Leonardus (name)

Leonardus is a Latinized version of the Germanic name masculine name Leonard. Leonardus has been a relatively common birth name in the Netherlands, though most people use(d) a short form in daily life, like Leen, Leendert, Lennaert, Lennard, Lennart, Lennert, Lennie, Leo, Leon, Leonard and Lon.

Latinized name

• Sanctus Leonardus (died 559 AD), Frankish noble, abbot and Christian saint
• Leonardus Achates (Leonhard Agtstein; f.1472–1491), Swiss printer in Italy
• Leonardus Bruni Aretinus (Leonardi Bruni; c.1370–1444), Italian humanist, historian and statesman
• Leonardus Lessius (Lenaert Leijs; 1554–1623), Flemish Jesuit theologian
• Leonardus Roselli (died 1606), Italian bishop
• Leonardus Vincius (1452–1519), Leonardo da Vinci

Birth name

• Leonardus Petrus "Leo" Beukeboom (1943–2017), Dutch signpainter and lettering artist
• Leonardus L.J. "Leo" de Bever (1930–2015), Dutch architect
• Leonardus Bramer (1596–1674), Dutch painter
• Leonardus Dobbelaar (1942–2008), Dutch bishop in Ethiopia
• Leonardus "Léon" Dolmans (born 1945), Belgian footballer
• Petrus Leonardus "Leo" Ehlen (1953–2016), Dutch footballer
• Leonardus J.P.M. "Léon" Frissen (born 1950), Dutch Queen's Commissioner of Limburg
• Leonardus Eustachius "Leen" Jansen (1930–2014), Dutch boxer
• Leonardus F.E. "Leon" Kantelberg (born 1978), Dutch footballer
• Leonardus Gerardus Kortenhorst (1886–1963), Dutch President of the House of Representatives
• Leonardus van der Laan (1864–1942), Dutch architect
• Leonardus Antonius Lightenvelt (1795–1873), Dutch Minister of Justice and of Foreign Affairs
• Jan Leonardus "Lennie" Louw (born 1959), South African-born Namibian cricketer
• Leonardus Benjamin Moerdani (1932–2004), Indonesian general and Minister of Defense
• Leonardus Nardus (1868–1955), Dutch fencer
• Leonardus Offerhaus (1699–1779), German-born Dutch librarian and university president
• Leonardus J.H. “Leo” Passage (1936–2011), Dutch-born American hairstylist, educator, innovator and philanthropist
• Leonardus P.P. "Lon" Pennock (1945–2020), Dutch sculptor, monumental artist and photographer
• Leonardus Syttin (1892–?), Lithuanian sport shooter
• Leonardus Cornelius van der Valck (1769–1845), Dutch diplomat and mysterious count in Germany
• Leonardus Q.M. "Leo" van Vliet (born 1955), Dutch road racing cyclist
• Leonardus van der Voort (1762–1809), Dutch politician of the Batavian Republic

See also

• Leonardus, fossil mammalian genus
• Leonardo (given name)