Variations
The name has variants in other languages: * Anard/Nardu/Lewnardu/Leunardu (Maltese) * Leen, Leendert, Lenard (Dutch) * Lehnertz, Lehnert (Luxembourgish) * Len (English) * Lénárd (Hungarian) * Lenart (disambiguation) (Slovene) * Linhart (Czech) * Lennard, diminutive forms Lenny * Lennart (Swedish, Estonian, Dutch) * Lennert (German, Dutch) * Lev (Ukrainian) * Lenni (Finnish) * Lenno (In other languages
* Armenian: Լեոնարդ (Leonard) * Croatian: Leonard * Czech: Leonard * French: Léonard * Georgian: ლეონარდ (Leonard) * German: Leonard, Leonhard, Leonhardt, Lennart * Greek: Λεονάρδος (Leonárdos) *Given name
* Leonard Adleman (born 1945), American computer scientist * Léonard Autié (1751–1820), French hairdresser * Leonard Baskin (1922–2000), American artist * Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), American conductor and composer * Leonard Burton (born 1964), American football player * Leonard of Chios (died 1458), Catholic archbishop * Leonard Cohen (1934–2016), Canadian singer-songwriter * Leonard Cheshire (1917–1992), British philanthropist * Leonard Doroftei (born 1970), Romanian boxer * Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), Swiss mathematician * Leonardo Fibonacci (c. 1170 – after 1240), Italian mathematician * Leonard Fairley (born 1951), American football player * Leonard Fournette (born 1995), American football player * Leonhard Fuchs (1501–1566), German physician and natural historian * Leonard Hackney (1855–1938), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court * Leonard Harsh (1801–1866), American politician from Ohio * Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann (born 1934), British judge * Leonard Humphries (born 1970), American football player * Leonard Labatt (1838–1897), Swedish tenor * Leonard Lance (born 1952), American politician * Leonard Lansink (born 1956), German actor * Leonard Lauder (1933–2025), American cosmetics industry executive * Leonard "Lenny" Kravitz (born 1964), American singer and songwriter * Leonard M. Kravitz (1931–1951), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * Leonard Francis Lindoy (born 1937), Australian chemist * Leonard Livingston (1920–1998), Australian cricketer * Leonard Maltin (born 1950), American film critic and film historian * Leonard Marchand (1933–2016), Canadian politician * Leonard Mlodinow (born 1954), American physicist and writer * Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015), American actor and film director * Leonard of Noblac (died 559), Frankish nobleman * Leonard Peikoff (born 1933), Canadian philosopher * Leonard Peltier (born 1944), American Activist * Leonard Pitts (born 1957), American journalist * Leonard of Port Maurice (1676–1751), Italian saint * Leonard Roberts (born 1972), American actor * Leonard "Lennie" Rosenbluth (1933–2022), American basketball player * Leonard Rosenman (1924–2008), American composer * Leonard Rossiter (1926–1984), English actor * Leonard Silverman (1930–2015), New York politician and judge *Surname
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* Ada Leonard (1915–1997), American bandleader * Adam Leonard (singer-songwriter) (born 1969), English singer-songwriter * Adna Wright Leonard (1874–1943), Methodist Bishop of Buffalo NY * André-Joseph Léonard (born 1940), Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels * Andrew Leonard, American technology journalist * Andy Leonard (1846–1903), baseball * Benny Leonard (born Benjamin Leiner; "The Ghetto Wizard", 1896–1947), American world champion Hall of Fame lightweight boxer * Bill Leonard (politician) (born 1947), American politician * Bobby Leonard (1932–2021), American basketball coach * Brad Leonard (born 1979), New Zealand cricketer * Brendon Leonard (born 1985), rugby union * Brian Leonard (born 1984), American football * Buck Leonard (1907–1997), baseball * Cecil Leonard (1946–2020), American football * Chuck Leonard (1937–2004), radio * Conrad Leonard (1898–2003), pianist * Cynthia Leonard (1828–1908), suffragist * Deane Leonard (born 1999), American football player * Dennis Leonard (born 1951), baseball * Dick Leonard (1930–2021), British politician * Dutch Leonard (left-handed pitcher) (1892–1952, Hubert Benjamin Leonard), baseball * Dutch Leonard (right-handed pitcher) (Emil John Leonard, 1909–1983), baseball * Edwin Leonard (1823–1900), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient * Ego Leonard, anonymous Dutch sculptor, painter, guerrilla artist * Elijah Leonard (1814–1891), Canadian politician * Elizabeth Weeks Leonard, American professor *G–L
