De León or de León or De Leon is a Spanish origin surname, often toponymic, in which case it may possibly indicate an ultimate family origin in the Kingdom of León or the later Province of León. The name may refer to:
Homero Tovar De Leòn (born 2000)
Alonso de León (c. 1639–1691), Spanish explorer and governor
Antonio de León Pinelo (1589–1675), Spanish attorney, judge, and historian
Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León ([?]-1720), Spanish colonial officer, interim viceroy of Peru 1716
Aracelli de León (1951–1999), Latin American voice actress
Aya de Leon (born 1967), American writer and poet
Carlos Enrique Díaz de León (1910–1971), President of Guatemala 1954
Charito de León (born 1939), Filipina actress
Daniel De Leon (1852–1914), Curaçao-born Sephardic Jew, American socialist and trade unionist
Diego de León y Navarrete (1807-1841), Spanish military figure
Edwin de Leon (1818-1891), American/Confederate diplomat and writer
Gerardo de León (born 1924), Filipino film actor and director
Gil de León (born 1925), Filipino film actor and director
Joey de Leon (born 1946), Filipino comedian and television host
José García de León y Pizarro (1770–1835), Minister of State of Spain 1816–1818
Juan Manuel de León Merchante (1626–1680), Spanish dramatist
Juan Ponce de León (1460–1521), Spanish explorer and conquistador
Juan Ponce de León II (1524-1591), first Puerto Rican governor of Puerto Rico
Juan Velázquez de León (died 1520), Spanish conquistador with Hernán Cortés
Juana María de los Dolores de León Smith (1798–1872), wife of General Sir Harry Smith, Governor of the Cape Colony, South Africa
Kathleen de Leon Jones (born 1977), Australian singer and television performer
Luis de León (1527–1591), Spanish lyric poet and Augustinian friar
Luis Ponce de León (governor of New Spain) briefly the governor of New Spain, from July 4, 1526 to July 16, 1526
Michael De León, baseball player
Miguel de León (born 1962), Venezuelan actor
Mike de León (Miguel de Leon) (born 1947), Filipino film director, scriptwriter, and producer
Moses de León or Moshe ben Shem-Tov (1250–1305), Spanish rabbi and Kabbalist
Nick DeLeon (born 1990), American soccer player for D.C. United
Oscar de León (born 1943), Venezuelan singer
Pablo de León (born 1964), Argentine aerospace engineer
Pedro Cieza de León (1520–1554), Jewish-origin New Christian Spanish conquistador and historian
Rafael De Leon pr Roaring Lion (1908–1999), Trinidadian calypsonian
Ramiro de León Carpio (1942–2002), President of Guatemala 1993–1996
Rudy de Leon (born August 28, 1952), American Deputy Secretary of Defense
Thomas Cooper de Leon (1839–1914), American journalist, author, and playwright
Tiburcio de Leon, Filipino revolutionary general
Van de León (born 1925), Filipino actor
carlos de León (born May 3, 1959), Puerto Rican boxer
Joaquín Velázquez de León, Minister of State
Pedro Ponce de León (1520-1584), Spanish Benedictine monk
Victor De Leon III aka Lil Poison, (born May 6, 1998) recognized by Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest professional video game player
Cervantes de León, character in the Soul Series of fighting games
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