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Leon Mestel

Leon Mestel (1927–2017) was a British astronomer and authority on cosmic magnetism whose 1952 white dwarf cooling theory lets white dwarfs serve as cosmic clocks.

Oct 3, 2026

Léon Morin, prêtre (Leon Morin, Priest) is Jean-Pierre Melville's 1961 French-Italian drama starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Emmanuelle Riva, adapted from Béatrix Beck's Goncourt-winning novel about an atheist widow and a priest in occupied France.

Leon N. Cooper

Leon N. Cooper, also known as Leon Cooper, was an American physicist at Brown University who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics for the BCS theory of superconductivity.

Leon Orbeli

Leon Orbeli (Լևոն Աբգարի Օրբելի, 1882–1958) was a Soviet physiologist, Pavlov's favorite student, founder of evolutionary physiology in the USSR, and the main target of the 1950 Pavlovian session.

Leon Orris Jacobson

Leon Orris Jacobson (1911–1992) was an American hematologist at the University of Chicago whose 1943 nitrogen mustard trials were among the first forms of chemotherapy.

Leon Osman

Leon Osman (born 1981, Billinge), English midfielder and Everton academy product, 1998 FA Youth Cup winner, 388 Everton appearances and 54 goals, two England caps 2012-13.

Leon Panetta

Leon Panetta (born 1938, Monterey, California) is an American Democratic statesman: nine-term congressman, Clinton OMB director and chief of staff, CIA director 2009-2011 who oversaw the bin Laden raid, and 23rd Secretary of Defense 2011-2013.

Leon Pyrgos

Leon Pyrgos (Λεωνίδας Πύργος, born 1874 or 1871, Mantinea) was a Greek fencer who won the masters foil at the 1896 Athens Olympics, beating France's Joanni Perronet 3–1, the first Greek modern Olympic champion.

Leon Quaglia

Léon Quaglia (Léonhard Giotti Quaglia, 1896–1961), French speed skater and ice hockey player from Chamonix; 19-time French skating champion, three-time Olympian, 1924 European hockey gold medalist, and 1928 one-hour world record holder.

Leon Redbone

Leon Redbone (born Dickran Gobalian, 1949, Nicosia, Cyprus; died 2019) was an elusive singer-guitarist who revived pre-World War II ragtime, jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley songs in a gravelly baritone behind a fedora-and-sunglasses vaudeville persona, breaking through after Bob Dylan's 1974 praise and later voicing Leon the Snowman in Elf.

Leon Robinson

Leon Robinson (Leon Preston Robinson IV), American actor, singer, and producer born 1962 in New York City, known for The Five Heartbeats, Cool Runnings, Above the Rim, The Temptations, and Little Richard; distinct from Leonard Robinson and Leon Robson.

Leon Rose

Leon Rose, American basketball executive and former CAA superagent for LeBron James and Allen Iverson, has been New York Knicks president since March 2, 2020, rebuilding the franchise through the Brunson signing and Anunoby, Bridges, and Towns trades to the 2026 NBA title.

Léon Rosenfeld

Léon Rosenfeld (1904–1974) was a Belgian theoretical physicist, a pioneer of quantum field theory, Niels Bohr's assistant and collaborator from 1930 to 1962, and founding editor of the journal Nuclear Physics.

Leon Rotman

Leon Rotman (born 22 July 1934, Bucharest) is a Romanian sprint canoeist, first Romanian to win two Olympic golds at one Games: C-1 1000 m and 10,000 m at Melbourne 1956, plus C-1 1000 m bronze at Rome 1960.

Leon Russell

Leon Russell (Claude Russell Bridges, 1942-2016), American singer-songwriter, pianist, and Wrecking Crew session musician from Tulsa, Oklahoma; led Mad Dogs & Englishmen, wrote "A Song for You," and joined Elton John on The Union before Rock Hall induction in 2011.

Leon S. Kennedy

Leon S. Kennedy, full name Leon Scott Kennedy, is a fictional US agent and central protagonist of Capcom's Resident Evil series, debuting in Resident Evil 2 (1998).

Léon Sanche

Léon Sanche is a Canadian physicist at the Université de Sherbrooke, a professor there since 1972, known for his 2000 Science paper showing that low-energy secondary electrons break DNA strands.

Sep 27, 2026

Leon Schreiber

Leon Schreiber is a South African Democratic Alliance politician, a Member of Parliament since 2019 who was appointed Minister of Home Affairs by President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2024.

Leon Schuster

Leon Schuster, also known as Leon Ernest Schuster, is a South African filmmaker and comedian known for his slapstick, candid-camera prank comedies and massive local success.

Sep 27, 2026

Leon Schydlower

Leon Schydlower (born 1971) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Texas since 2024, nominated by President Biden.

Leon Silver

Leon T. "Lee" Silver (1925–2022) was an American geologist and geochemist at Caltech who developed uranium-lead dating of zircon and trained the Apollo astronauts in field geology.

Leon Simon

Leon Simon, born 1945, is an Australian mathematician at Stanford University and a world authority on minimal surfaces who won the 1994 Bôcher and 2017 Steele Prizes.

Leon Slater

Leon Slater (born 2004) is an English high-flying professional wrestler from Bradford, signed to TNA in October 2023. Known for the Swanton 450 finisher, RevPro British J-Cup win, and a record-tying 298-day TNA X-Division Championship reign.

Leon Spinks

Leon Spinks, "Neon Leon" (1953–2021), was an American boxer who won 1976 Olympic light heavyweight gold and upset Muhammad Ali to become heavyweight champion in 1978.

Leon Stukelj

Leon Štukelj (1898–1999), Slovenian gymnast competing for Yugoslavia, dominant gymnast of the 1920s: 6 Olympic medals (all-around and horizontal bar gold 1924, rings gold 1928, rings silver 1936) and 11 World Championship medals; first to master the inverted crucifix on rings.