Famous People with Name Leonard

Leonard Ochtman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leonard Ochtman: American Impressionist painter, was born in Zonnemaire, Netherlands. He was the son of a decorative painter. His family removed to Albany, New York in 1866.He worked with a group of artists who were important in the development of the impressionist moveme

Leonard Freed            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leonard Freed: was a documentary photojournalist and longtime Magnum member.Freed attended the New School and studied with the legendary art director of Harper's Bazaar, Alexey Brodovitch. In 1967, Cornell Capa selected Freed as one of five photographers to participate

Leonard Max Adleman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leonard Max Adleman: is a theoretical computer scientist and professor of computer science and molecular biology at the University of Southern California. He is known for being a co-inventor of the RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) cryptosystem in 1977, and of DNA computing. RSA is in widespread use in security applications, including https.

Leonard Patrick ("Pat") Kelly            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leonard Patrick ("Pat") Kelly: is a former ice speed skater from Canada, who represented his native country in two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1992 in Albertville, France.

Leonard Porter Ayres            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leonard Porter Ayres: was an American educator, born at Niantic, Conn. He received his college and graduate training at Boston, Harvard, and Columbia universities. He began teaching in 1902 as one of the first to carry American ideas and methods to Puerto Rico. There he was ap

Robert Sean Leonard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Sean Leonard: Leonard was born in Westwood, New Jersey, and grew up in Ridgewood, where he attended Ridgewood High School[1] before moving on to Fordham University and later Columbia University School of General Studies and Continuing Education.He is a three-time Tony

Herman Leonard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Herman Leonard: is an American photographer known for his unique images of jazz icons. Leonard earned a BFA in photography in 1947 from Ohio University, although his college career was interrupted by a tour of duty in the U.S. Army during World War II. In the military he served as a medical technician in Burma, while attached to Chiang Kai Shek's Chinese troops fighting the Japanese.

James A. Leonard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James A. Leonard: was a young American chess master, who grew up as a son of poor Irish immigrants in New York City. He learned to play chess at age 16 or 17. Before his 20th birthday, he was already famous for his fierce attacking play and prowess at blindfold chess, at w

Sugar Ray Leonard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sugar Ray Leonard: is a retired professional boxer. He was named Ray Charles Leonard, after his mother's favorite singer, Ray Charles. Leonard was the first boxer to earn more than $100 million in purses, and he is widely considered to be one of the best boxers of all time,

Roger Leonard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roger Leonard: was a professional boxer from Palmer Park, Maryland. He is the older brother of boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard, who he introduced to boxing. Nicknamed "The Dodger," Leonard had over 100 amateur bouts.