Leonid (russian: Леонид ; uk, Леонід ; be, Леанід, Ljeaníd ) is a Slavic version of the given name

Leonidas Leonidas I (; grc-gre, Λεωνίδας; died 19 September 480 BC) was a List of kings of Sparta#Heraclids, king of the Greek city-state of Sparta, and the 17th of the List of kings of Sparta#Agiad dynasty, Agiad line, a dynasty which claimed d ...

. The French version is Leonide. People with the name include: *

Leonid Andreyev Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (russian: Леони́д Никола́евич Андре́ев, – 12 September 1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of Expressionism in Russian liter ...

(1871–1919), Russian playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionist movement in the national literature *

Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; uk, links= no, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, . (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between 1964 and ...

(1906–1982), leader of the USSR from 1964 to 1982 *

Leonid Buryak Leonid Yosipovich Buryak ( uk, Леонід Йосипович Буряк; born 10 July 1953) is a Ukrainian football coach, and a former Olympic bronze-medal-winning player. Career Buryak was born in Odessa, in the Soviet Union. He was a ...

(b. 1953), USSR/Ukraine-born Olympic-medal-winning soccer player and coach *

Leonid Bykov Leonid Fedorovich Bykov (russian: Леонид Фёдорович Быков, uk, Леонід Федорович Биков; 11 December 1928, in Znamenka village, Artemivsk Okruha of Ukrainian SSR – 11 April 1979, in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine, U ...

(1928–1979), Soviet and Ukrainian actor, film director, and script writer *

Leonid Desyatnikov Leonid Arkadievich Desyatnikov (russian: Леони́д Арка́дьевич Деся́тников, born: 16 October 1955, Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian composer who first made a reputation with a number of film scores, then achieving gr ...

(b. 1955), Soviet and Russian opera and film composer *

Leonid Feodorov Leonid Ivanovich Feodorov (russian: Леонид Иванович Фёдоров; 4 November 1879 – 7 March 1935) was a Studite hieromonk from the Russian Greek Catholic Church, the first Exarch of the Russian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate o ...

(1879–1935), a bishop and Exarch for the Russian Catholic Church, and survivor of the

Gulag The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= was the government agency in ...

Leonid Filatov Leonid Alekseyevich Filatov ( rus, links=no, Леонид Алексеевич Филатов, p=lʲɪɐˈnʲit əlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ fʲɪˈlatəf, a=Lyeonid Alyeksyeyevich Filatov.ru.vorb.oga; 24 December 1946 – 26 October 2003) was a ...

(1946–2003), Soviet and Russian actor, director, poet, and pamphleteer *

Leonid Gaidai Leonid Iovich Gaidai (russian: Леонид Иович Гайдай; 30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) was a Soviet and Russian comedy film director, screenwriter and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the fo ...

, (1923–1993), Soviet comedy film director * Leonid Geishtor (b. 1936), USSR (Belarus)-born Olympic champion Canadian pairs sprint canoer * Leonid Gobyato (1875–1915), Russian lieutenant-general and designer of the modern, man-portable mortar *

Leonid Hurwicz Leonid Hurwicz (; August 21, 1917 – June 24, 2008) was a Polish-American economist and mathematician, known for his work in game theory and mechanism design. He originated the concept of incentive compatibility, and showed how desired outcome ...

(1917–2008), Russian-born American economist and mathematician who shared the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics * Leonid Ivanov (disambiguation), several people *

Leonid Kadeniuk Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk ( uk, Леонід Костянтинович Каденюк, 28 January 1951 – 31 January 2018) was the first astronaut of independent Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country ...

(b. 1951), first and only astronaut of independent Ukraine to fly into outer space *

Leonid Kharitonov (singer) Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov (russian: Леонид Михайлович Харитонов; 18 September 1933 – 19 September 2017) was a Soviet and Russian bass-baritone (баритональный бас) singer. He was honored with Peo ...

(1933–2017), Soviet and Russian bass-baritone singer *

Leonid Khrushchev Leonid Nikitovich Khrushchev (10 November 1917 – 11 March 1943) was the son of Nikita Khrushchev, former leader of the Soviet Union, and served as a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Forces during the World War II. He was shot down and killed in ...

(1917–1943), missing aviator *

Leonid Kogan Leonid Borisovich Kogan (russian: Леони́д Бори́сович Ко́ган; uk, Леонід Борисович Коган; 14 November 1924 – 17 December 1982) was a preeminent Soviet violinist during the 20th century. Many consider ...

