Leonte is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Leonte Filipescu Leonte Filipescu (September 18, 1895 – April 13, 1922) was one of the leaders of the early Romanian communist movement, shot in custody by the Romanian authorities.
Leonte Filipescu was born in a family of workers in Bârlad, Romania. He work ...
, Romanian communist
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Leonte Moldovan Leonte Moldovan (February 18, 1865 – September 18, 1943) was an Austrian Empire-born Romanian lawyer, journalist and politician.
Moldovan was born in Șinca Veche, a village near Făgăraș in Transylvania. He moved with his family to the Romani ...
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Leonte Răutu
Leonte Răutu (until 1945 Lev Nikolayevich (Nicolaievici) Oigenstein; February 28, 1910 – 1993) was a Bessarabian-born Romanian communist activist and propagandist. He was chief ideologist of the Romanian Communist Party ("Workers' Party") ...
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Leonte Tismăneanu
Leonte Tismăneanu (born Leonid Tisminetski, or Tisminețki; 1913–1981) was a Romanian communist activist and propagandist.
Born into a Jewish family in Soroca, Bessarabia, Russian Empire (now in Moldova),Badin he joined the Romanian Communi ...
, Romanian communist activist and propagandist
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Gheorghe Leonte
Gheorghe Leonte (born Fetești, 12 February 1963) is a former Romanian rugby union footballer. He played as a prop.
Leonte first played for Steaua Bucuresti, until he moved to France, where he represented Miélan-Mirande and CS Vienne, the last t ...
, Romanian rugby union footballer
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Romanian masculine given names