Famous People with Name Leandro

Leandro Barbieri            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Leandro Barbieri: is an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist and composer who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and from his latin jazz recordings in the 1970s.[1]Barbieri began playing music after hearing Charlie Parker's "Now's the Time." He played the clarinet, then the alto saxophone while performing with the Argentine pianist Lalo Schifrin in the late 1950s. By the early 1960s, while in Rome, he was playing the tenor saxophone, and also worked with the trumpeter Don Cherry. By now influenced by John Coltrane's late recordings, as well as those from other 'Free jazz' saxophonists such as Albert Ayler and Pharoah Sanders,

Leandro Faggin            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Leandro Faggin: is an Italian racing cyclist, olympic champion and world champion in track cycling. He was also a member of the Italian team that received a gold medal in team pursuit at the 1956 Olympics.He is three times gold winner in individual pursuit in the UCI Tra

Leandro Marconi            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Leandro Marconi: was a Polish architect, active mainly in Warsaw. His father was Enrico Marconi, also a famed architect associated with that city, while his cousin was Leonard Marconi, a sculptor.He was born Leandro Jan Ludwik Marconi April 23, 1834 in Warsaw, then in in Kingdom of Poland. His father Enrico Marconi was a noted architect, who moved to Poland in 1822 and settled in Warsaw, while his mother was Malgorzata (English: Margaret) neé Heiton, a lady of Scottish descent.Marconi graduated from the local gymnasium in Warsaw and started career as an architect under the tutelage of his father. Initially both Marconis collaborated at the construction of the expensive Hotel Europejski (1856-1859). He also collaborated with his father and Jan Kacper Heurich at the construction of a parochial church in Wilanów (1857-1860). His first major project was a villa built for a mighty Rau family of enterpreneurs, financed by Wilhelm Ellis Rau. The building (finished in 1868) was considered successful and soon Marconi's career started for good. Until the end of the decade he authored, among others, the plan of refurbishment of his father's villa at Ujazdów Av. (dubbed "palace under the artichoke"), the monumental seat of Bank Handlowy (1873), house of Stanislaw Zamoyski, and a villa for Sobanski family (1877). The best-known of his designs - the Great Synagogue in Warsaw - was commissioned in 1877, after two successive architectural competitions were unsuccessful.

Leandro Dos Santos Branco            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Leandro Dos Santos Branco: is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Criciúma Esporte Clube, as a forward.After spending most of his career with modest outfits in his country, Branco moved in 2007–08 to Portugal

Leandro Castán Da Silva            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Leandro Castán Da Silva: commonly known as Leandro Castán, is a Brazilian football defender, who plays for Barueri in the Brazilian Série A.

Eloy David Rojas Leandro            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Eloy David Rojas Leandro: was a professional boxer in the Featherweight division.Rojas turned pro in 1986 and won the WBA Featherweight Title in 1993 by defeating Yong-Kyun Park by decision. He defended the title six times before losing the belt to Wilfredo Vazquez in 1996 via TKO

Leo Leandros            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Leo Leandros: is a Greek musician, composer and producer. Born in Astakos, Greece, Leandros left in the 1950s for Germany to pursue a career in singing and composing. He had some success, but shifted his focus to his daughter, Vicky, who had been singing from a very early age and turned out to be the real treasure. He became her manager, composer and producer when she was 13, and is responsible for her unique training and career. Leandros composed and produced for many other artists such as Julio Iglesias, Demis Roussos, Nana Mouskouri, among others

Vicky Leandros            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Vicky Leandros: is a Greek singer with a long international career.[1][2] She is the daughter of singer, musician and composer Leandros Papathanasiou (known as Leo Leandros - composer pseudonym Mario Panas).