Leroy

Leroy, Leeroy, LeeRoy, Lee Roy, LeRoy, or Le Roy is often a male given name. It is also used as a surname. The name is derived from Old French.

People

Given names

• Leroy (musician), American musician
• Leroy Anderson, American composer
• Archbishop LeRoy Bailey, Jr., senior pastor of The First Cathedral, Bloomfield, Connecticut
• Leroy Brown (athlete), Olympic medal-winning American athlete
• Leroy Burrell, US-American former Athlete
• LeRoy Edwards, American professional basketball pioneer
• Leroy Griffiths, professional football (soccer) player
• LeRoy Hurd, American basketball player
• Leroy Jenkins (jazz musician), jazz musician
• Leroy Jenkins (televangelist), American televangelist
• Leroy Jetta, professional Australian rules footballer
• Leroy S. Johnson, leader of the polygamist denomination of FLDS
• Leroy Lita, Congolese-born English footballer
• Leroy Rosenior, English footballer and coach
• Lee Roy Selmon, former NFL football defensive lineman
• Leeroy Stagger, Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter
• Leeroy Thornhill, British electronic music artist
• Leroy Van Dyke, American singer
• Leroy A. Wilson, American businessman
• Leroy Wright, American professional basketball player
• LeeRoy Yarbrough, NASCAR racer

Surnames

• Adolphe Leroy, French entrepreneur, co-founder of Leroy Merlin
• Adrian Le Roy, French lutenist, guitarist, and composer (c. 1520-1598)
• Ali LeRoi, American television producer and writer
• Catherine Leroy, French war photojournalist
• Charles-Georges Le Roy, French man of letters (1723–1789)
• Edouard Le Roy, French philosopher (1870–1954)
• Jean-François Leroy, French architect (1729-1791)
• Jennifer LeRoy, American model and actress
• Jérôme Leroy (footballer), French footballer
• Jérôme Leroy (composer), French composer
• JT LeRoy, pseudonym of American writer Laura Albert
• Julien Le Roy, French clock- and watch-maker (1686–1759)
• Julien-David Le Roy, French architect and archaeologist (1724–1803), son of Julien
• Mervyn LeRoy, American actor and director
• Nolwenn Leroy, French singer
• Pierre Le Roy, French clockmaker (1717–1785), son of Julien
• Baron Pierre Le Roy (wine), co-founder of the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (INAO) and owner of Château Fortia
• Robert LeRoy, tennis player from New York
• Xavier Leroy, French computer scientist

Fictional characters

• "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", protagonist of a song by Jim Croce
• Leroy Johnson, a character in the film Fame, played by Gene Anthony Ray
• "Bring Back That Leroy Brown", subject of a song by Queen
• Leroy Encyclopedia Brown, the titular protagonist of the Encyclopedia Brown children's novels
• Leroy (Lilo and Stitch character)
• Leroy (South Park), a South Park character
• Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a fictional character in the NCIS TV series
• Leeroy Jenkins, World of Warcraft character
• Roland Daniels, a professional wrestler who performed under the ring name of Leroy Brown
• The fictional Leroy family in the TV show Corner Gas:
  • Brent Herbert Leroy, one of the main characters in Corner Gas, played by Brent Butt
  • Emma Leroy, one of the main characters in Corner Gas, played by Janet Wright
  • Oscar Leroy, one of the main characters in Corner Gas, played by Eric Peterson
• Leroy Phefferkorn, chefkok Radijs

Places

Canada

• LeRoy, Saskatchewan

United States

• Leroy, California
• Le Roy, Illinois
• Le Roy, Iowa
• Le Roy, Kansas
• Le Roy, Michigan
• Le Roy, Minnesota
• Le Roy (town), New York
  • Le Roy (village), New York
• Leroy, Indiana
• Leroy, Texas
• LeRoy, Wisconsin, a town
• LeRoy (unincorporated community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Leroy Township, Calhoun County, Michigan
• Leroy Township, Ingham County, Michigan
• Leroy Township, Pennsylvania
• LeRoy, West Virginia (also spelled Le Roy or Leroy)

Things

• "Leroy", a small mechanical pantograph used to mechanically assist technical lettering on engineering or architectural paper drawings; the name is a trademark of Keuffel and Esser
• 93102 Leroy, an asteroid

Music

• "Leroy", a 1958 song by Jack Scott.