Leslie Groves
- Birthday: 8/17/1896
- Deathday: 7/13/1970
- Place of birth: Albany, New York, USA
- Fame for: Acting
- Also known as: Leslie Richard Groves Jr., Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr., Lieutenant General Leslie Groves
Biography
Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II.