Leith (surname)

Leith is a surname of Scottish origin.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

  • Belinda Leith, British singer
  • Charles Kenneth Leith (1875–1956), American geologist
  • Damien Leith (born 1976), Irish-born Australian singer/songwriter
  • Emmett Leith (1927–2005), American scientist and electrical engineer
  • James Leith (VC) (1826–1869), British soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • John H. Leith (1919–2002), American theologian
  • Leith Baronets
  • Leith-Buchanan Baronets
  • Lloyd Leith (1902–1974), American basketball referee and coach
  • Prue Leith (born 1940), South African-born restaurateuse, TV broadcaster and cookery writer
  • Valery Leith, pseudonym of Tricia Sullivan (born 1968), American writer
  • Virginia Leith (1932–2019), American actress, starred in The Brain That Wouldn't Die
  • Baron Leith of Fyvie (1847–1925), British peerage title

References
  1. Sims, Clifford Stanley (1862). The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames. With a Vocabulary of Christian Names. Albany, New York: J. Munsell. p. 66. OCLC 1060940902 – via Internet Archive.
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