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Lennie Tristano Leonard Joseph Tristano (19 March1919 - 18 November1978) was a jazz pianist and composer. He remains a somewhat overlooked figure in jazz history, but his enormous originality and dazzling work as an improviser have long been appreciated by knowledgable jazz fans; in addition, his work as a jazz educator meant that he has exerted a substantial indirect influence on jazz, through figures such as Lee Konitz and Bill Evans.
Lennon (musical) Lennon is a musical with music and lyrics by John Lennon and book by Don Scardino, who also directed its premiere. The musical is about the life of John Lennon and was notable for Scardino's choice to be almost exclusively-based on Lennon's own words and to focus on Lennon's solo career, with no songs from the Lennon-McCartney catalogueQ&A with Don Scardino from the musical's official website.
Lennon Bros Circus Lennon's Circus (established circa 1890) is one of only 3 circuses left in Australia with big cats in their program. The 3 lions at Lennon’s are 17 years of age, female, sisters and were born and bred in the circus, in fact they are 5th generation born and bred in Australia.
Lennon Murphy Lennon Anne Murphy, named after rock and roll legend John Lennon is a singer/songwriter from Hendersonville, TN. Born in Ronkonkoma, Long Island, NY on March 31], [[1982, Lennon and her mother moved to Hendersonville when she was four years old.
Lennon/McCartney The songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations of all time. In an agreement reached early in their partnership, the pair agreed to use the shared credit Lennon/McCartney on all songs written by the duo, alone or in tandem, for The Beatles.
Lennox (district) The district of Lennox (Gaelic: Leamhnachd) is a region of Scotland centred around the village of Lennoxtown in Stirling, eight miles north of the centre of Glasgow. At various times in history, the district has had both a dukedom and earldom associated with it.
Lennox and Addington Historical Society The Lennox and Addington Historical Society is a volunteer organization with a mission to promote interest in Canadian history, but particularly to save and promote the history of the Bay of Quinte region where the county of Lennox and Addington is located.
Lennox Honychurch Lennox Honychurch is a Caribbean historian, born on December 27, 1952 in Portsmouth, Dominica. He is well-known for writing 1975's The Dominica Story, the 1980s textbook series The Caribbean People, and the 1991 travel book Dominica: Isle of Adventure.
Lennox International Lennox International () is a global manufacturer of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. Lennox International was founded by Dave Lennox, (the inventor of the first steel-riveted furnace) in 1895 and is headquartered in Richardson, Texas.
Lennox Island First Nation Lennox Island is a Mi'kmaq First Nation on Prince Edward Island, Canada, with its headquarters in Lennox Island, northeast of Tyne Valley. The band is comprised of a single reserve occupying all of Lennox Island.
Lennox Mohammed Lennox "Bobby" Mohammed revolutionised the way that the steelpan was played in competition. As arranger for the relatively unknown Guinness Cavaliers, he brought this San Fernando-based band to the Panorama finals in 1964 and placed third.
Lennox Sharpe Lennox "Boogsie" Sharpe (born 1953) is one of the all-time great composers and arrangers for the steelband. Sharpe began his career with Starlift where he worked as a co-arranger with Raymond Holman.
Lennox Stakes The Lennox Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres) at Goodwood Racecourse during the Glorious Goodwood meeting in late July / early August.
Lennox-King Glacier Lennox-King Glacier is a large valley glacier, about 40 miles (60 km) long, draining Bowden Neve and flowing northeast between the Holland and Queen Alexandra Ranges to enter Richards Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1959-60) for Lieutenant Commander James Lennox-King, RNZN, leader at Scott Base, 1960.
Lenny and the Piss Poor Boys Lenny and the Piss Poor Boys is a punk-influenced country music band from Boston, Massachusetts. The band was formed by Darkbuster singer Lenny Lashley in 2002, and also includes drummer Tommy Long (Dogmatics), bassist Jon Johnson, and steel guitarist Chris DeBarge.
Lenny Beckett Lenny Beckett is a rugby union player who is a member of the Brumbies organization, noted for his strong defensive game. After making his first two appearances for the Brumbies off the bench in the 2003 semi-final against the Blues at Eden Park, and as a replacement in the 2004 championship winning side Lenny Beckett firstly established himself in the match-day 22 and then the starting XV in 2005.
