Leon Robinson is an American actor, singer and songwriter who was born on March 8, 1962, in New York City, USA.
He has been active in the entertainment industry since the early 1980s and is best known for his roles in various films and TV shows.
Some of his most notable roles include David Ruffin in the TV miniseries The Temptations (1998), J.T.
Matthews in the 1991 Robert Townsend film The Five Heartbeats, Derice Bannock in the 1993 film Cool Runnings, Shep in the 1994 basketball drama film Above the Rim and Little Richard in the 2000 film Little Richard.
He has also received critical acclaim for his portrayal of singers David Ruffin in the 1998 NBC miniseries The Temptations and JT in the 20th Century Fox movie.
In addition to his acting career, Robinson is the lead vocalist and songwriter of the band, Leon and the Peoples.
He has been nominated for several awards and has won the Best International Artist at the Joe Higgs Reggae Awards.
Robinson has a daughter named Noelle Robinson who is known for appearing on the reality TV show The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
On the other hand, Coco Gauff is a professional tennis player from the United States.
She was born on March 13, 2004, in Delray Beach, Florida.
Her parents are Candi and Corey Gauff, and she has two younger brothers.
Her father played college basketball at Georgia State University, while her mother was a track and field athlete at Florida State University.
Gauff began training at the Mouratoglou Academy in France when she was ten years old.
She received a wild card entry to Wimbledon in 2019 when she was 15 and defeated five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams in the first round.
That year, she also reached the third round of the U.S. Open and won her first singles title.
In 2021, she added a second singles title to her name and played in the quarterfinal of the French Open.
Gauff was added to the U.S. Olympic team in June 2021, but had to withdraw after testing positive for COVID-19.
She has a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in singles, reached on October 24, 2022, and world No. 1 in doubles, achieved on August 15, 2022.
Is Leon Robinson related to Coco Gauff?
Robinson is not related to Gauff.
There is no known familial relationship between them, although, Robinson has been seen in Gauff’s player’s box during the US Open.