Famous People with Name Leonhard

Leonhard Paul Euler            Origin/Culture/Country: Swiss

Leonhard Paul Euler: was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist who spent most of his life in Russia and Germany. Euler made important discoveries in fields as diverse as calculus and graph theory. He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion of a mathematical function. He is also renowned for his work in mechanics, optics, and astronomy.

Leonhard Hess Stejneger            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Leonhard Hess Stejneger: He studied law and philosophy at the University of Christiania. He earned a Ph.D. and started a brief career as a lawyer. However, his naturalist interests proved stronger and in 1881 he moved to the United States and started working at the Smithsonian under Spencer Fullerton Baird.Stejneger's interests zoology developed early and when he was sixteen years old he had a printed catalogue of birds and he sketched birds in water color.[He participated in numerous expeditions to the north of the North American continent. From 1882 to 1883 he was sent on an exploration mission to Bering Island and Kamchatka. In 1895 he went to the Commander Islands, studying fur seals for the U.S. Fish Commission. He returned there a second time in 1922.

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.

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