Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to:

Places

Europe

León, Spain León (; ) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the province of León, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León, in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. It has a population of 124,303 (2019), ...

, capital city of the Province of León *

Province of León León (, ; ; ; ) is a province of northwestern Spain in the northern part of the Region of León and in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. About one quarter of its population of 463,746 (2018) lives in the c ...

, Spain *

Kingdom of León The Kingdom of León was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in 910 when the Christian princes of Kingdom of Asturias, Asturias along the Bay of Biscay, northern coast of the peninsula ...

, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again from 1296 to 1301 *

León (historical region) Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

, composed of the Spanish provinces León, Salamanca, and Zamora *

Viscounty of Léon The Viscounty or County of Léon () was a Feudalism, feudal state in extreme western Brittany in the High Middle Ages. Though nominally a vassal of the sovereign duke of Brittany, Léon was functionally independent of any external controls until th ...

, a feudal state in France during the 11th to 13th centuries * Saint-Pol-de-Léon, a commune in Brittany, France * Léon, Landes, a commune in Aquitaine, France * Isla de León, a Spanish island *

Leon (Souda Bay) Leon (, "lion"), also known colloquially as Nisi ("the island") and during Republic of Venice, Venetian rule as Rabbit Island, is an islet in Souda Bay on the northwest coast of Crete. On the southeast side of the islet, a small distance away, ...

, an islet in Souda Bay, Chania, on the island of Crete

North America

León, Guanajuato León (), officially León de Los Aldama, is the most populous city and municipal seat of the municipality of León in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. In the 2020 census, INEGI reported 1,579,803 people living in the city of León and 1,721,21 ...

, Mexico, a large city * Leon, California, United States, a ghost town *

Leon, Iowa Leon is a city in and the county seat of Decatur County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,822 at the time of the 2020 census. The city is located near the Little River Lake Recreation Area. Leon is home to a major rodeo that has been R ...

, United States * Leon, Kansas, United States * Leon, New York, United States * Leon, Oklahoma, United States * Leon, Virginia, United States * Leon, West Virginia, United States *

Leon, Wisconsin (disambiguation) Leon is the name of places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin: * Leon (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Leon, Monroe County, Wisconsin, a town * Leon, Waushara County, Wisconsin, a town {{geodis ...

, United States, several places * New Kingdom of León, a territory of Spain (1582-1821) in Mexico, roughly corresponding in area to modern Nuevo León *

Leon County, Florida Leon County () is a County (United States), county in the Florida Panhandle, Panhandle of the U.S. state of Florida. It was named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population w ...

* Leon County, Texas *

Leon Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota Leon Township is a township in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 345 at the 2000 census. History Leon Township was organized in 1897. The township was named for Leon Dickinson, the first white birth within its bord ...

Leon Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota Leon Township is a township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 942 at the 2000 census. History Leon Township was organized in 1858, and was probably named after the Kingdom of León. Geography According to the Unit ...

Leon River The Leon River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It has three primary forks - the North, Middle, and South Leon Rivers, which meet near Eastland and then run for around until it meets with the Lampasas River and the Salado Creek to f ...

, Texas

Central America

León Department León () is a department in Nicaragua Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-mo ...

, Nicaragua *

León, Nicaragua León () is the second largest city in Nicaragua, after Managua. Founded by the Spanish as Santiago de los Caballeros de León, it is the capital and largest city of León Department. , the municipality of León has an estimated population of ...

, capital city of the León Department

Other places

Leon, Iloilo Leon, officially the Municipality of Leon (, , ), is a municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 51,990 people. It is known as the "Vegetable Basket of Iloilo Province" due to its s ...

, Philippines, a 2nd class municipality *

Leon, Togo Leon, Togo is a village in the Doufelgou Prefecture in the Kara Region of north-eastern Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Tog ...

, a village *

Leon River (Colombia) The Leon River is a river of Urabá Antioquia, Colombia. It drains into the Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere, located south of the Gulf of Mexico and ...

People

People with the nickname or stage name

Leon (Japanese wrestler) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Leon. Trained by Hyper Visual Fighting Arsion, Takase made her debut for the promotion in March 2000, working under her real name. After a change in management, Arsion was ren ...

, (born 1980), Japanese professional wrestler *

Leon Robinson Leon Preston Robinson (born March 8, 1962), usually credited as simply Leon, is an American actor and singer who began his professional career as a film actor in the early 1980s. He is best known for his roles as J.T. Matthews in the 1991 Rob ...

(born 1962), African-American actor and singer usually credited as "Leon" * Leon (German singer) (born 1969), German performer in the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest * Léon (Swedish singer) (born 1993), Swedish singer * El León, (born 1975), Puerto Rican professional wrestler * Frère León (1871–1955), Franco-Cuban botanist, born Joseph Sylvestre Sauget, known by the botanical author abbreviation León * Leon Boga, nickname of Aromanian writer, schoolteacher and archivist in Romania Leonida T. Boga (1886–1974) *

Leon Russell Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges; April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016) was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling records during his 60-year career that spanned multiple genres, including rock a ...

(1942–2016), American singer and songwriter

People with the name

Leon (given name) Leon () is a first name of Greek origin, meaning "lion". It gave rise to similar names in other languages, including the Latin ''Leo'', French ''Lyon'' or ''Léon'', Irish ''Leon'', Spanish ''León'', Levon Լեվոն Armenian or Georgian ...

