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 85)
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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 80)
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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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