Leonard (first name)
Leonard or Léonard is a male given name .
Origin and meaning
The name is a form of the name Leonhard and comes from the Old High German word le (w) o for lion and the Old High German harti for courageous , which means something like brave as a lion . In addition to increasing popularity in the German- speaking area, the form is particularly popular in the English , French and Polish- speaking areas.
Name bearer
stage name
- Leonard (singer) (* 1964), Swiss singer
Fictional character
- Leonard McCoy , senior physician on the Starship Enterprise
- Leonard Briscoe , investigative commissioner in the crime series Law & Order
- Leonard Hofstadter , one of the protagonists of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory
First name
A.
- Leonard Adleman (* 1945), American molecular biologist and cryptologist
- Leonard Allinson (* 1926), British diplomat
- Leonard Andrys , Polish architect
B.
- Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), American composer
- Leonard Bloomfield (1887-1949), American linguist
- Leonard Boswell (1934–2018), American politician
- Léonard Bourdon (1754–1807), French politician
- Leonard Anthony Boyle (1930–2016), New Zealand clergyman
- Leonard Leslie Brooke (1862-1940), British illustrator and author
C.
- Leonard Carlitz (1907-1999), American mathematician
- Leonard Carmichael (1898–1973), American psychologist
- Leonard Carow (* 1994), German actor
- Leonard Carpenter (1902-1994), American rower
- Leonard Fielding Chapman Jr. (1913-2000), American general
- Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), Canadian writer and singer
- Leonard Covington (1768–1813), American politician
D.
- Leonard Darwin (1850–1943), British soldier, politician, economist and eugenicist
- Leonard "Ham" Davis (1905–1957), American jazz trumpeter
- Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874–1954), American mathematician
- Leonard Doroftei (* 1970), Romanian boxer
F.
- Leonard Farbstein (1902–1993), American lawyer and politician
- Leonard Feeney (1897–1978), Catholic priest
- Leonard Freed (1929-2006), American photographer
- Leonard Freier (* 1985), German insurance specialist and television actor
G
- Leonard Gardner (born 1933), American writer
- Leonard Gershe (1922–2002), American playwright and screenwriter
H
- Leonard Wood Hall (1900–1979), American politician
- Leonard Hankerson (born 1989), American football player
- Leonard Hill (1866–1952), English psychologist
- Leonard Hokanson (1931–2003), American pianist
I.
- Leonard Irving (1898–1962), American politician
J
- Leonard Jacobi (1832–1900), German law scholar and university professor
- Leonard Jarvis (1781-1854), American politician
- Leonard Jenyns (1800-1893), British clergyman, beetle collector, zoologist and botanist
K
- Leonard Kleinrock (* 1934), American electrical engineer and computer scientist
- Leonard Koch (* 1995), German soccer player
- Leonard Krasulski (* 1950), Polish politician
- Leonard "Lenny" Kravitz (* 1964), American rock singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor
L.
- Leonard Lance (* 1952), American politician
- Leonard Landois (1837–1902), German physiologist
- Leonard Lansink (* 1956), German actor
- Leonard Lauder (* 1933), American billionaire, art patron and entrepreneur
- Leonard Lepszy (1856–1937), Polish montanist and art historian
- Leonard Levy (1921–1999) American football player
- Leonard Lorenz (* 1948), Austrian sculptor and painter
M.
- Leonard Maltin (* 1950), American film critic and author
- Leonard Mandel (1927–2001), British-American physicist
- Leonard Marchand (1933–2016), Canadian agronomist and politician
- Leonard Marconi (1835–1899), Polish-Italian sculptor
- Leonard Meldert (around 1535–1610), Franco-Flemish composer, organist and conductor
- Leonard Monheim (1830–1913), German entrepreneur
- Leonard Mróz (* 1947), Polish opera singer
N
- Leonard Nelson (1882–1927), German philosopher
- Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015), American actor
P
- Leonard Robert Palmer (1906–1984), British Indo-Europeanist and comparative linguist
- Leonard Peltier (born 1944), American Indian activist
- Leonard Piątek (1913–1967), Polish-German football player
- Leonard Pietraszak (* 1936), Polish actor
R.
- Leonard Röß († 1591), German Cistercian abbot
- Leonard Rosenman (1924-2008), American composer
S.
- Leonard William Schuetz (1887–1944), American politician
- Leonard Cutler Sanford (1868–1950), American ornithologist and surgeon
- Leonard Jimmie Savage (1917–1971), American statistician and mathematician
- Leonard Slatkin (* 1944), American conductor
- Leonard Siemiątkowski (1917–2014), Polish economist and politician
- Leonard Henly Sims (1807-1886), American politician
- Leonard Skierski (1866–1940), Polish major general
- Leonard Soccio (* 1967), German ice hockey player
- Leonard Sowiński (1831–1887), Polish poet
- Leonard Spath (1882–1957), British paleontologist
- Leonard Anthony Springer (1855–1940), Dutch landscape architect
- Leonard Steckel (1901–1971), German actor
- Leonard Susskind (* 1940), American physicist
T
- Leonard Talmy , American linguist
- Leonard Tarnawski (1845–1930), Polish constitutional lawyer, politician and insurgent
V
- Léonard Linden (1797–1831), Belgian entomologist
W.
- Leonard Whiting (born 1950), British actor
- Leonard Wibberley (1915–1983), American writer
- Leonard Georg Wolf (1925–1970), American politician
- Leonard Wood (1860–1927), American general
- Leonard Sidney Woolf (1880–1969), British publisher
- Leonard Woolley (1880–1960), British archaeologist