List of Famous Leos
Manuel Pardo
Manuel Justo Pardo y Lavalle was a Peruvian politician who served as the 31st President of Peru. He was the first civilian President in Peru's history.
Adrián Ben
Adrián Ben Montenegro is a Spanish middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.
Alfons Zgrzebniok
Alfons Alfred Zgrzebniok, codename Rakoczy, was a Polish teacher, activist, and politician from Silesia. He was one of the cofounders of the Polish Insurgent Association in the early 1920s and also helped organize the Association for Defense of the Western Border and the Committee for the Defense of Upper Silesia. He commanded the Polish-Silesian forces in both the First and Second Silesian Uprising. He was the recipient of several awards and several schools and other landmarks in Poland are named after him. He has also been the subject of a number of poems and songs.
Martha Remmert
Martha Remmert was a German classical pianist, music educator, conductor and music writer.
Cor Edskes
Cor Edskes was one of the most important authorities on the history of organ building in Northern Europe. He acted as the consultant for the restoration of many of Europe's most important historical organs, including those in the Nieuwe Kerk (Amsterdam) and Roskilde Cathedral.
Mark Webster
Mark Webster is a Welsh former professional darts player. Nicknamed Webby and The Spider, he played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Webster began his career on the British Darts Organisation (BDO) circuit, winning the BDO World Championship in 2008. He became a full-time professional in 2009, having previously been a fully qualified registered plumber.
Jacques Sernas
Jokūbas Bernardas Šernas, commonly known as Jacques Sernas and sometimes credited as Jack Sernas, was a Lithuanian-born French actor with an international film career.
Marjorie G. Horning
Marjorie Janice Groothuis Horning was an American biochemist and pharmacologist. She was considered to be a pioneer of chromatography for her work in developing new techniques and applying them to the study of drug metabolism. She demonstrated that drugs and their metabolites can be transferred from a pregnant woman to her developing child, and later through breast milk, from a mother to a baby. Horning's work made possible the prevention of birth defects, as doctors began to warn of the dangers of drugs, alcohol, and smoking during pregnancy.
Mel Fisher
Born in Indiana and a dive shop pioneer in California, Mel Fisher was an American treasure hunter best known for finding the 1622 wreck of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha in Florida waters. Diving became a family business. He lost his son and daughter-in-law when their boat capsized and sank in 1975.
William Cooper
William H. Cooper was an American sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.