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Leçons de Ténèbres
Leçons de Ténèbres is the debut album of the neoclassical band Elend. It was the first in the Officium Tenebrarum trilogy. The lyrics to four songs (Chanting, Into Bottomless Perdition, Lucifer and The Emperor) are texts adapted from John Milton's Paradise Lost. Track listing "Leçon de tén�..

Leo
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Leo click for larger image Abbreviation Leo Genitive Leonis Symbology the Lion Right ascension 11 h Declination 15° Area Ranked 12th Number of stars(magnitude < 3) 3 Brightest star App. magnitude 1.4) Meteor showers Leonids..

Leo-Cedarville, Indiana
Leo-Cedarville is a town in Allen County, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,782 at the 2000 census. Major items in town are Cedarville Elementary School, Leo Elementary School, and Leo Junior/Senior High School. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 External..

Leoba
Leoba (also Lioba and Leofgyth) (c. 710 - September 28, 782) was an Anglo-Saxon nun who was part of Boniface's mission to the Germans, and a saint. Her birth date is unknown, but she was born Leofgyth in Wessex to a noble family. Her mother was related to Boniface, and Boniface was a friend of h..

Leoben
The toll tower (1280) and the church of Holy Xaver (1660-1665). Leoben is a city in Styria, in central Austria, located on the Mur river. With a population of about 25,000, Leoben is a local industrial center and hosts the University of Leoben which specialises in mining. The armistice preli..

Leoben (district)
Bezirk Leoben is a district of the state of Styria in Austria. Municipalities Towns (Städte) are indicated in boldface; market towns (Marktgemeinden) in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters. EisenerzGai*Edling, Gausendorf, Gimpla..

Leoben Conoy
Leoben Conoy is a character in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Conoy is a humanoid Cylon agent with a bizarre demeanour. He portrays himself as having philosophical and religious enlightenment. Meanwhile ..

Leobersdorf
Emblem Location Basic Facts (Stand 2004) Bundesland: Lower Austria County: Baden Area: 12,34 km² Population: 4.151 (2001) Population density: 336 inhabitants/km² Buildings: 1030 (1991) Elevation: 267 above MSO Postal code: 2544 City Prefix: 02256 Coor..

Leoblaze
The Leoblaze is a type of Zoid, a race of mechanical lifeforms from the fictional Zoids universe. Leoblaze Contents 1 Overview2 Battle Story appearances3 Media Appearances3.1 Anime3.1.1 Fuzors3.2 Video games4 Models4.1 New Japanese Release - Blox4.2&n..

Leobreaker
Leobreaker is fictional character in the Transformers Cybertron cartoon series. In Galaxy Force, he is referred to as Jackshot and Liger Jack. Overhaul is the character's original identity, and he is later up-graded into Leobreaker. In both forms, he is an Autobot. In the English version, Ove..

Leocereus bahiensis
Leocereus bahiensis is a species of cactus and the only species of the genus Leocereus. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [Special] ..

Leochares
Leochares was an Greek sculptor, who lived in the 4th Century B.C. He is theorised as the creator of Apollo Belvedere, which is currently housed in Vatican City. ..

LEOC JAPAN Co.
LEOC JAPAN Co., Ltd. (レオックジャパン) is Japan's most famous catering service company. It serves meals throughout Japan. In J. League, LEOC has been the main sponsor of pro soccer team Tokyo Verdy 1969. In August 2003 LEOC was established as a holding company of Sodexho Japan Co., Ltd. by ..

Leodegar
Saint Leodegar or Leger, Bishop of Autun (ca 615 – Sarcing, Somme October 2, 679), was the great opponent of Ebroin— the mayor of the Palace of Neustria— and the leader of the faction of Austrasian great nobles in the struggles for hegemony over the waning Merovingian dynasty. His..

Leodegrance
King Leodegrance (sometimes Leondegrance or some other minor variation) is the father of Queen Guinevere in Arthurian legend. His kingdom of Cameliard is located somewhere in the south of England. Leodegrance had served Uther Pendragon, King Arthur's biological father and regnal predecessor, and was..

Leodis
This is currently a database of 45,000 images based in Leeds, Yorkshire. Set up by Leeds City Council and paid for by Lottery money. Photographs through the years are displayed for all parts of the city. If anyone has photographs of the city and the out lying areas Leodis will be happy to except ..

Leofric
Leofric was a common name in Anglo-Saxon England and may refer to: Leofric, Bishop of ExeterLeofric, Earl of Mercia ..

Leofric, Bishop of Exeter
Leofric (1016 - 1072) was born in Devon, England, and died there, in Exeter, on 10 February, 1072. His parents may have been Saxons, as modern historians doubt they were Celts, as William of Malmesbury said they were. Leofric received his training in Lotharingia. When Bishop Lyfing died in 1046, ..

Leofric, Earl of Mercia
Leofric (died 31 August or 30 September 1057) was the Earl of Mercia and founded monasteries at Coventry and Much Wenlock. Leofric is best remembered as the husband of Godiva. Contents 1 Life and political influence2 Religious works3 Family4 Notes Life and political influence..

Leofwine, Earl of Mercia
Leofwine Earl of Mercia (born about 950 - died 1028), was also the Ealdorman of Hwicce. His father was Eadulph of Mercia and his mother was Elfwina of Mercia. He married Alwara. Their only recorded child was Leofric, Earl of Mercia. ..

Leofwine Godwinson
Leofwine Godwinson (1035 – 1066) was a younger brother of Harold II of England, the fifth son of Godwin. When the Godwin family was exiled from England in 1051 he went with Harold to Ireland. After the death of his father in 1053 he was made earl of Kent. He was killed alongside Harold and Gyr..

Leola
Leola may refer to: Leola, Adams County, WisconsinLeola, South DakotaLeola, ArkansasLeacock-Leola-Bareville, PennsylvaniaThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to p..

Leola, Adams County, Wisconsin
Leola is a town in Adams County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 265 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 96.4 km² (37.2 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 265 people, 107 househ..

Leola, Arkansas
Leola is a town in Grant County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 515 at the 2000 census. Geography Leola is located at [34°10′16″N, 92°35′24″W] (34.171094, -92.590133)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has..

Leola, South Dakota
Leola is a city in McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. The population was 462 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of McPherson County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Geography Leola is located at [45°43′16″N, 98°56′19″W] (45.721238, -98.938503)[Geographic ref..

