Notable inmates

Leon Cohen (Greek: Λεών Κοέν; 15 January 1910 in Thessaloniki, Greece – in August 1989 in Bat Yam, Israel), was a Greek Jewish survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Léon Delarbre (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ dəlaʁbʁ]; 30 October 1889 – 20 May 1974) was a painter, museum curator, and World War II resistance fighter.

León Gualberto Duarte Luján (1928 – 1976) was a Uruguayan trade unionist and the leader of the Partido por la Victoria del Pueblo.

Leone Efrati (May 16, 1916 – April 16, 1944) was an Italian boxer.

Marquis Léonel de Moustier (5 April 1882, in Paris – 10 May 1945) was a French businessman and politician. Léonel Marie Ghislain Alfred de Moustier, son of Marquis Pierre de Moustier, was born in Paris.

Leon Felhendler (Lejb Felhendler) (1 June 1910 – 6 April 1945) was a Polish resistance fighter known for his role in organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at Sobibor extermination camp together with Alexander Pechersky.

Leon Greenman OBE (18 December 1910 – 7 March 2008) was a British anti-fascism campaigner and survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Leonidas Vasilikopoulos (Greek: Λεωνίδας Βασιλικόπουλος; 21 May 1932 – 30 May 2014) was a Greek Navy officer, who served as Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff in 1986–1989 and then as head of the Greek National Intelligence Service in 1993–1996.

Leonid Ivanovich Borodin (Russian: Леони́д Ива́нович Бороди́н; 14 April 1938 – 24 November 2011) was a Russian novelist and journalist.

Leonid Poleshchuk (1938–1986) was a senior Soviet counterintelligence officer and double agent who was arrested in 1985 for passing secrets to the CIA and executed in 1986.

Leonie Brandt (28 October 1901 – 27 January 1978), born as Gertrud Franziska Pütz and also known by the stage name Leonie Reiman, was a German-Dutch actress and double agent.