Namesakes
Leon Trotsky
(m) 1879-1940 
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Leon Battista Alberti
(m) 1404-1472
Notable Artists
Léon Foucault
(m) 1819-1868
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Leon Cooper
(m) 1930-
Nobel Prize Winners 1972 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Jeff Bridges
(middle name Leon) (m) 1949-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 2010 Crazy Heart (actor)
Leon M. Lederman
(m) 1922-2018
Nobel Prize Winners 1988 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Burt Reynolds
(middle name Leon) (m) 1936-2018
Emmy Award Winners 1991 Evening Shade (actor)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Léon Blum
(m) 1872-1950
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1936-1937; 1938; 1946-1947 (prime minister)
Jean-Léon Gérôme
(m) 1824-1904
Notable Artists
Léon Bourgeois
(m) 1851-1925
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1895-1896 (prime minister)
Nobel Prize Winners 1920 (peace)
Léon Jouhaux
(m) 1879-1954
Nobel Prize Winners 1951 (peace)
Léon Gambetta
(m) 1838-1882
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1881-1882 (prime minister)
Artis "Coolio" Ivey
(middle name Leon) (m) 1963-2022
Notable Musicians
Jerry Bruckheimer
(middle name Leon) (m) 1943-
Notable Filmmakers
Mike Wallace
(middle name Leon) (m) 1918-2012
Notable Journalists
Leon Uris
(m) 1924-2003
Notable Writers
Léon Delacroix
(m) 1867-1929
Belgian Prime Ministers 1918-1920
Leon Spinks
(m) 1953-2021
Notable Athletes (boxing)
Olympic Medalists 1976 boxing (gold)
Dumarsais Estimé
(a.k.a. Léon) (m) 1900-1953
Haitian Presidents 1946-1950 (president)
John Marley
(middle name Leon) (m) 1907-1984
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Leon Ames
(m) 1902-1993
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Henri Deloge
(middle name Léon) (m) 1874-1961
Olympic Medalists 1900 5000 m team (silver)
Leon Draisaitl
(m) 1995-
Most Valuable Players 2020 ice hockey
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Lawrence Feuerbach
(a.k.a. Leon) (m) 1879-1911
Olympic Medalists 1904 shot put (bronze)
Leon Kozłowski
(m) 1892-1944
Polish Presidents and Prime Ministers 1934-1935 (prime minister)
Leon Schlumpf
(m) 1925-2012
Swiss Presidents 1984
Léon van Bon
(m) 1972-
Olympic Medalists 1992 cycling - track (silver)
Adolphe Willette
(middle name Léon) (m) 1857-1926
Notable Artists
Léon Faucher
(m) 1803-1854
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1851 (prime minister)
Jacques Rueff
(middle name Léon) (m) 1896-1978
Other Leaders 1949-1950 Monaco (prime minister)
Léon Kauffman
(m) 1869-1952
Other Leaders 1917-1918 Luxembourg (prime minister)
Leon Rippy
(m) 1949-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Leon Wilkeson
(m) 1952-2001
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2006 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Leon Gregory
(m) 1932-
Olympic Medalists 1956 4x400 m relay (silver)
Leon Wood III
(m) 1962-
Olympic Medalists 1984 basketball (gold)
Leon de Winter
(m) 1954-
Notable Writers
Leon Taylor
(m) 1977-
Olympic Medalists 2004 diving - synchronized platform (silver)
Léon Epin
(m) 1858-1928
Olympic Medalists 1920 archery - moving target 28 m, team; archery - moving target 33 m, team; archery - moving target 50 m, team (bronze/silver)
Leon "Goose" Goslin
(m) 1900-1971
Hall-of-Famers 1968 (baseball)
Leon Barmore
(m) 1944-
Hall-of-Famers 2003 (basketball)
Leon Day
(m) 1916-1995
Hall-of-Famers 1995 (baseball)
Leon Vance
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2003 NCIS
Leon Carp
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1988 Roseanne
Leon
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1971 The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)
Leo
(a.k.a. Leon) (m)
Characters in Greek Mythology
Leon
(m)
Characters in Greek Mythology