List of Famous Leos
Alfred Deakin
Alfred Deakin was an Australian politician who served as the second Prime Minister of Australia. He was a leader of the movement for Federation, which occurred in 1901, and was one of the principal authors of the Australian constitution. During his three terms as prime minister over the subsequent decade he played a key role in establishing national institutions.
William Reardon Smith
Sir William Reardon Smith, 1st Baronet was an English shipowner and philanthropist.
Gaby Casadesus
Gaby Casadesus was a French classical pianist and teacher born in Marseilles, France. She was married to the French pianist Robert Casadesus and their son Jean Casadesus was also a notable pianist.
Xu Yunli
Xu Yunli is a Chinese volleyball player. She was part of the gold medal winning team at the 2006 Asian Games and the silver medal winning team at the 2007 World Grand Prix.
Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici
Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici was a Tuscan noblewoman who was the last lineal descendant of the main branch of the House of Medici. A patron of the arts, she bequeathed the Medici's large art collection, including the contents of the Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti and the Medicean villas, which she inherited upon her brother Gian Gastone's death in 1737, and her Palatine treasures to the Tuscan state, on the condition that no part of it could be removed from "the Capital of the grand ducal State....[and from] the succession of His Serene Grand Duke."
Vincenz Liechtenstein
Prince Vincenz of Liechtenstein, known in Austria as Vincenz Liechtenstein, was an Austrian politician (ÖVP). He was a grandson of Charles I of Austria, the last Austrian Emperor. He was born a Prince of Liechtenstein. He never renounced his succession to the Liechtensteiner throne, but since the nobility in Austria was officially abolished in 1919 after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he did not use his princely title or honorific in his Austrian civic life.
Michiel Patijn
Michiel Patijn is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
William Gibson-Craig
Sir William Gibson Craig, 2nd Baronet FRSE, was a Scottish Advocate and politician.
Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Sagan
Marie Pierre Louis Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, 5th Duke of Talleyrand and Dino, Prince, then Duke of Sagan, was a French socialite and son of Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord.
George Forbes
George Edward Forbes (1828-1881) was a Scots-born politician who served in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.