Leonid ( ; ; ) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is

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 * Léo ...

. People with the name include: * Leonid Agutin (born 1968), Russian pop musician and songwriter * Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), Russian playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionist movement in the national literature *

Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 190610 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until Death and state funeral of Leonid Brezhnev, his death in 1982 as w ...

(1906–1982), leader of the USSR from 1964 to 1982 * Leonid Buryak (b. 1953), USSR/Ukraine-born Olympic-medal-winning soccer player and coach * Leonid Bykov (1928–1979), Soviet and Ukrainian actor, film director, and script writer * Leonid Desyatnikov (b. 1955), Soviet and Russian opera and film composer * Leonid Feodorov (1879–1935), a bishop and Exarch for the Russian Catholic Church, and survivor of the

Gulag The Gulag was a system of Labor camp, forced labor camps in the Soviet Union. The word ''Gulag'' originally referred only to the division of the Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies, Soviet secret police that was in charge of runnin ...

* Leonid Filatov (1946–2003), Soviet and Russian actor, director, poet, and pamphleteer * Leonid Gaidai, (1923–1993), Soviet comedy film director * Leonid Geishtor (b. 1936), USSR (Belarus)-born Olympic champion Canadian pairs sprint canoer *

Leonid Gobyato Leonid Nikolaevich Gobyato (; 6 February 1875 – 21 May 1915) was a lieutenant-general (awarded posthumously in 1915) in the Imperial Russian Army and designer of the modern, man-portable mortar. Life and career Gobyato was born in the c ...

(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 outcom ...

(1917–2008), Russian-born American economist and mathematician who shared the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics * Leonid Ivanov (disambiguation), several people * Leonid Kadeniuk (1951–2018), first and only astronaut of independent Ukraine to fly into outer space *

Leonid Kharitonov (singer) Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov (; 18 September 1933 – 19 September 2017) was a Soviet and Russian bass-baritone (баритональный бас) singer. He was honored with People's Artist of the RSFSR and Honored Artist of RSFSR. In the ...

(1933–2017), Soviet and Russian bass-baritone singer *

Leonid Khrushchev Leonid Nikitovich Khrushchev (10 November 1917 – 11 March 1943) was a Soviet fighter pilot and the son of Nikita Khrushchev. Khrushchev served as a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Forces during the Winter War and the Eastern Front of World War ...

(1917–1943), missing aviator *

Leonid Kogan Leonid Borisovich Kogan (; ; 14 November 1924 – 17 December 1982) was a preeminent Soviet violinist during the 20th century. Many consider him to be among the greatest violinists of the 20th century. In particular, he is considered to have be ...

(1924–1982), Soviet and Russian violinist *

Leonid Kantorovich Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich (, ; 19 January 19127 April 1986) was a Soviet mathematician and economist, known for his theory and development of techniques for the optimal allocation of resources. He is regarded as the founder of linear programm ...

(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 ...

(1937–1983), 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 nati ...

(1915–1984), Soviet politician *

Leonid Krasin Leonid Borisovich Krasin (; – 24 November 1926) was a Russians, Russian Soviet Union, Soviet politician, engineer, social entrepreneur, Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet diplomat. In 1924 he became the first List of ambassadors of Russia to ...

(1870–1926), Soviet and Russian engineer and politician *

Leonid Kravchuk Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk (, ; 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 the Lisbon Protocol, undertaking to give up Ukrai ...

(1934–2022), Ukrainian politician and first

President of Ukraine The president of Ukraine (, ) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, conducts negotiations and concludes international treaties. ...

Leonid Krupnik Leonid Krupnik (born July 15, 1979) is a former footballer and current coach. He played college soccer at the University of California, Berkeley. He played soccer professionally for the Des Moines Menace, MetroStars, Wilmington Hammer ...

(b. 1979), Ukrainian-born American-Israeli former soccer player and current soccer coach * Leonid Kuchma (b. 1938), second President of Ukraine * Leonid Kuravlyov (1936–2022), Soviet and Russian actor * Leonid Levin (b. 1948), Soviet-American computer scientist *Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin, French transliteration:

Léonide Massine Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin (), better known in the West by the French transliteration as Léonide Massine (15 March 1979), was a Russian choreographer and ballet dancer. Massine created the world's first symphonic ballet, ''Les Présages'', and ...

(1896–1979), Russian choreographer and ballet dancer * Leonid Mezheritski (1930–2007), Soviet and Israeli still-life, portrait and landscape painter * Leonid Moseyev (b. 1952), Soviet and Russian long-distance runner * Leonid Pasternak (1862–1945), Russian Impressionist painter * Leonid Reiman (or Reyman) (b. 1957), Russian businessman and government official, currently Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the

Russian Federation Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

* 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 ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a British reference book published annually, list ...

2008 * Leonid Stupnyckj (1891-1944),

Commander Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank as well as a job title in many army, armies. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countri ...

and Figure in the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army * Leonid Stein (1934–1973), Soviet 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 Leonid Fedorovych Toptunov (, ; 16 August 1960 – 14 May 1986) was a Soviet nuclear engineer who was the senior reactor control chief engineer at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Unit 4 on the night of the Chernobyl disaster, 26 April ...

(1960–1986), reactor control engineer killed in the

Chernobyl disaster On 26 April 1986, the no. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located near Pripyat, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), exploded. With dozens of direct casualties, it is one of only ...

Leonid Utyosov Leonid Osipovich Utesov, also spelled Utyosov or Utiosov, born Lazar (Leyzer) Iosifovich Vaysbeyn or Weissbein (, Odessa – 9 March 1982, Moscow), was a famous Soviet estrada singer, and comic actor, who became the first pop singer to be award ...

(Leyzer (Lazar) Vaysbeyn, or Weissbein) (1895–1982), Soviet and Russian jazz singer and comic actor * Leonid Volkov (b. 1980),

Russian opposition Opposition to the government of President Vladimir Putin in Russia, commonly referred to as the Russian opposition, can be divided between the parliamentary opposition parties in the State Duma and the various Non-system opposition, non-systemi ...

politician, IT specialist,

Alexei Navalny Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny (, ; 4 June 197616 February 2024) was a Russian Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia, opposition leader, anti-corruption in Russia, corruption activist and political prisoner. He founded the Anti-Corruption Found ...

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 A red star, five-pointed and filled, is a symbol that has often historically been associated with communist ideology, particularly in combination with the hammer and sickle, but is also used as a purely socialist symbol in the 21st century. ...

'' *Leonid, the protagonist in the 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, the protagonist in

Jonathan Hickman Jonathan Hickman is an American comic book writer and artist, best known for his creator-owned series '' The Nightly News'', '' The Manhattan Projects'' and '' East of West'', as well as his lengthy stints as a writer on Marvel's '' Fantastic Fo ...

's S.H.I.E.L.D. comic * Leonid Gorbovsky, in

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky The brothers Arkady Strugatsky (28 August 1925 – 12 October 1991) and Boris Strugatsky (14 April 1933 – 19 November 2012) were Soviet and Russian science-fiction authors who collaborated through most of their careers. Their notable works in ...

's series of science fiction novels set in the Noon Universe *Leonid Kovar, Russian superhero also known as

*Leonid McGill, Manhattan private detective in fiction written by Walter Mosley *Leonid Pavel, Russian nuclear scientist in ''

The Dark Knight Rises ''The Dark Knight Rises'' is a 2012 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan, and the story with David S. Goyer. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, it is the final instal ...

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