Leonard
Sugar Ray (Ray Charles Leonard) born 1956, U.S. boxer.
William Ellery (Channing)
[el-uh-ree] /ˈɛl ə ri/ (Show IPA), 1876–1944, U.S. poet, essayist, and teacher.
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “lion” and “hardy.”.
Contemporary Examples
Elmore Leonard’s Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune Mike Lupica September 12, 2014
Brit Wits Bash America Sean Macaulay February 16, 2010
Leonard Bernstein Asked About Hemingway, So Martha Gellhorn Set the Record Straight Leonard Bernstein, Martha Gellhorn October 26, 2013
James Patterson’s Bestselling Classics James Patterson April 27, 2009
The Strange Timing of Sugar Ray Leonard’s Sex-Abuse Story Buzz Bissinger May 18, 2011
Historical Examples
Howards End E. M. Forster
They and I Jerome K. Jerome
My Novel, Complete Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Martin Luther
The Man Bram Stoker
noun
Sugar Ray, real name Ray Charles Leonard. born 1956, US boxer: the first man to have won world titles at five officially recognized weights
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