Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to:

Places

Europe

León, Spain León (; ) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the province of León, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León, in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. It has a population of 124,303 (2019), ...

, capital city of the Province of León *

Province of León León (, ; ; ; ) is a province of northwestern Spain in the northern part of the Region of León and in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. About one quarter of its population of 463,746 (2018) lives in the c ...

, Spain *

Kingdom of León The Kingdom of León was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in 910 when the Christian princes of Kingdom of Asturias, Asturias along the Bay of Biscay, northern coast of the peninsula ...

, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again from 1296 to 1301 *

León (historical region) Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

, composed of the Spanish provinces León, Salamanca, and Zamora *

Viscounty of Léon The Viscounty or County of Léon () was a Feudalism, feudal state in extreme western Brittany in the High Middle Ages. Though nominally a vassal of the sovereign duke of Brittany, Léon was functionally independent of any external controls until th ...

, a feudal state in France during the 11th to 13th centuries *

Saint-Pol-de-Léon Saint-Pol-de-Léon (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department in Brittany in north-western France, located on the coast. It is noted for its 13th-century cathedral on the site of the original founded by Saint Paul Aurelian in the 6th cen ...

, a commune in Brittany, France * Léon, Landes, a commune in Aquitaine, France * Isla de León, a Spanish island *

Leon (Souda Bay) Leon (, "lion"), also known colloquially as Nisi ("the island") and during Republic of Venice, Venetian rule as Rabbit Island, is an islet in Souda Bay on the northwest coast of Crete. On the southeast side of the islet, a small distance away, ...

, an islet in Souda Bay, Chania, on the island of Crete

North America

León, Guanajuato León (), officially León de Los Aldama, is the most populous city and municipal seat of the municipality of León in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. In the 2020 census, INEGI reported 1,579,803 people living in the city of León and 1,721,21 ...

, Mexico, a large city * Leon, California, United States, a ghost town *

Leon, Iowa Leon is a city in and the county seat of Decatur County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,822 at the time of the 2020 census. The city is located near the Little River Lake Recreation Area. Leon is home to a major rodeo that has been R ...

, United States *

Leon, Kansas Leon is a city in Butler County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 669. History Leon was founded in 1879. It was named after Leon, Iowa, which in turn was named after the Jewish "Fighting Doctor" D ...

, United States * Leon, New York, United States *

Leon, Oklahoma Leon is a town in Love County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the community had 74 residents. The town is old enough to appear on a 1911 Rand McNally map of the county. Name It is now unclear why the town chose the name Leon ...

, United States * Leon, Virginia, United States * Leon, West Virginia, United States *

Leon, Wisconsin (disambiguation) Leon is the name of places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin: * Leon (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Leon, Monroe County, Wisconsin, a town * Leon, Waushara County, Wisconsin, a town {{geodis ...

, United States, several places *

New Kingdom of León The New Kingdom of León (), was an administrative territory of the Spanish Empire, politically ruled by the Viceroyalty of New Spain. It was located in an area corresponding generally to the present-day northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. ...

, a territory of Spain (1582-1821) in Mexico, roughly corresponding in area to modern Nuevo León *

Leon County, Florida Leon County () is a County (United States), county in the Florida Panhandle, Panhandle of the U.S. state of Florida. It was named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population w ...

Leon County, Texas Leon County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 15,719. Its county seat is Centerville. History The legislature of the Republic of Texas authorized Leon County in 1846 from part of Robertso ...

Leon Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota Leon Township is a township in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 345 at the 2000 census. History Leon Township was organized in 1897. The township was named for Leon Dickinson, the first white birth within its bord ...

Leon Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota Leon Township is a township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 942 at the 2000 census. History Leon Township was organized in 1858, and was probably named after the Kingdom of León. Geography According to the Unit ...

Leon River The Leon River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It has three primary forks - the North, Middle, and South Leon Rivers, which meet near Eastland and then run for around until it meets with the Lampasas River and the Salado Creek to f ...

, Texas

Central America

León Department León () is a department in Nicaragua Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-mo ...

, Nicaragua *

León, Nicaragua León () is the second largest city in Nicaragua, after Managua. Founded by the Spanish as Santiago de los Caballeros de León, it is the capital and largest city of León Department. , the municipality of León has an estimated population of ...

, capital city of the León Department

Other places

Leon, Iloilo Leon, officially the Municipality of Leon (, , ), is a municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 51,990 people. It is known as the "Vegetable Basket of Iloilo Province" due to its s ...

, Philippines, a 2nd class municipality *

Leon, Togo Leon, Togo is a village in the Doufelgou Prefecture in the Kara Region of north-eastern Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Tog ...

, a village *

Leon River (Colombia) The Leon River is a river of Urabá Antioquia, Colombia. It drains into the Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere, located south of the Gulf of Mexico and ...

People

People with the nickname or stage name

Leon (Japanese wrestler) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Leon. Trained by Hyper Visual Fighting Arsion, Takase made her debut for the promotion in March 2000, working under her real name. After a change in management, Arsion was ren ...

