Leopold is the modern form of the Germanic name ''Luitbald'', composed of two stems, common to Germanic names. The first part is related to

Old High German Old High German (OHG; german: Althochdeutsch (Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 750 to 1050. There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old High ...

'' liut'' meaning "people", the second part '' bald'' or ''

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'' is of Germanic origin and means "brave". The name is not related to the names Leon and Leonard which mean lion. The name gradually spread across Western Europe and during the 16th century it became popular in the southern Holy Roman Empire, due to the influence of the Margraves of

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

from the Babenberg dynasty. Over a dozen Austrian rulers took the name, as did nearly a dozen from other European realms. __TOC__

Artists

Leopold Blaschka Leopold Blaschka (27 May 1822 – 3 July 1895) and his son Rudolf Blaschka (17 June 1857 – 1 May 1939) were glass artists from Dresden, Germany, native to the Bohemian (Czech)–German borderland, and known for the production of biological m ...

(1822–1895), German glass artist * Leopold Scholz (1877–1946), American sculptor * Léopold Zborowski (1889–1932), Polish art dealer

Businessmen

* Leopold David de Rothschild (1927–2012), British banker * Leopold de Rothschild (1845–1917), British banker *

Léopold Louis-Dreyfus Léopold Louis-Dreyfus (5 March 1833 – 9 April 1915) was a French businessman, diplomat, and investor who was best known as the founder of the Louis Dreyfus Group, and patriarch of the Louis-Dreyfus family. The French government awarded him t ...

(1833–1915), French investor and businessman

Literary figures

* Leopold Andrian (1875−1951), Austrian author, dramatist and diplomat * Leopold Friedrich Günther von Goeckingk (1748–1828), German lyric poet, journalist, and Prussian official * Leopold Engel (1858–1931), German writer and occultist * Leopold Schefer (1784–1862), German poet, novelist, and composer * Leopold Schwarzschild (1891–1950), German author * Leopold Staff (1878–1957), Polish poet *

Leopold Suhodolčan Leopold Suhodolčan (10 August 1928 – 8 February 1980) was a Slovene writer, best known for his juvenile fiction. Together with Stanko Kotnik he was one of the conceptors of the ''Reading Badge of Slovenia'' competition that still runs today a ...

(1928–1980), Slovene writer * Leopold Tyrmand (1920–1985), Polish novelist, writer, and editor * Leopold von Ranke (1795–1886), German historian and a founder of modern source-based history * Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836–1895), Austrian writer and journalist * Leopold Zunz (1794–1886), founder of academic Judaic Studies

Mathematicians

* Leopold Gegenbauer (1849–1903), Austrian mathematician * Leopold Kronecker (1823–1891), German mathematician * Leopold Löwenheim (1878–1957), German mathematician *

Leopold Vietoris Leopold Vietoris (; ; 4 June 1891 – 9 April 2002) was an Austrian mathematician, World War I veteran and supercentenarian. He was born in Radkersburg and died in Innsbruck. He was known for his contributions to topology—notably the Mayer–V ...

(1891–2002), Austrian mathematician

Military

* Leopold von Rauch (1787–1860), major general in the Prussian Army

Movie industry

Leopold Biberti Leopold Biberti (1894–1969) was a Swiss actor. Born as French, he got the Swiss citizens rights in 1920. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Biberti, Leopold 1894 births 1960 deaths French emigrants to Switzerland ...

(1894–1969), Swiss actor *

Leopold Jessner Leopold Jessner (3 March 1878 – 13 December 1945) was a noted producer and director of German Expressionist theater and cinema. His first film, ''Hintertreppe'' (1921), is considered a major turning point which paved the way for the later ...

(1878–1945), German director * Leopold Kramer (1869–1942), Austrian stage and film actor *

Leopold Lindtberg Leopold Lindtberg (born in Vienna on 1 June 1902; died in Sils im Engadin/Segl on 18 April 1984) was an Austrian Swiss film and theatre director. He fled Austria due to the Machtergreifung in Germany and ultimately settled in Switzerland. H ...

(1902–1984), Austrian Swiss film and theatre director

Musicians

* Leopold Auer (1845–1930), Hungarian conductor and composer * Leopold Damrosch (1832–1885), German American conductor and composer * Leopold Godowsky (1870–1938), American pianist and composer * Leopold Godowsky Jr. (1900–1983), American violinist and chemist * Leopold Hager (born 1935), Austrian conductor *

Leopold Hofmann Leopold Hofmann (also Ludwig Hoffman, Leopold Hoffman, Leopold Hoffmann; 14 August 1738 – 17 March 1793) was an Austrian composer of classical music. Biography Hofmann was the son of a highly educated civil servant, and at the age of seven ...

(1738–1793), Austrian composer * Leopold Koželuch (1747–1818), Czech composer and music teacher * Leopold Mannes (1899–1964), American musician * Leopold Mozart (1719–1787), German conductor and composer * Leopold Ross, English musician * Léopold Simoneau (1916–2006), French-Canadian lyric tenor *

Leopold Spinner Leopold Spinner (26 April 1906 – 12 August 1980) was an Austrian-born, British-domiciled composer and editor. Biography Spinner was born of Austrian parentage in Lemberg (now Lviv, the Ukraine, Lwów, Poland during the interwar period). From 19 ...

(1906–1980), Austrian British composer and editor * Leopold Stokowski (1882–1977), British conductor * Leopold Wlach (1902–1956), Austrian clarinetist

Other

Léopold Dion Léopold Dion (February 25, 1920 – 17 November 1972) was a Canadian sex offender and serial killer who raped 21 boys, killing four; he was active in Quebec in 1963. He was nicknamed the "Monster of Pont-Rouge". Crimes His first sexual assau ...

