List of Famous Leos
Bernhard Eckstein
Bernhard Eckstein was a German cyclist. In 1960, he won the road race at the world championships and finished in 22nd place in the road race at the 1960 Summer Olympics. During his career he won six one-day races, four in 1958, one in 1960, and one in 1966.
Uhm Jeong-hwa
Uhm Jung-hwa is a South Korean singer, actress and dancer. Nicknamed the "evergreen", Uhm is considered to be one of the most influential women in the Korean entertainment industry, with many female artists recognizing her as a role model.
Okinoumi Ayumi
Okinoumi Ayumi is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Okinoshima, Shimane. He joined professional sumo in 2005, reaching the top division in 2010. He has been runner-up three times in January 2011, March 2013, and November 2017 tournaments all with an 11–4 record. His highest rank has been sekiwake, which he held for one tournament in March 2015 and then held again in November 2016. He has won four Fighting Spirit prizes to date, one for Outstanding Performance, and four gold stars for defeating yokozuna. He wrestles for Hakkaku stable.
Harry Kupfer
Harry Alfred Robert Kupfer was a German opera director and academic. A long-time director at the Komische Oper Berlin, he worked at major opera houses and at festivals internationally. Trained by Walter Felsenstein, he worked in the tradition of realistic directing. At the Bayreuth Festival, he staged Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer in 1978 and Der Ring des Nibelungen in 1988. At the Salzburg Festival, he directed the premiere of Penderecki's Die schwarze Maske in 1986 and Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss in 2014.
Jon Olsson
Jon Anders Olsson Delér is a professional freeskier and alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Mora, Olsson Delér started his career as a ski racer but at age 16 he switched his race skis for twin tips and quit ski racing. Eight years later, after a 50 000 SEK (US$5826.22) bet with fellow skier Jens Byggmark, Olsson Delér started ski racing again with the goal of the bets being to make it to the Olympics in 2014. He now competes in both freestyle and ski racing. Olsson Delér is known for his invention of several new double flips, including a D-spin 720 into a flatspin 540, a switch double rodeo 1080, a double flatspin 900, and a switch cork 720 to flatspin 540.
Johannes Geis
Johannes Geis is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder, for 1. FC Nürnberg.
Oliver Zeidler
Oliver Zeidler is a German rower and former swimmer. He is the reigning world champion in the men's single scull won at the 2019 World Rowing Championships and the current World Games champion in indoor rowing in the open men's 2000 m class.
Kendon Omar
José Fernando Morales Rivera, known as Kendo Kaponi, is a Puerto Rican rapper and actor.
Jacques Rouffio
Jacques Rouffio was a French film director and screenwriter. His 1986 film My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.
Minou Drouet
Marie-Noëlle Drouet, known as Minou Drouet, of La Guerche-de-Bretagne, France, is a former poet, musician, and actor.