Leone may refer to:

Geography

Leone, American Samoa Leone is the second-largest city on Tutuila Island's west coast.Clayville, Melinda (2021). ''Explore American Samoa: The Complete Guide to Tutuila, Aunu'u, and Manu'a Islands''. Page 70. ISBN 9798556052970. The village is on the south-west coast o ...

Monte Leone Monte Leone is the highest mountain of the Lepontine Alps and is located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. The mountain stands on the extreme west of the Lepontine Alps, a few kilometres east of Simplon Pass. Etymology ''Leone'' i ...

, mountain in the ''Leone-Gruppe'' as part of Western Alps *

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...

, independent nation in West Africa

Leone as a given name

Leone Battista Alberti Leon Battista Alberti (; 14 February 1404 – 25 April 1472) was an Italian Renaissance humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, and cryptographer; he epitomised the nature of those identified now as polymaths. H ...

(1404–1472), Italian Renaissance humanist polymath *

Leone Caetani Leone Caetani (September 12, 1869 – December 25, 1935), Duke of Sermoneta (also known as Prince Caetani), was an Italian scholar, politician, and historian of the Middle East. Caetani is considered a pioneer in the application of the historic ...

(1869–1935), Italian politician * Leone de' Sommi (c. 1525–c. 1590), Italian writer * Leone N. Farrell (1904–1986), Canadian biochemist and microbiologist *

Leone Ginzburg Leone Ginzburg (, , ; 4 April 1909 – 5 February 1944) was an Italian editor, writer, journalist and teacher, as well as an important anti-fascist political activist and a hero of the resistance movement. He was the husband of the renowned auth ...

(1909–1944), Italian journalist *

Leone Leoni :''For the early 17th-century composer, see Leone Leoni (composer)''. Leone Leoni (ca. 1509 – 22 July 1590) was an Italian sculptor of international outlook who travelled in Italy, Germany, Austria, France, Spain and the Netherlands. Leoni is r ...

(1509–1590), Italian Renaissance sculptor and medallist *

Léone-Noëlle Meyer Léone-Noëlle Meyer (born 8 November 1939) is a French heiress, pediatrician, businesswoman and philanthropist. The adoptive granddaughter of the founder of the Galeries Lafayette, she served as its chairman from 1998 to 2005. She was a pediatrici ...

(born 1939), French businesswoman and philanthropist *

Leone Minassian Leone Minassian (1905–1978; ) was an Italian painter and printmaker of Armenian descent. His work is an important representative of European post-war abstract painting. Minassian lived in Venice for more than 40 years. Early life and education ...

(1905–1978),

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

-born Italian painter of Armenian descent * Leone Ross (b. 1969), British writer, editor, journalist and academic * Leone Sforza (1406–1440), Italian condottiero *

Leone Strozzi Leone Strozzi (15 October 1515 – 28 June 1554) was an Italian condottiero belonging to the famous Strozzi family of Florence. Biography He was the son of Filippo Strozzi the Younger and Clarice de' Medici, and brother to Piero, Roberto and Lor ...

(1515–1554), Italian condottiero

Leone as a surname

* Brad Leone (b. 1985), American chef and YouTube personality * Carl Leone (b. 1976), Canadian businessman and criminal * Cinzia Leone (b. 1959), Italian actress and comedian. * Dominic Leone (born 1990), American baseball player *

Douglas Leone Douglas M. Leone (born July 4, 1957) is an American billionaire venture capitalist and former managing partner of Sequoia Capital, from which role he stepped aside in 2022 while remaining a general partner. As of August 2022, his net worth was es ...

(b. 1957), American billionaire venture capitalist * Gabriele Leone (c.1735–1790) Italian mandolin virtuoso *

Giacomo Leone Giacomo Leone (born 10 April 1971 in Francavilla Fontana, Brindisi) is a retired male long-distance runner from Italy. He set his personal best (2:07:52) in the marathon on 4 March 2001 in Otsu, Japan. Leone is best known for winning the 1996 ...

(b. 1971), Italian long-distance runner * Giovanni Leone (1908–2001), Italian politician who served as president and prime minister *

Giuseppina Leone Giuseppina "Giusy" Leone (born 21 December 1934) is a retired Italian sprinter. She competed in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m events at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and reached the final on five occasions. In 1960 she won a bronze medal in t ...

