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
Rulers
- Emperor Leo (disambiguation), six Byzantine emperors
- King Leo, list of various kings and monarchs with the ruling name Leo
Scientists
- Leo Esaki, 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, Australian Rules Football player
- Leo Beenhakker, Dutch football manager
- Leo Bosschart, Dutch footballer
- Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager
- Leo Fortune-West, English footballer
- Leo Klein Gebbink, Dutch field hockey player
- Leo Mazzone, pitching coach for the Atlanta Braves and the Baltimore Orioles
- Leo Messi, Argentine soccer player
- Leo Nomellini (1924-2000), American football player in both the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame
- Leo Peelen, Dutch track cyclist
- Leo Visser, Dutch ice speed skater
- Leo van Vliet, 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
- 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 Deslatte (born 1946), American mayor
- Leo von Caprivi (1831-1899), German general and Chancellor of Germany
- Leo Ryan (1925-1978), California Congressman; killed at Jonestown
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, American Jew murdered by a lynch mob in 1915
- Leo Jogiches, (1867-1919), Russian Marxist revolutionary
- Leo Laporte (born 1956), American technology broadcaster and author
- Leo Loudenslager (1944-1997), American world champion aerobatics aviator
- Leo Major, French-Canadian World War II hero
- Leo Strauss, American political philosopher
Fictional characters
- Leo Corbett, on the television series Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy
- 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 Wong, the father of Amy Wong on the television series Futurama
- Leo Valdez, demigod son of Hephaestus from 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"
See also
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