The given name Leo comes from the Latin word leo, meaning "lion". It can also be a nickname for a name such as Leonard or Leopold.
The name can refer to:
In arts and entertainment
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
Léo Delibes (1836–1891), French composer of ballets, operas, and other works
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 Ku (born 1972), Hong Kong singer and actor
Léo Rispal (born 2000), French singer
Leo Sayer (born 1948), British-born Australian pop musician
Léo Stronda (born 1992), Brazilian singer
Leo Tolstoy (1826–1910), Russian novelist
Politicians and statesmen
Léo Cadieux (1908-2005), Canadian politician, Minister of National Defense from 1967 to 1970
Leo Deslatte (born 1946), American mayor
Leo von Caprivi (1831-1899), German general and Chancellor of Germany
Leo Ryan (1925-1978), California Congressman; killed at Jonestown
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, American Jew murdered by a lynch mob in 1915
Leo Jogiches, (1867-1919), Russian Marxist revolutionary
Leo Laporte (born 1956), American technology broadcaster and author
Leo Loudenslager (1944-1997), American world champion aerobatics aviator
Leo Major, French-Canadian World War II hero
Leo Strauss, American political philosopher
Leo Corbett (Power Rangers), on the television series Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy
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 Wong, the father of Amy Wong on the television series Futurama
Leo Valdez, demigod son of Hephaestus from Heroes of Olympus
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, a fictional character from the American animated series Little Einsteins
A character in the anime and manga series Fairy Tail, who also goes by the name of "Loke"
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