Famous People with Name Leon

Leon Bott            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Leon Bott: is an Australian rugby league and union player.He joined his home-town team the Canterbury Bulldogs during the 2007 pre-season on a train-and-trial basis but medical staff discovered his shoulder was not stable and he required reconstructive surgery. Afte

Leon Mckay            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Leon Mckay: is a NZ professional snowboarder from New Zealand. He has Appeared on TV3 NZ, Maori TV, Freeze TV, and SKY TV.

Fidelio Ponce De León            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Fidelio Ponce De León: a Cuban painter. A native of Camaguey, he studied at the San Alejandro Academy in Havana from 1913 until 1918. Along with Antonio Gattorno, Victor Manuel, Amelia Peláez, and Wifredo Lam he is considered part of the "Vanguardia" movement in Cuban art; however, unlike many of his contemporaries he never studied in Europe, and so had comparatively little contact with European modernism. Nevertheless, he listed among his influences Amadeo Modigliani, along with El Greco, Rembrandt, and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. His paintings are also reminiscent of those of Edvard Munch. Later in life Ponce de León contracted tuberculosis; he died in Havana in 1949. The Museum of Modern Art is among the museums containing examples of his work.

Maurice Arthur Mendes De Leon            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Maurice Arthur Mendes De Leon: was a Dutch physician, considered one of the founding fathers of gynaecology in the Netherlands, partly because of his surgical skills, but also due to his study into the interaction between gynaecological and psychological problems.

Maria Luisa Angela Martinez De Leon            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Maria Luisa Angela Martinez De Leon: is a television and film actress in the Philippines.De Leon started television acting at the age of 12. She was discovered by Johnny Manahan for a kiddie gag show Ang TV aired over ABS-CBN. She shared screen time with Claudine Barretto, Jolina Magdangal, and Rica Peralejo. After about a year on Ang TV, she signed up with Viva Films and transferred to GMA Network to do a sitcom called Ober Da Bakod with Janno Gibbs and Anjo Yllana.

Charita De León            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Charita De León: is a Filipina actress who made movies under her mother studio Lvn Pictures, then later, Sampaguita Pictures. She started out as an extra, then became a principal dancer, with Bayani as choreographer. She landed her first pivotal role of Aurora in "El Robo" when she was only seventeen years old. She co-starred with Armando Goyena, Deliah Razon and Carlos Padilla, Jr. By the mid-1950s she was hailed as the Philippines' answer to Marilyn Monroe, proving that one could both be a serious actor and alluring at the same time!

Gil De León            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Gil De León: is a film actor. He made his first movie after World War II. The movie is Orasang Ginto aka Golden Clock under Lvn Pictures where he stayed in the said company for almost 3 decades.He married another Lvn Star, Lilia Dizon. They have three children, who inherited their talents in acting: Pinky de León the eldest, Christopher de León and Lara Melissa de León.