Leroy (name)
Leroy (/ləˈrɔɪ/ lə-ROY), also Leeroy, LeeRoy, Lee Roy, LeRoy or Le Roy, is both a male given name in English-speaking countries and a family name of French origin.[1] Leroy [lørwa] is one of the most common surnames in northern France. As a surname it is sometimes written Le Roy, as a translation of Breton Ar Roue. It is an archaic spelling of le roi, meaning "the king" and is the equivalent of the English surname King.
Given name
- Leroy (musician), American musician
- Leroy Anderson, American composer
- Leroy 'Luce' Lutu, American songwriter, singer, and entertainer
- Archbishop LeRoy Bailey, Jr., senior pastor of The First Cathedral, Bloomfield, Connecticut
- Leroy Brown (athlete), Olympic medal-winning American athlete
- Leroy Brown (wrestler), a ring name of professional wrestler Roland Daniels
- Leroy Burrell, American athlete
- Leroy Carr, blues singer and pianist
- Leroy Cooper, American astronaut
- LeRoy Edwards, American professional basketball pioneer
- "Baby Face" Leroy Foster, Chicago blues musician
- Leroy Griffiths, professional footballer
- LeRoy Hurd, American basketball player
- Leroy Jenkins (jazz musician), jazz musician
- Leroy Jenkins (televangelist), American televangelist
- Leeroy Jenkins, World of Warcraft strategizer and leader
- Leroy Jetta, professional Australian rules footballer
- Leroy S. Johnson, leader of the polygamist denomination of FLDS
- Leroy Lita, Congolese-born English footballer
- Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige, American professional baseball player
- Leroy Rosenior, English footballer and coach
- Leroy Sané, German footballer
- LeRoy Smallenberger, Louisiana lawyer and politician
- 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
Surname
- Adolphe Leroy, French entrepreneur, co-founder of Leroy Merlin
- Adrian Le Roy (c. 1520-1598), French lutenist, guitarist, and composer
- Ali LeRoi (b. 1962), American television producer and writer
- Catherine Leroy (1945-2006), French war photojournalist
- Charles-Georges Le Roy (1723–1789), French man of letters
- Claude Le Roy (b. 1948), a French football manager and former player
- Edouard Le Roy (1870–1954), French philosopher
- Edward Webster Le Roy ((1874-1940), American politician and newspaper editor
- Eugène Le Roy (1836–1907), French novelist
- Jean-François Leroy (1729-1791), French architect
- Jennifer LeRoy (b. 1974), American model and actress
- Jérôme Leroy (composer) (b. 1981), French composer
- Jérôme Leroy (footballer) (b. 1974), French footballer
- JT LeRoy, a literary persona created by American writer Laura Albert
- Jules Leroy (1903–1979), French priest and researcher
- Julien Le Roy (1686–1759), French clock- and watch-maker
- Julien-David Le Roy (1724–1803), French architect and archaeologist, son of Julien
- Maxime Leroy (1873–1957), French jurist and social historian
- Mervyn LeRoy (1900-1987), American actor and director
- Nolwenn Leroy (b. 1982), French singer
- Pierre Le Roy (1717–1785), French clockmaker, son of Julien
- Pierre Le Roy de Boiseaumarié (1890-1967), co-founder of the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (INAO) and owner of Château Fortia
- Robert LeRoy (1885-1946), American tennis player
- Roland Leroy (born 1926), French politician
- William E. Le Roy (1818-1888), United States Navy admiral
- Xavier Leroy (b. 1968), French computer scientist and programmer
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 & Stitch), a character introduced in Leroy & Stitch
- Leroy (South Park), a South Park character
- Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a fictional character in the NCIS TV series
- Leeroy Jenkins, World of Warcraft character
- 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, a junkyard dog in the DIC show, The Catillac Cats.
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