List of Famous people named Leopold

Name Leopold is among the most common names in Austria. Similar names: Leopoldo. Here are some famous Leopolds:

Leopold Gratz

First Name Leopold

Last Name Gratz

Born on November 4, 1929

Died on March 2, 2006 (aged 76)

Born in Austria

Leopold Gratz CGIH was an Austrian politician.

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Leopold Stiefel

First Name Leopold

Last Name Stiefel

Born on February 19, 1945 (age 81)

Born in Austria, Upper Austria

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Leopold Kupelwieser

First Name Leopold

Last Name Kupelwieser

Born on October 17, 1796

Died on November 17, 1862 (aged 66)

Born in Austria, Lower Austria

Leopold Kupelwieser was an Austrian painter, often associated with the Nazarene movement.

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Leopold Messerschmidt

Heinrich Leopold Benno Messerschmidt

First Name Leopold

Last Name Messerschmidt

Born on August 29, 1870

Died on March 10, 1911 (aged 40)

Born in Germany

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Leopold Horner

First Name Leopold

Last Name Horner

Born on August 24, 1911

Died on October 5, 2005 (aged 94)

Born in Germany, Baden-Württemberg

Leopold Horner was a German chemist who published a modified Wittig reaction using phosphonate-stabilized carbanions now called the Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction or Horner-Wittig reaction.

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Leopold von Wiese

First Name Leopold

Last Name Wiese

Born on December 2, 1876

Died on January 11, 1969 (aged 92)

Born in Poland, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Leopold Max Walther von Wiese und Kaiserswaldau was a German sociologist and economist, as well as professor and chairman of the German Sociological Association.

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Leopold Ahlsen

First Name Leopold

Last Name Ahlsen

Born on January 12, 1927

Died on January 10, 2018 (aged 90)

Born in Germany, Bavaria

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Leopold Socha

First Name Leopold

Last Name Socha

Died on May 12, 1946

Leopold "Poldek" Socha was a Polish sewage inspector in the city of Lwów. During the World War II, Socha used his knowledge of the city's sewage system to shelter a group of Jews from Nazi persecution and their supporters of different nationalities. In 1978 he was recognized by the State of Israel as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Leopold Lindtberg

First Name Leopold

Last Name Lindtberg

Born on June 1, 1902

Died on April 18, 1984 (aged 81)

Born in Austria

Filmmaker

Leopold Lindtberg was an Austrian Swiss film and theatre director. He fled Austria due to the Machtergreifung in Germany and ultimately settled in Switzerland.

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Leopold Wagner

First Name Leopold

Last Name Wagner

Born on December 4, 1927

Died on September 26, 2008 (aged 80)

Born in Austria, Carinthia

Leopold Wagner was an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ), serving as governor (Landeshauptmann) of Carinthia from 1974 to 1988.

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