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Leslie Scott (born 18 December 1955) is a Tanzanian-born British board game designer, author, and businesswoman, best known as the inventor of the game Jenga. Despite initial challenges, Scott transformed a family wooden block game into the classic Jenga, achieving worldwide success after licensing to Hasbro in 1986.
Leslie Scott may refer to: Leslie Scott (game designer) (born 1955), creator of the game Jenga; Sir Leslie Scott (British politician) (1869–1950), Conservative MP 1910–1929, Solicitor-General 1922; Leslie M. Scott (1878–1968), Oregon historian and politician; Les Scott (born 1947), Australian politician; Leslie Scott, clarinettist with ...
Leslie McChesney Scott (February 18, 1878 – December 18, 1968) [1] was an American historian, newspaper publisher and Republican politician in Oregon. He served as Oregon State Treasurer from 1941-1949. [2] He served as acting Governor of Oregon for a period in 1948. [3] He was also president of the Portland, Oregon Chamber of Commerce. [4]
Founded by Leslie Scott (the creator of Jenga), [1] and the graphic designer, Sara Finch. Finch & Scott co-designed Swipe and The Great Western Railway Game (published by Gibsons Games) in 1985, and then went on to develop and design almost forty games together. [2]
Harvey Whitefield Scott [1] (1838–1910) was an American pioneer who traveled to Oregon in 1852. Scott was a long-time editorialist, and eventual part owner of The Oregonian newspaper. Scott was regarded by his contemporaries as instrumental in bringing the state of Oregon firmly into the political camp of the Republican Party.
Sir Leslie Frederic Scott (28 October 1869 – 19 May 1950) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, and later a senior judge. Born in 1869, the son of Sir John Scott, the Judicial Advisor to the Khedive of Egypt, and Edgeworth Leonora Hill. Scott was educated at Rugby School and at New College, Oxford.
Leslie Scott (1895–1973) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Preston North End, Sunderland and Stoke. [1] Career.
Francis Leslie Scott MRIA (3 July 1928 – 14 January 2008) was an Irish chemist in the field of organic chemistry, though he contributed equally to the wider scientific world. [ 1 ]