Famous People with Name Leon

Leon Day            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leon Day: was an American right-handed pitcher in the Negro Leagues. He played for the Baltimore Black Sox, the Brooklyn & Newark Eagles, and the Baltimore Elite Giants.He was born in Alexandria, Virginia. Day is noted for pitching a perfect season in 1937 (13-0) while playing for the Newark Eagles, and for his fastball. Day was also a good hitter and baserunner, batting .320 in 1937.

Leon Kirchner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leon Kirchner: is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He is a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.Kirchner studied at the University of California Los Angeles with Ernest Bloch and Arnold Schoenberg. Kirchner began graduate studies with Bloch at the University of California, Berkeley but he served in the military and studied in New York with Roger Sessions before completing his degree. He was Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music at Harvard from 1961 to 1991. (Johnston, AMG)

Leon Marcus Uris            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leon Marcus Uris: was an American novelist, known for his historical fiction and the deep research that went into his novels. His two bestselling books were Exodus, published in 1958, and Trinity, in 1976.

Leon Frank Sylvers III            Origin/Culture/Country: American

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Leon Neil Cooper            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leon Neil Cooper: is an American physicist.Cooper graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1947 and received a B.A. in 1951, M.A. in 1953, and Ph.D. in 1954 from Columbia University. He spent a year at the Institute for Advanced Study and taught at the University of Illinois and Ohio State University before coming to Brown University in 1958. He is the Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Science at Brown, and Director of the Institute for Brain and Neural Systems.

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