Lenny (given name)

People

In sports

• Leonard Lenny Dykstra (born 1963), American former Major League Baseball player
• Lenny Fernandes Coelho (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
• Lenny Druyts (born 1997), Belgian professional racing cycling
• Leonard Lennie Friedman (born 1976), American former National Football League player
• Lenny Hayes (born 1980), former Australian rules footballer
• Elaine Lenny Holohan (born 1985), Irish camogie player
• Leonid Lenny Krayzelburg (born 1975), Ukrainian-born American swimmer, four-time Olympic gold medalist
• Jan Leonardus Lennie Louw (born 1959), South African-born Namibian cricketer
• Lenny Permana (born 1975), female badminton player from Australia
• Lenny Randle (1949–2024), American baseball player
• Lenny Rodrigues, Indian footballer playing for FC Goa
• Leonard Lennie Rosenbluth (1933–2022), American former college basketball and National Basketball Association player
• Ilenia Lenny Sims (born 2002), English-Italian cricketer
• Leonard Lenny Wilkens (1937–2025), American former National Basketball Association player and coach, member of several Halls of Fame as player and coach
• Lennie Waite (born 1986), British female track and field athlete

In music

• Lenny (singer) (born 1993), Czech singer, songwriter, composer, lyricist, and pianist
• Leonard Lenny Fontana (active from 1985), American house music DJ
• Leonard Lennie Hayton (1908-1971), American composer and conductor
• Lenny Kaye (born 1946), American musician, composer and writer, guitarist of Patti Smith Group
• Leonard Lenny Kravitz (born 1964), American rock/hard rock singer, songwriter, producer and guitarist
• Helena Lenny Kuhr (born 1950), Dutch singer-songwriter
• Leonard Lenny Waronker (born 1941), American record label executive and producer
• Lenny Welch (1938–2025), American pop singer

In film and television

• Lenny Clarke (born 1953), actor, writer, and producer
• Lenworth Lenny Henry (born 1958), British stand-up comedian, actor, writer and television presenter
• Lennie James (born 1965), British actor
• Leonard Alfred Schneider Lenny Bruce (1925-1966),an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist
• Lenny Trčková (born 1978), Czech radio presenter, TV presenter and model

Other

• Lennie Copeland (1881–1951), American mathematician and professor
• Leonard DiMaria (born 1941), New York mobster
• Leuntje Lenny Geluk-Poortvliet (born 1943), Dutch politician
• Lennie Goodings (born 1953), Canadian-born publisher active in the United Kingdom
• Hugh Leonard Lenny Murphy (1952-1982), psychopathic killer from Northern Ireland, member of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force
• Lenny Montana (1926–1992), professional wrestler and mob enforcer turned film actor
• Lenny Ureña Valerio (born 1977), Puerto Rican scholar of colonial and Polish history

Fictional characters

• Lenny (bot), a chat bot designed to disrupt telemarketer calls
• Lenny Buskers, a character in the television series Legion
• Lennie Small, principal character in the John Steinbeck novel, Of Mice and Men
• Lenny Kosnowski, in the television series, Laverne and Shirley
• Lenny Leonard, a recurring character in the television series, The Simpsons
• Lenny, in the animated film, Toy Story
• Lenny Feder, in the films Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2
• Lenny Parker, in the television series, Mona the Vampire
• Lenny, in the animated film, Shark Tale
• Lenny, a neopet
• Leni Loud, in the animated series, The Loud House
• Lennie Briscoe, on the television series, Law and Order
• Lenny Summers, in the video game Red Dead Redemption 2
• Lenny, a recurring character in Fanboy & Chum Chum
• Lenny, a gorilla from Jim Henson's Animal Show