Leoline Jenkins
Sir Leoline Jenkins (1625 - 1 September 1685) was a lawyer and diplomat, originally from Cowbridge in south Wales. As Principal of Jesus College, Oxford from 1661-1673, he was responsible for much construction work, including the college library. The position was one of several rewards he receiv..

Leoluca Bagarella
Leoluca Bagarella (born 1941) is an Italian criminal and member of the Sicilian Mafia. He is from the town of Corleone and was a member of the Corleonesi, the local Mafia Family. Bagarella sided with Luciano Leggio in the late 1950s when Leggio wiped out the former Corleonesi boss Michele Navarra a..

Leoluca Orlando
Leoluca Orlando (born august 1, 1947), is an Italian politician, who was mayor of Palermo from 1985 to 2000. He is also best known for his strong opposition to the Sicilian mafia. Biography Orlando was born in Palermo. He studied in Germany and England, he graduated in jurisprudence and worked as l..

Leomil
There are parishes that have the name Leomil in Portugal: Leomil, a parish in the municipality of AlmeidaLeomil, a parish in the municipality of Moimenta da Beira This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this..

Leominster
redirect [[Template:Infobox England place]] For the city of Leominster, Massachusetts, see Leominster, Massachusetts. Leominster (pronounced [ˈlɛmstə]) is a market town at Grid reference in Herefordshire, England. It has a population of approximately 11,000 and is on the R..

Leominster, Massachusetts
Leominster is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 41,303 at the 2000 census. Leominster is located north of Worcester and west of Boston. Contents 1 History1.1 Villages1.2 Nicknames2 Demographics3 Landmarks3.1 Sholan Farms4&n..

Leominster (district)
Leominster was a local government district in England from April 1, 1974 to April 1, 1998. Its main town was Leominster. It was one of two districts in the newly-formed county of Hereford and Worcester to cross the traditional border between Herefordshire and Worcestershire, the other being Malve..

Leominster (UK Parliament constituency)
Leominster County constituency Leominster shown within Herefordshire and part of Worcestershire, and Herefordshire shown within England Created: 1295 MP: Bill Wiggin Party: Conservative Type: House of Commons County: Herefordshire, Worcestershire EP constituency: West Midlands Le..

Leominster Canal
The Leominster canal ran just over 18 miles from Mamble to Leominster through 16 locks and a number of tunnels, some of which suffered engineering problems even before the canal opened. It cost £93,000 to build. Originally the canal was part of a much more ambitious plan to run 46 miles from Stourp..

Leominster railway station
Leominster is a station on the Welsh Marches Line serving the Herefordshire town of Leominster in England. External links [Train times] and [station information] for from National Rail[Street map] and [aerial photo] of from Multimap.com {| class="wikitable"..

Leominster State Forest
Leominster State Forest is a Massachusetts state forest located in Leominster, Fitchburg, Princeton, Sterling and Westminster. The park is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. Contents 1 Description2 History3 Recreational Opportunities4 External Links5&nb..

Leomon
Leomon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise. Courageous and noble and a firm believer that every living being has their own destiny to live out, Leomon is a master of the secret styles of martial arts. From his fist, he can summon a powerful flaming projectile known as the Fist of th..

Leomund
In the Dungeons and Dragons World of Greyhawk campaign setting, Leomund is an archmage, and former member of the Circle of Eight. He is sometimes known as "Leomund the Red." He was created and originally played by Len Lakofka. Spells Leomund is responsible for developing the following spells: Leomu..

Leon
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LEON
LEON is an open source 32-bit RISC CPU. It is SPARC V8 (1987) instruction compatible, and designed by Gaisler Research. It is described in synthesizable VHDL available under the GNU GPL license. See also OpenRISC External links [Gaisler Research] ..

Leon's
Leon's (Léon in Quebec) is a Canadian furniture superstore which first opened its store in 1909. The controlling interest in the company is owned by the Leon family, while some shares are traded publicly on the Toronto Stock Exchange. It has consistently ranked among the top furniture chains i..

Leon's Frozen Custard
Leon's Frozen Custard is a classic 1950s family owned drive-in located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was the inspiration for the original Arnold's Drive-In from the television sitcom Happy Days. [link] [link] [link] External links [Leon's Frozen Custard]�..

Leon, Iloilo
Leon is a 4th class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 43,729 people in 8,072 households. Barangays Leon is politically subdivided into 85 barangays. Agboy NorteAgboy SurAgtaAmbulongAnonangApianAvanzadaAwisAyabangAyuboBacol..

Leon, Iowa
Leon is a city in Decatur County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,983 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Decatur County[Geographic references#6GR6]. The city is located near the Little River Lake Recreation Area. Leon is home to a major rodeo. Geography Leon is locate..

Leon, Kansas
Leon is a city in Butler County, Kansas, United States. The population was 645 at the 2000 census. Geography Leon is located at [37°41′22″N, 96°46′59″W] (37.689516, -96.783109)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a..

Leon, Monroe County, Wisconsin
Leon is a town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, USA. The population was 858 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 92.6 km² (35.8 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 858 people, 301 households, and 247 ..

Leon, New York
Leon is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, USA. The population was 1,380 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from the former Kingdom of León in Spain. The Town of Leon is on the western border of the county, northwest of the City of Salamanca. Contents 1 History2 Geograp..

Leon, Oklahoma
Leon is a town in Love County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 96 at the 2000 census. Geography Leon is located at [33°52′43″N, 97°25′43″W] (33.878618, -97.428710)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a t..

Leon, Waushara County, Wisconsin
Leon is a town in Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,281 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 94.0 km² (36.3 mi²). 93.2 km² (36.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of it (0.85%) is water. ..

Leon, West Virginia
Leon is a town in Mason County, West Virginia, along the Kanawha River. The population was 132 at the 2000 census. Geography Leon is located at [38°44′58″N, 81°57′29″W] (38.749501, -81.958135)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau,..

Leon, Wisconsin
Leon is the name of two towns in the U.S. state of Wisconsin: Leon, Monroe County, WisconsinLeon, Waushara County, Wisconsin This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an referre..

Leon-Jefferson Culture
The Leon-Jefferson Culture was a mound-building Native American culture that flourished in Leon and Jefferson counties in north Florida in the Southeastern United States from approximately 1100-1550 AD. The Leon-Jefferson Culture was a part of the Fort Walton Culture and appeared to come about due..

Leona
Leona is the name of two places in the United States: Leona in KansasLeona in Texas Leona is also the name of a well-known female character in The King of Fighters videogame series. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an ..

