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Leonard Buddy Edelen
Leonard Graves "Buddy" Edelen (1937-1997), American marathon runner; set world record 2:14:28 at the 1963 Polytechnic Marathon, first American record since 1925; sixth at Tokyo 1964 Olympics with sciatica.
Leonard C. Harrison
Leonard C. Harrison is an Australian immunologist at WEHI in Melbourne known for insulin receptor research and nasal insulin vaccine trials for type 1 diabetes.
Leonard Carlitz
Leonard Carlitz (1907–1999) was an American mathematician at Duke University who published more than 770 papers on number theory, finite fields, and combinatorics, and introduced the Carlitz module.
Leonard Carmichael
Leonard Carmichael (1898–1973) was an American experimental psychologist known for research on the development of behavior in embryonic and larval animals, and later president of Tufts University and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
Leonard Carpenter
Leonard Griswold Carpenter (1902-1994), Minneapolis-born American rower, won gold in the men's eight at the 1924 Paris Olympics rowing bow seat for the Yale crew, then led a Minnesota lumber company.
Leonard Chess
Leonard Chess (Lejzor Szmuel Czyż, 1917–1969), Polish-born American record producer who co-founded Chess Records in Chicago with brother Phil, home of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, and Etta James; sold to GRT in 1969.
Leonard Christian
Leonard Christian is an American Republican politician representing the 4th district in the Washington State Senate, residing in Spokane Valley, who drew condemnation for a slur used during a 2026 floor debate.
Leonard Cockayne
Leonard Cockayne (1855–1934) was a New Zealand botanist regarded as the country's first ecologist, whose book The Vegetation of New Zealand remained the standard work for 70 years.
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen (1934-2016), Canadian poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter from Montreal; debut Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967); wrote Hallelujah on Various Positions (1984); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2008.
Leonard Cohen discography
Leonard Cohen discography: 15 studio albums (Songs of Leonard Cohen, 1967, to posthumous Thanks for the Dance, 2019), 9 live albums, 3 compilations, 2011 Columbia/Legacy box sets, certifications, chart peaks, and famous covers of his songs.
Leonard Culhane
Leonard Culhane, known as Len Culhane, is a solar and X-ray astronomer who led UK spectrometers from the Ariel satellites to Hinode, winning the 2006 RAS Gold Medal.
Leonard Cutler
Leonard Cutler (1928–2006) was an American physicist who cofounded HP Labs and led development of the HP 5060A and 5071A cesium atomic clocks, whose 5071A remains the largest contributor of cesium clocks to Coordinated Universal Time.
Leonard D. Hudson
Leonard D. Hudson, born 1938, is an American pulmonary and critical care physician at the University of Washington and Harborview in Seattle, known for research on ARDS.
Leonard D. Kohn
Leonard D. Kohn (1935–2012) was an American thyroid researcher who led a section at the NIH for 25 years, developed the FRTL-5 bioassay, and won the Ingbar Award.
Leonard Eugene Dickson
Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874–1954) was an American mathematician at the University of Chicago, known for his 1901 theory of finite fields and his three-volume History of the Theory of Numbers.
Leonard F. Fuller
Leonard F. Fuller (1890–1987) was an American electrical engineer who, as chief engineer of the Federal Telegraph Company, developed high-power Poulsen arc transmitters used by the United States Navy for long-distance radio telegraphy.
Leonard F. Konikow
Leonard F. Konikow is an American groundwater hydrologist who spent 42 years at the US Geological Survey, developing widely used solute-transport models and quantifying US groundwater depletion.
Leonard Floyd
Leonard Floyd, NFL edge defender from Eastman, Georgia; drafted ninth overall by the Bears in 2016; career-high 10.5 sacks with the 2020 Rams; won Super Bowl LVI; later Bills, 49ers, Falcons.
Leonard Fournette
Leonard Fournette, NFL running back (2017–2023), fourth overall 2017 draft pick, LSU record-setting rusher, 'Playoff Lenny' Super Bowl LV champion with Tampa Bay; 4,518 career rushing yards, later Bills stint, unsigned free agent as of 2025.
Leonard Freed
Leonard Freed (1929–2006) was an American photojournalist and member of Magnum Photos, known for Black in White America on the civil rights movement and Police Work on the NYPD.
Leonard Frey
Leonard Frey (1938–1988), American character actor from Brooklyn, played Harold in The Boys in the Band on stage and screen and earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination as Motel in Fiddler on the Roof (1971).
Leonard Green & Partners
Leonard Green & Partners is a Los Angeles private equity firm founded in 1989, known for consumer and retail investments including SRS Distribution and Mister Car Wash.
Leonard Guarente
Leonard Guarente is an American molecular biologist and aging researcher, the Novartis Professor of Biology at MIT known for showing that sirtuins regulate aging through NAD, and a founder of Elysium Health.
Leonard H. Rome
Leonard H. Rome is an American cell biologist at UCLA who co-discovered the vault, one of the largest ribonucleoprotein particles in the cell, in 1986.
Leonard H. van den Berg
Leonard H. van den Berg (Leonard Hendrik van den Berg, born 1963) is a Dutch neurologist and professor of experimental neurology at UMC Utrecht, known for ALS research and Project MinE.
Leonard Hamilton
Leonard Hamilton, American college basketball coach (born 1948), head coach at Oklahoma State, Miami, Florida State (1987-2025) and the NBA Wizards; 660-506 record, FSU's winningest coach, resigned February 2025.
Leonard Harris (metallurgist)
Leonard Harris (1927–2024) was an Australian-born metallurgist who led the startup of the Yanacocha gold mine in Peru and joined the National Academy of Engineering in 2022.
Leonard Hawkes
Leonard Hawkes (1891–1981) was a British geologist and leading authority on the geology of Iceland, who headed the geology department at Bedford College, London, from 1921 to 1956.
Leonard Herzenberg
Leonard Herzenberg (1931–2013) was an American immunologist and geneticist at Stanford University who led the development of the fluorescence-activated cell sorter, winning the 2006 Kyoto Prize.
Leonard Hofstadter
Leonard Hofstadter, also Leonard Leakey Hofstadter, is the fictional Caltech experimental physicist and Sheldon Cooper's roommate in The Big Bang Theory, played by Johnny Galecki, Penny's eventual husband.