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Leonid (russian: Леонид ; uk, Леонід ; be, Леанід, Ljeaníd ) is a Slavic version of the given name
Leonidas Leonidas I (; grc-gre, Λεωνίδας; died 19 September 480 BC) was a List of kings of Sparta#Heraclids, king of the Greek city-state of Sparta, and the 17th of the List of kings of Sparta#Agiad dynasty, Agiad line, a dynasty which claimed d ...
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Leonide Leonide or Léonide is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Leonide or Leonid of Georgia (1861–1921), Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia * Leonid Berman (1896–1976), Russian Neo-romantic painter and theater and opera designer * Léon ...
. People with the name include: *
Leonid Andreyev Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (russian: Леони́д Никола́евич Андре́ев, – 12 September 1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of Expressionism in Russian liter ...
(1871–1919), Russian playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionist movement in the national literature *
Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; uk, links= no, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, . (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between 1964 and ...
(1906–1982), leader of the USSR from 1964 to 1982 *
Leonid Buryak Leonid Yosipovich Buryak ( uk, Леонід Йосипович Буряк; born 10 July 1953) is a Ukrainian football coach, and a former Olympic bronze-medal-winning player. Career Buryak was born in Odessa, in the Soviet Union. He was a ...
(b. 1953), USSR/Ukraine-born Olympic-medal-winning soccer player and coach *
Leonid Bykov Leonid Fedorovich Bykov (russian: Леонид Фёдорович Быков, uk, Леонід Федорович Биков; 11 December 1928, in Znamenka village, Artemivsk Okruha of Ukrainian SSR – 11 April 1979, in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine, U ...
(1928–1979), Soviet and Ukrainian actor, film director, and script writer *
Leonid Desyatnikov Leonid Arkadievich Desyatnikov (russian: Леони́д Арка́дьевич Деся́тников, born: 16 October 1955, Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian composer who first made a reputation with a number of film scores, then achieving gr ...
(b. 1955), Soviet and Russian opera and film composer *
Leonid Feodorov Leonid Ivanovich Feodorov (russian: Леонид Иванович Фёдоров; 4 November 1879 – 7 March 1935) was a Studite hieromonk from the Russian Greek Catholic Church, the first Exarch of the Russian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate o ...
(1879–1935), a bishop and Exarch for the Russian Catholic Church, and survivor of the
Gulag The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= was the government agency in ...
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Leonid Filatov Leonid Alekseyevich Filatov ( rus, links=no, Леонид Алексеевич Филатов, p=lʲɪɐˈnʲit əlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ fʲɪˈlatəf, a=Lyeonid Alyeksyeyevich Filatov.ru.vorb.oga; 24 December 1946 – 26 October 2003) was a ...
(1946–2003), Soviet and Russian actor, director, poet, and pamphleteer *
Leonid Gaidai Leonid Iovich Gaidai (russian: Леонид Иович Гайдай; 30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) was a Soviet and Russian comedy film director, screenwriter and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the fo ...
, (1923–1993), Soviet comedy film director *
Leonid Geishtor Leonid Grigorievich Geishtor; also Geyshtor (russian: Леонид Григорьевич Гейштор) (born October 15, 1936, in Homel, Belarusian SSR) is a Soviet Union, Soviet-born Belarusian canoe racing, sprint canoeist who competed ...
(b. 1936), USSR (Belarus)-born Olympic champion Canadian pairs sprint canoer * Leonid Gobyato (1875–1915), Russian lieutenant-general and designer of the modern, man-portable mortar *
Leonid Hurwicz Leonid Hurwicz (; August 21, 1917 – June 24, 2008) was a Polish-American economist and mathematician, known for his work in game theory and mechanism design. He originated the concept of incentive compatibility, and showed how desired outcome ...
(1917–2008), Russian-born American economist and mathematician who shared the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics * Leonid Ivanov (disambiguation), several people *
Leonid Kadeniuk Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk ( uk, Леонід Костянтинович Каденюк, 28 January 1951 – 31 January 2018) was the first astronaut of independent Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country ...
(b. 1951), first and only astronaut of independent Ukraine to fly into outer space *
Leonid Kharitonov (singer) Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov (russian: Леонид Михайлович Харитонов; 18 September 1933 – 19 September 2017) was a Soviet and Russian bass-baritone (баритональный бас) singer. He was honored with Peo ...
(1933–2017), Soviet and Russian bass-baritone singer *
Leonid Khrushchev Leonid Nikitovich Khrushchev (10 November 1917 – 11 March 1943) was the son of Nikita Khrushchev, former leader of the Soviet Union, and served as a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Forces during the World War II. He was shot down and killed in ...
(1917–1943), missing aviator *
Leonid Kogan Leonid Borisovich Kogan (russian: Леони́д Бори́сович Ко́ган; uk, Леонід Борисович Коган; 14 November 1924 – 17 December 1982) was a preeminent Soviet violinist during the 20th century. Many consider ...
(1924–1982), Soviet and Russian violinist *
Leonid Kantorovich Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich ( rus, Леони́д Вита́льевич Канторо́вич, , p=lʲɪɐˈnʲit vʲɪˈtalʲjɪvʲɪtɕ kəntɐˈrovʲɪtɕ, a=Ru-Leonid_Vitaliyevich_Kantorovich.ogg; 19 January 19127 April 1986) was a Sovie ...
(1912–1986) Soviet and Russian mathematician, economist, and only winner from the USSR of the Nobel Prize in Economics *
Leonid Kolumbet Leonid Fedorovych Kolumbet (14 October 1937 – 2 May 1983) was a Soviet track cyclist. Competing in the 4,000 m team pursuit he won a world title in 1963 and bronze medals at the 1960 Olympics and 1962 and 1964 world championships. Kolumbe ...
