Leon (family name)
Leon , Léon or León is the family name of the following people:
Name bearer
A.
- Abraham Léon (1918–1944), Jewish communist
- Adriana Leon (* 1992), Canadian soccer player
- Alberto León (1973–2011), Spanish cyclist
- Ana Lucia de Leon (* 1991), Guatemalan badminton player
- Ángel León (1907–1979), Spanish marksman
- Ángel Antonio León († 1996), Mexican football goalkeeper
- Antonio León Ortega (1907–1991), Spanish sculptor
- Argeliers León (1918–1991), Cuban musicologist and educator, folklorist and composer
- Arthur Saint-Léon (1821–1870), French violinist, dancer, choreographer and dance theorist
- Arturo de León , Uruguayan soccer player
B.
- Brandon de León (* 1993), Guatemalan football player
- Braulio Rafael León Villegas (* 1945), Mexican priest, emeritus bishop of Ciudad Guzmán
C.
- Carlos Enrique Díaz de León (1910–1971), Guatemalan politician
- Cayo Marqués de San Carlos Quiñones de León (1819–1898), Spanish diplomat
- Christoph Leon , Swiss classical archaeologist and art dealer
- Clyde Leon (* 1983), soccer player for Trinidad & Tobago
- Constantino León (* 1974), Peruvian long-distance runner
D.
- David Leon (* 1980), British actor and director
- Diego León (* 1984), Spanish soccer player
- Diego García de León (* 1990), Mexican Taekwondoin
- Diómedes Antonio Espinal de León (* 1949), Dominican clergyman, Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi
- Don Miguel de Gijón y León (1717–1794), Hispanic American businessman, nobleman, and confidante of Pablo de Olavide
- Donna Leon (* 1942), American writer
- Donovan Léon (* 1992), French-Guyanese football player
E.
- Emigdio Marmolejo León (1878–1939), Mexican farmer, activist and functionary
- Étienne Martin Saint-Léon (1860–1934), French historian, economist and academic librarian
- Eugenia León (* 1956), Mexican singer and actress
- Ezequiel de León Domínguez (1926–2008), Spanish sculptor and restorer
F.
- Félix Daríon León (* 1961), Paraguayan football player
- Fernando León (* 1966), Spanish sailor
- Fernando León de Aranoa (* 1968), Spanish film director and screenwriter
- Francisco León (cyclist) (* 1973), Spanish cyclist
- Francisco de León , Salvadoran road cyclist
- Francisco León de la Barra (1863–1939), Mexican politician and diplomat, President 1911
- Francisco León Barrios (* 1974), Spanish actor
- Francisco León Fandós (1926–2012), Spanish football player
- Francisco Asís de Icaza y León (1903–1985), Mexican ambassador
- Francisco Díaz de León (1897–1975), Mexican graphic artist
- Francisco Giovanni León (* 1992), Mexican soccer player
- Francisco Javier León Franco (1832–1880), Ecuadorian politician, President 1875
- Francisco Javier León de la Riva (* 1945), Spanish politician
- Francisco Mendoza de Leon (* 1947), Filipino clergyman, Bishop of Antipolo
- Franco Leon (* 1962), German singer
- Freddy León (* 1970), Colombian football player
- Friedrich Vinzenz Leon (1836–1898), Austrian printer and publisher, bookseller
G
- Gabriel de León (* 1993), Uruguayan football player
- Genaro Léon (* 1960), Mexican boxer
- Gerardo García León ( Gerardo ; * 1974), Spanish football player
- Giulia Tamayo León († 2014), Peruvian human rights activist and lawyer
- Gottlieb Leon (1757–1830), Austrian writer and librarian
- Gustavo León (* 1950), Uruguayan football player
- Gustav von Leon (1839–1898), Austrian businessman and member of the Reichsrat
H
- Hal W. Leon (actually Helmut Werner), author of horror novels
- Henry León (* 1983), Ecuadorian soccer player
- Hernando León ( Juan Hernando León Perez ; * 1933), Chilean artist
- Hilde Léon (* 1953), German architect
- Hugo de León (* 1958), Uruguayan football player
- Hugo de Leon Guimarães da Silva (* 1990), Brazilian volleyball player
I.
