Cleese
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Cleese is a surname from Britain; an English surname, and a Scottish surname originating from MacCleese/McCleese.
People
People with this name include:
- Alyce Cleese (born 1944), U.S. psychotherapist
- Cynthia Cleese (born 1971), UK actress
- John Cleese (born 1939), UK comedian, member of Monty Python's Flying Circus, whose family name originated as "Cheese"
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Surname list
This page lists people with the surname Cleese. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
Other
Cleese may also refer to:
- Mount Cleese, the rubbish tip in Palmerston North, North Island, New Zealand
See also
- McCleese
- Leese (disambiguation)