Leona, Kansas
Leona is a city in Doniphan County, Kansas (see map). Geography Leona is located at [39°47′9″N, 95°19′20″W] (39.785798, -95.322158)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²), all land...

Leona, Texas
Leona is a city in Leon County, Texas, United States. The population was 181 at the 2000 census. Geography Leona is located at [31°9′17″N, 95°58′33″W] (31.154763, -95.975703)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a to..

Leonard
Leonard may refer to: People First name Leonard Cohen, musicianLeonard McCoyLeonard NimoyLeonard PeikoffLeonard Suransky, winner of Des Lee Visiting Lectureship in Global Awareness at Webster UniversityLeonard Woolf Last name Emery Clarence Leonard, botanistSugar Ray LeonardTom Leonard, Glasgow..

Leonard, Michigan
Leonard is a village in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 332. The village is within Addison Township Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.5 km² (1.0 mi²), all land. Demographics..

Leonard, Minnesota
Leonard is a city in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 29 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.2 km² (0.4 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 29 people, 17 househol..

Leonard, Missouri
Leonard is a village in Shelby County, Missouri, United States. The population was 66 at the 2000 census. Geography Leonard is located at [39°53′43″N, 92°10′51″W] (39.895264, -92.180921)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the ..

Leonard, North Dakota
Leonard is a city in Cass County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 255 at the 2000 census. Leonard was founded in 1882. Geography Leonard is located at [46°39′4″N, 97°14′44″W] (46.651034, -97.245694)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the ..

Leonard, Oklahoma
Leonard is a small community in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. The post office was established August 22, 1908. External links ..

Leonard, Texas
Leonard is a city in Fannin County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,846 at the 2000 census. Geography Leonard is located at [33°22′59″N, 96°14′43″W] (33.383165, -96.245248)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city..

Leonard-Duran II
Leonard Duran II was the second of three boxing matches between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran and took place in the New Orleans Superdome on November 25, 1980. In boxing shorthand, it became known as the No Más Fight after Duran uttered the infamous words while quitting the fight in the eigh..

Leonardo's Bride
Leonardo's Bride is a four piece band from Strawberry Hills, NSW, Australia. They released two albums, Angel Blood in 1997 and Open Sesame in 2000. A track from Angel Blood titled Even When I'm Sleeping was a hit in Australia. On 23 September 2000 they performed the song in front of a sold out crow..

Leonardo's robot
Model of Leonardo's robot with inner workings Leonardo's robot refers to a humanoid automaton designed by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1495. It is considered the first known design for a robot. The design notes for the robot appear in sketchbooks that were rediscovered in the 1950s. It ..

Leonardo, New Jersey
Leonardo is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 2,823. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Trivia4 External links Geography Leonardo..

Leonardo (disambiguation)
Leonardo can refer to: Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance architect, musician, anatomist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, geometer and painterLeonardo (TMNT), fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles seriesLeonardo Nascimento de Araujo, former Brazilian football (soccer) playerLeona..

Leonardo (TMNT)
Leonardo (original movie incarnation) Leonardo (or "Leo"), a fictional character, is the unofficial leader of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). His bandanna is blue, although originally all four Turtles had red bandannas, and his weapons are two katana. He is named after Leonardo da ..

Leonardo Agostini
Leonardo Agostini (1593-1669) was an Italian antiquary of the 17th century, born at Siena. After being employed for some time to collect works of art for the Barberini Palace, he was appointed by Pope Alexander VII superintendent of antiquities in the Roman states. He issued a new edition of Filip..

Leonardo Antonelli
Leonardo Antonelli was a Cardinal, b. at Sinigaglia, 6 November 1730; d. 23 January, 1811. He was the nephew of Cardinal Nicolo Maria Antonelli. During the early part of his long diplomatic career he held among other offices those of canon of the Vatican Basilica, Prefect of archives in the Castle ..

Leonardo Araújo
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Leonardo Arguello Barreto
Leonardo Argüello Barreto (August 29, 1875, Leon, Nicaragua – December 15, 1947, City of Mexico) was a Nicaraguan politician who, after several attempts, became President of Nicaragua in 1947. He served from May 1 to May 26, 1947 A member of the Constitutional Liberal Party, his presidency w..

Leonardo Astrada
Leonardo Astrada (born 6 January, 1970) is an Argentine football player. He played almost all his life for River Plate. He has also played for Brazilian club Grêmio in 2000. He played for the Argentina national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. After retirement in J..

Leonardo Balada
Leonardo Balada (born September 22, 1933 in Barcelona) is a Spanish composer. He graduated from Conservatorio del Liceu in Barcelona and in 1956 emigrated to the United States, where in 1960, he graduated from the Juilliard School in New York. He studied composition with Vincent Persichetti and Aa..

Leonardo Boff
Leonardo Boff. Leonardo Boff was born 14 December 1938 in Concórdia, Santa Catarina state, Brazil. He is a theologian, philosopher and writer, known for his active support for the rights of the poor and excluded. He became one of the best known (along with Gustavo Gutierrez) of the early L..

Leonardo Bonucci
Leonardo Bonucci (born 1 May 1987 in Viterbo) is an Italian football defender, currently playing for Inter Milan Bonucci made his Serie A debut in the last match of 2005/2006 season, against Cagliari Calcio.[INTER HOLD CAGLIARI TO DRAW] inter.it 14 May, 2006[GERMINALE, ALOE & BONUCC..

Leonardo Bruni
Leonardo Bruni Leonardo Bruni (c.1370 – 1444) was a leading humanist, historian and a chancellor of Florence. He has been called the first modern historian. Contents 1 Biography2 Significance3 Bibliography4 External links5 Latin texts online Biography Born ..

Leonardo Carrera
Leonardo Carrera , born July 9, 1961 in Tijuana, Baja California is a professional wrestler that wrestles in the Independent circuit in Mexico and is better known by his stage name of Damián 666. He is known in Japanese feds for his ability to mimic other famous japanese wrestlers, their manneris..

Leonardo Carson
Leonardo Carson, (born February 11, 1977 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American football defensive tackle who played collegiately at Auburn University. A former member of the San Diego Chargers, he most recently played for the Dallas Cowboys. Carson was acquired by the Cowboys on October 18, 2003, aft..

Leonardo Ciampa
Leonardo Ciampa (born January 17, 1971 in Orient Heights (East Boston)) is a composer, organist, pianist, and author. Ciampa is the first composer to write significant compositions in a Sicilian genre, most notably Suite Siciliana (Op. 145), for two violins, piano, and chamber orchestra. He has al..

