Biographies

Léon Kalenga Badikebele

Léon Kalenga Badikebele — Congolese Catholic prelate and Vatican diplomat

Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein)

Russian revolutionary, Marxist theorist and Red Army founder. Key leader in 1917, advocate of Permanent Revolution, opponent of Stalin, founder of the Fourth International, assassi

Leon Ware

Leon Ware — American songwriter, producer, and soul artist

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Boswell

Leonard L. Boswell (1934–2018)

Leonard H. Perroots

Leonard H. Perroots — U.S. Air Force General and Director of the DIA

Leonardo De Lorenzo

Leonardo De Lorenzo: Italian-born flautist, composer, and educator

Leone Frollo

Leone Frollo: Italian Comic Artist Known for Biancaneve, Lucifera, Yra

Leonhard Nagenrauft

Leonhard Nagenrauft: West German Luger and European Champion

Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Brezhnev: Soviet leader and architect of the Era of Stagnation

Leonid Bronevoy

Leonid Bronevoy: Soviet and Russian Stage and Screen Actor

Leonid Gaidai

Leonid Gaidai — Soviet film director of popular comedies

Leonid Kadeniuk

Leonid Kadenyuk — First astronaut of independent Ukraine and STS-87 crew member

Leonid Kharitonov

Leonid Kharitonov — Russian bass-baritone singer (1933–2017)

Leonid Sokov

Leonid Sokov — Russian sculptor and nonconformist artist

Leonid Zhabotinsky

Leonid Zhabotinsky: Soviet superheavyweight weightlifter and two-time Olympic champion

Leônidas

Leônidas da Silva — Brazilian forward and 1938 World Cup star

Leonie Kooiker

Leonie Kooiker: Dutch children's author (1927–2020)

Leonie Ossowski

Leonie Ossowski (Jolanthe von Brandenstein) — German novelist and screenwriter

Léonin

Léonin — medieval composer of organum and founder of the Notre Dame school

Leonorilda Ochoa

Leonorilda Ochoa — Mexican actress and comedian

Leons Briedis

Leons Briedis — Latvian poet, writer, critic and editor (1949–2020)

Leopold Kronecker

Leopold Kronecker (1823–1891)

Leopold Mozart

Leopold Mozart (1719–1787): Composer, Violinist and Teacher

Leopold Poetsch

Leopold Poetsch: teacher, nationalist intellectual, and influence on Hitler

Leopold von Ranke

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

Leopoldo Alas

Leopoldo Alas (Clarín): life, major works and literary significance

Leopoldo Brizuela

Leopoldo Brizuela — Argentine writer and translator (1963–2019)

Leopoldo Federico

Leopoldo Federico — Argentine bandoneonist, arranger and orchestra leader

Leopoldo María Panero

Leopoldo S. Tumulak

Leopoldo Sumaylo Tumulak

Leopoldo Verona

Leopoldo Verona — Argentine actor

Lerone Bennett Jr.

Lerone Bennett Jr.: Scholar, Author, and Social Historian

Leroy Goldsworthy

Leroy "Goldy" Goldsworthy

Leroy Jethro Gibbs

Leroy Jethro Gibbs — NCIS special agent and team leader

Leroy Stanton

Leroy Stanton: American Major League Outfielder (1946–2019)

Leroy Suddath

Leroy N. Suddath — U.S. Army Major General and Special Operations Leader

Les Blank

Les Blank — American documentary filmmaker

Les Ferdinand

Les Hunter (basketball)

Les Hunter (basketball) — American ABA/NBA forward and two-time All-Star

Les Lazarowitz

Les Lazarowitz — American Film Sound Engineer

Les MacFarlane

Les MacFarlane (John Leslie Stuart MacFarlane)

Les Murray (broadcaster)

Les Murray (broadcaster) — Hungarian–Australian soccer commentator and journalist

Les Murray (poet)

Les Murray — Australian poet, critic and anthologist

Les Reed (songwriter)

Les Reed (English songwriter, arranger and orchestra leader)

Les Tanyuk

Les Tanyuk (Leonid Stepanovych Tanyuk): Ukrainian theatre director and cultural activist

Les Whitten

Les Whitten: American investigative reporter, novelist and translator