Leonidas was the king of Sparta who ruled c. 489–480 BC, and who led the allied Greek forces in a last stand at the Battle of Thermopylae. Leonidas may also refer to:

People

Antiquity

Leonidas I Leonidas I (; , ''Leōnídas''; born ; died 11 August 480 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. He was the son of king Anaxandridas II and the 17th king of the Agiad dynasty, a Spartan royal house which claimed descent fro ...

, Greek king of Sparta, ruled c. 489–480 BC * Leonidas II, Greek king of Sparta, ruled c. 254–235 BC * Leonidas of Rhodes, ancient Greek Olympic runner * Leonidas of Tarentum, Greek poet * Leonidas of Epirus, teacher of Alexander the Great * Leonidas of Alexandria, Greek poet

Saints

* Saint Leonidas (disambiguation), any of several people

Modern times

Given name

''Leonidas'' is a masculine given name mainly in Greece: *

Leônidas (footballer, born 1913) Leônidas da Silva (; 6 September 1913 – 24 January 2004) was a Brazilian professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He is regarded as one of the most important players of the first ...

, Brazilian football player born 1913 * Leônidas (footballer, born 1995), Brazilian football player born 1995 * Leonidas Kestekides, founder of the Belgian chocolate company * Leonidas Alaoglu, American mathematician of Greek descent * Leonidas Bott, Australian cricketer * Leonidas Burwell, Canadian businessman and politician * Leonidas Ferreira de Paulo Junior, Brazilian football player * Leonidas M. Godley, American Civil War Union Army soldier; recipient of the Medal of Honor * Leonidas Hamline, 19th-century American Methodist clergyman and lawyer, and founding benefactor of Hamline University * Leonidas Kampantais, Greek footballer * Leonidas Kavakos, Greek violinist * Leonidas Kouris, Greek politician * Leonidas Kyrkos, Greek politician * Leonidas Langakis, Greek shooter * Leonidas Panagopoulos, Greek footballer * Leonidas Pantelides, Cypriot diplomat * Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek military officer and politician *

Leonidas Polk Lieutenant-General Leonidas Polk (April 10, 1806 – June 14, 1864) was a Confederate general, a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and founder of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America, which separat ...

, Confederate general in the American Civil War * Leonidas L. Polk, American agrarian leader and North Carolina's first Commissioner of Agriculture * Leonidas Pyrgos, Greek fencer * Leonidas I. Robinson, American Coast Guard third lieutenant * Leonidas Sampanis, Greek weightlifter * Leonidas Shaver, American judge from the Utah Territory * Leonidas Skoutaris, Greek basketball player * Leônidas Soares Damasceno, Brazilian football player * Leonidas Jefferson Storey, American politician from Texas * Leonidas Tsiklitiras, Greek gymnast * Leonidas Varouxis, Greek journalist and a politician * Leonidas Vargas, Colombian drug lord * Leonidas Veliaroutis, Greek writer * Leonidas Vokolos, Greek footballer

Surname

Georgina Leonidas Georgina Leonidas (born 28 February 1990) is a British actress best known for playing Molly in '' The Basil Brush Show'', and Katie Bell in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', '' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1'', and ''Ha ...

, British actress * Stephanie Leonidas, British actress

Nickname

* Nate Ebner (nicknamed Leonidas), American football player in the National Football League

Other

Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ( ; ; 24 October 1891 – 30 May 1961), nicknamed ''El Jefe'' (; "the boss"), was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May 1961 ...

Dominican President

Fictional characters

* Leonidas ''(Legends of Chima)'', a character in ''Legends of Chima'' *Leonidas Witherall, fictional character created by Phoebe Atwood Taylor

Places

In the United States: * Leonidas, New Orleans, Louisiana * Leonidas, Minnesota * Leonidas Township, Michigan

Vessels

* ''Leonidas'' (ship), labour ship that brought the first indentured servants from India to Fiji in 1879 * USS ''Leonidas'', either of two ships in the US Navy * HMS ''Leonidas'', either of two ships in the Royal Navy

Other uses

* ELBO Leonidas-2, Greek-built armored personnel carrier * Epirus Leonidas, a high-power microwave (HPM) weapon system * ''Leonidas'' (sculpture), a 5th-century BC sculpture *'' Leonidas at Thermopylae'', a 19th-century oil painting by Jacques-Louis David *'' Leonidas'', an 1894 secular oratorio by

Max Bruch Max Bruch (6 January 1838 – 2 October 1920) was a German Romantic Music, Romantic composer, violinist, teacher, and conductor who wrote more than 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin ...

. * Leonidas Squadron (Leonidas Staffel), experimental Luftwaffe unit of suicide pilots that tested crewed versions of the V-1 flying bomb *Leonidas, the codename for

Fedora A fedora () is a hat with a soft brim and indented crown.Kilgour, Ruth Edwards (1958). ''A Pageant of Hats Ancient and Modern''. R. M. McBride Company. It is typically creased lengthwise down the crown and "pinched" near the front on both sides ...

11 * Leonidas (chocolate maker), a chocolate producer * RKSV Leonidas, a Dutch amateur football club from Rotterdam