*leo*(the male first name) - -KINGDOM OF JOGA-

(latin for ‘lion’)
(nickname for “leonard” / “leopold” / “leonardo”)

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*ALLIED POWERS*

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*as of ’29 august 2020’*

en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leo_(given_name)

Leo (given name) – Wikipedia

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Leo is a Latin given name. It is usually a masculine given name and it comes from the Latin word leo which in turns comes from the Greek word λέων meaning “lion”. It can also be a nickname for a name such as Leonard or Leopold.

The name can refer to:

People[edit]

In religion[edit]

Pope Leo (disambiguation), 13 popes, some also saints

Saint Leo of Catania

(709–789),

Catholic and Orthodox saint

Leo of Constantinople (fl. 1134–1143), Patriarch of Constantinople

Leo Rajendram Antony (1927–2012), 4th Bishop of Trincomalee

Leo Zhedenov (1883–1959), member of the Russian apostolate

Rulers[edit]

Emperor Leo (disambiguation), six Byzantine emperors

King Leo (disambiguation), various kings and monarchs with the ruling name Leo

Scientists[edit]

Reona Leo Esaki (born 1925), Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate

Leo Irakliotis, Greek computer scientist

Leo Kadanoff (born 1937), American physicist

Leó Szilárd (1898–1964), Jewish Hungarian-American physicist

In sports[edit]

Association football[edit]

Léo (footballer, born 1975), Brazilian football leftback

Leo (footballer, born 1989), Brazilian football striker

Léo (footballer, born 1990), Brazilian football goalkeeper

Leo Beenhakker (born 1942), Dutch football manager

Leo Bosschart (1888–1951), Dutch footballer

Leo Fortune-West (born 1971), English footballer

Leo Messi (born 1987), Argentine footballer

Other sports[edit]

Leo Barry (born 1977), Australian rules footballer

Leo Cantor (1919–1995), American NFL football player

Leo Durocher (1905–1991), American baseball player and manager

Leo Klein Gebbink (born 1968), Dutch field hockey player

Leo Koloamatangi (born 1994), American football player

Leo Komarov (born 1987), Finnish ice hockey player

Leo Mazzone (born 1948), pitching coach for the Atlanta Braves and the Baltimore Orioles

Leo Nomellini (1924–2000), American football player in both the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame

Leo Peelen (1968–2017), Dutch track cyclist

Leo Visser (born 1966), Dutch ice speed skater

Leo van Vliet (born 1855), Dutch road bicycle racer

In arts and entertainment[edit]

Leo Arnaud (1904–1991), French-American composer

Leo de Berardinis (1940–2008), Italian stage actor and theatre director

Leo de Bever (1930–2015), Dutch architect

Leo G. Carroll (1886–1972), English actor

Leo Chiosso (1920 – 2006), Italian lyricist

Léo Delibes (1836–1891), French composer of ballets, operas, and other works

Leonardo DiCaprio (born 1974), American actor

Léo Ferré (1916–1993), French poet and composer

Leo F. Forbstein (1892–1948), American film musical director and orchestra conductor

Leo Gorcey (1917–1969), American actor

Leo Howard (born 1997), star of Disney XD’s Kickin’ It

Leo von König (1871–1944), German painter

Leo Kottke (born 1945), American Finger-style Guitarist

Leo Ku (born 1972), Hong Kong singer and actor

Léo Rispal (born 2000), French singer

Leo Rosten (1908–1997), American humorist

Leo Sayer (born 1948), British-born Australian pop musician

Léo Stronda (born 1992), Brazilian singer

Leo Tolstoy (1826–1910), Russian novelist

Politicians and statesmen[edit]

Léo Cadieux (1908–2005), Canadian politician, Minister of National Defense from 1967 to 1970

Leo von Caprivi (1831–1899), German general and Chancellor of Germany

Leo Ryan (1925–1978), California Congressman killed at Jonestown

Léo d’Ursel (1867–1934), Belgian diplomat

Leo Varadkar (1979-), Prime Minister of Ireland

Other[edit]

Leo Africanus (c. 1494–c. 1554?), Andalusian Berber Moorish diplomat and author

Leo Burnett (1891–1971), American advertising executive

Leo Fender (1909–1991), American inventor, maker of electric guitars

Leo Frank (1884–1915), American Jew murdered by a lynch mob

Leo Jogiches, (1867–1919), Russian Marxist revolutionary

Leo Krim (2010-2012), American child killed along with his sister Lucia by their nanny

Leo Laporte (born 1956), American technology broadcaster and author

Leo Loudenslager (1944–1997), American world champion aerobatics aviator

Léo Major (1921–2008), French-Canadian World War II and Korean War soldier

Leo Strauss (1899–1973), American political philosopher

A. Leo Levin (1919–2015), American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fictional characters[edit]

Leo Corbett (Power Rangers), on the television series Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy

Leo from the manga series, Pandora Hearts

Leo Jones (Doctor Who), on the television series Doctor Who

Leo Kliesen, a German spelunker in the Tekken series

Leo Kovalensky, from the novel We the Living by Ayn Rand

Leo McGarry, on the television series The West Wing

Leo Fitz, on the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., played by Iain De Caestecker

Leo, a nickname for Leonardo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Leo Wong, the father of Amy Wong on the television series Futurama

Leo Valdez, a son of Hephaestus from Rick Riordan’s The Heroes of Olympus fantasy novel series

Leo Wyatt, on the television series Charmed

Uncle Leo, on the television series Seinfeld

Leo (That ’70s Show), on the television series That ’70s Show, played by Tommy Chong

Leo (comics), in the Marvel universe

Leo (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s), in the manga series Yu-Gi-Oh!

A character in the video game series Tekken

A character in the opera Leo, the Royal Cadet

A character in the video game Final Fantasy VI

A character in Red Earth (video game) (aka Warzard)

Leo, in the American animated series Little Einsteins

A character in the anime and manga series Fairy Tail, who also goes by the name of “Loke”

A character in the video game Fire Emblem Fates

Leo, a character in the Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger

Leo Lieberman, daughter of David “Micro” Lieberman and Sarah Lieberman in The Punisher, portrayed by Ripley Sobo

Leo demidov, character in “Child 44”