Leonardo Cimino
Leonardo Cimino is an Italian film and television actor. Arguably, Leonardo's most well known role is in the 1983 NBC mini series V as Abraham Bernstein. Leonardo Cimino has made guest appearances on tv shows,some of those appearances range from Naked City, Kojak, The Equalizer and Law & Order. Fi..

Leonardo Conti
Leonardo Conti (24 August, 1900 – 6 October 1945) was, as the "Reich Health Leader" ("Reichsgesundheitsführer"), head of the Reich Physicians' Chamber (Reichsärztekammer), Leader of the National Socialist German Doctors' League (Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Ärztebund or NSDÄB) and as main..

Leonardo Dati
Leonardo Dati (1360–16 march 1425) was an italian friar and humanist. Prior of Santa Maria Novella from 1401, who took part in the Council of Constance, as General of Preachers and a representative of the Republic of Florence. We note the co-operation of men familiar of science, theology, the ..

Leonardo da Vinci
"Leonardo" and "Da Vinci" redirect here. For other uses, see Leonardo (disambiguation) and Da Vinci (disambiguation). Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an immensely multi-talented Italian Renaissance Roman Catholic[Adherents.com article on Leonardo Da Vi..

Leonardo da Vinci's workshop
Journeyman Franchise The Journeyman Project [[The Journeyman Project#The_Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime|TJP: Pegasus Prime]] [[The Journeyman Project_2: Buried in Time|TJP 2: Buried In Time]] [[The Journeyman Project_3: Legacy of Time|TJP 3: Legacy of Time]] TJP 4 (unreleased) Gage Blackwo..

Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute
The Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute was an Italian art institute located in Cairo, Egypt during World War II. It was named after Leonardo da Vinci. External link [Human Rights Watch: The Repression of Academic Freedom in Egyptian Universities including the American University in Cairo.] ..

Leonardo da Vinci High School
Leonardo Da Vinci High School (DVHS) has been located in Davis, California at 1602 Oak Avenue since fall of 2004. DVHS has about 250 students, and is expected to grow to 350 students. This school is a member of the New Tech Foundation, an organization that promotes the integration of technology and ..

Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport
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Leonardo da Vinci in popular culture
Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian Renaissance artist and genius, has appeared in many fictional works, such as novels, television shows and movies, and various characters have been named after him. This article is about those fictional representations of or appearances by Leonardo in popular culture. ..

Leonardo Del Vecchio
Leonardo Del Vecchio (1935-) is the founder and chairman of Luxottica, a $3 billion (sales) designer and manufacturer of high-quality eyeglass frames. See also List of billionaires External links [Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People] ..

Leonardo de Lozanne
Leonardo de Lozanne is a Mexican singer-songwriter, member of the Mexican rock band Fobia. After the brief break up of the band in the late 1990s he released two solo albums. He dated Mexican model and TV presenter Rebecca de Alba (the long-time girlfriend of Ricky Martin) and is currently married ..

Leonardo de Mango
A painter through whom the East spoke An Orientalist painter who lived almost half a century in Istanbul up to his death, Leonardo de Mango is described by the art commentator Thalasso as, a painter through whom the East spoke. De Mango was born on 19 February 1843, the eldest child of a large fam..

Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor well known for roles in blockbuster movies like Titanic (1997) and The Aviator (2004), and was famed for his far reaching global celebrity influence dubbed as 'Leo-Mania' in the late 1990s. Contents ..

Leonardo Domenici
Leonardo Domenici. Leonardo Domenici (born July 12, 1955) has been the Mayor of Florence, Italy since June 13, 1999. Domenici was born in Florence, from where he graduated in moral philosophy. He began his political career in 1976, later becoming the Secretary of the Florentine branch of the F..

Leonardo Fea
Leonardo Fea. Leonardo Fea (1852 - 1903) was an Italian explorer, zoologist, painter and naturalist. Fea was born in Turin, and became an assistant at the Natural History Museum in Genoa. He made several foreign trips to collect specimens, including visits to Burma (1885) and the Cape Verde I..

Leonardo Fioravanti
Leonardo Fioravanti (b. 1938) is an Italian automobile designer, and he is the C.E.O. of Fioravanti Srl. He studied mechanical engineering at the Politecnico di Milano, specializing in aerodynamics and car body design. Before founding Fioravanti Srl, he worked twenty-four years with Pininfarina, fol..

Leonardo Gagliano
In 1938 Leonardo Gagliano Neto made history in Brazilian communication, at that year's French world cup broadcast, as Brazil's Radio Club sports commentator . Through radio sets as well as loudspeakers installed in parks and public thoroughfares throughout the country, he thrilled the Brazilian popu..

Leonardo García
Leonardo García Vale (born December 27, 1972 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal) is a Mexican actor. He is the son of actor Andrés García and Sandra Vale, and the brother of actor Andrés García Jr. and actress Andrea García. External links ..

Leonardo González
Leonardo González Arce (born November 211980) is a professional Costa Rican football (soccer) player. He plays his club football for Club Sport Herediano and has been selected in the squad for Costa Rica in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He has 35 caps as of May 18 2006. ..

Leonardo Henricksen
Leonardo Henricksen, Swedish-Argentinian journalist working for Swedish television network SVT who was shot to death by an Argentinian soldier in Santiago in 1973, after Henricksen had aimed his camera at him, filming. ..

Leonardo III Tocco
Leonardo III Tocco, last ruler of Epirus from 1429 to 1479, died c. 1499. Life Leonardo III Tocco was the son of Carlo II Tocco (count of Cephalonia and Zante, duke of Leukas, and ruler of Epirus) and Ramondina of Ventimiglia. On his father's death in October 1448, Leonardo succeeded as a minor t..

Leonardo Is Caught in the Grip of an Outbreak of Randal's Imagination and Patrick Swayze Either Does or Doesn't Work in the New Pet Store
Leonardo Is Caught In The Grip Of An Outbreak Of Randal's Imagination And Patrick Swayze Either Does Or Doesn't Work In The New Pet Store is the third episode of [[Clerks: The Animated Series]]. It was never aired. Contents 1 Plot summary2 Trivia3 Running jokes4 References ..

Leonardo José Aparecido Moura
Leonardo José Aparecido Moura or simply Leonardo (born March 19, 1986 in Guarulhos, Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk. Honours Team Ukrainian Premier League: 2006 with Shakhtar DonetskBrazilian Série A: 2004 with Santos In..

