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 (disambiguation), five kings of Armenian Cilicia

Scientists

• Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate
• Leo Irakliotis, Greek computer scientist
• Leo Kadanoff (born 1937), American physicist
• Leó Szilárd, 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), 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), maker of electric guitars
• Leo Frank, American Jew murdered by a lynch mob in 1915
• Leo Jogiches, 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 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 70's Show), on the television series That 70's 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)
• A character in the anime and manga series Fairy Tail, who also goes by the name of "Loke"

See also

• Leo (surname)
• Leon (given name)