baronet when his father died in 1971. He is popularly known as Sir Jack Leslie....

     of Glaslough (born 1916)
  • John A. Leslie
    John A. Leslie
    John Andrew Leslie is a Canadian philosopher. He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, earning his B.A. in English Literature in 1962 and his M.Litt. in Classics in 1968...

     (born 1940), Canadian philosopher
  • Jack Leslie (politician) (1920–2010), mayor of Calgary, Alberta
  • Shane Leslie
    Shane Leslie
    Sir John Randolph Leslie, 3rd Baronet, generally known as Shane Leslie , was an Irish-born diplomat and writer. He was a first cousin of the British war time Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill...

    , (Sir John Leslie, 3rd Baronet of Glaslough; 1885–1971), Irish writer

See also

  • Jack Leslie (disambiguation)
    Jack Leslie (disambiguation)
    Jack Leslie may refer to:*Jack Leslie , English football player*Jack Leslie *Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet...

  • John Lesley
    John Lesley
    John Lesley was a Scottish Roman Catholic bishop and historian. His father was Gavin Lesley, rector of Kingussie, Badenoch.-Early career:...

    , Scottish Roman Catholic bishop of Ross
  • John Peter Lesley
    John Peter Lesley
    Peter Lesley was an American geologist.-Biography:He was born in Philadelphia. It is recorded by Sir Archibald Geikie that he was christened Peter after his father and grandfather, and at first wrote his name Peter Lesley, Jr., but disliking the Christian appellation that had been given to him,...

    , American geologist
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