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Leona
Leona is a female given name derived from the Latin word ''leo'' for "lion". People and fictional characters named Leona include: People *Leona (wrestler) (born 1980), Japanese professional wrestler *Leona Aglukkaq, Canadian politician *Leona Brown, American boxer *Leona Cavalli, Brazilian actress *Leona Dalrymple, American author *Leona Dombrowsky, Canadian politician *Leona Florentino, Philippine poet *Leona Gom, Canadian novelist and poet *Leona Graham, British DJ and voiceover artist *Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor * Leona Hutton, American silent film star *Leona Lewis (born 1985), British singer-songwriter *Leona Mitchell, American soprano * Leona Naess (born 1974), British singer-songwriter *Leona Popović (born 1997), Croatian alpine ski racer *Leona Roberts (1879–1954), American stage and film actress *Leona Vidal Roberts (born 1972), Falkland Islands politician *Leona Vaughan (born 1995), Welsh actress * Leona Vicario, Mexican, support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leona Lewis
Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British singer, songwriter, actress and activist. Born and raised in the London Borough of Islington, she attended the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon. Lewis achieved national recognition when she won the third series of ''The X Factor'' in 2006, winning a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music. Her winner's single, a cover of Kelly Clarkson's " A Moment Like This", peaked at number one for four weeks on the UK Singles Chart and broke a world record by reaching 50,000 digital downloads within 30 minutes. In February 2007, Lewis signed a five-album contract in the United States with Clive Davis's record label, J Records. Lewis's success continued with the release of her debut studio album, ''Spirit'' (2007), which was certified 10× platinum in the UK and became the fourth best-selling album of the 2000s and one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history. According to the Official Charts Compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leona Heidern
, who is also known as is a fictional character from SNK's ''The King of Fighters'' series of fighting video games. Leona is Heidern's adopted daughter, who is introduced in ''The King of Fighters '96''; she replaces him because he accepts a more active role behind the scenes. Leona suffers from a curse known as that causes her to become berserk; she often takes the nicknames and . The character has also appeared in multiple spin-off games and other media, some of which also feature her Orochi form. Leona was created by SNK to replace Heidern, her superior in the story; she had an integral role in the games' narrative form previously seen in her debut game. She is SNK's response to ''Street Fighter'' character Cammy. Leona's design was intended to contrast with previous SNK heroines, which led to her silent personality. Her design was given variations; her ''The King of Fighters XIV'' design expands her sex appeal. Leona has been voiced by Masae Yumi and Seiko Yoshida. Criti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leona Helmsley
Leona Roberts Helmsley (July 4, 1920 – August 20, 2007) was an American businesswoman. Her flamboyant personality and reputation for tyrannical behavior earned her the nickname Queen of Mean. After allegations of non-payment were made by contractors hired to improve Helmsley's Connecticut home, she was investigated and convicted of federal income tax evasion and other crimes in 1989. Although having initially received a sentence of sixteen years, she was required to serve only nineteen months in prison and two months under house arrest. During the trial, a former housekeeper testified that she had heard Helmsley say: "We don't pay taxes; only the little people pay taxes", a quote which was identified with her for the rest of her life. Early life Leona Helmsley was born Lena Mindy Rosenthal in Marbletown, New York, to Polish-Jewish immigrants, Ida (née Popkin), a homemaker, and Morris Rosenthal, a hatmaker. Her family moved to Brooklyn while she was still a girl, and moved s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leona Graham
Leona Graham (born 18 January 1971) is a British radio broadcaster and voiceover artist. She is currently a presenter of Absolute Radio (formerly Virgin Radio), a position she has held since 2000. She can also be heard on the digital stations Absolute 80s and Absolute Classic Rock. In addition Leona Graham has recorded voiceovers for numerous national and local TV and radio stations and commercials. Leona Graham was a judge at the Sony Radio Academy Awards 2011. Education Leona Graham was educated at Berkhamsted School for Girls in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. She then studied at the University of Warwick from 1989 to 1993 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama. She is also a qualified school teacher. Radio broadcasting Early career She began her career in broadcasting at W963 University Radio Warwick (now Radio Warwick) where she presented the "Thursday Night Rock Show" and a nightly magazine style news programme called "Weekday Warwick". Before joining Virgin R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leona Cavalli
Alleyona Canedo da Silva (born 6 November 1969), known professionally as Leona Cavalli, is a Brazilian actress and stage director. Biography Her father politician, lawyer and poet and teacher mother's name, has three brothers. At birth, was named Alleyona. Her mother wanted it to be Leona, but the father thought the name too strong for a baby and decided to adapt - it. Cavalli comes from their sponsors. Her childhood was in nature, playing fields by the gauchos, where the horse ran, climbed trees, swam praticaca and many other sports. With her father, who was twice mayor of the city, learned early to live with a lot of people climbing on the stump, attending rallies without bothering to be the daughter of a public person alive. With his mother, learned to appreciate the beauty and love freedom. At age ten she was traveling, had boyfriends and wanted to be an actress. she participated in several parts as, ''A Divina Sarah'', As Lágrimas Amargas de Petra Von Kant, Brincando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leona Woods
