List of Famous Leos
Park Yong-ha
Park Yong-ha was a South Korean actor and singer.
Jonathan R. Davis
Jonathan R. Davis was an honorary captain of the Palmetto Regiment of Volunteers of South Carolina in the Mexican–American War and a gold rush prospector. On December 19, 1854, he single-handedly killed eleven armed outlaws at Rocky Canyon near Sacramento, California using two Colt revolvers and a Bowie knife. This episode became one of the deadliest small arms engagements in American history involving one man against multiple foes. Michael Trcic depicted the event in the sculpture "One Man With Courage is a Majority". He was educated at South Carolina College, where he was a member of the Euphradian Society.
José Hamilton Ribeiro
José Hamilton Ribeiro is a Brazilian journalist and author. He has worked as a reporter and editor for the magazines Realidade and Quatro Rodas, the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, and the programs Globo Repórter, Fantástico, and Globo Rural, and is the author of fifteen books. In December 2012, a study by the news bulletin Jornalistas & Cia concluded that Ribeiro, as measured by the number and importance of prizes won, is the most decorated journalist in Brazilian history.
José Afonso
José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, known professionally as José Afonso and also popularly known as Zeca Afonso or simply Zeca, was a Portuguese singer-songwriter. One of the most influential folk and protest musicians in the history of Portugal, he became an icon in Portugal due to the role of his music in the resistance against the dictatorial Estado Novo regime.
Georgia Ellenwood
Georgia Lorraine Ellenwood is a Canadian athlete competing in the combined events. She represented Canada at the 2016 World Indoor Championships finishing tenth and also represented Canada at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Georgia Ellenwood is a 8-time NCAA Division I All-American, 2018 Big Ten Conference Field athlete of the year after setting a new personal best and a Wisconsin Badgers school record. CKWX NEWS 1130 in British Columbia, Canada profiled Ellenwood's journey. Ellenwood is a Langley Secondary School 2013 graduate.
Charles-Joseph-Eugene de Mazenod
Eugène de Mazenod, more commonly known as Eugène de Mazenod, was a French Catholic priest. At the age of eight, the Mazenod family was forced to flee the French Revolution, leaving their considerable wealth behind. As refugees in Italy, they were very poor, and moved from place to place. At the age of twenty, he returned to France and became a priest. Mazenod founded the congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Initially focused on rebuilding the Church in France after the Revolution, their work soon spread, particularly to Canada. Mazenod was appointed Bishop of Marseille in 1837, and Archbishop in 1851.
Charles Einstein
Charles Einstein was a newspaperman and sportswriter. He was also the author of the novel The Bloody Spur. The film While the City Sleeps (1956) directed by Fritz Lang was based on this novel. Einstein's father was the comedian Harry Einstein. He was the older half-brother of comedic actors Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein, better known by his stage name "Super Dave Osborne".
Daniele Donato
Daniele Donato-Briones is an American television personality. She was a contestant on Big Brother 8, Big Brother 13 and Big Brother 22. Donato was married to Big Brother 13 cast member Dominic Briones, whom she began a relationship with shortly after the 13th season.
Blake Bell
Blake M. Bell is an American football tight end for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oklahoma, where he received the nickname Belldozer, a play on words due to his large frame and running style.
John Slattery
John M. Slattery Jr. is an American actor and director, best known for his role as Roger Sterling in the AMC drama series Mad Men.