Famous People with Name Leonard

Leonard Randolph Lenny Wilkens            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leonard Randolph Lenny Wilkens: is an American former National Basketball Association player and coach, as well as the NBA's career leader in coaching win-loss totals. He was inducted twice into the Basketball Hall of Fame, first in 1989 as a player and then later as a coach in 1998.

Leonard Rose            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leonard Rose: was a great American cellist, considered one of the most important pedagogues of the 20th century.Rose's parents emmigrated from Kiev, Ukraine and Leonard was born in Washington, D.C.. Rose took lessons from Walter Grossman, Frank Miller and Felix Salmond and after completing his studies at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music at age 20, he joined Arturo Toscanini's NBC Symphony Orchestra, and almost immediately became associate principal. At 21 he was principal cellist of the Cleveland Orchestra and at 26 was the principal of the New York Philharmonic.

Leonard Bernstein            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leonard Bernstein: was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was the first conductor born and educated in the United States of America to receive world-wide acclaim. He is perhaps best known for his long conducting relationship with the New York Philharmonic, which included the acclaimed Young People's Concerts series, and his compositions including West Side Story, Candide, and On the Town. He is known to baby boomers primarily as the first classical music conductor to make many television appearances, all between 1954 and 1989. While he did not possess the gift of perfect pitch, he had a formidable piano technique and was a highly respected composer. He is one of the most influential figures in the history of American classical music, championing the works of American composers and inspiring the careers of a generation of American musicians.

Leonard Simon Nimoy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leonard Simon Nimoy: is an American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer. He is best known for playing the character of Spock on Star Trek, an American television series that ran for three seasons from 1966 to 1969, in addition to several movie sequels.

Leonard Norman Cohen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leonard Norman Cohen: is a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963.

Richard Manning Leonard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Manning Leonard: was an American rock climber, environmentalist and attorney. He served as president of the Sierra Club and the Save the Redwoods League, and was active in the Wilderness Society and the American Alpine Club. Leonard was born in Elyria, Ohio and graduated

Stephen Banks Leonard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Stephen Banks Leonard: was a U.S. Representative from New York. He moved to New York City and subsequently returned to Owego. He was publisher and editor of the Owego Gazette 1814-1835. Trustee of the village of Owego. Supervisor and commissioner of excise. Trustee of Owego Aca

Paul R. Leonard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paul R. Leonard: is an American politician of the Ohio Democratic party. Leonard was elected four times to seats in the Ohio General Assembly and then he served as mayor of Dayton, Ohio, from 1982 to 1986, until he was elected Lieutenant governor of Ohio in 1986 on the ti

Joseph-Édouard-Émile Léonard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph-Édouard-Émile Léonard: was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was the Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Laval in the general elections of 1900 but was defeated by Thomas Fortin. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a 1902 by-election, after Fortin was appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, Montreal District. He was re-elected in 1904 and was defeated in 1908 and again in 1911.

Jacques Léonard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacques Léonard: is an accountant, educator, and politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He served in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1985 and again from 1989 to 2001 and was a cabinet minister in the governments of René Lévesque, Jacques Parizeau, and Lucien Bouchard. Léonard is a Quebec sovereigntist and a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ) and Bloc Québécois (BQ). Léonard became a member of the sovereigntist Rassemblement pour l'Indépendance Nationale (RIN) in 1962 and joined the Parti Québécois after the RIN party wound down in 1968. He ran unsuccessfully as a PQ candidate in Labelle in the 1970 and 1973 provincial elections. The PQ won a historic majority government in the 1976 provincial election, and Léonard was elected on his third attempt in Labelle over one-term Liberal incumbent Roger Lapointe. Léonard was named to René Lévesque's first cabinet on November 26, 1976, as the minister of state responsible for planning.