List of Famous people with last name Leys

Alexander Burnett of Leys

First Name Alexander

Last Name Leys

Born on November 30, 1500

Died on July 5, 1619 (aged 118)

Alexander Burnett, 12th Laird of Leys was a Scottish landowner.

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Simon Leys

Pierre Ryckmans

First Name Simon

Last Name Leys

Born on September 28, 1935

Died on August 11, 2014 (aged 78)

Born in Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region

Pierre Ryckmans, better known by his pen name Simon Leys, was a Belgian-Australian writer, essayist and literary critic, translator, art historian, sinologist, and university professor, who lived in Australia from 1970. His work particularly focused on the politics and traditional culture of China, calligraphy, French and English literature, the commercialization of universities, and nautical fiction. Through the publication of his trilogy Les Habits neufs du président Mao (1971), Ombres chinoises (1974) and Images brisées (1976), he was one of the first intellectuals to denounce the Cultural Revolution in China and the idolizing of Mao in the West.

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James Burnett of Leys

First Name James

Last Name Leys

Born on July 24, 1941 (age 83)

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Alexander Burnet of Leys

First Name Alexander

Last Name Leys

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John Burnet of Leys

First Name John

Last Name Leys

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David Reginald Hay Neave Hay of Leys

First Name David

Last Name Leys

Born on September 5, 1912

Died on January 1, 1961 (aged 48)

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Dominic Peter Hay of Leys

First Name Dominic

Last Name Leys

Born on October 14, 1945 (age 79)

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Jean Burnett of Leys

First Name Jean

Last Name Leys

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William de la Haye of Leys

First Name William

Last Name Leys

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