Notable inmates

Léon Jouhaux (1 July 1879 – 28 April 1954) was a French trade union leader who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1951.

Leon Kruczkowski (28 June 1900 – 1 August 1962) was a Polish writer, publicist and public figure.

Léon Landini (French: [leɔ̃ lɑ̃dini]; 9 April 1926 – 21 September 2025) was a French resistance fighter and political activist of the French Communist Party and the Pole of Communist Revival in France.

Léon Leloir (29 December 1907 – 29 September 1945) was a Belgian priest of the White Fathers and writer.

Léon Meyer (11 September 1868 – 22 January 1948) was a French freight broker and Radical politician from the port city of Le Havre. He was mayor of Le Havre from 1919 to 1941, and a national deputy from 1923 to 1941. He was Minister of Merchant Marine in 1932–33.

Léon Monosson (21 December 1892, Shchedrin – 17 February 1943, Auschwitz) was a Belarusian–French chess master. Born in Shtetl Shchedrin, near Bobruisk (Belarus), he took 10th in Petrograd (St.