* October 28 – Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach

Riley finished his career with 1, 210 victories, third all-time behind Lenny Wilkens and Don Nelson.

* Lenny Wilkens ( St. Louis-player ; Atlanta-coach )

Hagan, Pettit, Macauley, Lenny Wilkens, and Bob Ferry, all of whom played for the Hawks in St. Louis, have been inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.

These four players ( until Harper was later traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in 1989 for the rights to Danny Ferry ) formed the core of the team, under the direction of head coach Lenny Wilkens, that led the Cavs to eight playoff seasons in the next nine years, including three 50 + win seasons.

Six Hall of Fame players have played for the Trail Blazers ( Lenny Wilkens, Bill Walton, Clyde Drexler, Dražen Petrović, Arvydas Sabonis, and Scottie Pippen ).

Two Hall of Fame coaches, Lenny Wilkens and Jack Ramsay, have patrolled the sidelines for the Blazers, and two others, Mike Schuler and Mike Dunleavy, have won the NBA Coach of the Year award with the team.

John Wooden, Lenny Wilkens, and Bill Sharman have each been inducted as both player and coach ( Wooden in 1961 and 1973, Sharman in 1976 and 2004, and Wilkens in 1989 and 1999 ).

** Seattle SuperSonics, coached by Lenny Wilkens, won 4 games to 1 over the Washington Bullets for the only finals win in Seattle SuperSonics history.

As of 2004 Fitch ranked fifth among all NBA coaches in all-time number of victories ( with 944 ) but also ranked second in all-time losses ( with 1, 106 ) behind Lenny Wilkens.

In addition to producing NBA players, former Friars players and coaches have also gone on to become basketball icons in the coaching world, such as Rick Pitino, Billy Donovan, Lenny Wilkens, Pete Gillen, Rick Barnes, and John Thompson.

In athletics, two Basketball Hall of Fame players or coaches have graduated from Providence College: Lenny Wilkens and John Thompson.

On January 13, 2006, the Knicks beat the Atlanta Hawks to give Brown his 1, 000th win in the NBA, becoming only the 4th coach to do so joining the ranks of Lenny Wilkens, Don Nelson and Pat Riley.

Winters had spent the past nine seasons as an assistant under Lenny Wilkens with the Atlanta Hawks and Cleveland Cavaliers.

Only Lenny Wilkens and Bill Sharman have since had the same honor.

" In the past, this was particularly true, as several point guards such as Lenny Wilkens served their team as a player-coach.

He was traded to the Atlanta Hawks prior to the 1992 – 93 season, where he flourished under newly-signed coach Lenny Wilkens.

Bill Sharman and Lenny Wilkens are the only recipients to have been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as both player and coach.

Leonard Randolph " Lenny " Wilkens ( born October 28, 1937, in Brooklyn, New York, U. S .) is a retired American basketball player and coach in the NBA.

* Lenny Wilkens, Basketball Hall of Fame player and coach

On April 7, 2010, he passed Lenny Wilkens for first place on the all-time NBA wins list with 1, 333 wins.

On December 29, 2001, Don Nelson became the third coach in NBA history to win 1, 000 games, behind Lenny Wilkens and Pat Riley.

He passed Lenny Wilkens for first all-time on the list of the NBA's winningest coaches.

* 1966 – Lenny Bruce, American comedian ( b. 1925 )

* 1958 – Lenny Henry, English comedian, actor, and writer

* 1946 – Lenny Kaye, American guitarist

* 1950 – Lenny Kuhr, Dutch singer

In Game 3, the Astros were ahead at Shea Stadium, 5 – 4, in the bottom of the 9th when closer Dave Smith gave up a two-run home run to Lenny Dykstra, giving the Mets a dramatic 6 – 5 win.

* Lenny Moore ( 1975 ) 1956 – 1967

* 1992 – Lenny Montana, American actor ( b. 1926 )

* 1964 – Lenny Kravitz, American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor

* 1944 – Lenny Davidson, English guitarist ( The Dave Clark Five )

* 1925 – Lenny Bruce, American comedian ( d. 1966 )

* August 3 – Lenny Bruce, American comedian ( b. 1925 )

* May 18 – Lenny Lipton, American inventor

* April 12 – Lenny Baker, American actor ( b. 1945 )

* Lenny Castro – Percussionist ( 1994 – 2001, 2007-present )

* Tommy West ( October 1975 – 1976 ) A former British Army soldier, West was already the Chief of Staff at the time UVF volunteer Noel " Nogi " Shaw was killed by Lenny Murphy in November 1975 as part of an internal feud.

* The Escapist ( 2008 ) – Lenny Drake

* Lenny Murphy ( 1952 – 1982 )

* Lenny Fant, basketball coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, 1957 – 1979

* Lenny Fant, basketball coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe from 1957 – 1979, coached at Delhi High School from 1950-1953.