Legge

Legge is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Legge (1866–1933), American business executive, president of International Harvester
• Anthony Legge (1939–2013), British archaeologist specialized in zooarchaeology
• Sir Arthur Kaye Legge KCB (1766–1835), Royal Navy officer
• Arthur Legge (British Army officer) (1800–1890), British soldier and politician
• Arthur Legge (footballer) (1881–1941), Australian sportsman
• Augustus Legge (1839–1913), bishop of Lichfield from 1891 until 1913
• Barnwell R. Legge (1891–1949), US Army officer who served as a Military Attaché to Switzerland during World War II
• Barry Legge (born 1954), retired Canadian ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League
• Charles A. Legge (born 1930), former United States federal judge
• Charles Legge (1829–1881), Canadian civil engineer and patent solicitor
• David Legge (born 1954), former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League
• Dominica Legge (1905–1986), British scholar of the Anglo-Norman language
• Dominique de Legge (born 1952), French politician, member of the Senate of France
• Eddie Legge (1902–1947), Scottish footballer who played for Carlisle United and York City in the Football League
• Edward Legge (bishop) (1767–1827), Bishop of Oxford, clergyman
• Hon Edward Legge (Royal Navy officer) (1710–1747), Royal Navy officer and posthumous MP for Portsmouth
• Francis Legge (c.1719–1783), British military officer and colonial official in Nova Scotia
• Geoffrey Legge (1903–1940), English first-class cricketer who played in five Tests
• George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth (c. 1647–1691)
• George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth (1755–1810)
• Gerald Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth (1924–1997)
• Gordon Legge (born 1948), Distinguished McKnight University Professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota
• H. Dormer Legge (1890–1982), British Army officer and philatelist specializing in the stamps of Australia
• Heneage Legge (1788–1844), Member of Parliament (MP) for Banbury
• Heneage Legge (1845–1911), MP for St George's Hanover Square, nephew of the above
• Henry Bilson-Legge (1708–1764), English statesman
• Sir Henry Legge (courtier) (1852–1924), Paymaster of the Household to King George V
• Humphry Legge, 8th Earl of Dartmouth (1888–1962)
• James Gordon Legge (1863–1947), Australian Army Lieutenant General who served in World War I
• James Legge (1815–1897), Scottish sinologist (professor of Chinese)
• Joan Margaret Legge (1885–1939), English botanist
• Katherine Legge (born 1980), British racecar driver
• Laura Legge QC (born 1923), former treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada and recipient of the Order of Ontario in 2003
• Leon Legge (born 1985), English footballer who plays for Cambridge United
• Lionel K. Legge (1889–1970), associate justice on the South Carolina Supreme Court
• Michael Legge (actor) (born 1978), British actor
• Michael Legge (comedian) (born 1968), Irish comedian
• Michael Legge (filmmaker) (born 1953), American actor and independent filmmaker
• Paterno Legge (), South Sudanese politician, former Minister of Local Government of Central Equatoria
• Randy Legge (born 1945), retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers
• Major General Stanley Ferguson Legge CBE (1900–1977), Australian Army major general and the son of Lieutenant General James Gordon Legge
• Thomas Legge (1535–1607), English playwright
• Thomas Morison Legge CBE MD (1863–1932), the first Medical Inspector of Factories and Workshops in the United Kingdom
• Wade Legge (1934–1963), American jazz pianist and bassist
• Walter Legge (1906–1979), English classical record producer and impresario
• William Gordon Legge (1913–1999), Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Western Newfoundland
• William Kaye Legge (1869–1946), senior British Army officer during World War I
• William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (1672–1750)
• William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (1731–1801)
• William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth (1784–1853)
• William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth (1823–1891)
• William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth (1851–1936)
• William Legge, 7th Earl of Dartmouth (1881–1958)
• William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth (born 1949)
• William Legge (Royalist) (1608–1670), English royalist army officer
• Colonel William Vincent Legge (1841–1918), Australian ornithologist, first President of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union

See also

• Legge-Bourke, a surname
• Legg, a surname
• Legg Mason, multi-national investment firm
• Leg (disambiguation)