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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. 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.

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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

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