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Leonardo Ulloa
Leonardo Ulloa (José Leonardo Ulloa Fernández), Argentine forward born 1986 in General Roca; played for Brighton, Leicester City, Pachuca, and Rayo Vallecano; 96 Premier League games, 19 goals, and key late goals in Leicester's 2015/16 title run.
Leonardo Williams
Leonardo Williams is an American Democrat and mayor of Durham, North Carolina, first elected in 2023 after serving on the city council and owning a restaurant.
Leonardo Zeevaert Wiechers
Leonardo Zeevaert Wiechers (1914–2010) was a Mexican geotechnical engineer who designed foundations for Mexico City's Latinoamericana Tower and joined the US National Academy of Engineering.
Leonardo.ai
Leonardo.ai (legally Leonardo Interactive Pty Ltd) is an Australian generative AI platform for images and videos, founded in Sydney in 2022 and acquired by Canva in 2024.
Leonberger
Leonberger: giant German dog breed from Leonberg near Stuttgart, created by Heinrich Essig around 1846 from Newfoundland, St. Bernard, and Great Pyrenees crosses; FCI Group 2, lion-colored coat, black mask, 7-year life expectancy.
Leondra Kruger
Leondra Reid Kruger, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California since January 2015 (appointed by Jerry Brown); former Solicitor General's office lawyer who argued 12 U.S. Supreme Court cases; 2022 Biden shortlist finalist for the Breyer seat.
Leone Nakarawa
Leone Nakarawa, Fijian rugby lock and sevens forward born 1988 in Tavua, won Olympic gold at Rio 2016, played three Rugby World Cups, starred for Glasgow and Racing 92, and joined Fijian Drua in 2026.
Leone Spiccia
Leone Spiccia (1957–2016) was an Australian inorganic chemist, Professor of Chemistry at Monash University, known for dye-sensitized solar cell electrolytes, bioinspired water-oxidation catalysis, and nanomaterials for cancer imaging.
Leonel Fernández
Leonel Fernández (Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna, born 1953): Dominican lawyer and politician, president 1996–2000, 2004–2008, 2008–2012 for the PLD, founder of Fuerza del Pueblo; known for economic growth, CAFTA, the Santo Domingo metro, and Odebrecht corruption allegations.
Leongatha mushroom murders
Leongatha mushroom murders: July 2023 poisoning of three relatives of Erin Patterson by death cap mushrooms in beef Wellington at her Victorian home; convictions 2025, life sentence, appeals pending.
Leonhard Atzberger
Leonhard Atzberger (1854–1918) was a German Catholic theologian and priest, professor at the University of Munich, known for his history of Christian eschatology and for completing Scheeben's Handbuch der katholischen Dogmatik.
Leonhard Bertholdt
Leonhard Bertholdt (1774–1822) was a German Protestant theologian at the University of Erlangen, known for a historical-critical Bible introduction and an early commentary on Daniel.
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler was a Swiss mathematician and physicist of the 18th century who introduced much of modern mathematical notation, including f(x), e, i, and π.
Leonhard Frank
Leonhard Frank (1882–1961) was a German novelist, dramatist, and pacifist who first became known with Die Räuberbande (1914) and was a leading writer of the Weimar Republic.
Leonhard Grill
Leonhard Grill is an Austrian physical chemist and professor at the University of Graz who studies single molecules on surfaces and won the first Nanocar Race in 2017.
Leonhard Hess Stejneger
Leonhard Hess Stejneger was a Norwegian-born American ornithologist and herpetologist who spent more than 58 years at the Smithsonian, rising to head curator of biology.
Leonhard Koeppe
Leonhard Koeppe (1884–1969) was a German ophthalmologist born in Torgau who died in Halle, best known for his 1919 direct-view contact lens for examining the eye's drainage angle.
Leonhard Seppala
Leonhard Seppala was a Norwegian-born American gold prospector and sled dog musher who drove the longest leg of the 1925 Serum Run carrying diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska.
Leonhard Stock
Leonhard Stock (born 1958), Austrian alpine skier, 1980 Lake Placid Olympic downhill champion as an alternate; three World Cup downhill wins (Laax 1989, Val d'Isère 1990, Val Gardena 1992); later hotelier in Finkenberg.
Leonid Andreyev
Leonid Andreyev (Леонид Андреев, 1871–1919) was a Russian writer of prose, drama, and journalism whose 1901 story collection made him a literary star, often described as a forerunner of expressionism.
Leonid Brekhovskikh
Leonid Brekhovskikh (1917–2005) was a Soviet and Russian acoustical oceanographer who discovered the underwater sound channel in 1946 and wrote Waves in Layered Media, the standard reference on wave propagation in layered media.
Leonid Brezhnev (Леонид Ильич Брежнев)
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (Леонид Ильич Брежнев), Soviet leader, CPSU General Secretary 1964–1982 after organizing Khrushchev's ouster; presided over détente, SALT I, the 1977 Constitution, nuclear parity, then stagnation (застой) and the 1979 Afghan war.
Leonid Dubrovinsky
Leonid Dubrovinsky (born 1961) is a high-pressure mineral physicist and professor at the University of Bayreuth known for generating static pressures beyond 1 terapascal in the laboratory and synthesizing new materials there.
Leonid Ekimov
Leonid Ekimov (Леонид Александрович Екимов), Russian pistol shooter born 1987 in Novodvinsk; three-time Olympian (2008, 2012, 2020), 2010 world champion in 25m center fire pistol, four-time ISSF World Cup Final winner, and multiple European 10m air pistol champion.
Leonid Geyshtor
Leonid Geyshtor (Леонид Гейштор), born 1936 in Homel, Soviet Belarusian canoeist; with Sergey Makarenko won C2 1,000 m gold at Rome 1960, the first Olympic gold by a Belarusian, in 4:17.04.
Leonid Gornin
Leonid Gornin is a Russian politician and civil servant who has served as First Deputy Minister of Defence since 2024, overseeing the Armed Forces' financial support.
Leonid Govorov (Леонид Александрович Говоров)
Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov (Леонид Александрович Говоров, 1897–1955), Soviet Marshal and Hero of the Soviet Union; artillery specialist who commanded the 5th Army at Moscow and the Leningrad Front, breaking the blockade, later headed Soviet air defense.
Leonid Hurwicz
Leonid Hurwicz was an American economist at the University of Minnesota who founded mechanism design theory, winning the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences at age 90.
Leonid Keldysh
Leonid Keldysh (Леонид Келдыш) was a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist at the Lebedev Institute in Moscow, known for the Keldysh diagram technique, the Keldysh parameter, and the Franz–Keldysh effect.
Leonid Kolesnikov
Leonid Nikolayevich Kolesnikov (Леонид Николаевич Колесников, 1937–2010), Soviet breaststroke swimmer from Tashkent; 100 m breaststroke world record holder (1:11.4, 1961), 1958 European 200 m breaststroke champion, 1960 Olympian for CSKA Moscow.