Le Sueur or Lesueur is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hubert Le Sueur (c. 1580–1658), French sculptor Jean Le Sueur (c. 1598–1668, also known as Abbé Saint-Sauveur), French-born Quebecois priest Eustache Le Sueur (1617–1655), painter and a founder of the French Academy Pierre-Charles Le Sueur (c. 1657–1704), French trapper and explorer of North America Jacques-François le Sueur (fl. 1704–1754), French Jesuit missionary and linguist of the Abnaki in Canada Jacques-Philippe Le Sueur (1759–1830), French sculptor Jean-François Le Sueur (1760–1837), French composer Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778–1846), French naturalist-illustrator and explorer of Australia, Southeast Asia, and North America Pierre-Étienne Lesueur (fl. 1791–1810), French painter Marie Lesieur (1799–1890), known as Lesueur, French ballet dancer Georges Lesueur (1834–1910), French engineer, public works contractor, Senator of Algeria from 1888 to 1897 Daniel Lesueur, pen name of Jeanne Lapauze, née Loiseau (1860–1920), French poet and novelist Arthur LeSueur (1867?–1950?), American socialist newspaper editor and Socialist mayor of Minot, North Dakota Florence LeSueur (1898–1991), African-American civil rights activist and the first female president of an NAACP chapter Meridel Le Sueur (née – Wharton; 1900–1996), American writer and political activist, stepdaughter of Arthur Le Sueur Hal LeSueur (1903–1963), American actor and elder brother of Joan Crawford Lucille Fay LeSueur, real name of Joan Crawford (1907–1977), film actress and sister of Hal Raoul Lesueur (1912–1981), French cyclist Bennie Le Sueur (1917–1994), Australian Rules Footballer for Footscray and Collingwood Joe LeSueur (1924–2001) American poet and screenwriter. Terry Le Sueur (born 1942?), politician and Chief Minister of Jersey Emily LeSueur (born 1972), US synchronized swimmer Éloyse Lesueur (born 1988), French long jumper