Leonid Osipovich Utesov, also spelled Utyosov or Utiosov, born Lazar (Leyzer) Iosifovich Vaysbeyn or Weissbein, was a famous Soviet estrada singer, and comic actor, who became the first pop singer to be awarded the prestigious title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1965.
- Occupation
- conductor, actor, singer, jazz musician
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire, Soviet Union
- Born
- March 9, 1895, March 21, 1895
- Died
- March 9, 1982, March 10, 1982
