Leader is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Benjamin Williams Leader (1831–1923), English artist
Bill Leader, English record producer
George M. Leader (1918-2013), American politician
Guy Leader (1887-1978), American politician
Imre Leader (born 1963), British mathematician
Jeffery J. Leader (born 1963), American mathematician
Joyce Ellen Leader (born 1942), American diplomat
Otis Wilson Leader, a World War II Choctaw code talker
Zachary Leader (born 1946), American professor of English Literature