Leona Harriet Woods (August 9, 1919 – November 10, 1986), later known as Leona Woods Marshall and Leona Woods Marshall Libby, was an American physicist who helped build the first nuclear reactor and the first atomic bomb. At age 23, she was the youngest and only female member of the team which built and experimented with the world's first nuclear reactor (then called a ''pile''), Chicago Pile-1, in a project led by her mentor Enrico Fermi. In particular, Woods was instrumental in the construction and then utilization of geiger counters for analysis during experimentation. She was the only woman present when the reactor went critical. She worked with Fermi on the Manhattan Project, and she subsequently helped evaluate the cross section of xenon, which had poisoned the first Hanford production reactor when it began operation. After the war, she became a fellow at Fermi's Institute for Nuclear Studies at the University of Chicago. She later worked at the Institute for Advan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leona Vicario
María de la Soledad Leona Camila Vicario Fernández de San Salvador, best known as Leona Vicario (April 10, 1789 – August 21, 1842), was one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican War of Independence. She was dedicated to informing insurgents of movements in her home Mexico City, the capital of the viceroyalty. She was a member of Los Guadalupes, one of the earliest independence movements in New Spain. She financed the rebellion with her large fortune. She was one of the first female journalists in Mexico. Driven by strong feminist beliefs, she took many risks and sacrificed much wealth in the name of liberation. Vicario has been given the title "Distinguished and Beloved Mother of the Homeland" by the Congress of the Union. Her name is inscribed in gold in the Mural of Honor in the lower house of the Mexican Congress. 2020 was declared the "Year of Leona Vicario, Benemérita (Praiseworthy) Madre (Mother) de la Patria (of the Motherland). Biography Leona Vicar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominion (manga)
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. Set in the fictional city of Newport, Japan, in a future in which bacteria as well as air pollution have become so severe that people must wear gas masks when outdoors, the series follows a police squadron that uses military-style tanks. ''Dominion'' has been adapted into three original video animation series: the first was released in 1988, the second, in 1993, and the third, in 2006. The 1988 OVA is four episodes long and animated by Agent 21, the 1993 OVA is six episodes long and animated by J.C.Staff, while ''TANK S.W.A.T.'' is one episode long and was animated by DOGA Productions. The manga was published by Hakusensha, Kodansha and later by Seishinsha. It has been published in English by Dark Horse Comics. The anime has been released in English translation in the United Kingdom and Australia by Manga Entertainment and in the United States by Central Park Media, under their U.S. Manga Corps division. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leona Naess
Leona Kristina Naess (or Næss) (born 31 July 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. She released her debut album, '' Comatised'', in March 2000, which produced the single "Charm Attack" (Adult Top 40 #29). Biography Early life Naess was raised in London. She is the daughter of Filippa Kumlin D'Orey, a Swedish interior designer, and the late Arne Næss Jr., a Norwegian mountaineer and business magnate, who was of Norwegian and German descent. She has two full siblings; an older brother, Christoffer, and a sister, Katinka, from that marriage. Her great-uncle was the Norwegian philosopher Arne Næss. Naess was 7 years old when her parents divorced in 1982. She attended school in London's Chelsea area while growing up, and later attended the Purcell School in Hertfordshire, where she studied music composition. Her father married African-American entertainer and global music sensation Diana Ross in 1986 and had two boys, her half-brothers Ross Naess and Evan Ross. Naess wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leona (other) , a wine region in Los Angeles County, California
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Leona is a feminine given name. Leona may also refer to: Places in the United States * Leona, Kansas, a city * Leona, Texas, a city * Leona Creek, a stream in Texas Arts and entertainment * ''Leona'' (film), a 2018 Mexican film * Leona (instrument), a Mexican stringed instrument * "Leona" (song), by Sawyer Brown, 1984 * "Leona", a song by Millencolin from ''Same Old Tunes'' (''Tiny Tunes'') Other uses * ''Leona'' (skipper), a butterfly genus * ''Leona'' (sternwheeler), an American steamship in service 1899–1912 * 319 Leona, an asteroid * Rosemary Leona, Vanuatuan businesswoman See also * Jacopo da Leona (died 1277), Italian poet * Leona Valley AVA Leona Valley AVA is an American Viticulture Area (AVA) in northeastern Los Angeles County, California. It is located in Leona Valley within the Sierra Pelona Mountains of Southern California. The Leona Valley American Viticulture Area was est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between The Lions
''Between the Lions'' is an American animated/live-action/puppet children's television series designed to promote reading. The show was a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, the distributor from seasons 5–10, in Mississippi. The show won seven Daytime Emmy awards between 2001 and 2007. It is created by alumni of ''Sesame Street'' and several season 2 episodes, notably in the ''Dance in Smarty Pants'' music videos, had a few characters from ''Sesame Street'' guest appearing. The show ran from April 3, 2000 to November 22, 2010, taking the schedule slot held by '' The Puzzle Place'' upon the latter's debut. Plot The series focuses on a family of clumsy anthropomorphic lions operating and living in a large, busy library called, “The Barnaby B. Busterfield III Memorial Public Library” starring alongside characters such as Click, an electronic, anthropomorphic computer mouse, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leona Aglukkaq
Leona Aglukkaq (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓕᐅᓇ ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ; born June 28, 1967) is a Canadian politician. She was a member of the non-partisan Legislative Assembly of Nunavut representing the riding of Nattilik from 2004 until stepping down in 2008; then was a Conservative Member of Parliament representing the riding of Nunavut after winning the seat in the 2008 federal election. She was the first Conservative to win the seat, and only the second centre-right candidate ever to win it. Leona Aglukkaq is the first Inuk woman to serve in cabinet. She remained an MP until she was defeated in the 2015 federal election by Liberal candidate Hunter Tootoo. Aglukkaq unsuccessfully contested the 2019 federal election. Life Aglukkaq was born in Inuvik, Northwest Territories and raised in Thom Bay, Taloyoak and Gjoa Haven (formerly in the Northwest Territories, the latter two are now in Nunavut). She is married to Robbie MacNeil and has a son, Cooper. Prior to running as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
