Famous People with Name Leila

Leila Forouhar            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Leila Forouhar: a singer and actress from Iran who is very popular in Iran, Tajikestan and Afghanistan[citation needed]. She relocated to Los angeles after the Iranian Revolution to avoid the ban on female singing placed by the revolutionary council.

Leila Hatami            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Leila Hatami: an award-winning Iranian actress. She is the daughter of director Ali Hatami and actress Zari Khoshkam, and is married to actor Ali Mosaffa.She had a few short appearances during her childhood which included roles in Hezar Dastan TV series and Kamalolmolk movie, as well as a role in 1991 as a blind Turkish princess in Delshodegan.Having appeared short in some of her father's movies, Leila Hatami's first lead film appearance was the title role in the 1996 film Leila, directed by Darius Mehrjui. She received the Diploma of Honor for Best Actress from the 15th Fajr Film Festival.[1]

Leila Meskhi            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Leila Meskhi: is a retired Georgian professional female tennis player. She was ranked World No. 12 on August 5, 1991.She was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union.

Leila Vaziri            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leila Vaziri: is an American swimmer. She was the world record holder in the 50 m women's backstroke, set on March 28, 2007 in the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, with a time of 28.16 seconds, until her time was bettered by Li Yang on October 19, 2007.[3] She equalled the record in the finals race the day after.[4]

Leila Megane            Origin/Culture/Country: Welsh

Leila Megane: was a Welsh mezzo-soprano opera singer.she married T. Osborne Roberts (1879–1948), a composer. She sang in Paris, Milan, Rome, New York, and London.On 11 October 1922, she made the first complete recording of Sir Edward Elgar's Sea Pictures with Elgar himself conducting. On 12 November 1945, she gave her farewell concert in Pwllheli Town Hall.