, (born 1980), Japanese professional wrestler *

Leon Robinson Leon Preston Robinson (born March 8, 1962), usually credited as simply Leon, is an American actor and singer who began his professional career as a film actor in the early 1980s. He is best known for his roles as J.T. Matthews in the 1991 Rob ...

(born 1962), African-American actor and singer usually credited as "Leon" *

Leon (German singer) Germany was represented at the qualifying round for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song "Planet of Blue", written by Hanne Haller and Anna Rubach, and performed by Leon (German singer), Leon. The German participating broadcaster on be ...

(born 1969), German performer in the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest *

Léon (Swedish singer) Lotta Lindgren (born 26 February 1993), known by her stage name Léon (stylized as LÉON), is a Swedish singer and songwriter from Stockholm, Sweden. Her first single, "Tired of Talking", was released on SoundCloud in July 2015. She has release ...

(born 1993), Swedish singer *

El León EL, El or el may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional entities * El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit * Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things'' * El, fami ...

, (born 1975), Puerto Rican professional wrestler *

Frère León Frère León (, ; December 31, 1871 – November 20, 1955) was a French-born Cuban botanist and De La Salle Brother. Born Joseph Sylvestre Sauget in Arbois, Jura, León was an important contributor to the botanical exploration of Cuba and co-aut ...

(1871–1955), Franco-Cuban botanist, born Joseph Sylvestre Sauget, known by the botanical author abbreviation León *

Leon Boga Leonida T. Boga (12 January 1886 – 1974), better known as Leon Boga (also Nida Boga and L. T. Boga), was an Aromanian writer, schoolteacher and archivist in Romania. His most notable work, ''Voshopolea'' ("Moscopole"), started the trend in Ar ...

, nickname of Aromanian writer, schoolteacher and archivist in Romania Leonida T. Boga (1886–1974) *

Leon Russell Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges; April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016) was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling records during his 60-year career that spanned multiple genres, including rock a ...

(1942–2016), American singer and songwriter

People with the name

Leon (given name) Leon () is a first name of Greek origin, meaning "lion". It gave rise to similar names in other languages, including the Latin ''Leo'', French ''Lyon'' or ''Léon'', Irish ''Leon'', Spanish ''León'', Levon Լեվոն Armenian or Georgian ...

, people whose first name is Leon *

Leon (surname) León is a Spanish language, Spanish surname. A habitational name from León, Spain, León, a city in northwestern Spain, named with Latin language, Latin ''legio'', genitive ''legionis'' ‘legion’, a division of the Roman army. In Roman times ...

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Leon (''Dead or Alive'') * Leon (''Squirrel Boy'') * Leon, main character from the game '' The Legend of Oasis'' * Leon, a character on ''

The Andy Griffith Show ''The Andy Griffith Show '' is an American sitcom television series that was aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color. The series ...

'' *

Leon Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

, a character from the game ''Pokémon Sword and Shield'' *''Leon'', from the Supercell game ''

Brawl Stars ''Brawl Stars'' is a multiplayer online battle arena and third-person hero shooter video game developed and published by Finnish video game company Supercell (company), Supercell. The game was released worldwide on 12 December 2018, on iOS an ...

'' and ''

Squad Busters ''Squad Busters'' is a player versus player online mobile action game developed and published by the video game company Supercell. The game was released on 29 May 2024 for Android, iOS and HarmonyOS. The game is a crossover of other video game ...

'' *Leon, from the game ''

Rune Factory 4 is a 2012 role-playing simulation game developed by Neverland and published by Marvelous AQL. It is the sixth game in the ''Rune Factory'' series. It was released for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan in July 2012, in North America in October 2013, and ...

'' *Léon, a young male cyclops created by

Annie Groovie Annie Groovie (the pen name of Annie Trudelle, born in Trois-Rivières April 11, 1970), is a '' Québécois'' writer and illustrator of children's literature. She wrote a series of books and comic strips featuring ''Léon'', a young male cyclops. ...

* Leon, a ''Battle Arena Toshinden'' character *

Leon Garcia de Asturias Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

, on ''Trinity Blood'' * Leon Belmont, a ''Castlevania'' character * Leon Elliott, a ''Black Cat'' character * Leon D. Geeste, a '' Star Ocean 2'' character * Leon Jefferson III, in ''Baby Driver'' * Leon Karp, a ''Roseanne'' character *

Leon S. Kennedy is a character in ''Resident Evil'' (''Biohazard'' in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. Leon was introduced alongside Claire Redfield as one of the two player characters in the video game ''Re ...

, a ''Resident Evil'' character * Leon Kowalski, a ''Blade Runner'' character *

Leon Kuwata The following is a list of characters from the Spike Chunsoft video game series ''Danganronpa''. The series follows the students of Hope's Peak Academy who are forced into a life of mutual killing by a sadistic teddy bear named Monokuma. The seri ...

, from the game ''Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc'' *

Squall Leonhart is a character and the main protagonist of ''Final Fantasy VIII'', a role-playing video game that was produced by Square (video game company), Square (now Square Enix). Within the game's plot, Squall is a 17-year-old student at Balamb Garden, a ...

