Leontine Gärtner
Leontine may refer to: ;As a given name * Leontine "Lona" Cohen (1913–1992), American spy for the Soviet Union *Leontine Cooper (1837–1903), Australian trade unionist, suffragist and campaigner for women's rights *Leontine T. Kelly (1920–2012), American bishop *Leontyne Butler King (1905-1974), American businesswoman *Léontine Lippmann (1844–1910), literary muse and salon hostess *Léontine de Maësen (1835–1906), Belgian soprano *Leontien van Moorsel (born 1970), Dutch racing cyclist *Leontyne Price (born 1927), American soprano *Leontine Sagan (1889–1974), Austrian actress ;As a middle name * Florence Leontine Welch (born 1986) English singer ;Other uses *Leontine martyrs The Leontine Martyrs were a group of people who were killed after a long period of captivity in Persia. They were executed by the order of King Yazdegerd II in 455, five years after the insurrection led by Vartan Mamikonian. The group is named after ...

Lona Cohen
Lona Cohen (, ''Leontina Vladislavovna Koen''; January 11, 1913 – December 23, 1992), born Leontine Theresa Petka, also known as Helen Kroger, was an American who spied for the Soviet Union. She is known for her role in smuggling atomic bomb diagrams out of Los Alamos. She was a communist activist before marrying Morris Cohen. The couple became spies because of their communist beliefs. They were both arrested in Britain in 1961, and convicted of espionage for the Soviet Union the following year. After serving part of a prison sentence, Lona Cohen and her husband were exchanged by the British in 1969. They lived the remainder of their lives in Moscow, teaching spy skills. Early life Lona Cohen was born Leontine Theresa Petka in Adams, Massachusetts, the daughter of Polish Catholic immigrants. At the age of 15, Lona left her parents' home in Taftsville, Connecticut and moved to New York City. By 1928, she had joined the Socialist Party. While in Greenwich Village, Lona had ...
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Leontine Cooper
Leontine Cooper (22 April 1837 – 12 March 1903) was a teacher, trade union organiser, suffragist and campaigner for women's rights in Queensland, Australia. Life Leontine Mary Jane Buisson was born 22 April 1837 in Battersea, Surrey to Frenchman Jean François (aka 'John Francis') Buisson and his English wife, Dorothy. Leontine was the eldest of their children and she grew up first in Battersea then in Brighton. A younger sister was the author Ada Buisson (1839-1866). She married Edward Cooper on 31 January 1866 in Hampstead, north London and they emigrated to Australia about 1871. Leontine was employed as a teacher soon after her arrival in Queensland, working first at the Albany Creek School, then as the French teacher at Brisbane Girls Grammar School , motto_translation = Nothing without labour , address = Gregory Terrace , city = Spring Hill , state = Queensland , postcode = 4000 , country = Australia , coordinates = , type ...
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Leontine T
Leontine may refer to: ;As a given name * Leontine "Lona" Cohen (1913–1992), American spy for the Soviet Union * Leontine Cooper (1837–1903), Australian trade unionist, suffragist and campaigner for women's rights *Leontine T. Kelly (1920–2012), American bishop *Leontyne Butler King (1905-1974), American businesswoman * Léontine Lippmann (1844–1910), literary muse and salon hostess *Léontine de Maësen (1835–1906), Belgian soprano *Leontien van Moorsel (born 1970), Dutch racing cyclist *Leontyne Price (born 1927), American soprano *Leontine Sagan (1889–1974), Austrian actress ;As a middle name * Florence Leontine Welch (born 1986) English singer ;Other uses *Leontine martyrs The Leontine Martyrs were a group of people who were killed after a long period of captivity in Persia. They were executed by the order of King Yazdegerd II in 455, five years after the insurrection led by Vartan Mamikonian. The group is named after ...

Leontyne Butler King
Leontyne Butler King (July 4, 1905 – January 23, 1976) was an American businesswoman and clubwoman, based in Los Angeles, California after 1938. She was especially active as a member of the Los Angeles Public Library commission. Early life Leontyne Butler was born in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana. Her father worked on the railroad, and died young. Her stepfather Leon E. Brown also worked for the railroad. She attended Knoxville College. She moved to Chicago with her mother, Hattie Butler Brown, and her aunt, as a teenager."Black leadership in Los Angeles oral history transcript: Celes King III"
(1985), University of California, Los Angeles. Oral History Program.

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Léontine Lippmann
Léontine Lippmann (1844–1910), better known by her married name of Madame Arman or Madame Arman de Caillavet, was the muse of Anatole France and the hostess of a highly fashionable literary salon during the French Third Republic. Madame Verdurin in Proust's '' Remembrance of Things Past'' was modelled on Lippmann. Life Born into a wealthy Jewish family as a banker's daughter, she married Albert Arman. Arman's mother's maiden name was Caillavet and so they called themselves Arman de Caillavet. They had one child, the playwright Gaston Arman de Caillavet. Neither of them was faithful to the other, though they never divorced. Beautiful in her youth, with clear blue eyes, black hair, and a mocking mouth, she was intelligent, cultivated and spoke four languages. She often attended the salons of Lydie Aubernon and it was there that she met Anatole France, in 1883. From 1888 there followed years of a passionate, exclusive liaison between the pair, often all the stormier fo ...
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Léontine De Maësen
Léontine de Maësen (15 July 1835 – 1906) was a Belgian coloratura soprano active on the opera stages of France from 1858 to 1868. She is most remembered today for having created the role of Leïla in Bizet's 1863 opera, ''Les pêcheurs de perles''. Life and career Born Léontine Van der Maësen d'Avionpuits in Esneux, Belgium, she was the daughter of the crown prosecutor in Verviers. Her father died when she was still a young girl, and after his death she entered the Royal Conservatory of Liège where she studied singing with Théophile Vercken. She then continued her studies at the Paris Conservatory with Laure Cinti-Damoreau and later with Gilbert Duprez. De Maësen made her stage debut in Marseille during the 1858 season and subsequently sang there as Marguerite in ''Faust'' and Lucie in '' Lucie de Lammermoor''.Heugel (11 February 1906) p. 48; Soubies (1900) p. 20 She returned in the 1861-62 season and sang with great success the title role in Massé's ''La reine Topaz ...
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Leontien Van Moorsel
Leontien Martha Henrica Petronella Zijlaard-van Moorsel (born 22 March 1970) is a Dutch retired racing cyclist. She was a dominant cyclist in the 1990s and early 2000s, winning four gold medals at the Olympic Games and holding the hour record for women from 2003 until 2015. Career Van Moorsel started her career in 1977. She won major races both on the track, and on the road. In the first half of the 1990s, she won the Tour Féminin twice, after fierce competition with Jeannie Longo. Van Moorsel dropped out of cycling in 1994 with anorexia nervosa but recovered to compete at the World Championships in 1998, winning the time trial and coming second in the road race. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, van Moorsel won gold medals on the road (road race and time trial), and on the track (3 km pursuit). At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she fell in the penultimate lap of the road race and was stretchered off and taken to the hospital by ambulance, but nevertheless successfu ...
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