Leonte is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Leonte Filipescu, Romanian communist
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Leonte Moldovan
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Leonte Răutu
Leonte Răutu (until 1945 Lev Nikolayevich (Nicolaievici) Oigenstein; February 28, 1910 – September 1993) was a Bessarabian-born Romanian communist activist and propagandist, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Romania, deputy prime minister ...
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Leonte Tismăneanu, Romanian communist activist and propagandist
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Gheorghe Leonte, Romanian rugby union footballer
It is also the name of a military operation (
Leonte Operation) that began in 2006 under
UNIFIL
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Romanian masculine given names
Masculine given names