, aka Leon, a ''Final Fantasy'' character *

Leon Magnus is an action role-playing game originally developed by Telenet Japan's "Namco Tales Studio, Wolf Team" as the second main title in Namco's ''Tales (video game series), "Tales of"'' series. Originally released in Japan for the PlayStation (consol ...

, a ''Tales of Destiny'' character * Leone "Léon" Montana, the titular protagonist of '' Léon: The Professional'' * Leon Powalski, a ''Star Fox'' character *

Leongar is a 2022 action-platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the thirteenth mainline installment in the ''Kirby'' series, second on the Switch, as well as the first game in the series in ...

, aka Leon, a character in ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'' * Leon, aka Leon of Light, a character from the game ''Crusaders Quest'' * Leon, a character from the RPG Maker game ''8:11'' * Leon Bronev, a character from the series

Professor Layton ''Professor Layton'' is a puzzle adventure video game series and transmedia franchise developed by Level-5. The property consists primarily of seven main video games, a mobile spin-off, an animated theatrical film, and an anime television serie ...

* Leon, a character from the series

Fire Emblem is a Video games in Japan, Japanese fantasy tactical role-playing game franchise developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. First produced and published for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990, the series currently con ...

* Léon, a circus lion character from the series

Ace Attorney ''Ace Attorney'' is a visual novel franchise developed by Capcom. With storytelling fashioned after legal dramas, the first entry in the series, '' Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney'', was released in 2001; since then five further main series game ...

* Leon, a character in the otome game ''Fateful Forces'' * Leon, an NPC in the

MiHoYo MiHoYo Co., Ltd. is a Chinese Video game development studio, video game development and publishing company founded in 2012 and headquartered in Shanghai. The company is best known for developing the ''Honkai'' franchise, ''Tears of Themis'', '' ...

game

Genshin Impact ''Genshin Impact'' is a 2020 action role-playing game produced by MiHoYo, MiHoYo/HoYoverse. The game features an anime-style open world environment and an action-based Role-playing battle systems, battle system using Classical element, element ...

* Leon, a character in the game ''Toca Life World'' * Leon, a character from the series

IDOLM@ASTER is a Japanese media franchise that began in 2005 with a raising simulation and rhythm video game series created by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco). The series primarily centers on the career of a producer who works with a group of p ...

* Leon, a character from the series Langrisser * Leon, aka Leonhart (not to be confused with

), a character from the game

Final Fantasy II is a 1988 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Family Computer as the second installment of the ''Final Fantasy'' series. Like other ''Final Fantasy'' sequels, the game is set in its own world, and does not follow ...

* Leon, a character in the otome game ''Star-Crossed Myth'' * Leon Fou Bartfort, the protagonist of ''Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs'' * Leon, a character in the mobile otome game ''Kiss me, Kill me: Otome Game'' * Leon von Schroeder, a character from the series ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' * León Vargas, the male lead character in the Disney Channel telenovela series, '' Violetta''

Works

* ''Leon'' (TV series), an animated TV series for children * '' Léon: The Professional'', a 1994 thriller film directed by Luc Besson * ''Léon'' (album), a 2019 album by Swedish singer-songwriter Léon * ''Leon'' (Leon Bridges album), a 2024 album by Leon Bridges * "Leon", a track on the album ''

Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da ''Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da'' is the tenth studio album by the British band Madness, released on their own Lucky 7 Records label through Cooking Vinyl in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2012 and in the United States on 13 November 2012. The ...

'' by Madness

Businesses

* Léon & Lévy, French maker of stereoscopic views and postcards, founded 1864 *

Leon Restaurants Leon Restaurants Limited (branded as LEON) is a fast food chain based in the United Kingdom, established in 2004. The company had around 70 outlets when it was bought by EG Group in 2021. History Leon was founded by John Vincent and Henry ...

, fast food chain based in the United Kingdom * Leon's, a Canadian furniture retailer

Ships

* Greek destroyer ''Leon'' (1912) * Greek destroyer ''Leon'' (D54) (1951–1992) * , a World War II attack transport

Sports clubs

Club León Club León is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in León, Guanajuato, León, Guanajuato, that competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. The club was founded in 1944 ...

, Mexican professional football club from León, Guanajuato *

León de Huánuco Club Social Deportivo León de Huánuco, more commonly known as León de Huánuco, is a professional Peruvian football (soccer), football club based in the city of Huánuco. It is historically the biggest football club of Huánuco city. Founded in ...

, Peruvian professional football club from Huánuco, Huánuco Region

Technology

* Leon (software), a vocal for Vocaloid software *

LEON Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

, a microprocessor *

SEAT León The SEAT León (), also spelled Leon in some other languages (named after the city of León, Spain, León, which also means "Lion" in Spanish), is a small family car built by the Spanish car manufacturer SEAT since October 1999.ETKA The first ...

, a car from the Spanish manufacturer SEAT