Les Brown 24 Powerful Lessons and Insights from Les Brown Les Brown is one of the world's greatest motivational speakers who is as tough as he is gutsy. Born in 1945, Brown was born in a low-income family and was thereafter put up for adoption. He was deemed to have been "uneducable" when he was in grade school but with the help of his mother and a high school teacher he reached the pinnacles of success. His speeches are renowned for being practical...