Leigh

Leigh may refer to:

Places

In England

• Leigh, Dorset
• Leigh, Greater Manchester
  • Leigh (UK Parliament constituency)
• Leigh, Kent
• Leigh, Staffordshire
• Leigh, Surrey
• Leigh, Wiltshire
• Leigh, Worcestershire
• Leigh-on-Mendip, Somerset (also known as Leigh upon Mendip)
• Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
• Little Leigh, Cheshire
• North Leigh, Oxfordshire

Elsewhere

• Leigh, County Tipperary, Ireland
• Leigh, Nebraska
• Leigh, New Zealand
• Leigh, Texas, USA

People

Royalty

• Augusta Leigh, the only daughter of John "Mad Jack" Byron
• Thomas Pemberton Leigh, 1st Baron Kingsdown, the eldest son of Thomas Pemberton

Politics

• Benjamin W. Leigh, American lawyer and politician from Richmond, Virginia
• Edward Leigh, politician in the United Kingdom
• Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown, cross-bencher on the House of Lords
• Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England
• Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet (1884–1959), British mill-owner, newspaper-proprietor and Conservative Party politician

Music

• Carolyn Leigh, American lyricist and composer for Broadway and movies
• Danni Leigh, American honky tonk-style country music singer
• Mitch Leigh, musical theatre composer
• Richard Leigh (songwriter) (born 1951), American country music songwriter
• Walter Leigh, English composer

Television and film

• Chyler Leigh, American actress
• Ed Leigh, British television presenter
• Janet Leigh, American actress
• Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress
• John Leigh (actor), New Zealand actor
• Katie Leigh, American voice actress
• Leigh Francis, British comedian
• Leigh McCloskey, American actor
• Leigh Taylor-Young, American actress
• Megan Leigh, American actress
• Mike Leigh, British screenwriter and director
• Nelson Leigh, American film actor
• Shannan Leigh, American film actor
• Suzanna Leigh, British film actress
• Vivien Leigh, British actress

Sport

• Edward Chandos Leigh, English cricketer
• Howard Leigh, veteran boxing announcer from Melbourne, Australia
• Jennifer Leigh, professional poker player
• Peter Leigh, semi-professional football player for Woking F.C.
• Syd Leigh, English professional footballer who played during the inter-war period
• Leigh Centurions, a Rugby League football club in Greater Manchester

Literature

• Julia Leigh (* 1970), Australian novelist, film director and screenwriter
• Richard Leigh (author) (1943–2007), co-author of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
• Richard Leigh (poet) (1649–1728), English poet
• Roberta Leigh, British writer of romance fiction and children's stories
• Stephen Leigh, American science fiction and fantasy writer

Military

• Gustavo Leigh, Chilean general
• Trafford Leigh-Mallory, air chief marshal
• Vera Leigh, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry officer and Special Operations Executive spy
• Leigh Light, an antisubmarine device used in World War II

Modelling

• Alex Leigh, English fashion model
• Dorian Leigh, one of the world's first supermodels
• Monica Leigh, model

Other

• Jack Leigh, photographer
• James Mathews Leigh (1808–1860), art educator, writer and dramatist.
• Leigh Leigh, murder victim
• Michael Leigh, artist
• Molly Leigh, alleged witch
• Richard Leigh (martyr) (1561–1588), Catholic martyr
• Theophilus Leigh (died 1785), English academic administrator
• Vera Leigh, milliner who died in the Nazi concentration camp at Natzweiler

In fiction

• Amyas Leigh, fictional character
• Sir Leigh Teabing, fictional character in the popular 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code and the 2006 film based on it
• Lorelai "Rory" Leigh Gilmore, fictional character in the popular television series Gilmore Girls

Architecture

• Leigh & Orange, Hong Kong

Medicine

• Leigh syndrome, a rare neurometabolic disorder of the central nervous system

See also

• LEA (disambiguation)
• Leah (disambiguation)
• Lee (disambiguation)