List of Famous Leos
Idrus Marham
Idrus Marham is an Indonesian politician who used to come from academia. After resigning as a member of the People's Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia (DPR-RI) for the period 2009-2014 on June 8, 2011, currently serving as Secretary Golkar Party.
Zheng Zhi
Zheng Zhi is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays for and captains Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande. After starting his career as a defender, Zheng was later moved into a central midfield role by then head coach Zhu Guanghu at Shenzhen Jianlibao and experienced immediate success there by winning the 2004 league title with the club. A move to Shandong Luneng saw a prolific goal scoring period in his career and he soon became the captain of the Chinese national team, which then led to moves to Charlton Athletic and Celtic. He moved back to China in 2010 and joined Guangzhou Evergrande, making over 300 appearances so far as captain while helping the club win all major trophies a Chinese club could compete for, including Chinese Super League for a record 8 times and AFC Champions League twice.
Hubert von Meyerinck
Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1970.
Alessandro Matri
Alessandro Matri is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Sergey Semenov
Sergey Viktorovich Semenov is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler who competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in the 130 kg weight category. In the semifinals he lost to Mijaín López of Cuba (0–3). In the bronze medal match he beat Heiki Nabi of Estonia (6–0). Semenov won the 2018 World Wrestling Championships defeating American Adam Coon in the final, 9–0.
Tadesse Abraham
Tadesse Abraham is an Eritrea-born Swiss long distance runner who specialises in the marathon.
Vanina Correa
Vanina Noemí Correa is an Argentine footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spanish Primera División club RCD Espanyol and the Argentina women's national team.
André Lefèbvre
André Lefebvre was a French automobile engineer.
Hugo Eckener
Hugo Eckener was the manager of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world, making him the most successful airship commander in history. He was also responsible for the construction of the most successful type of airships of all time. An anti-Nazi who was invited to campaign as a moderate in the German presidential elections, he was blacklisted by that regime and eventually sidelined.
Leo Kinnunen
Leo Juhani "Leksa" Kinnunen was a Finnish racing driver, and the first Formula One driver from Finland.