Leonardo Lavalle
Leonardo Lavalle (born July 14, 1967 in Mexico City) is a former tennis player from Mexico, who turned professional in 1985. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the quarter finals by Spain's eventual runner up Jordi Arrese. The lefthan..

Leonardo Leo
Leonardo Leo (August 5, 1694 – October 31, 1744), more correctly Lionardo Oronzo Salvatore de Leo was an Italian Baroque composer. Biography Leo was born in San Vito degli Schiavoni (current San Vito dei Normanni, province of Brindisi), then part of the Kingdom of Naples. He became a student..

Leonardo Leonardo
Leonardo Leonardo is a character from the short-lived animated television series [[Clerks: The Animated Series]] created by Kevin Smith. Leonardo Leonardo is voiced by Alec Baldwin. Leonardo Leonardo was specially created for the television show. He is a local millionaire who frequently visits the ..

Leonardo Leonardo Returns and Dante Has an Important Decision to Make
Leonardo Leonardo's Return And Dante Has A Very Important Decision To Make is the pilot episode of [[Clerks: The Animated Series]]. It was going to air as the third episode before the show was cancelled. Contents 1 Plot summary2 Trivia3 Running jokes4 References Plot summary..

Leonardo Loredano
A 1501 portrait of Leonardo Loredano by Giovanni Bellini Leonardo Loredano or Leonardo Loredan (1436 – 1521; reign 1501-1521) was the doge of the Republic of Venice during its conflict with the League of Cambrai. Upon the death of Pope Alexander VI in 1503, Venice occupied several terr..

Leonardo Lourenço Bastos
Leonardo Lourenço Bastos commonly known as Leo (b. 6 july 1975) is a Brazilian football (soccer) player in the role of defender, who currently plays for SL Benfica. He is a major part of Benfica. He has also played 201 games for Santos Futebol Clube of Brazil. Teams and clubs 1996: Americano FC19..

Leonardo Manco
Leonardo Manco is a comic book artist and penciller, best known for his dark and gritty style on such titles as Hellstorm (1994), Blaze of Glory (2000, #1-4), Apache Skies (2002, #1-4), Deathlok Vol.3 (1999-2000) and Hellblazer (2004). Other work by Manco has included Archangel #1 (1996), Werewolf..

Leonardo Mansueti
Leonardo Mansueti Italiana friar and librarian. Master General of the Dominican Order (1474 - 1480). |- style="text-align: center;" ..

Leonardo Marquez
Leonardo Marquez (c. 1820 - ? ) was a Mexican general. He served against the United States in the Mexican War, and was a prominent supporter of Santa Anna in the revolutionary movement of 1849. After the fall of that dictator Marquez espoused the cause of Miramón and Zuloaga against Ju&a..

Leonardo Medeiros
Leonardo Medeiros is a Brazilian actor (born in 1964). He's one of Selton Mello's favorite actors. Before Os Maias (a 2001 TV series), they had worked together in Lavoura Arcaica (To the left of the father) (2001), a film directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho, based on the homonym novel by Raduan Nass..

Leonardo Muraro
Leonardo Muraro is President of the Province of Treviso for the Liga Veneta-Lega Nord. After having succeeded to Luca Zaia, swon in as Vice-President of the Veneto Region, in 2005 as acting President, he was elected on 29 May 2006 with the 57,3% at the first round, despite the desturbing presence on..

Leonardo Noeren Franco
Leonardo Noeren Franco (born May 29, 1977 in San Nicolás, Argentina), commonly known as Leo Franco is a professional Argentine football goalkeeper who currently plays for Spanish Atletico Madrid. Franco started his career at Independiente before moving to Spanish Mérida UD. In 1998 he transferre..

Leonardo Ortolani
Leonardo Ortolani, better known as Leo, is an Italian comics author, creator of the popular comic strip series Rat-Man and Venerdì 12. Other minor creations The ending of Fantastic Four's first 100 issues.L'ultima burbaMorgan ..

Leonardo Padura Fuentes
Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955) is a Cuban novelist and journalist. As of 2006, he is one of Cuba's best known writers internationally. In English and some other languages, he is often referred to as Leonardo Padura. Born in Havana, Padura took a degree in Latin American literature at the Uni..

Leonardo Pereznieto
Leonardo Pereznieto is a Mexican artist, sculptor, and painter. Along with writer Claudia Moscovici, he is the co-founder of the cultural movement of post-romanticism. Leonardo Pereznieto has studied in Mexico, Italy and the United States and has mastered engraving, serigraphy, watercolor, ..

Leonardo Piepoli
Leonardo Piepoli (born September 29, 1971 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland) is a Italian professional road racing cyclist. He rides on the UCI ProTour for the Saunier Duval-Prodir Team. He is a record four-time winner (1995, 1999, 2003, 2004) of the Subida a Urkiola. 2006 – Saunier Duval-Pro..

Leonardo Pisculichi
Leonardo Nicolás Pisculichi (born 18 January 1984 in Rafael Castillo, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football striker. Pisculichi started his career by playing for Argentinos Juniors, team which made him to debut on 2002-02-20 vs Talleres de Córdoba. He has played for RCD Mallorca since 2006-01-04..

Leonardo Polo
Leonardo Polo (born February 1, 1926 in Madrid, Spain) is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Navarra (Spain) since 1954, he has also taught in the University of Granada (Spain), the University of the Holy Cross (Italy), the University of La Sabana (Colombia), the University of Piura (P..

Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine
Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine (May 1, 1919 – August 6, 2005) was a Mexican trade union leader and a long-serving legislator of the Revolutionary Institutional Party. He presided over the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM) from July 21, 1997 until his death at the age of 86. Born in Texco..

Leonardo Sandri
Leonardo Sandri (born November 18, 1943) is the Titular Archbishop of Cittanova (Aemonia), Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico, and Substitute for General Affairs of the Holy See's Secretariat of State. At the Secretariat his duties include organizing the activities of the Roman Curia and appointments to cur..

Leonardo Santiago
Leonardo Vitor Santiago (born March 9, 1983 in Rio de Janeiro), is a football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Feyenoord Rotterdam. He started playing for Feyenoord in the 2000/2001 season. He scored his first goal in the match vs SC Heerenveen, which ended 2-0, and he scored his second goal..

