Leonhard is a male given name and surname in German and other

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, as well as Estonian, sharing the same origin as English

Leonard Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English language, English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German ''Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") from the Greek wikt:Λέων#Greek, Λ ...

. Notable people with the name include:

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* Alfred Leonhard Maluma (1955–2021), Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate * Alfred Leonhard Tietz (1883–1941), German entrepreneur * Anton Leonhard Franzen (1896–1968), German lawyer and Nazi politician * Arne Leonhard Nilsen (1893–1957), Norwegian politician * Artur Leonhard Kasterpalu (1897–1942), Estonian politician * Benedikt Maria Leonhard von Werkmeister (1745–1823), German Roman Catholic theologian *

Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (27 November 1794, Xanten – 12 October 1866, Halle an der Saale, Halle) was a German botanist. Life and work Von Schlechtendal was born in Xanten, Xanten am Rhein and when his father Diederich Fried ...

(1794–1866), German botanist * Dieterich Leonhard Oskamp (1756–1803), Dutch natural historian and author * Friedrich Georg Leonhard Miedke (1803–1842), German actor, singer, composer, theatre director, painter and author * Fritz Leonhard Redlich (1892–1978) was a German businessman and economic historian * Hans Leonhard Schäufelein (–1540), German painter and woodcuts designer * Heinrich Leonhards Skuja (1892–1972), Latvian botanist * Johann Leonhard Dober (1706–1766), German missionary * Johan Leonhard Fix (1735–1807), German-Danish merchant and colonial governor * Johann Leonhard Frisch (1666–1743), German linguist, entomologist and ornithologist * Johann Leonhard Hug (1765–1846), German Roman Catholic theologian, orientalist and biblical scholar * Johann Leonhard Pfaff (1775–1848), German Roman Catholic prelate * Johann Leonhard Raab (1825–1899), German printmaker and painter * Johann Leonhard Rost (1688–1727), German astronomer and author * Karl Dietrich Leonhard Engel (1824–1913), German musician and author * Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757–1823), Austrian philosopher * Leonhard Adelt (1881–1945), German translator and author* Leonhard Agtstein (), Swiss compositor * Leonhard Baldner (1612–1694), Strasbourg German fisherman and naturalist * Leonhard Baumeister (1904–1972), German politician * Leonhard Beck (–1542), German painter and woodcuts designer * Leonhard Blasius (died 1644), Danish architect * Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810–1900), officer of the Prussian Army and the Imperial German Army * Leonhard von Call (1767–1815), Austrian composer and virtuoso * Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe (1802–1887), Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician * Leonhard Deininger (1910–2002), German politician * Leonhard Dientzenhofer (1660–1707), German builder and architect * Leonhard Drach (1903–1996), German jurist and convicted war criminal * Leonhard von Eck (1480–1550), Chancellor of Bavaria * Leonhard Ennen (1820–1880), German Roman Catholic theologian, historian and archivist *

Leonhard Euler Leonhard Euler ( ; ; ; 15 April 170718 September 1783) was a Swiss polymath who was active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, logician, geographer, and engineer. He founded the studies of graph theory and topology and made influential ...

(1707–1783), Swiss mathematician and physicist * Leonhard Frank (1882–1961), German author * Leonhard Fredrik Rääf (1786–1872), Swedish folklorist, historian and politician * Leonhard Fronsperger (–1575), German soldier and author *

Leonhart Fuchs Leonhart Fuchs (; 17 January 1501 – 10 May 1566), sometimes spelled Leonhard Fuchs and cited in Latin as ''Leonhartus Fuchsius'', was a German physician and botanist. His chief notability is as the author of a large book about plants and thei ...