Lenny Breau Lenny Breau (August 5, 1941–August 12, 1984) was a brilliantly innovative American-born Canadian jazz guitarist who brought together country, classical, flamenco and jazz guitar techniques, then merged and developed them into a unique and influential personal style. His astonishing technical ability was matched by a wide musical knowledge and deep imagination; Breau's available recordings range from thoughtful, delicate and poetic extended improvisations to pyrotechnic explosions of shimmering notes.
Lenny Cooke Lenny Cooke (born April 29, 1982 (Brooklyn, NY) is an early entry candidate for the 2002 NBA Draft. He had averaged 25 points, 10 rebounds, two steals, and two blocks per game in his junior year of high school.
Lenny Daws Lenny Daws (born 29th of December 1978, Carshalton, London) is an English light-welterwight boxer from Morden in South London. He is unbeaten in 14 fights and is the reigning British light-welterweight champion.
Lenny Frome Lenny Frome was a gambling author and video poker expert best known for his 1994 book Winning Strategies for Video Poker. He is often referred to as the "Godfather" of video poker for his outspoken advocacy of the game and for raising the game's popularity.
Lenny Gamble Lenny Gamble was a pseudonymous name used by Radio 1 disc jockey Tony Blackburn. In 1969 he recorded an album under his own name, one track being a cover version of the old soul song "I'll Do Anything", originally made famous by Doris Troy.
Lenny Green Leonard Charles Green (born January 6, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan) was an Outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles (1957-59 and 1964), Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins (1959-64), Los Angeles Angels (1964), Boston Red Sox (1965-66) and Detroit Tigers (1967-68).
Lenny Hambro Leonard William Hambro (1923-1995), commonly known as Lenny Hambro, was a jazz musician who played with Gene Krupa, Stan Getz, Shorty Rogers and the Glenn Miller Orchestra Band. He played alto sax, clarinet and flute.
Lenny Harris Leonard Anthony (Lenny) Harris (born October 28, 1964 in Miami, Florida) is a Major League Baseball outfielder who most recently played with the Florida Marlins. He is best known for holding the record for the most pinch hits in an MLB career.
Lenny Hart Leonard "Lenny" Hart was a champion rudimental drummer, who owned and operated Hart Music, selling drums and musical instruments in San Carlos, California. He was Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart's father and was noted as a charismatic businessman who impressed Jerry Garcia and the rest of the Grateful Dead.
Lenny Johnrose Leonard (Lenny) Johnrose was an English professional football player who during his career played for several clubs including Burnley, Bury and Swansea City. Johnrose is best known as a tough-tackling defensive midfielder.
Lenny Kaye Guitarist, composer and writer Lenny Kaye was a member of the Patti Smith Group and has been Smith's most frequent collaborator. He wrote the liner notes for Nuggets (1972), which included one of the first uses of the term "punk rock".
Lenny Kravitz Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American rock singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist whose retro-style amalgam of rock, pop, funk, and even techno is inspired by such music icons as Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Guess Who and John Lennon.
Lenny Luthor Lenny Luthor, played by Jon Cryer, is the teenaged nephew of criminal genius Lex Luthor who appears in the film Superman IV: The Quest For Peace. Like his uncle's previous criminal associates, Lenny is considerably less than intelligent, and in fact he's a bungling imbecile according to Lex, who considers him "the Dutch Elm disease of my family tree.
Lenny Moore Leonard Edward Moore (born November 25 1933 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is a former American football running back who played for Penn State in college and the Baltimore Colts. He came to the Colts in 1956, and had a productive first pro season and was the NFL Rookie of The Year.
Lenny Murphy Hugh Leonard Thompson Murphy, who commonly went by the name Lenny Murphy (March 2, 1952 - November 16, 1982), was a loyalist paramilitary from Belfast, Northern Ireland who was the leader of the Shankill Butchers. Although never convicted of murder, Murphy is known to have killed numbers of people through his own actions, and to have ordered the deaths of many more.