Leonardo Sciascia
Leonardo Sciascia (Racalmuto, Agrigento 1921 - Palermo 1989) was an Italian writer and politician. Sciascia, (pronounced Shasha), was a councillor in Sicily, a deputy in the national assembly and, later, a member of the European parliament. Trained as a teacher, it was only later in life that he dev..

Leonardo Sinisgalli
Leonardo Sinisgalli (b. Montemurro, Potenza 1908, d. Rome 1981) was an Italian poet and art critic active from the 1930s to the 70s. His early education and careers led to him being called the "engineer poet". In 1925, Sinisgalli moved to Rome where he studied engineering and mathematics. After c..

Leonardo Torres y Quevedo
Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (28 December 1852 – 18 December 1936), usually Leonardo Torres Quevedo in Spanish-speaking countries, was a Spanish engineer and mathematician of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Contents 1 Biography2 Work2.1 Aerostatics2.2 Che..

Leonardo Vetra
Leonardo Vetra is a fictional character in the 2000 novel Angels and Demons. Leonardo was a scientist that was working at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva, Switzerland. Background Before joing CERN, Leonardo was a priest and often attended Vittoria's orphanage. Leonardo ..

Leonardo Vinci
Leonardo Vinci (1690-1730), not to be confused with Leonardo da Vinci, was an Italian musical composer, best known for his operas. He was born at Vinci near to Florence and educated at Naples under Gaetano Greco in the Conservatorio dei Poveri di Gesù Cristo. He first became known for his comic ..

Leonardo Vitale
Leonardo Vitale (June 27, 1941 - December 2 1984) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia who was one of the first to become an informant, or pentito, although originally his confessions were not taken seriously. Confession He walked in to a Palermo police station one night in 1973 and declared that..

Leonardo Vitetti
Leonardo Vitetti served the Italian government diplomatically both before World War II and after. He was the Italian ambassador to the United Nations. Commendatore Leonardo Vitetti of Italy married Natalie Mai Coe the only daughter of William Robertson Coe and Mai Huttleston Rogers Coe on May 19..

Leonardo World Canada
Leonardo World Canada is a Canadian category 2 digital cable television channel. It is an all-lifstyle channel showcase of Italian arts and culture ranging from cuisine to travel. It is a Canadian version of the Italian channel Leonardo World. It is primarily distributed through a package with 2..

Leonardsville
There multiple places called Leonardsville. Leonardsville Township, MinnesotaLeonardsville, New York This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to t..

Leonardsville, New York
Leonardsville is a hamlet on the Unadilla River in the Town of Brookfield in Madison County, New York, USA. The community started as a number of small factories deriving power from a dam on the Unadilla River during the first decade of the 1800s. These were known locally as the shops and included ..

Leonardsville Township, Minnesota
Leonardsville Township is a township in Traverse County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 150 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 99.8 km² (38.5 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were..

Leonardtown, Maryland
Leonardtown is the county seat of St. Mary's County, Maryland[Geographic references#6GR6]. The population was 1,896 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 History3 Demographics4 External links Geography Leonardtown is located at [38°17′43″N, 76°38′17..

Leonardus Achates
Leonardus Achates de Basilea, born Leonhard Agtstein in Basel, was a compositor who worked in the time from 1472 to 1491. He is one of the first to introduce the art of printing books in Italy. In 1472 he published a folio edition of the Virgil in Venice. In the same year, he appears in Vicenza whe..

Leonardus Lessius
Leonardus Lessius, or Leys, Flemish moral theologian, was born in Brecht, near Antwerp, now in Belgium, in 1554. He entered the Jesuits in 1572, and after study in Rome under Suarez, he became professor of theology at Louvain. He died in Louvain in 1623. In his early years, he contributed to the de..

Leonardville, Kansas
Leonardville is a city in Riley County, Kansas, United States. The population was 398 at the 2000 census. Geography Leonardville is located at [39°21′48″N, 96°51′34″W] (39.363273, -96.859571)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, ..

Leonard A. Scheele
Leonard Andrew Scheele (1907-1993) was the Surgeon General of the United States from 1948 to 1956. Scheele was born on July 25, 1907 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. While in high school, he worked in his father's pharmacy and planned to enter medicine. For his undergraduate education, Dr. Scheele chose M..

Leonard Abramson
Leonard Abramson (born 1932, Pennsylvania) was the founder and CEO of U.S. Healthcare, and has become a major philanthropist in the Philadelphia area. Abramson attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science, driving a taxi for cash to cover his expenses. After graduating, he worked as a s..

Leonard Adleman
Leonard Adleman Leonard Max Adleman (born December 31, 1945) is a theoretical computer scientist and professor of computer science and molecular biology at the University of Southern California. He is known for being a co-inventor of the RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) cryptosystem in 1977, and of ..

Leonard Alea
Leonard Alea was a French polemical writer of the early years of the nineteenth century, b. in Paris, date unknown; d. 1812. He came from a family of bankers. He published anonymously in 1801 his first book, L'antidote de l'athéisme, and the following year a new edition appeared, enlarged to two ..

Leonard Allan Lewis
Leonard Allan Lewis was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Contents 1 Details2 Further information3 The medal4 Reference5 See als..

Leonard Arthur Kitz
Leonard Arthur Kitz (April 9, 1916 - January 30, 2006) was the first Jewish mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia (1955-1957). Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to Harry and Yetta (Lesser) Kitz, he grew up with older sister Hildred Kitz (Silver) and younger brother Joe. He attended Dalhousie University, where..

Leonard Asper
Leonard Asper (born May 31, 1964, in Winnipeg, Manitoba), is a Canadian businessman and lawyer. He is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian media company CanWest Global Communications Corp. He is a graduate of Brandeis University and the University of Toronto Law Scho..

Leonard B. Jordan
Leonard Beck "Len" Jordan (born May 15, 1899 in Mount Pleasant, Utah - died May 30, 1983 in Boise, Idaho) was a Republican Governor and United States Senator from Idaho. Jordan served in World War I as an Army officer. He was a sheep rancher in Hell's Canyon during the Great Depression. He settle..

Leonard B. Meyer
Leonard B. Meyer (b. 1918) was a composer, author, and philosopher. He contributed major works in the fields of aesthetic theory, and compositional analysis. Born in 1918, Meyer studied at Columbia Univeristy, where he received both a B.A. in Philosophy, and an M.A. in Music. He continued on to stu..

Leonard B. Stern
Leonard Stern is one of the creators, with Roger Price, of the word games mad libs. According to the website for MSN movies, he was born December 23 1923 in New York, NY. [link] According to the author website of his publisher, Penguin Books [link], and the Internet Movie Datab..