(1501–1566), German physician and botanist * Leonhard Gall (1884–1952), German architect * Leonhard Gey (1838–1894), German history painter and art professor * Leonhard Grill, Austrian experimental physicist and academic * Leonhard of Gorizia (1440–1500), Count of Gorizia/Görz * Leonhard Haas (born 1982), German retired footballer * Leonhard Haeger (1867–1977), American architect * Leonhard Harding (born 1936) German historian and scholar in African studies * Leonhard Haskel (1872–1923), German actor and drama teacher * Leonhard Helmschrott (1921–2011), German journalist and politician * Leonhard von Hohenhausen (1788–1872), German military and war minister * Leonhard Hutter (1563–1616), German Lutheran theologian * Leonhard Käär (1904–1963), Estonian politician * Leonhard Kaiser (1480–1527), German Lutheran theologian and reformer * Leonhard Kass (1911–1985), Estonian footballer * Leonhard Kaufmann (born 1989), Austrian footballer * Leonhard Kaupisch (1878–1945), German general * Leonhard von Keutschach (–1519), Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg * Leonhard Kleber (–1556), German organist and composer * Leonhard Koeppe (1884–1969), German ophthalmologist * Leonhard Kohl von Kohlenegg (1834–1875), Austrian actor and author * Leonhard Kubizek (born 1963), Austrian musician and director * Leonhard Kukk (1906–1941) Estonian weightlifter * Leonhard von Laiming (1381–1451), German Roman Catholic prelate * Leonhard Lapin (1947–2022), Estonian architect, artist, historian and poet * Leonhard Lechner (–1606), German composer, kapellmeister, tenor and music editor * Leonhard Ludwig Finke (1747–1837), German physician * Leonhard Machu (1909–1967), Austrian footballer * Leonhard Mahlein (1921–1985), German trade unionist * Leonhard Merzin (1934–1990), Estonian actor * Leonhard Münst (born 2002), German footballer * Leonhard Nagenrauft (1938–2017), German luger * Leonhard Päminger (1495–1567), Austrian-German Lutheran theologian, poet and composer * Leonhard Pföderl (born 1993), German ice hockey player * Leonhard Pohl (1929–2014), German athlete * Léonhard Quaglia (1896–1961), French ice hockey player and speed skater * Leonhard Ragaz (1868–1945), Swiss Reformed theologian *

Leonhard Rauwolf Leonhard Rauwolf (also spelled Leonhart Rauwolff) (21 June 1535 – 15 September 1596) was a German physician, botanist, and traveller. His main notability arises from a trip he made through the Levant and Mesopotamia in 1573–75. The motive of t ...

(1535–1596), German physician and botanist * Leonhard Reichartinger (died 1396), German Crusader * Leonhard Romeis (1854–1904), German architect * Leonhard Schiemer ({{c., 1500–1528), German Anabaptist author and martyr * Leonhard Schmitz (1807–1890), Prussian-British classical scholar and author * Leonhard Schröter ({{c., 1532– c. 1601), German Renaissance choirmaster, teacher and composer * Leonhard Schultze-Jena (1872–1955), German explorer, zoologist and anthropologist * Leonhard Seiderer (1895–1940), German footballer * Leonhard Seppala (1877–1967), Norwegian-Kven-American sled dog breeder, trainer and musher * Leonhard Sohncke (1842–1897), German mathematician, physicist and mineralogist *

Leonhard von Spengel Leonhard von Spengel (24 September 1803, in Munich – 8 November 1880, in Munich) was a Germans, German classical scholar. Biography He attended the lyceum in his hometown, where as a pupil of Joseph Kopp and Johann von Gott Fröhlich, he was ...

(1803–1880), German classical scholar *

Leonhard Stejneger Leonhard Hess Stejneger (30 October 1851 – 28 February 1943) was a Norwegian-born American ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist. Stejneger specialized in vertebrate natural history studies. He gained his greatest reputation with repti ...

(1851–1943), Norwegian-American ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist * Leonhard Stock (born 1958), Austrian alpine ski racer * Leonhard von Stryk (1834–1882), a Baltic German historian and author * Leonhard Thurneysser (1531–{{c., 1595), Swiss-German scholar and miracle doctor * Leonhard Tietz (1849–1914), German entrepreneur and art collector * Leonhard Vahter (1896–1983), Estonian politician * Leonhard Viljus (1904–1970), Estonian sport shooter * Leonhard Wächter (1762–1837), German historian and author * Leonhard Waitl (1939–2010), German ice hockey player * Leonhard Weiß (1907–1981), German footballer * Leonhard Wilhelm Johann Neuman (1885–1933), Estonian musician, choir director, singer and diplomat * Peter Leonhard Braun (born 1929), German author and radio producer * Peter Leonhard Gianelli (1767–1807), Danish medallist and sculptor

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* Charles Leonhard (1915–2002), American music educator and academic * Daniel Leonhard (born 1972), German sports shooter * Dave Leonhard (born 1941), American baseball player * Elke Leonhard (1949–2025), German politician * Florian Leonhard (born 1963), German-British violin maker and restorer * Gerd Leonhard, German futurist, speaker and author * Glenn Leonhard (born 1954), Canadian footballer * Gottfried Leonhard (1895–1983), German politician * Gustav von Leonhard (1816–1878), German mineralogist and geologist * Jim Leonhard (born 1982), American football coach and former player * Jörn Leonhard (born 1967), German historian and professor * Karl Leonhard (1904–1988), German psychiatrist * Karl Cäsar von Leonhard (1779–1862), German mineralogist and geologist * Melanie Leonhard (born 1977), German historian and politician * Rudolf Leonhard (1889–1953), German author and communist activist * Wolfgang Leonhard (1921–2014), German author and historian

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