(1924–1982), Soviet and Russian violinist *

Leonid Kantorovich Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich ( rus, Леони́д Вита́льевич Канторо́вич, , p=lʲɪɐˈnʲit vʲɪˈtalʲjɪvʲɪtɕ kəntɐˈrovʲɪtɕ, a=Ru-Leonid_Vitaliyevich_Kantorovich.ogg; 19 January 19127 April 1986) was a Sovie ...

(1912–1986) Soviet and Russian mathematician, economist, and only winner from the USSR of the Nobel Prize in Economics *

Leonid Kolumbet Leonid Fedorovych Kolumbet (14 October 1937 – 2 May 1983) was a Soviet track cyclist. Competing in the 4,000 m team pursuit he won a world title in 1963 and bronze medals at the 1960 Olympics and 1962 and 1964 world championships. Kolumbe ...

(b. 1937), Soviet and Ukrainian Olympic cyclist *

Leonid Kostandov Leonid Kostandov (; 27 November 1915 – 5 September 1984) was a Soviet engineer and politician who served as the minister of the chemical industry between 1965 and 1980 and as the deputy premier from 1980 to his death. Biography Being a nativ ...

(1915–1984), Soviet politician *

Leonid Krasin Leonid Borisovich Krasin (russian: Леони́д Бори́сович Кра́син; 15 July 1870 – 24 November 1926) was a Russian Soviet politician, engineer, social entrepreneur, Bolshevik revolutionary politician and a Soviet diplomat. In ...

(1870–1926), Soviet and Russian engineer and politician *

Leonid Kravchuk Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk ( uk, Леонід Макарович Кравчук; 10 January 1934 – 10 May 2022) was a Ukrainian politician and the first president of Ukraine, serving from 5 December 1991 until 19 July 1994. In 1992, he signed ...

(1934–2022), Ukrainian politician and first

President of Ukraine The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, condu ...

Leonid Krupnik Leonid "Leo" Krupnik (, , ; born July 15, 1979 in Khmelnytskyi) is a Ukrainian-born American-Israeli former soccer player and current soccer coach. He played college soccer at the University of California, Berkeley. He played soccer profe ...

(b. 1979), Ukrainian-born American-Israeli former soccer player and current soccer coach *

Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma ( uk, Леоні́д Дани́лович Ку́чма; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005. Kuchma's presidency saw numerous corru ...

(b. 1938), second President of Ukraine *

Leonid Kuravlyov Leonid Vyacheslavovich Kuravlyov (russian: Леонид Вячеславович Куравлёв; 8 October 1936 – 30 January 2022) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1976. Early life Kuravlyov w ...

(1936–2022), Soviet and Russian actor *

Leonid Levin Leonid Anatolievich Levin ( ; russian: Леони́д Анато́льевич Ле́вин; uk, Леоні́д Анато́лійович Ле́він; born November 2, 1948) is a Soviet-American mathematician and computer scientist. He is kn ...

(b. 1948), Soviet-American computer scientist *Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin, French transliteration: Léonide Massine (1896–1979), Russian choreographer and ballet dancer * Leonid Mezheritski (1930–2007), Soviet and Israeli still-life, portrait and landscape painter *

Leonid Moseyev Leonid Nikolaevich Moseyev (russian: Леонид Николаевич Мосеев; born October 21, 1952, in Metlyno, Chelyabinsk Oblast) is a retired male long-distance runner from the Soviet Union. Moseyev won the gold medal in the men's m ...

(b. 1952), Soviet and Russian long-distance runner *

Leonid Pasternak Leonid Osipovich Pasternak (born ''Yitzhok-Leib'', or ''Isaak Iosifovich, Pasternak''; russian: Леони́д О́сипович Пастерна́к, 3 April 1862 ( N.S.) – 31 May 1945) was a Russian post-impressionist painter. He was the ...

(1862–1945), Russian Impressionist painter *

Leonid Reiman Leonid Dodojonovich Reiman ( Russian: Леонид Дододжонович Рейман; born 12 July 1957, in Leningrad) is a Russian businessman and government official, former Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russ ...

(or Reyman) (b. 1957), Russian businessman and government official, currently Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

Leonid Rozhetskin Leonid Borisovich Rozhetskin (russian: Леонид Борисович Рожецкин, born August 4, 1966; disappeared March 16, 2008) was a financier and lawyer who went missing under suspicious circumstances after disappearing from his villag ...

, (1966–20??), Russian-American financier and lawyer who disappeared in 2008; remains found in 2013 * Leonid Sagayduk (1929–1998), Soviet swimmer *

Leonid Sigal Leonid Sigal is a Russian violinist and conductor. A graduate from the Moscow Conservatory, Sigal is active in the United States, where he settled as he joined in 1995 the New World Symphony Orchestra. He was appointed the orchestra's Concertma ...