Leonard Bacon
Leonard Bacon (1802-1881), American Congregational preacher and writer, was born in Detroit, Michigan, on the 19th of February 1802, the son of David Bacon (1771-1817), missionary among the Indians in Michigan and founder of the town of Tallmadge, Ohio. The son prepared for college at the Hartford (..

Leonard Bahr
Leonard Marion Bahr (May 12, 1905 - July 25, 1990) was a prolific portrait painter as well as a painting professor for 52 years at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Of German descent in the Fox/Bahr line, Leonard was the second son of Leonard Bahr and Caroline Elizabeth Fox, and the grandson o..

Leonard Baichan
Len BaichanWest Indies (WI) Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm medium Tests First-class Matches 3 63 '''Runs scored 184 4,504 Batting average 46.00 51.18 100s/50s 1/0 13/23 Top score 105* 216* Balls bowled 0 42 Wickets 0 0 ..

Leonard Bailey
Leonard Bailey (born 1825-05-08 in Hollis, New Hampshire; died 1905-02-05 in New York City) was a toolmaker/inventor from Massachusetts who in the mid-to-late nineteenth century patented several features of woodworking equipment. Most prominent of those patents were the planes manufactured by th..

Leonard Bairstow
Leonard Bairstow was a son of Uriah Bairstow, a wealthy Halifax, West Yorkshire man and keen mathematician. Leonard was born in 1890 in Halifax he is best remembered for is work in aviation and for Bairstow's method for arbitrarily finding the roots of polynomials. As a boy, Leonard went to Queens ..

Leonard Barden
Leonard William Barden (born 20 August 1929, Croydon, London) is an English chess columnist and promoter. The son of a dustman, he was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon, and Balliol College, Oxford. He was a strong player, jointly winning the British Chess Championship in 1954 at Nottingham..

Leonard Barkman
Leonard A. Barkman (born July 12, 1920 in Steinbach, Manitoba, died January 5, 1979) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1962 to 1973, sitting as a member of the Liberal Party. Barkman was educated in Steinbach-area schools, and operated a small b..

Leonard Barr
Leonard Barr (September 27, 1903 - November 22, 1980) was an old-style, one-liner standup comic in the tradition of Henny Youngman. He was allegedly an uncle of Dean Martin, or at least was introduced that way on some appearances on Martin's TV shows in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Thanks to Mart..

Leonard Baskin
Leonard Baskin was an American sculptor and artist. Contents 1 History and accomplishments2 Awards3 Trivia4 External links History and accomplishments detail from the FDR Memorial Washington D.C. Born in 1922, Baskin was an accomplished sculptor, book illustrator, print..

Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein in 1971 Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, pianist and conductor. He was the first conductor born in the United States of America to receive world-wide acclaim, and is known for both his conducting of the New York Philharmon..

Leonard Beyers
Lieutenant-General Leonard Beyers (1894-1959) was a South African military commander. Beyers joined the Union Defence Forces as a staff officer in 1913. From 1932 to 1939 he was detached to the Department of Justice as director of prisons. During World War II he served as adjutant-general of th..

Leonard Birchall
Air Commodore Leonard Joseph Birchall, CM, OBE, DFC, O.Ont, CD (July 6, 1915 - September 10, 2004 ), "The Saviour of Ceylon" S/L Leonard Birchall. Map indicates location of Japanese encounter during Ceylon incident. Leonard Joseph Birchall was born on July 6, 1915, in St. Catharines, Ontario...

Leonard Bisaku
Leonard Bisaku (born 22 October, 1974 in Zagreb, Croatia) is a Croatian football midfielder who currently plays for the Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer. He has spent most of his professional career playing in Croatia with clubs including, Hajduk Split and NK Rijeka. He signed with the Crew ..

Leonard Blavatnik
Leonard Blavatnik Age: 48 Marital Status: Married Hometown: New York, NY Education: Raised in Russia, immigrated to U.S. with family at age 21. Worked way through college, founded industrial holding company Access Industries in 1986. Later teamed with Russian school chum Viktor Vekselberg, then Ru..

Leonard Blomefield
Leonard Jenyns, later known as Leonard Blomefield (25 May 1800-1 September 1893) was a clergyman-naturalist. He was the youngest son of George Leonard Jenyns and his wife Mary (1763-1832) the daughter of Dr. William Heberden (1710-1801). The Jenyns lived on Bottisham Hall property which his father ..

Leonard Bloomfield
Leonard Bloomfield (April 1, 1887 - April 18, 1949) was an American linguist, whose influence dominated the development of structural linguistics in America between the 1930s and the 1950s. He is especially known for his book Language (1933), describing the state of the art of linguistics at its tim..

Leonard Blumenthal
Leonard Mascot Blumenthal (b. 1901) is an American mathematician. He received his Ph.D. in 1927 from Johns Hopkins University. His dissertation was titled Lagrange Resolvents in Euclidean Geometry. He taught for the majority of his professional career at the University of Missouri. He was the aut..

Leonard blush
Leonard Blush was a fictitious musician mentioned on The Andy Griffith Show. Blush had a radio show that was enjoyed by Barney Fife and Andy Taylor. See also Freddy Fleet And His Band With A Beat ..

Leonard Bocour
Leonard Bocour (born 1910, New York City) was the co-developer of Magna paint. External link [Interview from the 1970s] ..

Leonard Bosack
Leonard Bosack is, with his ex-wife Sandra Lerner, co-founder of Cisco Systems. Len Bosack's business card, ca. 1984. Boscak attended La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1969. He then entered the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained his ba..

Leonard Boswell
Leonard L. Boswell (born January 10 1934) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing the 3rd District of Iowa ([map]). Boswell was born in Missouri, was educated at Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa. He spent twenty years in the..

Leonard Boyarsky
Leonard Boyarsky is an American computer game designer and visual artist. He is well known as one of the three major creators of Interplay's classic RPG, Fallout, on which he worked as art director, lead artist, designer and writer. He also contributed to Interplay's sequel Fallout 2, until leaving ..

Leonard Boyle
Father Leonard Eugene Boyle (November 13, 1923 – October 25, 1999) was an Irish and Canadian scholar in medieval studies and palaeography and was first Irish and North American Prefect of the Vatican Library in Rome from 1984 to 1997. Born in Ballintra, County Donegal, Ireland. Boyle spent ..