- Ignacio de León (* 1977), Uruguayan football player
- Inés Puyó León (1906–1996), Chilean painter, see Inés Puyó
- Iván León (* 1967), Guatemalan football player
J
- Jacob Judah Leon (called Templo ; 1602–1675), Jewish scholar
- Jaime León (* 1961), Mexican soccer player and coach
- Jaime León (1921–2015), Colombian composer, conductor, pianist, teacher and administrator
- Johann Leon (1530–1597), Protestant pastor and hymn poet
- Johann Barthlmä Leon (1802–1879), Austrian printer and publisher, bookseller
- José María Quiñones de León (1873–1957), Spanish diplomat
- Juan de León (* 1974), Guatemalan football player
- Juan Velázquez de León († 1520), Spanish conquistador
- Juan van der Hamen y León († 1631), Spanish painter
- Juan Francisco Alonso Pimentel y Ponce de León (1584–1652), Spanish grandee, Duke of Benavente
- Julio César León (* 1925), Venezuelan racing cyclist
- Julio César de León (* 1979), Honduran football player
- Julius Léon von Wernburg (1842–1927), Austrian textile industrialist
- Justin Leon (* 1995), American basketball player
K
- Khamis Leon Uso (* 1987), South Sudanese football player
L.
- Line Leon-Pernet (* 1961), Swiss diplomat
- Loles León (born 1950), Spanish actress
- Lorenzo León Alvarado (1928-2020), Peruvian religious, Catholic bishop of Huacho
- Lou Leon Guerrero (* 1950), American politician
- Luis de León (1527–1591), Spanish poet, humanist and translator
- Luis Fernando León (* 1993), Ecuadorian soccer player
M.
- Manuel León (* 1987), Guatemalan football player
- Manuel León Hoyos (* 1989), Mexican chess player
- María León (* 1984), Spanish actress
- María de León Bello y Delgado (1643–1731), visionary and Dominican
- Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León († 1720), Spanish lawyer and viceroy of Peru
- Miguel León-Portilla (1926–2019), Mexican historian, anthropologist and philosopher
- Mischa Léon (1889–1928), Danish singer
- Mutzi Leon (* 1944), Israeli soccer player
N
- Nicolás León (1859–1929), Mexican physician and ethnologist
O
- Orlando de León († 2015), Uruguayan football coach
P
- Paul Léon (1893–1942), Polish-French sociologist and secretary to James Joyce
- Pedro León (* 1986), Spanish soccer player
- Pedro Pablo León (* 1943), Peruvian football player
- Pedro Ponce de León (1516–1584), Spanish Roman Catholic clergyman
- Pierre Léon (1914–1976), French historian
- Pilín León (* 1963), Venezuelan model and Miss World 1981
R.
- Ramiro de León Carpio (1942–2002), Guatemalan President
- Renato Ascencio León (* 1939), Mexican clergyman, Bishop of Ciudad Juárez
- Ricardo de León (1923-2010), Uruguayan football player and coach
- Roberto Lückert León (* 1939), Venezuelan clergyman, Archbishop of Coro
- Rose Agatha Leon (1913–1999), Jamaican entrepreneur and politician
- Ruben Sanchez Leon (* 1973), Mexican boxer
- Rufino León (* 1952), Paraguayan soccer player
T
- Tania León (* 1943), Cuban composer, conductor and music teacher
- Teodoro González de León (1926–2016), Mexican architect
- Tomás León (1826-1893), Mexican composer and pianist
- Tony Leon (* 1956), South African politician
V
- Valerie Leon (* 1943/5), English actress
- Veronika Mitsopoulos-Leon (* 1936), Austrian classical archaeologist
- Victor Léon (actually Victor Hirschfeld ; 1858–1940), Austrian librettist, lyricist and author
W.
- Wilfredo León (* 1993), Cuban-Polish volleyball player
Y
- Yankiel León (* 1982), Cuban boxer