Leroux (surname)
Leroux (mostly northwestern France[1]), LeRoux (American spelling), Le Roux (mostly Brittany,[2] as a translation of Breton Ar Rouz or Ar Ruz) or Roux (mostly southeastern France,[3] as a translation of Occitan Ros) is a surname of French origin meaning "red-haired" or "red-skinned" and may also come in certain cases (with the spelling Le Roux) from Breton Ar Roue meaning ″The King″. It may refer to:
People
- Adélaïde Leroux (born 1982), French actress
- AJ le Roux (born 1990), South African rugby player
- Alain Le Roux (c. 1040–1093), associate of William I of England
- André Leroux, Canadian politician
- Antoine Leroux (fl. 1846–1853), New Mexico mountain man
- Auguste Leroux (1871–1954), French painter
- Bernard Le Roux (born 1989), South African born French rugby union player
- Bruno Le Roux (born 1965), French politician
- Buddy LeRoux (1930–2008), American businessman and baseball club owner
- Charles Le Roux (1814–1895), French painter
- Charles Leroux (1856–1889), American balloonist and parachutist
- Chris Leroux (born 1984), Canadian baseball pitcher
- Claudine Le Roux (born 1964), French canoer
- Christophe Le Roux (born 1969), French footballer
- Daniel Le Roux (born 1933), South African footballer
- Doppies le Roux (born 1985), South African rugby player
- Etienne Leroux (1922–1989), South African writer
- François Le Roux (born 1955), French baritone
- François Leroux (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
- Fred le Roux (1882–1963), South African cricketer
- Garth Le Roux (born 1955), South African fast bowler
- Gaspard Le Roux (1660–1707), French harpsichordist
- Gaston Leroux (1868–1927), French journalist, detective, and novelist
- Gaston Leroux (ice hockey) (1913–1988), Canadian ice hockey player
- Gaston Leroux (politician) (born 1948), Canadian politician
- Georges Paul Leroux (1877–1957), French painter, brother of Auguste Leroux
- Grant le Roux (born 1986), South African rugby player
- Hennie le Roux (born 1967), South African rugby player
- Isabel Le Roux (born 1987), South African sprinter
- Jean Leroux (born 1949), Canadian politician
- Jean Paul Leroux, Venezuelan actor
- Jean-Yves Leroux (born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player
- Josephine Leroux (1747–1794), French Ursuline nun
- Lash LeRoux (born 1976), American professional wrestler
- Laurent Leroux (1759–1855), Canadian businessman and politician
- Le Roux Smith Le Roux (1914–1963), South African artist, actor & broadcaster
- Louis Héctor Leroux (1829–1900), French painter
- Louis Napoleon Le Roux (1890–1944), Breton nationalist
- Marie-Élisabeth Laville-Leroux (1770–1826), French painter
- Maurice Le Roux (1923–1992), French composer and conductor
- Maxime Leroux (1951–2010), French actor
- Ollie le Roux (born 1973), South African rugby player
- Paul Calder Le Roux (born 1972), programmer, criminal cartel boss and DEA informant
- P. K. Le Roux (1904–1985), South African politician
- Pierre Leroux (1797–1871), French philosopher and political economist
- Pieter Louis Le Roux (1865–1943), South African missionary
- René Le Roux (1878–1949), Breton author going by the pen name Meven Mordiern
- Robert Leroux (sociologist) (born 1964), Canadian sociologist
- Robert Leroux (born 1967), French fencer
- Roland Leroux (born 1956), German chemist
- Roulland Le Roux (fl. 1508–1527), French gothic architect
- Shaun Le Roux (born 1986), South African squash player
- Stephanus Petrus le Roux (1891–1958), South African politician and father of writer Etienne Leroux
- Sydney Leroux (born 1990), Canadian-American soccer player
- Xavier Leroux (1863–1919), French composer
- Willie le Roux (born 1989), South African rugby player
- Yvon Le Roux (born 1960), French football player
Fiction
- Zommari Leroux, a villain from the manga Bleach
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References
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