Leo or Léo may refer to:

Acronyms

Law enforcement officer A law enforcement officer (LEO), or peace officer in North American English, is a public-sector employee whose duties primarily involve the enforcement of laws. The phrase can include campaign disclosure specialists, local police officers, pr ...

Law enforcement organisation A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws. Jurisdiction LEAs which have their ability to apply their powers restricted in some way are said to operate within a jurisdiction. LEAs ...

* '' Louisville Eccentric Observer'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky *

Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) is a principal department of the State of Michigan. History Background Two previous principal departments of Michigan existed that focused on job training, the Department of Labor a ...

Arts and entertainment

Music

* Leo (band), 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 (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 radi ...

, 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 Josef Fares (born 19 September 1977) is a Swedish-Lebanese film director and video game designer of Assyrian descent. His brother is the actor Fares Fares, who has appeared in many of his films. He is the founder of Hazelight Studios. Biograph ...

* ''Leo'' (2012 film), a Kenyan film * Leo the Lion (MGM), mascot of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio

Television

Leo Awards The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry. Held each May or June in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the Leo Awards were founded by the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British C ...

, 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, bu ...

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

Companies

* Leo Namibia, former name for the TN Mobile phone network in Namibia * Leo Pharma, an international pharmaceutical company, based in Denmark *

Leo Records Leo Records is a British record company and label which releases jazz from Russian, American, and British musicians. It concentrates on free jazz. Leo Records was founded in 1979 by Leo Feigin (also known under his broadcasting name Aleksei L ...

, an English jazz record label *

Lioré et Olivier Lioré-et-Olivier was a French manufacturer of aircraft of the 20th century, founded in 1912 by Fernand Lioré and Henri Olivier. History The ''Société de Constructions Aéronautiques d'hydravions Lioré-et-Olivier'' had three factories, loca ...

, a French aircraft manufacturer from 1912 to 1937 *

The Leo Group The Leo Group is a privately owned, waste-recycling company based in Halifax, England that specialises in the collection and processing of animal by-products. The company is currently run by Daniel Sawrij, the managing director, who took over fro ...

, 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 Leonard ...

, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname *

Léo Léo is a proper noun in French, meaning lion". Its etymological root lies in the Latin word Leo. Léo is used as a diminutive or variant of the names Léon, Léonard, Léonardon, Leonardo, Léonid, ''Léonor'', '' Léonore'', ''Eléonore'' ...

, a list of people with the given name *

Leo (surname) The surname Leo may refer to: * Angelo Leo (born 1994), American boxer * Daniel Leo (mobster) (born 1928), American organized crime figure * Daniel Leo (born 1982), Samoan rugby player * Edoardo Leo (born 1972), Italian actor, director and screenw ...

, a list of people *

Leonid dynasty The Leonid dynasty produced five Roman emperors during Late Antiquity, reigning over the Roman Empire from 457 to 518. The dynasty's patriarch was Leo I, who was made Roman emperor in 457. Leo's daughter Ariadne became empress and mother to an ...

, also known as the House of Leo, a Byzantine dynasty

Single names

Arakel Babakhanian Arakel Grigori Babakhanian ( hy, Առաքել Գրիգորի Բաբախանյան; – 14 November 1932), commonly known by his pen name Leo ( hy, Լեո), was an Armenian historian, writer, critic and professor of Yerevan State Univers ...

(1860–1932), known by his pen name Leo, Armenian historian *

Leo (singer) Jung Taek-woon (; born on November 10, 1990), better known by his stage name Leo (), is a South Korean singer, songwriter and musical theatre actor, signed under Jellyfish Entertainment. Leo debuted as a member of the South Korean boy group V ...

(born 1990), South Korean pop musician *

Léo (footballer, born 1975) Leonardo Lourenço Bastos (born 6 July 1975), commonly known as Léo, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a left back. He spent most of his professional career with Santos and Benfica, arriving at the latter at the age of 25 and ...

