Leo (given name)
The given name Leo comes from the Latin word leo, meaning "lion". It can also be a nickname for a name such as Leonard or Leopold.
The name can refer to:
People
In religion
- Pope Leo (disambiguation), 13 popes, some also saints
- Saint Leo of Catania (709–789), Catholic and Orthodox saint
- Leo of Constantinople (fl. 1134–1143), Patriarch of Constantinople
- Leo Rajendram Antony (1927–2012), 4th Bishop of Trincomalee
- Leo Zhedenov (1883–1959), member of the Russian apostilate
Rulers
- Emperor Leo (disambiguation), six Byzantine emperors
- King Leo (disambiguation), various kings and monarchs with the ruling name Leo
Scientists
- Reona Leo Esaki (born 1925), Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate
- Leo Irakliotis, Greek computer scientist
- Leo Kadanoff (born 1937), American physicist
- Leó Szilárd (1898–1964), Jewish Hungarian-American physicist
In sports
- Leo Barry (born 1977), Australian rules footballer
- Leo Beenhakker (born 1942), Dutch football manager
- Leo Bosschart (1888–1951), Dutch footballer
- Leo Durocher (1905–1991), American baseball player and manager
- Leo Fortune-West (born 1971), English footballer
- Leo Klein Gebbink (born 1968), Dutch field hockey player
- Leo Mazzone (born 1948), pitching coach for the Atlanta Braves and the Baltimore Orioles
- Lionel Messi (born 1987), Argentine footballer
- Leo Nomellini (1924–2000), American football player in both the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame
- Leo Peelen (1968–2017), Dutch track cyclist
- Leo Visser (born 1966), Dutch ice speed skater
- Leo van Vliet (born 1855), Dutch road bicycle racer
In arts and entertainment
- Leo Arnaud (1904–1991), French-American composer
- Leo de Berardinis (1940–2008), Italian stage actor and theatre director
- Leo de Bever (1930–2015), Dutch architect
- Leo G. Carroll (1886–1972), English actor
- Léo Delibes (1836–1891), French composer of ballets, operas, and other works
- Léo Ferré (1916–1993), French poet and composer
- Leo Luxxxus (born 1984), Finnish musician, DJ and model
- Leo F. Forbstein (1892–1948), American film musical director and orchestra conductor
- Leo Gorcey (1917–1969), American actor
- Leo Howard (born 1997), star of Disney XD's Kickin' It
- Leo von König (1871–1944), German painter
- Leo Ku (born 1972), Hong Kong singer and actor
- Léo Rispal (born 2000), French singer
- Leo Sayer (born 1948), British-born Australian pop musician
- Léo Stronda (born 1992), Brazilian singer
- Leo Tolstoy (1826–1910), Russian novelist
Politicians and statesmen
- Léo Cadieux (1908–2005), Canadian politician, Minister of National Defense from 1967 to 1970
- Leo von Caprivi (1831–1899), German general and Chancellor of Germany
- Leo Ryan (1925–1978), California Congressman; killed at Jonestown
- Count Léo d'Ursel
Other
- Leo Africanus (c. 1494–c. 1554?), Andalusian Berber Moorish diplomat and author
- Leo Burnett (1891–1971), American advertising executive
- Leo Fender (1909–1991), American inventor, maker of electric guitars
- Leo Frank (1884–1915), American Jew murdered by a lynch mob
- Leo Jogiches, (1867–1919), Russian Marxist revolutionary
- Leo Krim (2010-2012), American child killed along with his sister Lucia by their nanny in New York City.
- Leo Laporte (born 1956), American technology broadcaster and author
- Leo Loudenslager (1944–1997), American world champion aerobatics aviator
- Léo Major (1921–2008), French-Canadian World War II and Korean War soldier
- Leo Strauss (1899–1973), American political philosopher
Fictional characters
- Leo Corbett (Power Rangers), on the television series Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy
- Leo from the manga series, Pandora Hearts
- Leo Jones (Doctor Who), on the television series Doctor Who
- Leo Kliesen, a German spelunker in the Tekken series
- Leo Kovalensky, from the novel We the Living by Ayn Rand
- Leo McGarry, on the television series The West Wing
- Leo Fitz, on the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., played by Iain De Caestecker
- Leo, is an nickname for Leonardo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- Leo Wong, the father of Amy Wong on the television series Futurama
- Leo Valdez, a son of Hephaestus and one of the seven from Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus
- Leo Wyatt, on the television series Charmed
- Uncle Leo, on the television series Seinfeld
- Leo (That '70s Show), on the television series That '70s Show, played by Tommy Chong
- Leo (comics), in the Marvel universe
- Leo (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's), in the manga series Yu-Gi-Oh!
- A character in the video game series Tekken
- A character in the opera Leo, the Royal Cadet
- A character in the video game Final Fantasy VI
- A character in Red Earth (video game) (aka Warzard)
- Leo, a fictional character from the American animated series Little Einsteins
- A character in the anime and manga series Fairy Tail, who also goes by the name of "Loke"
- A character in the video game Fire Emblem Fates
- Leo, a character in the Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
- Leo Lieberman, daughter of David "Micro" Lieberman and Sarah Lieberman in The Punisher, portrayed by Ripley Sobo
See also
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