Leslie Calvin Brown (born February 17, 1945) is an American politician and motivational speaker.

[1] Brown was born with his twin brother, Wesley, in Liberty City, a low-income section of Miami, Florida.

He was adopted by Mamie Brown, a 38-year-old single woman who worked as a cafeteria attendant and domestic assistant.

Brown claims that he was declared "educable mentally retarded" in grade school, which damaged his self-esteem and confidence.

After leaving the Ohio State Legislature, he shifted his career to television and became a host on PBS.