, people whose first name is Leon * Leon (surname)

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Leon (''Dead or Alive'') * Leon (''Squirrel Boy'') * Leon, main character from the game '' The Legend of Oasis'' * Leon, a character on ''

The Andy Griffith Show ''The Andy Griffith Show '' is an American sitcom television series that was aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color. The series ...

'' * Leon, a character from the game ''Pokémon Sword and Shield'' *''Leon'', from the Supercell game ''

Brawl Stars ''Brawl Stars'' is a multiplayer online battle arena and third-person hero shooter video game developed and published by Finnish video game company Supercell (company), Supercell. The game was released worldwide on 12 December 2018, on iOS an ...

'' and '' Squad Busters'' *Leon, from the game '' Rune Factory 4'' *Léon, a young male cyclops created by

Annie Groovie Annie Groovie (the pen name of Annie Trudelle, born in Trois-Rivières April 11, 1970), is a '' Québécois'' writer and illustrator of children's literature. She wrote a series of books and comic strips featuring ''Léon'', a young male cyclops. ...

* Leon, a ''Battle Arena Toshinden'' character *

Leon Garcia de Asturias Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

, on ''Trinity Blood'' * Leon Belmont, a ''Castlevania'' character * Leon Elliott, a ''Black Cat'' character * Leon D. Geeste, a '' Star Ocean 2'' character * Leon Jefferson III, in ''Baby Driver'' * Leon Karp, a ''Roseanne'' character * Leon S. Kennedy, a ''Resident Evil'' character * Leon Kowalski, a ''Blade Runner'' character * Leon Kuwata, from the game ''Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc'' *

Squall Leonhart is a character and the main protagonist of ''Final Fantasy VIII'', a role-playing video game that was produced by Square (video game company), Square (now Square Enix). Within the game's plot, Squall is a 17-year-old student at Balamb Garden, a ...

, aka Leon, a ''Final Fantasy'' character * Leon Magnus, a ''Tales of Destiny'' character * Leone "Léon" Montana, the titular protagonist of '' Léon: The Professional'' * Leon Powalski, a ''Star Fox'' character * Leongar, aka Leon, a character in ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'' * Leon, aka Leon of Light, a character from the game ''Crusaders Quest'' * Leon, a character from the RPG Maker game ''8:11'' * Leon Bronev, a character from the series Professor Layton * Leon, a character from the series

Fire Emblem is a Video games in Japan, Japanese fantasy tactical role-playing game franchise developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. First produced and published for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990, the series currently con ...

* Léon, a circus lion character from the series

Ace Attorney ''Ace Attorney'' is a visual novel franchise developed by Capcom. With storytelling fashioned after legal dramas, the first entry in the series, '' Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney'', was released in 2001; since then five further main series game ...

* Leon, a character in the otome game ''Fateful Forces'' * Leon, an NPC in the

MiHoYo MiHoYo Co., Ltd. is a Chinese Video game development studio, video game development and publishing company founded in 2012 and headquartered in Shanghai. The company is best known for developing the ''Honkai'' franchise, ''Tears of Themis'', '' ...

game

Genshin Impact ''Genshin Impact'' is a 2020 action role-playing game produced by MiHoYo, MiHoYo/HoYoverse. The game features an anime-style open world environment and an action-based Role-playing battle systems, battle system using Classical element, element ...

* Leon, a character in the game ''Toca Life World'' * Leon, a character from the series IDOLM@ASTER * Leon, a character from the series Langrisser * Leon, aka Leonhart (not to be confused with

), a character from the game Final Fantasy II * Leon, a character in the otome game ''Star-Crossed Myth'' * Leon Fou Bartfort, the protagonist of ''Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs'' * Leon, a character in the mobile otome game ''Kiss me, Kill me: Otome Game'' * Leon von Schroeder, a character from the series ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' * León Vargas, the male lead character in the Disney Channel telenovela series, '' Violetta''

Works

* ''Leon'' (TV series), an animated TV series for children * '' Léon: The Professional'', a 1994 thriller film directed by Luc Besson * ''Léon'' (album), a 2019 album by Swedish singer-songwriter Léon * ''Leon'' (Leon Bridges album), a 2024 album by Leon Bridges * "Leon", a track on the album '' Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da'' by Madness

Businesses

* Léon & Lévy, French maker of stereoscopic views and postcards, founded 1864 * Leon Restaurants, fast food chain based in the United Kingdom * Leon's, a Canadian furniture retailer

Ships

* Greek destroyer ''Leon'' (1912) * Greek destroyer ''Leon'' (D54) (1951–1992) * , a World War II attack transport

Sports clubs

Club León Club León is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in León, Guanajuato, León, Guanajuato, that competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. The club was founded in 1944 ...

, Mexican professional football club from León, Guanajuato * León de Huánuco, Peruvian professional football club from Huánuco, Huánuco Region

Technology

* Leon (software), a vocal for Vocaloid software * LEON, a microprocessor *

SEAT León The SEAT León (), also spelled Leon in some other languages (named after the city of León, Spain, León, which also means "Lion" in Spanish), is a small family car built by the Spanish car manufacturer SEAT since October 1999.ETKA The first ...

, a car from the Spanish manufacturer SEAT