Leonas is a Lithuanian masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...

and surname; often a diminutive of Leonardas, and a Lithuanianized form of "

Leon Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again f ...

". Leonas ( grc, Λεωνᾶς) was also a GreekSuda, la.269
/ref>A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology William Smith, Ed., Proclus
/ref> and a Latin name.

Surname

* Petras Leonas (1864–1938), Lithuanian attorney and politician * Silvestras Leonas (1894–1959), Lithuanian military officer and judge

Given name

*Leonas, a Greek rhetorician and sophist. Mentor of the philosopher ProclusMarinus, Life of Proclus, 8-9
/ref> *

Leonas Alesionka Leonas Alesionka (born 6 January 1949 in Švenčionys, Soviet Union) is a Lithuanian politician and former member of the Seimas. Biography Alesionka was born to a working-class family in Švenčionys. In 1972 Alesionka graduated from Faculty of M ...

(born 1949), Lithuanian politician *

Leonas Apšega Leonas Apšega (born 10 December 1940) is a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of March 11 ...

(born 1940), Lithuanian politician *

Leonas Baltrūnas Leonas Baltrūnas (20 October 1914 – 20 April 1993) was a Lithuanian basketball player and coach. He won two gold medals with Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939. Biography In 1937 he graduated Kauna ...

(1914–1993), Lithuanian basketball player and coach *

Leonas Bistras Leonas Bistras (20 October 1890 in Liepāja – 17 October 1971 in Kaunas) was one of the most prominent Lithuanian politicians of the interwar period. A Christian Democrat, he rose to the peak of his career in 1925, when he was appointed as the P ...

(1890–1971), Lithuanian politician, journalist, translator, philosopher and professor *

Leonas Juozapaitis Leonas Juozapaitis (18 January 1901 – 13 August 1980) was a Lithuanian footballer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. Juozapaitis was a midfielder for LFLS Kaunas when he got called up to represent Lithuania in their first ever internati ...

(1901–1980), Lithuanian footballer *

Leonas Koganas Moisiejus Leonas Koganas (February 20, 1894, Šiauliai – May 30, 1956, Vilnius) was a Lithuanian Jewish medical doctor specializing in lung diseases, particularly tuberculosis. In 1919, he graduated from Moscow University. During World War I, h ...

(1894–1956), Lithuanian physician *

Leonas Milčius Leonas Milčius (born 11 December 1942) is a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of March 1 ...

(born 1942), Lithuanian politician *

Leonas Petrauskas Leonas Eugenijus Petrauskas (1919 – 18 July 1994) was a Lithuanian basketball player. He won two gold medals with the Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939.Leonas Prapuolenis Leonas Prapuolenis (9 June 1913 – 23 July 1972) was a Lithuanian public figure, commander and leader of the June Uprising of 1941 in Lithuania. Born to a family of affluent farmers in Suvalkija, Prapuolenis was an active member of the Ateit ...

(1913–1972), Lithuanian public figure, commander and leader of the June Uprising of 1941 in Lithuania * Leonas Sapiega (1557–1633), Lithuanian nobleman and statesman

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