Lenard is a
surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
. Notable people with the name include:
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Aldon Lewis Lenard
Aldon Lewis Lenard (January 6, 1921 in northern Italy – February 23, 2007 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada) was an athlete, university professor, athletics administrator, coach, and referee.
Lenard was born in Italy and moved to Canada with h ...
(1921-2007), Canadian sports person
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Alexander Lenard
Alexander Lenard ( hu, Lénárd Sándor; la, Alexander Lenardus; Budapest, 9 March 1910 – Dona Emma, Brazil, 13 April 1972) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian physician, writer, translator, painter, musician, poet and occasional language instru ...
(1910-1972), Hungarian physician, writer, and translator
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Henry M. Lenard (1903-1983), American politician
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Mark Lenard (1924-1996), American actor
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Philipp Lenard
Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard (; hu, Lénárd Fülöp Eduárd Antal; 7 June 1862 – 20 May 1947) was a Hungarian-born German physicist and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905 for his work on cathode rays and the discovery of m ...
(1862-1947), Hungarian-German physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics, 1905
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Voshon Lenard
Voshon Kelan Lenard (born May 14, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player who played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was listed as 6' 4" (1.93 m) and 215 lbs, and was born in Detroit, Michigan.
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(born 1973), American basketball player
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Leonard
Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English masculine given name and a surname.
The given name and surname originate from the Old High German ''Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") from the Greek Λέων ("lion") through the Latin '' L ...
, given name and surname
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