(1920-1972), Canadian sex offender and serial killer *

Leopold Engleitner Leopold Engleitner (23 July 1905 – 21 April 2013) was an Austrian conscientious objector, as one of Jehovah's Witnesses, and a concentration camp survivor who spoke publicly and with students about his experiences. He was the subject of the d ...

(1905–2013), Austrian conscientious objector and concentration camp survivor * Leopold Halliday Savile (1870–1953), Scottish civil engineer * Leopold Pokagon (c. 1775–1841), Potawatomi chief * Leopold von Sonnleithner (1797–1873), Austrian lawyer

Philosophical figures

* Leopold Kohr (1909–1994), Austrian American economist, jurist and political scientist * Leopold von Henning (1791–1866), German philosopher

Political figures

* Leopold Berchtold (1863–1942), Austro-Hungarian politician, diplomat and statesman * Léopold Biha (1919–2003), Burundian prime minister * Leopold Caspari (1830–1915), Louisiana politician *

Leopold Hasner von Artha Leopold Hasner von Artha (15 March 1818, Prague – 5 June 1891, Bad Ischl) was an Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps ...

(1818–1891), Austrian civil servant and statesman * Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906–2001), first president of Senegal *

Leopold Seneviratne Leopold James de Silva Seneviratne, CCS (25 October 1899 - 19??) was a Sri Lankan civil servant. Who served as the Secretary to the Treasury. Graduated from the University of London with the LLB and qualified as a barrister from the Lincoln's ...

, Sri Lankan civil servant * Leopold Trepper (1904–1982), Polish Communist and career Soviet agent *

Leopold von Hoesch Leopold von Hoesch (10 June 1881 – 10 April 1936) was a career German diplomat. Hoesch began his political career in France as the ''chargé d'affaires'' in 1923. After the recall of the German ambassador in 1923 after the Ruhr crisis, Hoesch ...

(1881–1936), career German diplomat

Religious figures

* Saint Leopold (disambiguation)

Royalty

* King Leopold (disambiguation) *

Leopold I (disambiguation) Leopold I may refer to: * Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (d. 994), first Margrave of Austria *Leopold I, Duke of Austria (1290–1326), co-Duke of Austria and Styria with Frederick I *Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640–1705), Holy Roman Emperor, ...

* Leopold II (disambiguation) *

Leopold III (disambiguation) Leopold III may refer to: * Leopold III, Margrave of Austria (1073–1136), sixth Margrave of Austria * Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1351–1386), co-Archduke of Austria and co-Duke of Styria * Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau (1740–1817), fir ...

Leopold IV (disambiguation) Leopold IV may refer to: * Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt (1794–1871) * Leopold IV, Duke of Austria (1371–1411) * Leopold IV, Duke of Bavaria (–1141) * Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe (''Leopold Julius Bernhard Adalbert ...

Leopold V (disambiguation) Leopold V may refer to: * Leopold V, Duke of Austria (1157–1194) * Leopold V, Archduke of Austria Leopold V, Archduke of Further Austria (October 9, 1586 – September 13, 1632) was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria, and t ...

* Leopold VI, Duke of Austria (1176–1230) * Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (1679 –1729) *

Leopold of Styria Leopold the Strong (died 1129) was Margrave of Styria from 1122 to 1129. He was the son of Margrave Ottokar II of Styria and Elisabeth of Austria from the Babenberg The House of Babenberg was a noble dynasty of Austrian Dukes and Margraves. ...

(died 1129) *

Prince Leopold (disambiguation) Prince Leopold may refer to: People Anhalt-Dessau * Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676–1747) * Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1700–1751) Bavaria * Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1846–1930) * Prince Leopold of Bavaria (bo ...

Scientists

Leopold Auenbrugger Josef Leopold Auenbrugger or Avenbrugger (19 November 1722 – 17 May 1809), also known as Leopold von Auenbrugger, was an Austrian physician who invented percussion as a diagnostic technique. On the strength of this discovery, he is con ...

(1722–1809), Austrian physician *

Leopold B. Felsen Leopold B. FelsenDr. Leopold B. Felsen elected in 1977
as a member of ...

(1924–2005), American physicist * Léopold Eyharts (born 1957), French astronaut * Leopold Gmelin (1788–1853), German chemist * Leopold Horner (1911–2005), German chemist * Leopold Infeld (1898–1968), Polish physicist * Leopold Melichar (1856–1924), Czech entomologist and physician * Leopold Ritter von Dittel (1815–1898), Austrian urologist * Leopold Ružička (1887–1976), Croatian-Swiss scientist *

Leopold Saverio Vaccaro Leopold Saverio Vaccaro was a noted surgeon and scientist who was decorated for assisting with the reconstruction of Italy in the aftermath of World War I. Biographical Information Born February 2, 1887, in Rionero in Vulture, Italy, to Giovanni ...

, American surgeon and scientist *

Leopold Schenk Leopold Schenk (23 August 1840 – 17 August 1902) was an Austrian embryologist. Biography Schenk was born in Ürmény, Hungary. He graduated from the University of Vienna in 1865 and was appointed assistant professor of embryology there ...

(1840–1902), Austrian embryologist * Leopold von Schrenck (1826–1894), Russian zoologist, geographer and ethnographer

Sportsmen

Léopold Cavalière Léopold Cavalière (born 27 April 1996) is a French basketball player for Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A. Professional career In 2013/14, he was crowned French U21 champion with Élan Chalon where he averaged 16.9 points per gane, 7.6 reboun ...

(born 1996), French basketball player * Léopold Gernaey (1927–2005), Belgian goalkeeper

References

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