Leonard Braithwaite
Leonard Austin Braithwaite (born October 23, 1923) is a lawyer and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1975, as a member of the Liberal Party. He was the first Black Canadian to be elected to a provincial legislature in Canada. Braithwaite ..

Leonard Brockington
Leonard Walter Brockington KC (QC), LLD (1888 – 1966) was a Canadian lawyer, and the first head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Born in Cardiff, Wales, Brockington was educated at the University of Wales and arrived in Canada in 1912. Settling in Edmonton, Brockington becam..

Leonard Brody
Leonard Brody (born June 4, 1971 in Calgary, Alberta) is one of Canada’s most respected[[Citing sources citation needed]] young technology entrepreneurs, business advisors and authors. He has helped in raising millions of dollars for startup companies, been through one of th..

Leonard Burt
Leonard Burt, CVO, CBE was a British police officer, involved in several high-profile cases and investigations. In May 1938, Suffolk businessman William Murfitt was murdered by poisoning. Burt was one of a pair of detectives sent from Scotland Yard to investigate the sensational murder. The killer ..

Leonard Calvert
Leonard Calvert (1606 - 1647) was the younger son of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore. When his older brother Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore received a charter for the colony of Maryland in 1632, Leonard was appointed the colony's first governor. He landed there in the spring of 1634, arr..

Leonard Carmichael
Leonard Carmichael (1898 — 1973) was a U.S. educator and psychologist. Born on November 9, 1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he received his B.S. from Tufts University in 1920 and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1924. He was a brother in the Theta Delta Chi fraternity during his time at..

Leonard Chang
Leonard Chang is a Korean-American writer of short stories and novels. His short stories have been published in a variety of literary journals. His novels include Fruit 'N Food (1996, winner of the Black Heron Press Award for Social Fiction), a story about a loner who finds employment in a New Yor..

Leonard Cheshire
Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO and 2 Bars, DFC (7 September 1917–31 July 1992) was a British RAF pilot during the Second World War who received the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be aw..

Leonard Chess
Leonard Chess (March 12, 1917 - October 16, 1969) was a record company executive, founder of Chess Records. Born in Poland, Chess was influential in the development of electric blues. He and his brother, Philip, were pivotal in the Chicago, Illinois nightclub scene by 1947. They soon became associa..

Leonard Clark
Leonard Clark (1905-1981) was a British poet and anthologist. His best-known anthology was All Things New, a collection of poems for children; it includes a short essay before each poem, explaining it. ..

Leonard Claydon
Leonard Harold Claydon (born December 31, 1915 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, died 1971) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Manitoba legislature as a Progressive Conservative from 1969 until his death. Claydon was educated at Winnipeg public schools and St. Johns College. He worked as..

Leonard Cockayne
Dr Leonard Cockayne (7 April 1855 – 8 July 1934) was born in Sheffield, England where he attended Wesley College. He travelled to Australia in 1877 and shortly moved on to New Zealand where he became established as a botanist. In June 1901, he attended the first conference of horticulturists..

Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen, CC (born September 21, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter. He is among the most distinguished and influential songwriters of the twentieth century. His musical career has largely overshadowed his prior work as a poet and novelist, al..

Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man is a 2006 film by Lian Lunson about the life and career of Leonard Cohen. The film is based on a January, 2005 tribute show at the Sydney Opera House called "Came So Far For Beauty" and organized by Hal Willner. Performers at this show included Rufus Wainwright, Nick Ca..

Leonard Cohen (attorney)
Leonard Cohen was an attorney who worked in the United States Department of the Interior during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Cohen at the time was allegedly a contact with the Soviet Military Intelligence GRU Illegal apparatus. Cohen, according to FBI reports, exchanged i..

Leonard Compagno
Leonard Compagno is an international authority on shark taxonomy and the author of many scientific papers and books on the subject, best known of which is his 1984 catalogue of shark species produced for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Contents 1 Career2&nb..

Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith
Leonard Henry Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney (July 6, 1832 - 1918), English politician and man of letters, eldest son of JS Courtney, a banker, was born at Penzance. At Cambridge, Leonard Courtney was second wrangler and first Smith's prizeman, and was elected a fellow of his college, St John's. He w..

Leonard Covington
Leonard Covington (October 30, 1768–November 11, 1813) was a United States Army Brigadier General and a member of the United States House of Representatives. Born in Aquasco, Maryland, Covington served in the American Revolutionary War and in the War of 1812, where he was killed in the Battle..

Leonard Crane
Dr. Leonard Crane (born February 7, 1964) is an author of hard science fiction. He is known to have attended the California Institute of Technology as a research fellow in theoretical physics during the early 1990s, and holds a Ph.D. in the same area. To date (July, 2005) he has produced only one k..

Leonard D. White
Leonard D. White is the great historian of the field of public administration in the United States. His technique was to study administration in the context of grouped U.S. presidential periods. An important founder of the field, White worked at the University of Chicago after service in the admi..

Leonard Darwin
Leonard Darwin Leonard as a boy with his mother, Emma Darwin Major Leonard Darwin (15 January 1850 — 26 March 1943), a son of the British naturalist Charles Darwin, was variously a soldier, politician, economist, eugenicist and mentor of the statistician and evolutionary biologist R...

Leonard Davis
Leonard Davis (born: September 5 1978) is a National Football League offensive tackle for the Arizona Cardinals. He was selected 2nd overall in the 2001 NFL draft. References ..

Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
The Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California, a leader in the field of gerontology, has pioneered educational programs including the world's first Ph.D. in Gerontology, the first joint Master's degree in Gerontology and Business Administration, and the first under..

Leonard Dembo
Leonard Dembo (1961-1996) was a Zimbabwean guitar-band musician who became extremely popular in Zimbabwe in the 1990s with his band the Barura Express. Incorporating traditional Shona sayings in his lyrics, his musical style was rhumba-based, played on electric guitars tuned to emulate the character..

Leonard Digges
Leonard Digges (1520 - 1559), father of Thomas Digges, was a well-known mathematician and surveyor, credited with the inventions of the theodolite and telescope, and a great populariser of science through his publications in English. In a way, his son followed in his footsteps and was a pivotal pla..

Leonard Doroftei
Leonard Dorin Doroftei (born April 10, 1970), a.k.a. Leonard Dorin, was a Romanian boxer, and Canadian citizen, WBA lightweight world champion from January 5, 2002 to October 24, 2003. Born in Ploieşti, Romania, Doroftei began boxing