List of Famous Leos

Leonardo Villar was a Brazilian actor. He became internationally known for his performance as Zé do Burro in Anselmo Duarte's O Pagador de Promessas, the only Brazilian film so far awarded a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Carola of Vasa was a titular princess of Sweden, and the queen consort of Saxony. She was the last Queen of Saxony.

Juvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos, known as Naná Vasconcelos, was a Brazilian percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player, notable for his work as a solo artist on over two dozen albums, and as a backing musician with Pat Metheny, Don Cherry, Björk, Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti, Gato Barbieri, and Milton Nascimento.

Claus Holm was a German film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1943 and 1979. He was born in Bochum, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany.

Carmen Balcells Segala was a literary agent of Spanish-language authors from Spain and Latin America, including six Nobel Prize–winning authors. She led her agency from 1956 to 2000, during which time she was one of the driving forces behind the 1960s boom of Latin American literature. After her retirement she was awarded with an honorary doctorate, besides other awards, but returned to the agency in 2008. Authors who have published with Balcells have dedicated novels to her and included her as characters in her work; she is praised as "one of the most powerful and influential women in Spanish letters." She died at the age of 85 in Barcelona on 20 September 2015. At her death Mario Vargas Llosa said: "Carmen queridísima, hasta pronto".

Florian Grillitsch is an Austrian professional footballer who plays for 1899 Hoffenheim and the Austria national team as a midfielder.

Mehdi Abeid is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for UAE Pro League club Al-Nasr and the Algeria national team.

Bokuzō Masana is a Japanese actor.

Pedro Ruiz is a Spanish radio presenter, actor, screenwriter and comedian.

Reyes Abades was a Spanish specialist in special effects. He won nine Goya Awards. He died on 1 February 2018 aged 68.