Lenny Sachs Leonard David Sachs (August 7, 1897-October 27, 1942) was a college basketball coach, high school football coach, and professional football player and coach born in Chicago, Illinois. In 1961 he was posthumously enshrined as a coach in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Lenny Schafer Lenny Schafer is the adoptive parent of an autistic child. He is the editor of the Schafer Autism Report, which is a widely read internet-based publication that for many years has informed the online community about developments in the fields of autism research (see also: Autism Research Institute) and autism therapies.
Lenny Von Dohlen Lenny Von Dohlen (born 22 December 1958, Augusta, Georgia, USA) is an American film and stage actor, best known for his performance as Harold Smith in Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. His cameo in the television program Walker, Texas Ranger, was made famous by its inclusion in an episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
Lenny Welch Lenny Welch (born May 15, 1938, in Asbury Park, New Jersey) is an American rhythm and blues singer. His biggest hit, a cover of the big band standard "Since I Fell for You," reached number 5 on US pop charts in 1963.
Lenny White Leonard White III (born December 19 1949) is an American jazz-rock drummer, who is best known for participating as one of the drummers on Miles Davis's Bitches Brew sessions, and as a member of Chick Corea's band Return to Forever.
Lenny Yochim Leonard Joseph (Lenny) Yochim (born October 16 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1951 and 1954 and later served in the organization for almost four decades. Yochim batted a threw left handed.
Lenny Zakatek Lenny Zakatek (born 1947 in Karachi, India - Zakatek was born prior to August 14, when Karachi became part of the declaration of Pakistan) is a singer/Rock musician, residing in England since the age of thirteen.
Lenoir Chambers Lenoir Chambers (1907-1970) was a writer, biographer and newpaper editor. In 1960, as editor of The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Virginia (now owned by Landmark Communications), he won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for his series of editorials on desegregation and the school integration problem in Virginia.
Lenoir-Rhyne College Lenoir-Rhyne College is a co-educational, private liberal arts college founded in 1891 and located in Hickory, North Carolina, in the western part of the state. The college is associated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
Lenola (band) Lenola was an indie rock noise-pop group formed in New Jersey in 1994, originally envisioned as a four-track project by lead man Jay Laughlin, but with the addition of guitarist David Grubb and drummerSean Byrne, eventually became a standard band. After the addition of bassist Scott Colan, Lenola released several singles on the self-funded Tappersize label before releasing their first album in 1996.
Lenora Hume Lenora Hume is a Canadian animation producer who, early in her career, was director of photography for Nelvana's first feature film, 1983's Rock & Rule. She was supervising producer for the first two Care Bears movies in 1985 and 1986.
Lenore Jacobson Lenore F Jacobson was principal of an elementary school in the South San Francisco Unified School District in 1963 when she started a correspondence with Harvard psychologist Robert Rosenthal which led to the influential Pygmalion Effect study.
Lenore Kandel Lenore Kandel (born 1932) is a poet who was briefly notorious as the author of a short book of poetry, The Love Book, a small pamphlet of 8 pages with 4 poems, including "To Fuck with Love" which was prosecuted for obscenity in 1967 in San Francisco during the hippie movement in Haight-Ashbury.
Lenore Kasdorf Lenore Kasdorf (born July 23, 1948 in Queens, New York), is an actress perhaps best known for her role as the alluring and promiscuous nurse Rita Stapleton Bauer in the soap opera Guiding Light, which she played from 1975 to 1981.
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize Established in 1975, the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize is (currently) a $25,000 award recognizing the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous year. The prize is endowed by a gift to the Academy of American Poets of from the New Hope Foundation.
Lenore Ulric Lenore Ulric (born July 21, 1892 in New Ulm, Minnesota, died December 30, 1970 in Orangeburg, New York) was a star of the Broadway stage and Hollywood films of the silent film early sound era. Her father, Franz Xavier Ulrich, was an United States Army hospital steward.
Lenore Zann Lenore Zann (born November 22, 1959 in Sydney, Australia) is a screen, television, stage and voice actor who has appeared in a number of animes and films. She attended Cobequid Educational Centre, a high school in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada which was then notable for its student musical productions.
Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl Lenore, "the Cute Little Dead Girl" is a fictional character created by Roman Dirge, inspired by the poem Lenore, by Edgar Allan Poe. Lenore has appeared in several comic books by Dirge, and was featured in her own series published by Slave Labor Graphics.
