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
• Hendrik 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
• 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
• 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

References

1. Géopatronyme : surname Leroux, births before 1915 (French)
2. Géopatronyme : surname Le Roux, births before 1915 (French)
3. Géopatronyme : surname Roux, births before 1915 (French)