* Gary Leonard (born 1967), basketball * George Leonard (1923–2010), American author * Glenn Leonard (born 1947), American musician * Gloria Leonard (1940–2014), actress * Graham Leonard (1921–2010), Anglican Bishop converted to Catholicism * Gustav Leonhardt (1928–2012), Dutch musician, conductor, musicologist * Harlan Leonard (1905–1983), American jazz musician * Harry Ward Leonard (1861–1915), inventor * Herbert Léonard (1945–2025), French singer, entertainer and historian * Herbert B. Leonard (1922–2006), American producer and writer * Herman Leonard (1923–2010), photographer * Hookey Leonard, Scottish professional footballer * Hubert Léonard (1819–1890), Belgian violinist * Hugh Leonard (1926–2009), Irish playwright * Isabel Leonard (born 1982), American operatic mezzo-soprano * J. Paul Leonard (1901–1995), American university president, educator * J. Rich Leonard, American judge * Jack E. Leonard (1910–1973), comedian * Jacqueline Leonard (born 1965), Scottish actress * James Leonard (disambiguation), several people * Jason Leonard (born 1968), English rugby union player * Jeffrey Leonard (born 1955), American baseball player * Jerris Leonard (1931–2006), American politician * Jim Leonard (disambiguation), several people * Jimmy Leonard (1927–2022), Irish politician * Joe Leonard (1932–2017), motorsports * John J. Leonard, mayor of Bolingbrook, Illinois * John Leonard (critic) (1939–2008), American critic, pen name Cyclops * John Leonard (Gaelic footballer) (born 1976), Gaelic football goalkeeper * John Leonard (poet) (born 1965), Australian poet * Johnny Leonard (1903–1995), Australian rules football * Joseph John Henry Leonard (1863–1929), Australian illustrator * Joshua Leonard (born 1975), actor * Justin Leonard (born 1972), American golfer * Kawhi Leonard (born 1991), American basketball player * Larry Leonard (1934–2002), American politician * Lee Leonard (1929–2018), US TV personality * Louise Wareham Leonard, American authorM–Z
* Marion Leonard (1881–1956), actress * Mark Leonard (footballer) (born 1962), association football * Marshall Leonard (born 1980), soccer player * Matthew Leonard (1929–1967), Medal of Honor recipient * Meyers Leonard (born 1992), American basketball player * Michael Leonard (disambiguation), several people * Minnetta Sammis Leonard (1879 – 1960), American educator * Miriam Leonard (born 1977), British professor of Greek literature * Patricia Leonard (1936–2010), English opera singer * Patrick James Leonard (1847–1899), Medal of Honor recipient * Patrick Leonard (born 1956), American songwriter * Patrick Thomas Leonard (1828–1905), Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient * Paul Leonard (politician) (born 1943), American politician * Paul Leonard (writer), UK author * Philippe Léonard (born 1974), soccer * Priscilla Leonard, pen name for Emily Perkins Bissell, an American social worker and activist * Ranginui Parewahawaha Leonard (1872–1984), New Zealand weaver, farmer and kuia * Rick Leonard (born 1996), American football * Robert A. Leonard, American linguist known for his forensic work and former singer for Sha Na Na * Robert Maynard Leonard (1869–1941), English journalist and editor * Robert Sean Leonard (born 1969), actor * Robert Z. Leonard (1889–1968), director * Ronald Leonard, cellist * Ryan Leonard (ice hockey) (born 2005), American ice hockey player * Ralph Leonard, international British Nigerian journalist, film critic, author * Sarah Leonard (archer) (1862–1951), archery * Scott Leonard (born 1965), American musician * Shaquille Leonard (born 1995), American football * Sheldon Leonard (1907–1997), American film and TV producer * Silvio Leonard (born 1955), Cuban sprinter * Sonny Leonard (1943–2021), American businessman * Stan Leonard (1915–2005), Canadian golfer * Stephen B. Leonard (1793–1876), American politician * Steve Leonard (born 1972), English TV personality * Sugar Ray Leonard (born 1956), American boxer * Thomas Arthur Leonard (1864–1948), English pioneer of outdoor holidays * Tom Leonard (Irish politician) (1924–2004) * Tom Leonard (poet) (1944–2018), Scottish poet * Tony Leonard (born 1947), Australian radio presenter * Turney W. Leonard (1921–1944), Medal of Honor recipient * Vincent Leonard (1908–1994), Bishop of Pittsburgh * William E. Leonard (1836–1891), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient * William Ellery Leonard (1876–1944), American poet * William J. Leonard (1927–2006), American football * William Leonard (Scottish politician) (1887–1969) * Wrexie Leonard (1867–1937), American astronomer * Leonard (baseball), first name unknown, played in one Major League Baseball game in 1892Fictional characters
* Anatole Leonard, in the ''Robotech'' series * Leonard (demon), in the ''Dictionnaire Infernal'' * Léonard, title character in the Belgian comic of the same name * Leonard, a character from '' Total Drama: Pahkitew Island'' and '' The Ridonculous Race'' * Leonard W. "Lennie" Briscoe, a detective in ''Law & Order'' * Private Leonard Church, from ''Red vs. Blue'' * Leonard Hofstadter, in ''The Big Bang Theory'' * Leonard von Lahnstein, character from German soap opera ''Forbidden Love'' * Lenny Leonard, in ''The Simpsons'' * Lockie Leonard, in children's novels by Tim Winton * Leonard McCoy, in the ''Star Trek'' series * King Leonard Mudbeard, a ruler of Piggy Island and antagonist of '' The Angry Birds Movie'' * Leonard Rollins, a character in '' Silver Spoons'' * Leonard Shelby, main character in the movie ''Memento'' * Lennie Small, in the novel '' Of Mice and Men'' * Leonard Smith, a character in the American sitcom '' It's Garry Shandling's Show'' * Leonard Snart, Captain Cold from ''The Flash comics'' and TV series * Leonard "Lenny" Summers, a character from '' Red Dead Redemption 2''See also
* Lenard, surname * Saint Leonard (disambiguation) * St Leonards (disambiguation)References
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