Leon J. Gary, Sr. (July 27, 1912 - December 5, 2000), was an American Democratic politician who served from 1946 to 1962 as the mayor of Houma, the seat of government for Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. BackgroundOriginally from Patoutville in sugar-growing Iberia Parish in South L...
Leon Goodman (born 22 January 1960) is an English Impressionist painter. Many of his works are historical. His best paintings are thought to be his Romantic interpretation of tragedies. He was an understudy of the Landscape Artist David Aldus in a group of English painters and po...
Louis Leon Griffith (January 19, 1936 - July 13, 2010) was a master plumber from North Little Rock, who was the Arkansas Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1976, losing the election to Democratic incumbent Governor David H. Pryor.Griffith was born in Almyra, a small town in Arka...
Leon Robert James Well known by his stage name Leon James is a musician, theater artist and a music researcher. Leon is a multi-instrumentalist and play traditional didgeridoo which is his favorite. He also plays Djembe,Darbuka, Bongos, Udukkai, Parai, Tank drum, Cajon, Uddu, Gui...
Leon Kufa was born on 6 March 1981 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.He is a development consultant based in Windhoek, Namibia. He has served as the Executive Vice President for Junior Chamber International Mutare Chapter in Zimbabwe, as well as an executive member of the Zimbabwe National C...
Leon Mann is a TV journalist and documentary filmmaker.Mann started as international spokesperson for football's anti-racism campaigns Kick It Out and Football against Racism in Europe, before joining the BBC in 2007 and was a TV reporter for them at the 2012 London Olympics.At t...
Leon Miguel is the screen name of Filipino actor and engineer, Noel I. Aparilla (born December 17, 1968). He gained world-wide attention and notoriety for his role as the leading villain, “Visel”, in a Tribeca film crime-thriller entry, Graceland: A Life for Every Lie...
Leon Alberto Paulino (born November 15, 2000) is a Dominican-American professional baseball outfielder in the Boston Red Sox organization. Listed at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) and 205 pounds (93 kg), he is a switch hitter and throws right-handed.CareerPaulino born in Lowell, Massac...
Yachting New ZealandLeon Smith, first New Zealander to sail single handed around the world. 1972-75In 1972 Leon Smith purchased the fibreglass sloop Karma which had been built in Germany in 1968. Karma is 9 metres long with a 3 metre beam and a draught of 1.5 metres.After a compl...
Leonard Kim Liao, commonly known as Leon Youngboy as well as Leonardo, is an Asian American artist who produces and perform Latin Freestyle. Although he is Asian American, he uses his latin influences and Asian culture to produce his music. His first single "Youngboys" ...
Leona Wilhelmina Tuttle (April 13, 1896 - November 23, 2007) was an American supercentenarian.Tuttle was born as Leona Wilhelmina Sternberg on April 13, 1896, near the town of Bad Axe, Michigan. Her parents, Karl and Marie Amelia Sternberg, were both immigrants from Germany.<ref ...
Geir Arne Olsen (1957 - 1990), better known under his pen-name Leonard Borgzinner, was a Norwegian essayist, self-taught political philosopher, science fiction author, illustrator and fanzine editor. Borgzinner is most noted for his many contributions to the alternative culture m...
Leonard Borman (28 April 1894 - 15 August 1995) was a British-born Canadian war veteran and artist. Borman studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago and under Joseph Pennell and George Bellows. He arrived in Sierra Madre, CA in 1920 and was active in the Los Angeles area into t...
Leonard Thomas Ewens (11 April 1910 - 23 July 1981) was a local councillor in the Town of Walkerville in Adelaide, South Australia.Ewens completed a Diploma II in Commerce at the University of Adelaide in December 1929. He married Margaret Norah Dawson in February 1932. Ewens ser...
Leonard Haze (born September 7, 1955) is an American-born rock drummer, songwriter and producer. He is a founding member and one of the principal songwriters for Bay Area hard rock band Yesterday & Today, later known as Y&T.Early lifeHaze grew up in San Leandro, CA and wa...
Leonard "Live-Forever" Jones (July 3, 1797-August 30, 1868) was an eccentric who claimed to be immortal. According to Jones, mortality was a side effect of immorality, and anyone could achieve immortality through a regimen of prayer and fasting. Jones was an unsuccessful politici...
Leonard Knight (November 1, 1931) is the builder and chief architect of Salvation Mountain. He lives at the mountain near Slab City, a few miles from Niland, California, and approximately from San Diego.ChildhoodKnight grew up on a farm about seven or eight miles (13&nbsp;km)...
Leonard Lenihan was the Chairman of the Erie County Democratic Committee in Erie County, New York. He is a former Chairman of the Erie County Legislature and a former county personnel commissioner. He was a Presidential Elector for Sen. John Kerry and Sen. John Edwards in 2004. H...
Leonard Lopatin is a US flutist, flute maker and designer of the SquareONE family of flutes.CareerHe studied with Harold Bennett at the Manhattan School of Music and then with Arthur Lora at the Juilliard School of Music. He was awarded the Bachelor of Music degree in flute perfo...
Leonard of Quirm is a fictional character in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. He is a pastiche on the popular perception of Leonardo da Vinci.Leonard is a man of indeterminate age (he is described as "one of those people who start looking venerable at thirty, and proceed ...