, full name Leonardo Lourenço Bastos, Brazilian football leftback *

Leo (footballer, born November 1989) Leonardo Passos Alves (born November 29, 1989 in Jacobina, Brazil), known as Leo, is a Brazilian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football ...

, full name Leonardo Passos Alves, Brazilian football striker *

Leo (footballer, born December 1989) Leandro Mariano da Silva (born 11 December 1989), known as just Leo, is a Brazilian striker. Career Leo began his career in his hometown with Brusque joined than in summer 2008 to FK Siad Most, he played his one and only game in Czech Republi ...

, full name Leandro Mariano da Silva, Brazilian football striker *

Léo (footballer, born 1990) Leonardo da Silva Vieira (born 22 September 1990), commonly known as Léo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Rio Ave. Honours Athletico Paranaense * Campeonato Paranaense: 2019 * J.League Cup / Copa Sudameric ...

, full name Leonardo da Silva Vieira, Brazilian football goalkeeper *

Léo (footballer, born 1992) Leonardo José Peres (born 7 April 1992), commonly known as Léo, is a Brazilian professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are as ...

, full name Leonardo José Peres, Brazilian football forward *

Leo (wrestler) Leornardo Carrera Lizarraga (born May 14, 1989) is a Mexican '' luchador'' or professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Bestia 666. He is currently working for various promotions across Mexico, while also performing in the United Sta ...

(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 i ...

or Léo (born 1944), Brazilian comics writer

Places

* Léo Department, a department or commune of

Sissili Province Sissili is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Ouest Region. In 2006 the population was 212,628 and in 2011 the population was 240,830, an increase of 13.3%. Its capital is Léo. Education In 2011 the province had 194 ...

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 Leo is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Jackson County, Ohio, United States. It is located northwest of Coalton at the intersection of Sour Run Road (County Road 28) and Twin Bridges Road, at .Rand McNally. ''The Road Atlas '06. ...

, 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 sepa ...

, U.S., a ghost town *

Leo Islands The Leo Islands are an island group located inside western Coronation Gulf, south of Victoria Island, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. Other island groups in the vicinity include the Berens Islands, Black Berry Islands, Couper Islands, De ...

, 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), a lunar mission *

Low Earth orbit A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit around Earth with a period of 128 minutes or less (making at least 11.25 orbits per day) and an eccentricity less than 0.25. Most of the artificial objects in outer space are in LEO, with an altitude never m ...

, a satellite path *

Leo (constellation) Leo is one of the constellations of the zodiac, between Cancer the crab to the west and Virgo the maiden to the east. It is located in the Northern celestial hemisphere. Its name is Latin for lion, and to the ancient Greeks represented the ...

, a constellation

Biology

Leo (horse) Leo (1940–1967) was one of the most influential Quarter Horse sires in the early years of the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA). Life Leo was foaled in 1940.Close and Simmons ''Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mare ...

, 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 ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae that was named and described by Lorenz Oken in 1816 who placed all the spotted cats in this group. Reginald Innes Pocock revised the classification of this genus in 1916 as comprising the tig ...

Computing

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

Sports

BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lions compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and play their home games at BC Place. The Lions played their first seas ...

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

Other uses

Leo (astrology) Leo () ( Greek: , ''Leōn''), Latin for Lion, is the fifth sign of the zodiac. It corresponds to the constellation Leo and comes after Cancer and before Virgo. The traditional Western zodiac associates Leo with the period between about Ju ...

, an astrological sign * LEO (website), a group of dual-language dictionaries and discussion forums *

Leo Petroglyph The Leo Petroglyph is a sandstone petroglyph containing 37 images of humans and other animals as well as footprints of each. The petroglyph is located near the small village of Leo, Ohio (in Jackson County, Ohio) and is thought to have been c ...

, a series of ancient stone carvings *

Leo clubs Leo clubs are a youth organization of Lions Clubs International. Leo clubs encourage youths to develop leadership qualities by participating in social service activities. They are dependent on a Lions club to sponsor and initiate a Leo club. Le ...

, youth branch of Lions Clubs International