Lenox Hill Hospital Lenox Hill Hospital, on Manhattan's Upper East Side, is a 652-bed, acute care hospital and a major teaching affiliate of NYU Medical Center. Founded in 1857, the Hospital has earned a national reputation for providing quality care, training new physicians, contributing to progress in research, and offering innovative community outreach programs.
Lenox Library Lenox Library is one of the cornerstones of the New York Public Library. The Lenox Library was founded by James Lenox in 1871 and later transformed along with John Jacob Astor's Astor Library into the New York Public Library in 1911.
Lenox Square Lenox Square, owned by the Simon Property Group, is a shopping mall located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. It opened in August 1959 and was originally an open-air mall anchored by Rich's, Davison's (later known as Macy's) and a Colonial grocery store.
Lens (genus) The genus Lens of the legume family Fabaceae contains four species of small, erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods. The edible seeds of Lens species are referred to as lentils; the lentil most commonly eaten is the seed of Lens culinaris.
Lens flare Lens flare is the light scattered in lens systems through generally unwanted image formation mechanisms, such as internal reflection and scattering from material inhomogeneities in the lens. These mechanisms differ from the intended image formation mechanism that depends on refraction of the image rays.
Lens lantern A lens lantern is a small, self-contained lamp structure which may sometimes be used to serve as a lighthouse. Unlike a regular Fresnel lens, the lantern requires no housing to protect it from the weather; its glass sides would refract and magnify the light in the same fashion as would the lens.
Lens mount A lens mount is an interface —mechanical and often also electrical —between a photographic camera body and a lens. It is confined to cameras where the body allows interchangeable lenses, most usually the single lens reflex type or any movie camera of 16 mm or higher gauge.
Lensbaby The Lensbaby is a type of simple lens combined with a bellows to create special effect photography on cameras which accept interchangeable lenses, mainly of the 35 mm or digital SLR formats. The focal length of the Lensbaby is approximately 50mm, making it a normal lens in 35mm format.
Lensbury Lensbury (previously the Lensbury Club) is a wholly owned profit centre of the oil major Royal Dutch Shell located in Broom Road, Teddington in South West London. The club was founded in 1920 as a sports, leisure and social facility for Shell employees to which, over time, were added training, conference and other features.
LensCrafters LensCrafters is North America's largest retailer of prescription eyewear, as well as non-prescription sunglasses. LensCrafters was founded in 1983 and has subsequently expanded to over 850 stores in Canada, the United States, and Puerto Rico.
Lensic Theater The Lensic Theater, located at 211 West San Francisco Street in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is an 821 seat theater designed by Boller Brothers of Kansas City, well known movie theater and vaudeville house architects who designed almost one hundred theaters throughout the West and mid-West, including the KiMo Theater in Albuquerque. The pseudo-Moorish, Spanish Renaissance Lensic was build by Nathan Salmon and E.
Lenstra elliptic curve factorization The Lenstra elliptic curve factorization or the elliptic curve factorization method (ECM) is a fast, sub-exponential running time, algorithm for integer factorization which employs elliptic curves. Technically the Lenstra elliptic curve factorization like Pollard's p-1 algorithm is classified as a deterministic algorithm as all "random steps" such as the choice of curves used can be derandomized and done in a deterministic way.
Lenstra–Lenstra–Lovász lattice basis reduction algorithm The Lenstra–Lenstra–Lovász lattice basis reduction (LLL) is a polynomial time algorithm which, given a lattice basis as input, outputs a basis with short, nearly orthogonal vectors. More precisely, given as input d lattice basis vectors with n-dimensional integer coordinates and a norm lesser than B, the LLL algorithm outputs an LLL-reduced lattice basis in time
Lent In Western Christianity, Lent is the period (or season) from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday (forty days). In Eastern Christianity, the period before Easter is known as Great Lent to distinguish it from the Winter Lent, or Advent (known in Greek as the "Great Fast" and the "Nativity Fast", respectively).
Lent Bumps The Lent Bumps (also Lent Races, Lents) are a set of rowing races held on the River Cam in Cambridge. The races are open to all college boat clubs from the University of Cambridge and CCAT Boat Club, the boat club for members of Anglia Ruskin University.
