Leo or Léo may refer to:

Acronyms

* Law enforcement officer * Law enforcement organisation * '' Louisville Eccentric Observer'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky * Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity

Arts and entertainment

Music

Leo (band) ''For the Electric Light Orchestra-style band by Boston musician Bleu and collaborators, see LEO (band)'' Leo is an American alternative rock band formed by Ian Eddy and Brandon Zano in Cleveland, Ohio in 2001. Eddy explained the name of the ba ...

, a Missouri-based rock band that was founded in Cleveland, Ohio *

L.E.O. (band) L.E.O. is a 2006 project by Boston musician Bleu and collaborators which produced ''Alpacas Orgling'', a 2006 album of original songs similar in style to Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), the Traveling Wilburys, and 1970s AM radio pop music. F ...

, a band by musician Bleu and collaborators

Film

* ''Leo'' (2000 film), a Spanish film by José Luis Borau * ''Leo'' (2002 film), a British-American drama film * ''Leo'', a 2007 Swedish film by Josef Fares * ''Leo'' (2012 film), a Kenyan film * Leo the Lion (MGM), mascot of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio

Television

* Leo Awards, a British Columbian television award * "Leo", an episode of ''Being Erica'' * Léo, fictional lion in the animation ''

Animal Crackers An animal cracker is a particular type of cracker, baked in the shape of an animal, usually an animal either at a zoo or a circus, such as a lion, a tiger, a bear, or an elephant. The most common variety is light-colored and slightly sweet, but ...

'' * ''Léo'', 2018 Quebec television series created by Fabien Cloutier

Companies

Leo Namibia TN Mobile, first introduced as Cell One and then as Leo, is a mobile telecommunications company in Namibia providing cellular and internet services. It is the second largest mobile operator in Namibia with around 300.000 active subscribers. The c ...

, former name for the TN Mobile phone network in Namibia * Leo Pharma, an international pharmaceutical company, based in Denmark * Leo Records, an English jazz record label * Lioré et Olivier, a French aircraft manufacturer from 1912 to 1937 * The Leo Group, a waste-recycling company based in Halifax, England

People

Name lists

Leo (given name) Leo is a given name in several languages. In European languages it is usually a masculine given name and it comes from the Latin word '' leo'' which in turns comes from the Greek word λέων meaning " lion". It can also refer to the name Leonar ...

, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Léo, a list of people with the given name * Leo (surname), a list of people * Leonid dynasty, also known as the House of Leo, a Byzantine dynasty

Single names

* Arakel Babakhanian (1860–1932), known by his pen name Leo, Armenian historian * Leo (singer) (born 1990), South Korean pop musician * Léo (footballer, born 1975), full name Leonardo Lourenço Bastos, Brazilian football leftback * Leo (footballer, born November 1989), full name Leonardo Passos Alves, Brazilian football striker * Leo (footballer, born December 1989), full name Leandro Mariano da Silva, Brazilian football striker * Léo (footballer, born 1990), full name Leonardo da Silva Vieira, Brazilian football goalkeeper * Léo (footballer, born 1992), full name Leonardo José Peres, Brazilian football forward * Leo (wrestler) (born 1989), Mexican professional wrestler *

Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira (born December 13, 1944), more famous under his pen name Léo is a Brazilian comics creator. Biography After graduating as a mechanical engineer, Oliveira left Brazil because of the then military dictatorship. He lived ...

or Léo (born 1944), Brazilian comics writer

Places

Léo Department Leo is a department or commune of Sissili Province in southern Burkina Faso. Its capital is the town of Leo. Towns and villages Towns and villages in the department as follows:Sissili Province in southern Burkina Faso ** Léo, Burkina Faso, the capital city of Sissili Province and Léo Department * Leo, a village that was merged into Leo-Cedarville, Indiana, U.S. * Leo, Ohio, U.S. *

Leo, West Virginia Leo is an extinct town in Roane County, in the U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separ ...

, U.S., a ghost town * Leo Islands, Nunavut, Canada

Science and technology

Astronomy and space exploration

Launch and Early Orbit phase In spacecraft operations, Launch and Early Operations (LEOP) is one of the most critical phases of a mission. Spacecraft operations engineers take control of the satellite after it separates from the launch vehicle. LEOP generally concludes once the ...

, of a space mission *

LEO (spacecraft) LEO (; English: Lunar Exploration Orbiter) was the name of a proposed German mission to the Moon, announced by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Director Walter Doellinger on March 2, 2007. Because the needed money for the year 2009 was diverted ...

, a lunar mission * Low Earth orbit, a satellite path * Leo (constellation), a constellation

Biology

* Leo (horse), an American Quarter Horse * Leonberger or Leo, a breed of dog * Long-term Ecosystem Observatory, a marine study project * ''Leo'', an obsolete genus now in ''Panthera''

Computing

* LEO (computer), the first commercially used computers * Leo (text editor), a computer program

Sports

* BC Lions or Leos, a Canadian Football League team * The PBA Leo Awards, annual Philippine Basketball Association awards

Other uses

* Leo (astrology), an astrological sign * LEO (website), a group of dual-language dictionaries and discussion forums * Leo Petroglyph, a series of ancient stone carvings * Leo clubs, youth branch of Lions Clubs International