Leonardo

Leonardo is a masculine given name, the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese equivalent of the English, German, and Dutch name, Leonard.[1]

For other uses, see Leonardo (disambiguation).
Leonardo
PronunciationItalian: [leoˈnardo]
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameItalian, Spanish, Portuguese
Meaningstrong as a lion

People

Notable people with the name include:

  • Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian Renaissance scientist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, and painter

Artists

Athletes

Other
  • Leonardo Bruni (c. 1370–1444), humanist, historian and chancellor of Florence
  • Leonardo Farkas (born 1967), Chilean businessman
  • Leonardo León (born 1952), Chilean historian
  • Leonardo Fibonacci (c. 1170 – c. 1250), Italian mathematician

Fictional characters
  • Leonardo, the leader and most highly skilled of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
  • Leonardo Acropolis, painter on the BBC sitcom Blackadder
  • Leonardo Leonardo, on the short lived animated series, Clerks: The Animated Series
  • Leonardo Vetra, in Dan Brown's novel Angels and Demons

Entertainment
  • Leonardo, a British television series based on the life of Leonardo da Vinci as a teenager.

Business
  • Leonardo S.p.A. an Italian multinational aerospace, defence and security company.

Journal

See also

References
  1. Albaigès, Josep M.; Olivart, J.M.A. (1993). Diccionario de nombres de personas (in Spanish). Universitat de Barcelona. p. 157. ISBN 978-84-475-0264-6. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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