Leonidas (disambiguation)
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Leonidas is Leonidas I, king of Sparta, ruled c. 489–480 BC., leader at the battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas may also refer to:
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[edit] People
- Leonidas II, Greek king of Sparta, ruled c. 254–235 BC
- Leonidas of Rhodes, ancient Greek Olympic runner
- Leonidas of Tarentum, Greek poet
- Leonidas of Epirus, teacher of Alexander the Great
- Saint Leonidas, any of several people
- Leônidas da Silva, Brazilian football player
- Leonidas Daskalidès, founder of the Belgian chocolate company
- Leonidas (chocolate maker), manufacturer of Belgian chocolates
- Leonida Bissolati, Italian left-wing politician
- Leonidas Bott (1889–1969), Australian cricketer
- Leonidas Burwell, Canadian businessman and politician
- Leonidas Ferreira de Paulo Junior, Brazilian football player
- Leonidas M. Godley (1836–1904), American Civil War Union Army soldier; recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Leonidas Hamline, 19th-century American Methodist clergyman and lawyer, and founding benefactor of Hamline University
- Leonidas Kampantais, Greek footballer
- Leonidas Kavakos, Greek violinist
- Leonidas Kouris, Greek politician
- Leonidas Langakis, Greek shooter
- Leonidas Morakis,Greek shooter
- Leonidas Panagopoulos, Greek footballer
- Leonidas Pantelides, Cypriot diplomat
- Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek military officer and politician
- Leonidas Polk, Confederate general in the American Civil War
- Leonidas L. Polk, agrarian leader and North Carolina's first Commissioner of Agriculture
- Leonidas Pyrgos, Greek fencer
- Leonidas I. Robinson, Third Lieutenant, USRC Bear
- Leonidas Sampanis, Greek weightlifter
- Leonidas Skoutaris, Greek basketball player
- Leonidas Tsiklitiras, Greek gymnast
- Leonidas Varouxis, Greek journalist and a politician
- Leonidas Veliaroutis, Greek writer
- Leonidas Vokolos, Greek footballer
- Georgina Leonidas, British actress
- Stephanie Leonidas, British actress
- Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Dominican President
[edit] Places
In the United States:
[edit] Vessels
- Leonidas (ship), labour ship that brought the first indentured servants from India to Fiji in 1879
- USS Leonidas, either of two ships in the US Navy
- HMS Leonidas, either of two ships in the Royal Navy
[edit] Other uses
- ELBO Leonidas-2, Greek-built armored personnel carrier
- Leonidas Squadron (Leonidas Staffel), experimental Luftwaffe unit of suicide pilots that tested manned versions of the V-1 flying bomb
- Leonidas, the codename for Fedora 11
- Leonidas (chocolate maker), a chocolate producer.
[edit] See also
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