(b. 1971), Italian athlete *

Jason Leone Battlecross was an American heavy metal band from Canton, Michigan. The band has described their sound as "Blue Collar Thrash Metal". To date, they have released three albums through their label, Metal Blade Records. History The band was ...

, former drummer for Michigan heavy metal band Battlecross *

Matthew Leone Madina Lake is an American alternative rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in 2005. The band released their debut album, '' From Them, Through Us, to You'', through Roadrunner Records on March 27, 2007. Madina Lake won Best Int ...

(b. 1981), bassist of Madina Lake and twin of Nathan Leone *

Miriam Leone Miriam Leone (born 14 April 1985) is an Italian actress, presenter and model, winner of the Miss Italia beauty contest in 2008.(14 September 2008)Miss Italia è Miriam Leone Siciliana dai capelli rossi ''La Repubblica'' (in Italian) Biography M ...

(b. 1985), Italian television personality and beauty pageant titleholder *

Nathan Leone Madina Lake is an American alternative rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in 2005. The band released their debut album, '' From Them, Through Us, to You'', through Roadrunner Records on March 27, 2007. Madina Lake won Best Int ...

(b. 1981), lead singer of Madina Lake and twin of Matthew Leone *

Richard Leone Richard Carl Leone (April 30, 1940 - July 16, 2015) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as New Jersey State Treasurer from 1974 to 1977 and as Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 1990 to 1994. Leone a ...

(1940–2015), American politician * Rob Leone, (b. 1976), Canadian politician * Sergio Leone (1929–1989), Italian film director *

Sunny Leone Karenjit Kaur Vohra (born May 13, 1981), known by her stage name Sunny Leone (), is a Canadian-American model and actress in the American and Indian film industries. She is a former pornographic actress. She was born in Canada to an Indian S ...

(b. 1981), Indo-Canadian model and actress

Other

* Leone, a character in the opera

Tamerlano ''Tamerlano'' ( Tamerlane, HWV 18) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian libretto was by Nicola Francesco Haym, adapted from Agostin Piovene's ''Tamerlano'' together with another libretto entitled ''Bajazet'' a ...

of Handel *

Leone-class destroyer The ''Leone'' class were a group of destroyers built for the Regia Marina, Italian Navy in the early 1920s. Five ships were planned and three completed. All three ships were based at Massawa, Eritrea during World War II and were sunk during the Eas ...

an Italian Navy destroyer class *

Aerfer Leone Leone may refer to: Geography * Leone, American Samoa *Monte Leone, mountain in the ''Leone-Gruppe'' as part of Western Alps *Sierra Leone, independent nation in West Africa Leone as a given name * Leone Battista Alberti (1404–1472), Italian ...

, undeveloped fighter aircraft *

Pastiglie Leone Pastiglie Leone is an Italian candy manufacturer of candies, jellies, gummy sweets, liquorice, fine chocolate and sugar- and calorie-free pastilles. The candies are produced in a variety of flavors. Pastiglie Leone was founded by Luigi Leone in 1 ...

, maker of candies and lozenges *

Subaru Leone The Subaru Leone is a compact car produced by the Japanese car manufacturer Subaru from 1971 to 1994. The word ''leone'' is Italian for lion. It was released as a replacement for the Subaru 1000 and was the predecessor of the Subaru Impreza. Al ...

, subcompact car *

Sierra Leonean leone The leone is the currency of Sierra Leone. It is subdivided into 100 ''cents''. As of 1 July 2022, the ISO 4217 code is ''SLE'' due to a redenomination of the old leone (SLL) at a rate of SLL 1000 to SLE 1. The leone is abbreviated as ''Le'' pla ...

, currency of Sierra Leone * Leone, a character in the manga and anime series

Akame ga Kill! is a Japanese manga series written by Takahiro and illustrated by Tetsuya Tashiro. It was serialized in Square Enix's ''Monthly Gangan Joker'' from March 2010 to December 2016, with its chapters collected in 15 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The s ...

* Leone Abbacchio, an ex-police officer and main character in the manga and anime series JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind * The Leone Crime Family, a fictional Italian American mafia from GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories Italian masculine given names Italian-language surnames {{Lion-surname