Léger (surname)

Léger or Leger (sometimes as Légère or Legere) is a surname, and may refer to:

Alexis Leger (1887–1975), French poet and diplomat who used the pseudonym Saint-John Perse, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
Allan Legere (born 1948), Canadian serial killer
Antoine Joseph Léger (1880–1950), Canadian politician, lawyer and author
Auguste Théophile Léger (1852–1923), Canadian politician
Aurel Léger (1894–1961), Canadian politician
Dick Leger (1925–1999), square dance caller
Édouard H. Léger (1866–1892), Canadian politician and physician
Émile Léger (1795–1838), French mathematician
Fernand Léger (1881–1955), French painter, sculptor and filmmaker
Jacqueline Legere (born 1991), Canadian athlete and stuntwoman
Jacques Nicolas Léger (1859–1918), Haitian lawyer, politician and diplomat
John Legere (born 1958), American CEO of T-Mobile
Jules Léger (1913–1980), Canadian diplomat and Governor General of Canada (1974–1979)
Louis Léger (1843–1923), French writer and pioneer in Slavic studies
Marcel Léger (1930–1993), Canadian politician
Mary Legere, American general
Nicole Léger (born 1955), Canadian politician
Omer Léger (1931–2023), Canadian politician
Paul-Émile Léger (1904–1991), Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Montreal
Phoebe Legere, American musician
Ricky Legere (born 1985), American mixed martial artist
Roger Leger (1919–1965), Canadian National Hockey League player
Sébastien Léger (born 1979), French DJ
Teresa Leger Fernandez (born 1959), American politician
Urbain-Louis-Eugène Léger (1866–1948), French zoologist
Viola Léger (1930-2023), Acadian-Canadian actress and former Canadian senator
Walt Leger III (born 1978), American politician in Louisiana
Leger (chess player), an 18th-century chess player

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