List of Famous Leos
Garrison Keillor
Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor is an American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He is best known as the creator of the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion, which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting of many of his books, including Lake Wobegon Days and Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories. Other creations include Guy Noir, a detective voiced by Keillor who appeared in A Prairie Home Companion comic skits. Keillor is also the creator of the five-minute daily radio/podcast program The Writer's Almanac, which pairs one or two poems of his choice with a script about important literary, historical, and scientific events that coincided with that date in history.
Wolfgang Völz
Wolfgang Otto Völz was a German actor. He is known for his roles in theatre plays, TV shows, feature films and taped radio shows. He was also a very prolific voice actor.
Saido Berahino
Saido Berahino is a Burundian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian club Charleroi, on loan from Zulte Waregem, and captains the Burundi national team.
Ricardo Belmont Cassinelli
Ricardo Pablo Belmont Cassinelli is a Peruvian TV network owner and politician. He was the Mayor of Lima serving from 1990 to 1995 and as a Congressman for the Center Front, representing Lima between 2009 to 2011, replacing Alberto Andrade, who died in office. He was popularly known as "El Hermanón" for his friendliness and also as "El Colora'o" (Ginger) because of his reddish hair.
Takanohana Kōji
Takanohana Kōji is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler and coach. He was the 65th man in history to reach sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, and he won 22 tournament championships between 1992 and 2001, the sixth highest total ever. The son of a popular ōzeki ranked wrestler from the 1970s, Takanohana's rise through the ranks alongside his elder brother Wakanohana and his rivalry with the foreign born yokozuna Akebono saw interest in sumo and attendance at tournaments soar during the early 1990s.
Dan Ige
Dan Ige is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in UFC's Featherweight division. A professional since 2014, he has also competed for the Legacy Fighting Championship, Pancrase, the RFA, and Titan FC. As of November 2, 2020, he is #11 in the UFC featherweight rankings.
Mitsu Murata
Mitsu Murata is a Japanese actor, fashion model and DJ/music producer, best known for his roles as Douji in the 2005 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Hibiki and Bishop in the 2008 series Kamen Rider Kiva. As a DJ, Murata goes under the name "MITSUU", and has released remixes for artists such as HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR and JYONGRI. He is currently employed by Orions Belt. His blood type is A.
Carolin Emcke
Carolin Emcke is a German author and journalist who worked for Der Spiegel from 1998 to 2006, often writing from areas of conflicts. From 2007 to 2014, she worked as an international reporter for DIE ZEIT. Her book Echoes of Violence – Letters from a War Reporter was published in 2007 at Princeton University Press. In 2008, she published Stumme Gewalt, in 2013 How We Desire, in 2016 Against Hate, and in 2019 Yes means yes and.... Carolin Emcke was honoured with several awards such as the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels in 2016, and a Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in 2017.
Viktor Medvedchuk
Viktor Volodymyrovych Medvedchuk is a Ukrainian politician, lawyer, and business oligarch. People's Deputy of Ukraine from 29 August 2019.
Alexis Knapp
Alexis Knapp is an American actress. She portrayed Stacie Conrad in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017), Alexis in the party film Project X (2012), and appeared on the first season of the TBS comedy Ground Floor.