Clegg (name)
Clegg is a given name and an English surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
[edit]- Clegg Hoyt (1910–1967), American actor
Surname
[edit]Science
[edit]- Alec Clegg (1909–1986), English educationalist
- Hugh Clegg (doctor) (1900–1983), English doctor
- Moses Clegg (1876–1918), American bacteriologist who was the first scientist to segregate and propagate the leprosy bacillus
Arts
[edit]- Barbara Clegg, British actor
- Betty Clegg (1926 - 2009), New Zealand watercolour artist
- Charles Clegg (1916–1979), American author
- Douglas Clegg (born 1958), American author
- Eileen Clegg, American journalist
- John Clegg (actor) (born 1934), English actor
- Johnny Clegg (1953–2019), British-born South African musician and anthropologist
- Thaddeus von Clegg, German clockmaker who constructed the first kazoo in the 1840s
- Tom Clegg (actor) (1915–1996), English actor
- Tom Clegg (director) (1934–2016), English film director
Sports
[edit]- Charles Clegg (footballer) (1850–1937), English footballer
- Don Clegg (1921–2005), English footballer
- Ellen Clegg (c. 1841–?), American pickpocket and shoplifter
- Henry Clegg (1850–1920), English cricketer
- Joe Clegg (1869–1902), English footballer
- Michael Clegg (born 1977), English footballer
- Mitchell Clegg (born 1990), Australian darts player
- Robin Clegg (born 1977), Canadian biathlete
- Ron Clegg (1927–1990), an Australian footballer
- William Clegg (footballer) (1852–1932), English footballer and politician
- William Clegg (cricketer) (1869–1949), English cricketer
Other
[edit]- Brian Clegg (disambiguation)
- Frank Clegg, former president of Microsoft Canada
- Hugh Clegg (industrial relations) (1920–1995), professor and industrial relations expert.
- Judith Clegg (born 1971), British strategy consultant, technology entrepreneur and angel investor
- Lee Clegg, British soldier
- Nick Clegg (born 1967), British politician, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Liberal Democrats
- Robert Clegg Jr. (born 1954), former US state senator
- Roger Clegg, American lawyer and former government official
- Samuel Clegg (1781–1861), British engineer
- Stephen Clegg Rowan (1808–1890), US vice admiral
- Walter Clegg (1920–1994), British Conservative politician
- William Henry Clegg, first Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (1920–1931)
Fictional characters
[edit]- Corporal Clegg, a fictional character in eponymous rock song by Pink Floyd
- Edward Clegg, a fictional character in the Has Fallen film series starring Gerard Butler
- Lelia Clegg, a fictional character in the Australian TV police drama Blue Heelers
- Les Clegg, a fictional character in the British TV soap opera Coronation Street
- Maggie Clegg, a fictional character in Coronation Street
- Norman Clegg, a fictional character in the British TV sitcom Last of the Summer Wine
- Colonel Clegg Forbes, fictional character in The Twilight Zone episode And When The Sky Was Opened
- Clegg, a character in the US TV series Eastbound & Down
See also
[edit]- Clegg-Hill, surname
- Captain Clegg (disambiguation)
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