(b. 1937), Soviet and Ukrainian Olympic cyclist *
Leonid Kostandov Leonid Kostandov (; 27 November 1915 – 5 September 1984) was a Soviet engineer and politician who served as the minister of the chemical industry between 1965 and 1980 and as the deputy premier from 1980 to his death. Biography Being a nativ ...
(1915–1984), Soviet politician *
Leonid Krasin Leonid Borisovich Krasin (russian: Леони́д Бори́сович Кра́син; 15 July 1870 – 24 November 1926) was a Russian Soviet politician, engineer, social entrepreneur, Bolshevik revolutionary politician and a Soviet diplomat. In ...
(1870–1926), Soviet and Russian engineer and politician *
Leonid Kravchuk Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk ( uk, Леонід Макарович Кравчук; 10 January 1934 – 10 May 2022) was a Ukrainian politician and the first president of Ukraine, serving from 5 December 1991 until 19 July 1994. In 1992, he signed ...
(1934–2022), Ukrainian politician and first
President of Ukraine The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, condu ...
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Leonid Krupnik Leonid "Leo" Krupnik (, , ; born July 15, 1979 in Khmelnytskyi) is a Ukrainian-born American-Israeli former soccer player and current soccer coach. He played college soccer at the University of California, Berkeley. He played soccer profe ...
(b. 1979), Ukrainian-born American-Israeli former soccer player and current soccer coach *
Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma ( uk, Леоні́д Дани́лович Ку́чма; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005. Kuchma's presidency saw numerous corru ...
(b. 1938), second President of Ukraine *
Leonid Kuravlyov Leonid Vyacheslavovich Kuravlyov (russian: Леонид Вячеславович Куравлёв; 8 October 1936 – 30 January 2022) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1976. Early life Kuravlyov w ...
(1936–2022), Soviet and Russian actor *
Leonid Levin Leonid Anatolievich Levin ( ; russian: Леони́д Анато́льевич Ле́вин; uk, Леоні́д Анато́лійович Ле́він; born November 2, 1948) is a Soviet-American mathematician and computer scientist. He is kn ...
(b. 1948), Soviet-American computer scientist *Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin, French transliteration: Léonide Massine (1896–1979), Russian choreographer and ballet dancer * Leonid Mezheritski (1930–2007), Soviet and Israeli still-life, portrait and landscape painter *
Leonid Moseyev Leonid Nikolaevich Moseyev (russian: Леонид Николаевич Мосеев; born October 21, 1952, in Metlyno, Chelyabinsk Oblast) is a retired male long-distance runner from the Soviet Union. Moseyev won the gold medal in the men's m ...
(b. 1952), Soviet and Russian long-distance runner *
Leonid Pasternak Leonid Osipovich Pasternak (born ''Yitzhok-Leib'', or ''Isaak Iosifovich, Pasternak''; russian: Леони́д О́сипович Пастерна́к, 3 April 1862 ( N.S.) – 31 May 1945) was a Russian post-impressionist painter. He was the ...
(1862–1945), Russian Impressionist painter *
Leonid Reiman Leonid Dodojonovich Reiman ( Russian: Леонид Дододжонович Рейман; born 12 July 1957, in Leningrad) is a Russian businessman and government official, former Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russ ...
(or Reyman) (b. 1957), Russian businessman and government official, currently Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russian Federation *Leonid Rozhetskin, (1966–20??), Russian-American financier and lawyer who disappeared in 2008; remains found in 2013 *Leonid Sagayduk (1929–1998), Soviet swimmer *Leonid Sigal, Russian violinist and conductor *Leonid Sobinov (1872–1934), Russian opera singer *Leonid Stadnyk (1970–2014), Ukrainian man named "world's tallest living man" by ''Guinness World Records 2008 *Leonid Stein (b. 1934), Soviet Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster chess player from Ukraine among the top ten players in the 1960s *Leonid Taranenko (b. 1956), 1980 Olympic weightlifting champion for the Soviet Union *Leonid Teyf, Russian-Israeli businessman *Leonid Toptunov (1960–1986), reactor control engineer killed in the Chernobyl disaster *Leonid Utyosov (Leyzer (Lazar) Vaysbeyn, or Weissbein) (1895–1982), Soviet and Russian jazz singer and comic actor *Leonid Volkov (politician), Leonid Volkov (b. 1980), Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia, Russian opposition politician, Technology specialist, IT specialist, Alexei Navalny аssociate *Leonid Voskresensky (1913–1965), Soviet rocket engineer and launch director for Sputnik *Leonid Yakubovich (b. 1945), Russian television host *Leonid Zhabotinsky (1938–2016), Soviet weightlifter and Olympic gold medalist Fictional characters include: *Leonid, the protagonist in Alexander Bogdanov’s 1908 Russian science fiction novel ''Red Star (novel), Red Star'' *Leonid, the protagonist in the Sergey Lukyanenko bibliography#Labyrinth, Labyrinth trilogy of cyberpunk novels written in the late 1990s by Russian science fiction writer Sergei Lukyanenko (''Labyrinth of Reflections'', ''False Mirrors'', and ''Transparent Stained-Glass Windows''). *Leonid Gorbovsky, in Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's series of science fiction novels set in the Noon Universe *Leonid Kovar, Russian superhero also known as Red Star (comics), Red Star *Leonid McGill, Manhattan private detective in fiction written by Walter Mosley *Leonid Pavel, Russian nuclear scientist in ''The Dark Knight Rises''


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* Alvis Leonides, a British air-cooled radial piston aero-engine * Leonidas (disambiguation) {{given name Ukrainian masculine given names Russian masculine given names Bulgarian masculine given names Macedonian masculine given names Given names of Greek language origin