Leo (given name)

People

In religion

• Pope Leo, 13 popes, some also saints
• Saint Leo of Catania, Catholic and Orthodox saint
• Leo of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople
• Leo Rajendram Antony, 4th Bishop of Trincomalee
• Leo Zhedenov, member of the Russian apostolate

  Rulers

• Emperor Leo, six Byzantine emperors
• King Leo, various kings and monarchs with the ruling name Leo

  Scientists

• Reona Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate
• Leo Irakliotis, Greek computer scientist
• Leo Kadanoff, American physicist
• Leó Szilárd, Jewish Hungarian-American physicist

  In sports

Association football

• Léo, Brazilian football leftback
• Leo, Brazilian football striker
• Léo, Brazilian football goalkeeper
• Leo Beenhakker, Dutch football manager
• Leo Bosschart, Dutch footballer
• Leo Fortune-West, English footballer
• Leo Messi, Argentine footballer

  Other sports

• Leo Barry, Australian rules footballer
• Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager
• Leo Klein Gebbink, Dutch field hockey player
• Leo Koloamatangi, American football player
• Leo Komarov, Finnish ice hockey player
• Leo Mazzone, pitching coach for the Atlanta Braves and the Baltimore Orioles
• Leo Nomellini, 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, French-American composer
• Leo de Berardinis, Italian stage actor and theatre director
• Leo de Bever, Dutch architect
• Leo G. Carroll, English actor
• Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist
• Léo Delibes, French composer of ballets, operas, and other works
• Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor
• Léo Ferré, French poet and composer
• Leo F. Forbstein, American film musical director and orchestra conductor
• Leo Gorcey, American actor
• Leo Howard, star of Disney XD's Kickin' It
• Leo von König, German painter
• Leo Kottke, American Finger-style Guitarist
• Leo Ku, Hong Kong singer and actor
• Léo Rispal, French singer
• Leo Rosten, American humorist
• Leo Sayer, British-born Australian pop musician
• Léo Stronda, Brazilian singer
• Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist

  Politicians and statesmen

• Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician, Minister of National Defense from 1967 to 1970
• Leo von Caprivi, German general and Chancellor of Germany
• Leo Ryan, California Congressman killed at Jonestown
• Léo d'Ursel, Belgian diplomat
• Leo Varadkar, Prime Minister of Ireland

  Other

• Leo Africanus, Andalusian Berber Moorish diplomat and author
• Leo Burnett, American advertising executive
• Leo Fender, American inventor, maker of electric guitars
• Leo Frank, American Jew murdered by a lynch mob
• Leo Jogiches,, Russian Marxist revolutionary
• Leo Krim, American child killed along with his sister Lucia by their nanny
• Leo Laporte, American technology broadcaster and author
• Leo Loudenslager, American world champion aerobatics aviator
• Léo Major, French-Canadian World War II and Korean War soldier
• Leo Strauss, American political philosopher
• A. Leo Levin, American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School

  Fictional characters

• Leo Corbett, on the television series Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy
• Leo from the manga series, Pandora Hearts
• Leo Jones, 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, a nickname for Leonardo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Leo Wong, the father of Amy Wong on the television series Futurama
• Leo Valdez, a son of Hephaestus from Rick Riordan's The Heroes of Olympus fantasy novel series
• Leo Wyatt, on the television series Charmed
• Uncle Leo, on the television series Seinfeld
• Leo, on the television series That '70s Show, played by Tommy Chong
• Leo, in the Marvel universe
• Leo, in the manga series Yu-Gi-Oh!
• A character in the video game series
• A character in the opera Leo, the Royal Cadet
• A character in the video game Final Fantasy VI
• A character in Red Earth
• Leo, in the American animated series Little Einsteins
• A character in the anime and manga series Fairy Tail, who also goes by the name of "Loke"
• A character in the video game Fire Emblem Fates
• Leo, a character in the Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
• Leo Lieberman, daughter of David "Micro" Lieberman and Sarah Lieberman in The Punisher, portrayed by Ripley Sobo
• Leo demidov, character in “Child 44”