Leandre le Gay (in French: Léandre François René le Gay) (1833–1887)[1] was a French diplomat (Vice Consul) in Sofia, Bulgaria during the April Uprising of 1876 and the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878).
He was a gifted student and learned foreign languages - English, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Persian and others.
He began his diplomatic career in Alexandria, then worked in the French missions in Tunisia and Jeddah.
In the first months of the Russo-Turkish War, Sofia became the main supply point of the Turkish army.
Foreign diplomats were warned to evacuate, but instead Le Gay and the Italian Vice Consul Vittorio Positano organized the city's resistance and held successful talks with Turkish Force Commander Osman Nuri Pasha to keep the city from destruction.