Famous People with Name Leon

Leon Henkin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leon Henkin: was a logician at the University of California, Berkeley. He was principally known for the "Henkin completeness proof": his version of the proof of the semantic completeness of standard systems of first-order logic.He was born in Brooklyn, into a Russian

León Pacheco Solano            Origin/Culture/Country: American

León Pacheco Solano: was a Costa Rican writer.

Leon Fleisher            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leon Fleisher: an American pianist and conductor.He was born in San Francisco, California, where he started studying the piano at age 4. He made his public debut at age 8 and played with the New York Philharmonic under Pierre Monteux at 16; Monteux famously called him "the pianistic find of the century." He became one of the few child virtuosos to be accepted for study with Artur Schnabel.He made a memorable series of recordings with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra before losing the use of his right hand due to focal dystonia. He continued performing the left-handed repertoire until he quite recently regained the use of his right hand through a combination of massage and botox injections. He also undertook conducting during this time, serving at one time as Music Director of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra in Maryland. He is particularly well-known for his interpretations of the piano concerti of Brahms and Beethoven

Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke: was an American jazz cornetist, jazz pianist, and composer.With Louis Armstrong, Beiderbecke was one of the two most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s. His turns on "Singin' the Blues" (1927) and "I'm Coming, Virginia" (1927), in particular, demonstr

Leon Stap            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leon Stap: was an American midget professional wrestler better known by his ring name Fuzzy Cupid. During his career, he was the frequent tag team partner of fellow midget wrestler Sky Low Low.

Isidoro (Becerra) Leon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Isidoro (Becerra) Leon: (January 4, 1911 - July 25, 2002) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1945. The 34-year-old rookie was a native of Cruces, Cuba.

José Miguel Granadino León            Origin/Culture/Country: American

José Miguel Granadino León: is a Salvadoran football Defender who currently plays for C.D. FAS.

Medardo Jim "Jimmy" Leon, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Medardo Jim "Jimmy" Leon, Jr.: was an American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter, best known by his ringname "Bad Boy" Ricky (Ricki) Lawless, who competed in Eastern, Mid-Atlantic and Southern regional territories during the early-to mid 1980s, being a veteran of Internationa

Taylor Leon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Taylor Leon: is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Duramed FUTURES Tour.Leon was a two-time Rolex Junior Second-Team All-America, won two AJGA events, and represented the United States on the 2003 PING Junior Solheim Cup Team