Famous People with Name Leonhard

Leonhard Graf Von Blumenthal            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Leonhard Graf Von Blumenthal: was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall. He was a member of the von Blumenthal family.Brought up on his grandfather's estate at Reddenthin, where his uncle Gustav von Below was founding what would become the Pentecostal movement, Blumenthal was educated at the military schools of Culm and Berlin. He entered the Guards as 2nd lieutenant in 1827.

Leonhard "Leo" Freisinger            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leonhard "Leo" Freisinger: was an American speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. In the 1500 metres event he finished fourth.

Leonhard Haas            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Leonhard Haas: is a German footballer who plays for SpVgg Greuther Fürth.

Leonhard Kaufmann            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Leonhard Kaufmann: is an Austrian professional association football player currently playing for Austrian Football Bundesliga side SK Austria Kärnten. He plays as a midfielder.

Leonhard Lechner            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Leonhard Lechner: was a German composer and music editor who worked with Orlando de Lassus.

Karl Leonhard            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Karl Leonhard: was a German psychiatrist, who stood in the tradition of Carl Wernicke and Karl Kleist. He created a complex classification of psychotic illnesses called nosological. His work covered Psychology, Psychotherapy, Biological psychiatry and Biological psychology. Moreover he created a classification of Nonverbal communication. During the period of the Third Reich in order to save his patients from being killed by means of the T-4 Euthanasia Program, he stopped making diagnoses that would endanger a patient. In particular he stopped making any diagnoses of schizophrenia.[citation needed]

Rudolf Leonhard            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Rudolf Leonhard: was a German author and communist activist.In 1918 he joined the USPD (Independent German Social Democratic Party) and fought alongside Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg in the 1918 revolution. In 1919, he joined the KPD (Communist Party of Germany), but

Wolfgang Leonhard            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Wolfgang Leonhard: is a German political author, historian, and expert on Communism. He is the only living member of the Ulbricht Group. He was Jewish, and was deported to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during Nazi rule. After the war he chose to remain in his native