Famous People with Name Leonard

Leonard Marx            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leonard Marx: He was originally nicknamed Chicko due to his reputation as a ladies man, or a "chicken chaser" in the popular slang of the day. A typesetter accidentally dropped the "k" in his name and it became Chico. It was still pronounced [t??ko?] although those who were unaware of its origin tended to pronounce it [?i?ko?]. Radio recordings from the 1940s exist where announcers and fellow actors mispronounce the nickname, but Chico apparently felt it was unnecessary to correct them. As late as the 1950s, even Groucho used the wrong pronunciation for comedic effect. A guest on You Bet Your Life told the quizmaster she came from Chico

Leonard Guy Ford, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leonard Guy Ford, Jr.: was an American football defensive end elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1976.He played two years for the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference. When the AAFC disbanded in 1949, only three teams from the league - the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, and Baltimore Colts - were merged into the NFL. Ford was selected by the Browns out of a special draft pool created for teamless former AAFC players. In Cleveland, he became a ferocious defensive player for a very strong Browns team that dominated the NFL during the 1950s, playing in five championship games and winning three.

Leonard Peter Supulski            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leonard Peter Supulski: a former American football player and well-known television sportscaster, having worked at CBS, FOX, and, briefly, ESPN.Summerall is best known for his work with John Madden on CBS and FOX's NFL telecasts, and in 1999 he was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame.[1]After retiring from football, Summerall became a broadcaster for CBS Sports. He started in 1962 working part-time on New York Giants' broadcasts. In 1964, CBS hired Summerall full-time to work its NFL telecasts, initially as a color commentator and then (beginning in 1975) as a play-by-play announcer. Summerall covered other events including ABA basketball. Summerall also did sportscasts for the network's flagship radio station until 1966 when he did a morning drive-time music/talk program, WCBS-AM. In 1969, Summerall took part in NBC's coverage of Super Bowl III.

Leonard Bloomfield            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leonard Bloomfield: was an American linguist, whose influence dominated the development of structural linguistics in America between the 1930s and the 1950s. He is most especially known for his book Language (1933), describing the state of the art of linguistics at its time.Bloomfield was the main founder of the Linguistic Society of America.Bloomfield's thought was mainly characterized by its behavioristic principles for the study of meaning, its insistence on formal procedures for the analysis of language data, as well as a general concern to provide linguistics with rigorous scientific methodology. Its pre-eminence decreased in the late 1950s and 1960s, after the emergence of Generative Grammar.

Leonard Marion Bahr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leonard Marion Bahr: was a prolific painter of portraits and murals, an illustrator, as well as a highly regarded painting professor for 52 years at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).In 1930, Leonard started his professional painting career while still a student, beginning with two portraits of Baltimore's Mayor Preston. Leonard, a Christian, painted Biblical themes throughout his life. Among them was a commission for an altar painting of "Christ at Gethsemane," which was installed in Our Savior's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lansdowne. Also, a book of his drawings depicting the "23rd Psalm of David" was illustrated and published in 1933.

Hubert Benjamin Leonard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hubert Benjamin Leonard: (April 16, 1892- July 11, 1952) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career from 1913-1921, 1924-1925

Benny Leonard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benny Leonard: American boxer and one of the greatest lightweight fighters of all time and was named as number 8 on Ring Magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years.

Ray Charles Leonard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Charles Leonard: a retired American professional boxer. Named Fighter of the Decade for the 1980s, he is widely considered to be one of the best boxers of all time, winning world titles at multiple weights and engaging in contests with such celebrated opponents as Wilfred Benitez, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran and Marvin Hagler.

Gary Francis Leonard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gary Francis Leonard: is a former professional basketball player. Leonard stands 7'1" and weighs 295 lbs. An all-state and All-America prep basketball selection as a senior at Belleville East High School, Leonard went on to a successful college and professional career.

William Robert Slick Leonard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Robert Slick Leonard: is a former professional basketball player and coach. A 6'3" 185-lb guard, Leonard played high school basketball at Terre Haute Gerstmeyer High School, where he excelled as a tennis player, as well. He played collegiate basketball at Indiana University, and was selected with the first pick of the second round of the 1954 NBA Draft. He spent most of his seven-year professional playing career with the Lakers (four years in Minneapolis, and one year following the team's move to Los Angeles), followed by two years with the Chicago Packers/Zephyrs). In his final season as a player, he also coached the Zephyrs. The next year, the team moved to Baltimore; Leonard coached them for one more year.