Leonardo (given name)
Appearance
Gender | Male |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Italian |
Meaning | like a lion[1] |
Leonardo is a masculine given name.
People
Notable people with the name include:
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian Renaissance scientist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, and painter
Artists
- Leonardo Schulz Cardoso, Brazilian singer
- Emival Eterno da Costa (born 1963), Brazilian singer known as Leonardo
- Leonardo DiCaprio (born 1974), Academy-award winner American actor
- Leo Howard (born 1997), American actor on Disney XD's show, Kickin' It
- One half of the Brazilian sertanejo music duo Leandro e Leonardo
Athletes
- Leonardo Araújo (born 1969), Brazilian World Cup-winning footballer, and manager
- Leonardo Lourenço Bastos (born 1975), Brazilian footballer
- Leonardo Bittencourt, German footballer
- Leonardo Bonucci (born 1987), Italian footballer
- Leonardo Cardona (born 1971), Colombian road cyclist
- Leonardo Emilio Comici (1901–1940), Italian mountain climber
- Leonardo David (1960-1985), Italian alpine skier
- Leonardo André Pimenta Faria (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
- Leonardo de Jesus Geraldo (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
- Leonardo Renan Simões de Lacerda (born 1988), also known as Léo, Brazilian football defender
- Leonardo Meindl (born 1993), Brazilian basketball forward
- Leonardo José Aparecido Moura (born 1986), Brazilian footballer of Shakhtar Donetsk
- Leonardo Narváez (born 1980), Colombian track cyclist
- Leonardo Santiago (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
- Leonardo Ferreira da Silva (born 1980), Brazilian footballer of Chiangrai United
- Leonardo dos Santos Silva (born 1976), Brazilian footballer of FC Dordrecht (also known as Leonardo II)
- José Leonardo Ribeiro da Silva (born 1988), usually known as Leonardo, Brazilian footballer
- Leonardo Sottani, Italian water polo player
- Leonardo Zappavigna, Australian boxer
Other
- Leonardo Bruni (c. 1370 – 1444), humanist, historian and chancellor of Florence
- Leonardo Farkas (born 1967), Chilean businessman
- 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.