Leonas is a Lithuanian masculine

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and

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; often a diminutive of

Leonardas Leonardas is a Lithuanian masculine given name. List of people named Leonardas * Leonardas Abramavičius (?-1960), Lithuanian chess player * Leonardas Andriekus (1914-2003), Lithuanian poet {{given name Lithuanian masculine given names Mas ...

, and a Lithuanianized form of "

Leon 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 ...

". Leonas () was also a GreekSuda, la.269
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/ref> and a Latin name.

Surname

Petras Leonas Petras Leonas (1864–1938) was a Lithuanian attorney and politician, the first Minister of Justice of the newly independent Lithuania in 1918. After graduating from Moscow University in 1889, Leonas held a government job at various courts in S ...

(1864–1938), Lithuanian attorney and politician * Silvestras Leonas (1894–1959), Lithuanian military officer and judge

Given name

*Leonas, a Greek rhetorician and sophist. Mentor of the philosopher

Proclus Proclus Lycius (; 8 February 412 – 17 April 485), called Proclus the Successor (, ''Próklos ho Diádokhos''), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers of late antiquity. He set forth one of th ...

Marinus, Life of Proclus, 8-9
/ref> * Leonas Alesionka (born 1949), Lithuanian politician *

Leonas Apšega Leonas Apšega (born 10 December 1940) is a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of 11 March ( ...

(born 1940), Lithuanian politician *

Leonas Baltrūnas Leonas Baltrūnas (20 October 1914 – 20 April 1993) was a Lithuanian basketball player and coach. He won two gold medals with Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939. Biography In 1937 he graduated Kauna ...

(1914–1993), Lithuanian basketball player and coach *

Leonas Bistras Leonas Bistras (20 October 1890 in Liepāja – 17 October 1971 in Kaunas) was one of the most prominent Lithuanian politicians of the interwar period. A Christian Democrat, he was in 1925 appointed Prime Minister of Lithuania. Bistras also headed ...

(1890–1971), Lithuanian politician, journalist, translator, philosopher and professor *

Leonas Juozapaitis Leonas Juozapaitis (18 January 1901 – 13 August 1980) was a Lithuanian footballer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. Juozapaitis was a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association ...

(1901–1980), Lithuanian footballer *

Leonas Koganas Moisiejus Leonas Koganas (February 20, 1894, Šiauliai – May 30, 1956, Vilnius) was a Lithuanian Jewish medical doctor specializing in lung diseases, particularly tuberculosis. In 1919, he graduated from Moscow University. During World War I, h ...

(1894–1956), Lithuanian physician *

Leonas Milčius Leonas Milčius (born 11 December 1942) is a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of 11 March ...

(born 1942), Lithuanian politician *

Leonas Petrauskas Leonas Eugenijus Petrauskas (1919 – 18 July 1994) was a Lithuanians, Lithuanian basketball player. He won two gold medals with the Lithuania men's national basketball team, Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBask ...

(1919–1994), Lithuanian basketball player *

Leonas Prapuolenis Leonas Prapuolenis (9 June 1913 – 23 July 1972) was a Lithuanian public figure, commander and leader of the June Uprising of 1941 in Lithuania. Born to a family of affluent farmers in Suvalkija, Prapuolenis was an active member of the Ateit ...

(1913–1972), Lithuanian public figure, commander and leader of the June Uprising of 1941 in Lithuania * Leonas Sapiega (1557–1633), Lithuanian nobleman and statesman

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