, Russian violinist and conductor *

Leonid Sobinov Leonid Vitalyevich Sobinov (russian: Леони́д Вита́льевич Со́бинов, 7 June S 26 May1872 – 14 October 1934) was an Imperial Russian operatic tenor. His fame continued unabated into the Soviet era, and he was made a Peop ...

(1872–1934), Russian opera singer *

Leonid Stadnyk Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk ( uk , Леонід Степанович Стадник; 5 August 1970 – 24 August 2014) was a Ukrainian man who claimed to have stood at though the photographic evidence suggests he was no more than 7 ft 9 ...

(1970–2014), Ukrainian man named "world's tallest living man" by ''

Guinness World Records ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...

2008 *

Leonid Stein Leonid Zakharovich Stein (; November 12, 1934 – July 4, 1973) was a Soviet chess Grandmaster from Ukraine. He won three USSR Chess Championships in the 1960s (1963, 1965, and 1966), and was among the world's top ten players during that era. ...

(b. 1934), Soviet Grandmaster chess player from Ukraine among the top ten players in the 1960s * Leonid Taranenko (b. 1956), 1980 Olympic weightlifting champion for the Soviet Union * Leonid Teyf, Russian-Israeli businessman * Leonid Toptunov (1960–1986), reactor control engineer killed in the Chernobyl disaster *

Leonid Utyosov Leonid Osipovich Utyosov or Utiosov (russian: link=no, Леонид Осипович Утёсов, uk, link=no, Леонід Йосипович Утьосов); real name Lazar (Leyzer) Iosifovich Vaysbeyn or Weissbein ()) (, Odesa – 9 March ...

(Leyzer (Lazar) Vaysbeyn, or Weissbein) (1895–1982), Soviet and Russian jazz singer and comic actor * Leonid Volkov (b. 1980),

Russian opposition Opposition to the government of President Vladimir Putin in Russia can be divided between the parliamentary opposition parties in the State Duma and the various non-systemic opposition organizations. While the former are largely viewed as bei ...

politician, IT specialist,

Alexei Navalny Alexei Anatolievich Navalny ( rus, links=no, Алексей Анатольевич Навальный, , ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ nɐˈvalʲnɨj; born 4 June 1976) is a Russian opposition leader, lawyer, and anti-corruption act ...

аssociate * Leonid Voskresensky (1913–1965), Soviet rocket engineer and launch director for Sputnik *

Leonid Yakubovich Leonid Arkadyevich Yakubovich PARLeonid Zhabotinsky Leonid Ivanovich Zhabotinsky ( uk, Леонiд Іванович Жаботинський; 28 January 1938 – 14 January 2016) was a Soviet and Ukrainian weightlifter who set 19 world records in the superheavyweight class, and won gold medals ...

(1938–2016), Soviet weightlifter and Olympic gold medalist Fictional characters include: *Leonid, the protagonist in Alexander Bogdanov’s 1908 Russian science fiction novel '' Red Star'' *Leonid, the protagonist in the Labyrinth trilogy of cyberpunk novels written in the late 1990s by Russian science fiction writer

Sergei Lukyanenko Sergei Vasilyevich Lukyanenko (russian: Серге́й Васи́льевич Лукья́ненко, ; born 11 April 1968) is a Russian science fiction and fantasy author, writing in Russian. His works often feature intense action-packed plots, ...

('' Labyrinth of Reflections'', '' False Mirrors'', and ''Transparent Stained-Glass Windows''). *

Leonid Gorbovsky The Noon Universe ( Russian term: "Мир Полудня" or "Мир Полдня" – "World of Noon"; also known as the “Wanderers’ Universe”) is a fictional future setting for a number of hard science fiction novels written by Arkady and ...

, in

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky The brothers Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky (russian: Аркадий Натанович Стругацкий; 28 August 1925 – 12 October 1991) and Boris Natanovich Strugatsky ( ru , Борис Натанович Стругацкий; 14 A ...

's series of science fiction novels set in the Noon Universe *Leonid Kovar, Russian superhero also known as Red Star *Leonid McGill, Manhattan private detective in fiction written by

Walter Mosley Walter Ellis Mosley (born January 12, 1952) is an American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. He has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, a black private inv ...

*Leonid Pavel, Russian nuclear scientist in ''

The Dark Knight Rises ''The Dark Knight Rises'' is a 2012 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan, and the story with David S. Goyer. The film is based on the DC Comics character Batman, it is th ...

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