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León Family of the Philippines

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Luis Naldo de León (1899 - d.)
Luis Naldo de Leon was a Filipino lawyer and politician. He represented the second district of Camarines Sur at the House of Representatives of the Philippines from June 5, 1934 to September 16, 1935; ...
Photo from https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/supremecourtjustices/associatejustice/72 This work was first published in the Philippines and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines. The work meets one of the following criteria: It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication It is an audiovisual or photographic work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication It is a work of applied art and 25 years have passed since the year of its publication It is another kind of work, and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author) Important note: Works of foreign (non-U.S.) origin must be out of copyright or freely licensed in both their home country and the United States in order to be accepted on Commons. Works of Philippine origin that have entered the public domain in the U.S. due to certain circumstances (such as publication in noncompliance with U.S. copyright formalities) may have had their U.S. copyright restored under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) if the work was under copyright in its country of origin on the date that the URAA took effect in that country. (For the Philippines, the URAA took effect on January 1, 1996.)

Dionisio de León (1892 - 1963)
Dionisio de León was a Filipino lawyer. He served as the 13th presiding justice of the Court of Appeals of the Philippines from August 19, 1960 to April 28, 1961. He later served as the 71st Associate ...
Sabino de Leon Jr. (1932 - 2003)
Sabino de Leon Jr. was a Filipino lawyer. He served as the 146th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from October 12, 1999 to June 9, 2002. Profile
Beth Javier (Africa); 09 February 2021; https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1936558999820547&set=pb.100003993973995.-2207520000&type=3

Capt. Miguel de Leon Bonifacio, QMS, Phil. Scouts (1891 - 1945)
Miguel was an officer of the Philippine Scouts. He was killed by Japanese soldiers during the liberation of Manila (10 February 1945), along with his sons-in-law Major Charles Pollard and Lt. Marcelo S...
Gabriel de Leon
Gabriel de Leon is a Filipino actor.

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Coat of arms redesigned and vectorized by Manuelfb55, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Escudo_de_Armas_de_Le%C3%B3n.svg This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

León is a Spanish word which means "lion", a popular element in family crests of old, as it symbolizes strength and ferocity in battle.

This sub-project aims to organize genealogical data on the León Family of the Philippines. Profiles here are those of historical figures, scions of the gentry (de buena familia), revolutionary heroes, scholars, government officials, national athletes and other public personalities (celebrities) in various fields. This study also includes de León. Find more surnames at the master project page, Families of the Philippines.

The León Family was included in "The Manila 60", as published in the 1950s by society writer Torrosa Subido. The list comprised of the fabulously wealthy families, as well as those that made contributions to society. These old families pride themselves in the legacy of grace and refinement.

Art :: Toym Imao

Beauty Pageant :: Mariel de Leon

Business :: José L. de León

Entertainment :: Narcisa Buencamino :: Christopher de Leon :: Dolly de Leon :: Felipe Padilla de León :: Gabriel de Leon :: Gerardo de León :: Gil de Leon :: Jane de Leon :: Joey de Leon :: Keempee de Leon :: Lotlot de Leon :: Matet de Leon :: McCoy de Leon :: Mike De Leon :: Trinidad Roura de Leon :: Jackie Forster :: Janine Gutierrez :: Carmen de Leon del Rosario

Journalism :: Antonio Zumel

Law :: Dionisio de León :: José de León Jr. :: Sabino de Leon Jr. :: Ismael Mathay Sr. :: Manuel Sevilla

Literature :: Luisa Gonzaga de León

Military :: Capt. Miguel de Leon Bonifacio, QMS, Phil. Scouts

Politics :: Manuel Banzón :: Thelma Buchholdt :: Jose Cabochan :: Medina Lacson de Leon :: Ceferino Santiago de Leon :: Jose Roura Santiago de Leon :: Luis Naldo de León :: Ramón de León :: Sabino de León :: Juan de León y Benedicto :: José de León y Villacorte :: Juliet Ferrer :: Gracio P. Gonzaga :: Pablo Ocampo :: Edwin Olivarez :: Eric Olivarez :: Paolo Olivarez :: Manuel Rey :: Gerry Roxas

Religion :: Inocencio Herrera :: Mary Cecilia of Jesus

Revolutionary :: Macario Sakay

Sports :: Bea de Leon :: Arvin Tolentino

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