John Leigh Explained

John Leigh may refer to:

Politicians

• John Leigh (MP for Hythe) (fl.1421-1432), English MP for Hythe
• Sir John Leigh (died 1612), English MP for Grampound, Launceston and Helston
• Sir John Leigh (Yarmouth MP) (c.1598–c.1666), Member of Parliament for Yarmouth 1640–1648, 1660–1661
• John Leigh (died 1620) (1562–1620), English Member of Parliament for Bedford, 1614
• John Leigh (died 1689) (c.1651–1689), English Member of Parliament for Newport, 1675–1689
• John Leigh (died 1743) (c.1670–1743), English Member of Parliament for Newtown, 1702–1705
• John Leigh (Wisconsin politician) (1827–1893), American politician
• Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet (1884–1959), British mill-owner, newspaper proprietor and Conservative Party politician

Others

• John Leigh (18th-century actor) (1689–1726), Irish actor and dramatist
• Jack Leigh (1948–2004), American photographer and author
• John Leigh (ambassador), Sierra Leone
• John Leigh (actor) (born 1965), New Zealand actor, appeared as Háma in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• John Leigh (doctor) (1812-1888), English doctor and public health administrator

See also

• John Legh (disambiguation)
• John Lee (disambiguation)
• John Lea (disambiguation)