English singer-songwriter and producer

Leona Lewis

Leona Louise Lewis is a British singer, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in London, she later attended the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon. Lewis achieved national recognition when she won the third series of the ITV talent show The X Factor in 2006, winning a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music. Her winner's single, a cover of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This", peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart for four weeks and broke a world record by reaching 50,000 digital downloads within 30 minutes.

Born

1985

April 3

Died

Living

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1980s

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Key dates

1985 Born

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The world in 1985

When Leona arrived

april 12 Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-51D to deploy two communications satellites.
april 19 Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.
april 20 University of California, Riverside 1985 laboratory raid: Animal Liberation Front rescues 467 animals being tested in a lab at University of California, Riverside in Riverside, California, causing $700,000 in damages to the laboratory, in advocacy for animal rights.
april 21 The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on April 3

Arjen Anthony Lucassen 1960– Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Carlos Salinas de Gortari 1948– Mexican economist and politician, 53rd President of Mexico Dylann Roof 1994– American mass murderer Ikki Kita 1883– Japanese philosopher and author (died 1937) Jan Sterling 1921–2004 American actress (died 2004) Jane Goodall 1934–2025 English primatologist and anthropologist (died 2025) Jaya Prada 1962– Indian actress and politician Michael Woodruff 1911– English-Scottish surgeon and academic (died 2001) Thomas C. Kinkaid 1888– American admiral (died 1972)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1985

Acie Law 1985– American basketball player Alison Pill 1985– Canadian actress Beth Tweddle 1985– English gymnast Brent Burns 1985– Canadian ice hockey player Chad Henne 1985– American football player Cristiano Ronaldo 1985– Portuguese footballer David Hart Smith 1985– Canadian wrestler Deborah Ann Woll 1985– American actress Ibragim Todashev 1985– Russian-American mixed martial artist (died 2013)

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