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Leroux (surname)

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Leroux (mostly northwestern France), LeRoux (American spelling), Le Roux (mostly Brittany, as a translation of Breton Ar Rouz or Ar Ruz) or Roux (mostly southeastern France, as a translation of Occitan Ros) is a surname of French origin meaning "red-haired" or "red-skinned" and may also come in certain cases (with the spelling Le Roux) from Breton Ar Roue meaning ″The King″. It may refer to:

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People

  • Adélaïde Leroux (born 1982), French actress
  • AJ le Roux (born 1990), South African rugby player
  • Alain Le Roux (c. 1040–1093), associate of William I of England
  • André Leroux, Canadian politician
  • Antoine Leroux (fl. 1846–1853), New Mexico mountain man
  • Auguste Leroux (1871-1954), French painter
  • Bernard Le Roux (born 1989), South African born French rugby union player
  • Bruno Le Roux (born 1965), French politician
  • Buddy LeRoux (1930-2008), American businessman and baseball club owner
  • Charles Le Roux (1814–1895), French painter
  • Charles Leroux (1856-1889), American balloonist and parachutist
  • Chris Leroux (born 1984), Canadian baseball pitcher
  • Claudine Le Roux (born 1964), French canoer
  • Christophe Le Roux (born 1969), French footballer
  • Daniel Le Roux (born 1933), South African footballer
  • Doppies le Roux (born 1985), South African rugby player
  • Etienne Leroux (1922–1989), South African writer
  • François Le Roux (born 1955), French baritone
  • François Leroux (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Fred le Roux (1882–1963), South African cricketer
  • Garth Le Roux (born 1955), South African fast bowler
  • Gaspard Le Roux (1660–1707), French harpsichordist
  • Gaston Leroux (1868–1927), French journalist, detective, and novelist
  • Gaston Leroux (ice hockey) (1913–1988), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Gaston Leroux (politician) (born 1948), Canadian politician
  • Georges Paul Leroux (1877–1957), French painter, brother of Auguste Leroux
  • Grant le Roux (born 1986), South African rugby player
  • Hennie le Roux (born 1967), South African rugby player
  • Isabel Le Roux (born 1987), South African sprinter
  • Jean Leroux (born 1949), Canadian politician
  • Jean Paul Leroux, Venezuelan actor
  • Jean-Yves Leroux (born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Josephine Leroux (1747–1794), French Ursuline nun
  • Lash LeRoux (born 1976), American professional wrestler
  • Laurent Leroux (1759–1855), Canadian businessman and politician
  • Le Roux Smith Le Roux (1914–1963), South African artist, actor & broadcaster
  • Louis Héctor Leroux (1829–1900), French painter
  • Louis Napoleon Le Roux (1890–1944), Breton nationalist
  • Marie-Élisabeth Laville-Leroux (1770–1826), French painter
  • Maurice Le Roux (1923–1992), French composer and conductor
  • Maxime Leroux (1951–2010), French actor
  • Ollie le Roux (born 1973), South African rugby player
  • Paul Calder Le Roux (born 1972), programmer, criminal cartel boss and DEA informant
  • P. K. Le Roux (1904–1985), South African politician
  • Pierre Leroux (1797–1871), French philosopher and political economist
  • Pieter Louis Le Roux (1865–1943), South African missionary
  • René Le Roux (1878–1949), Breton author going by the pen name Meven Mordiern
  • Robert Leroux (sociologist) (born 1964), Canadian sociologist
  • Robert Leroux (born 1967), French fencer
  • Roulland Le Roux (fl. 1508–1527), French gothic architect
  • Shaun Le Roux (born 1986), South African squash player
  • Stephanus Petrus le Roux (1891–1958), South African politician and father of writer Etienne Leroux
  • Sydney Leroux (born 1990), Canadian-American soccer player
  • Xavier Leroux (1863–1919), French composer
  • Willie le Roux (born 1989), South African rugby player
  • Yvon Le Roux (born 1960), French football player

    • Fiction

  • Zommari Leroux, a villain from the manga Bleach

    • References

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