Lent Bumps 1998 The Lent Bumps 1998 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 24, 1998 until Saturday February 28, 1998. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887.
Lent Bumps 1999 The Lent Bumps 1999 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 23, 1999 until Saturday February 27, 1999. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887.
Lent Bumps 2000 The Lent Bumps 2000 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 29, 2000 until Saturday March 4, 2000. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887.
Lent Bumps 2001 The Lent Bumps 2001 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 27, 2001 until Thursday March 1, 2001. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887.
Lent Bumps 2002 The Lent Bumps 2002 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday March 1, 2002 until Saturday March 4, 2002. The event was run as a bumps race and is the most recent in the series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887.
Lent Bumps 2003 The Lent Bumps 2003 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 25, 2003 until Saturday March 1, 2003. The event was run as a bumps race and is the most recent in the series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887.
Lent Bumps 2004 The Lent Bumps 2004 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday, February 24, 2004, until Saturday, February 28, 2004. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of the series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887.
Lent Bumps 2005 The Lent Bumps 2005 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday March 1, 2005 until Saturday March 5, 2005. The event was run as a bumps race and is the most recent in the series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887.
Lent Bumps 2006 The Lent Bumps 2006 was a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 28, 2006 until Saturday March 4, 2006. The event was run as a bumps race and was the most recent in the series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March in this format since 1887.
Lent Bumps 2007 The Lent Bumps 2007 is a series of rowing races scheduled to be held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 27, 2007 until Saturday March 3, 2007. The event will be run as a bumps race and was the next in the series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March in this form since 1887.
Lent term Lent term is the name of the spring term at the University of Cambridge, Lancaster University and the University of Wales, Lampeter in the United Kingdom. It runs from January to March and thus corresponds to Hilary term at Oxford.
Lentekhi Lentekhi is a small town and Lentekhi District's (Raion) capital in Georgia's western region of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, 323 km northwest to the nation's capital Tbilisi. Situated on the southern slope of the Central Caucasus, the district is a site of alpinism.
Lenthionine Lenthionine (1,2,3,5,6-pentathiacycloheptane, C2H4S5) is a cyclic organosulfur compound found in shiitake mushrooms and partly responsible for their flavor. The mechanism of its formation is unclear, but it probably involves the enzyme C-S lyase.
Lentic system ecology Lentic system ecology is the study of the biotic and abiotic interactions within still continental waters (Brown 1987). Together with lotic system ecology, which involves flowing waters such as rivers and streams, these fields form the more general study area of freshwater or aquatic ecology.
Lenticel A lenticel is a spongy area present in the cork surfaces of the stems, roots, and other parts of vascular plants. These structures allow for the exchange of gases between the internal tissues and atmosphere to occur across the periderm, which would otherwise prevent this exchange of gases.
Lenticular galaxy A lenticular galaxy is a type of galaxy which is an intermediate between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy in the Hubble sequence classification scheme. Lenticular galaxies are disc galaxies (like spiral galaxies) which have used up or lost their interstellar matter (like elliptical galaxies).
Lenticular Reentry Vehicle The Lenticular Reentry Vehicle, according to a November 2000 Popular Mechanics cover story, was an experimental nuclear warhead delivery system under development during the Cold War by defense contractor North American Aviation, managed out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
Lentienses The Lentienses (German Lentienser) were an Alamannic tribe in the region between the river Danube in the North, the river Iller in the West, and Lake Constance in the South, in what is now south Germany. They were reported to be one of the most rebellious tribes at the time.
Lentil Bobtail The Lentil Bobtail (Rondeletiola minor) is a species of bobtail squid native to the eastern Altantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Its natural range covers the northwest of Spain, Portugal, and the eastern, central and western Mediterranean Sea (including the Ligurian Sea, northern and southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Strait of Sicily, Gulf of Taranto,
Lentivirus Lentivirus (lenti-, Latin for "slow") is a genus of slow viruses of the Retroviridae family, characterized by a long incubation period. Lentiviruses can deliver a significant amount of genetic information into the DNA of the host cell, so they are one of the most efficient methods of a gene delivery vector.
