Leonard Krieger

Leonard Krieger (1918–1990) was an American historian who paid particular attention to Modern Europe, especially Germany. He was influential as an intellectual historian, and particularly for his discussion of historicism. He has been called "the most intellectual historian in the United States during the Cold War".

Krieger was born in Newark, New Jersey. His brother was the literary theorist Murray Krieger. He died of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) in 1990.