Famous People with Name Leonora

Leonora Sanvitale            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Leonora Sanvitale: was a noblewoman and singer at the Este court at Ferrara, and along with her stepmother Barbara Sanseverino, was among the most "brilliant" noblewomen at the court. She joined the court in 1576 when she married Giulio Tiene, Count of Scandiano. Before thi

Leonora Kaminskaite            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Leonora Kaminskaite: was a Lithuanian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 she and her partner Genovaite Ramoškiene won the bronze medal in the double sculls event.

Leonora Christina, Countess Ulfeldt            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Leonora Christina, Countess Ulfeldt: was the daughter of King Christian IV of Denmark and wife of Steward of the Realm–cum–traitor Count Corfitz Ulfeldt. Renowned in Denmark since the 19th century for her posthumously published autobiography, Jammersminde, written secretly during two decades of solitary confinement in a royal dungeon, her intimate version of the major events she witnessed in Europe's history, interwoven with ruminations on her woes as a political prisoner, still commands popular interest, scholarly respect, and has virtually become the stuff of legend as retold and enlivened in Danish literature and art.