Lentulus Batiatus Lentulus Batiatus was the owner of the Roman gladiatorial school in Capua (near Mount Vesuvius) who owned Spartacus, the leader of the slave rebellion during the Third Servile War. He was played by Peter Ustinov in the film based on the revolt, for which Ustinov won the 1960 what the f##k Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Lenus Lenus was a Celtic healing god worshipped mainly in eastern Gaul, where he was identified with the Roman god Mars. He was an important god of the Treveri tribe, who had sanctuaries at medicinal springs at Trier and Pommern in what is now Germany.
Lenyadri Lenyadri is an Ashtavinayak temple located on the northwest bank of the River Kukadi in the state of Maharashtra in India. The temple is the only Ashtavinayak temple situated on a mountain, and the temple is also in the vicinity of Buddhist caves.
Lenzburg Lenzburg is a town in the central regions of the Swiss canton of Aargau and is the capital of the district of the same name. The town, founded in the Middle Ages, lies in the Seetal valley, about 3 kilometres south of the Aare delta.
Lenzie Lenzie is an affluent village situated by the Glasgow - Edinburgh railway in the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland, approximately six miles north-east of Glasgow city centre and one mile south of Kirkintilloch. It has a population of approximately 10,000.
Lenzie Academy Founded in 1886, Lenzie Academy is a six year comprehensive school which serves the town of Lenzie and half of Kirkintilloch. It is situated some nine miles east of Glasgow and to the south of the Campsie Fells.
Lenzie railway station Lenzie railway station is a railway station serving Lenzie and Kirkintilloch in East Dunbartonshire. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line, but is only served by SPT services on the Croy Line.
Leo (astrology) Leo is an astrological sign, which is associated with the constellation Leo. Under the tropical zodiac, Leo is occupied by the Sun from July 23 to August 22, and under the sidereal zodiac, it is currently from August 17 to September 16.
Leo (Makkonen) of Finland Archbishop Leo (Makkonen) of Karelia and All Finland, head of the Finnish Orthodox Church, was born in Pielavesi in eastern Finland on June 4 1948. After completing studies in 1972 at the Kuopio seminary, he was ordained deacon on 20 July 1973 and priest two days later.
Leo (That '70s Show) Leo (born sometime in the early to mid 1920s) is a character on the Fox sitcom That '70s Show played by Tommy Chong, an iconic actor associated with the stoner culture of the 1970s. The character is an aging hippie and the owner of a photo hut at which Steven Hyde worked.
Leo Abse Leopold Abse (born April 22, 1917) is a British politician from Wales. He was a Labour Member of Parliament for nearly 30 years, and is noted for promoting private member's bills to legalise male homosexual relations and liberalise the divorce laws.
Leo Africanus (novel) Leo Africanus is a 1986 novel by Amin Maalouf, depicting the life of the mysterious Renaissance traveller Leo Africanus. Since very little is actually known about his life, the book takes considerable liberties, filling in historical episodes and placing Leo in the company of many of the key historical figures of his time, including three popes, (Leo X, Adrian VI, and Pope Clement VII), two Ottoman emperors (Selim I and Suleiman the Magnificent), with appearances by Boabdil (the last Moorish king of Granada), Askia Mohammad I of the Songhai Empire, Ferdinand of Spain, and Francis I of France, as well as the artist Raphael and other key political and cultural figures of the period.
Leo Apostel The Belgian philosopher Leo Apostel (Antwerp, 4 september 1925 - Ghent, 10 august 1995) studied with Baron Chaim Perelman, Rudolf Carnap and Jean Piaget. He promoted at the ULB in Brussels, lectured logic and philosophy of science at the Ghent University and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Leo Asemota Leo Asemota (born August 10, 1967 in Edo State, Nigeria) is a contemporary artist living and working in London, England. Asemota employs photography, film and video, performance, sculpture, drawings and various progressions in an endeavour to create every inspiration.
Leo August Pochhammer Leo August Pochhammer (1841-1920) was a Prussian mathematician, known for his work on special functions. He introduced the Pochhammer symbol, now generally used for expressing hypergeometric functions in a compact notation.
Leo Austria Leovino "Leo" Austria is a professional basketball head coach for the Welcoat Dragons in the Philippine Basketball Association. Prior to this, he was a former professional basketball in the said league and was the 1985 PBA Rookie of the Year.

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