Leon as First Name

Leon Schiller De Schildenfeld            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish
Leon Schiller De Schildenfeld: (April 14, 1887 - March 25, 1954) was a Polish theater and film director, critic and theoretician. He was also a composer and wrote theater and radio screenplays.

Leon Wasilewski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish
Leon Wasilewski: 1870-1936) was an activist of the Polish Socialist Party (PPS), a coworker of Józef Pilsudski, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, designer of much of Second Polish Republic policy towards the East, historian and father of Wanda Wasilewska.

Leon McFadden            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Leon McFadden: (born April 26, 1944 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a former right-handed Major League Baseball shortstop and outfielder who played from 1968 to 1970 for the Houston Astros.

Leon Spinks            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Leon Spinks: a former boxer. He had an overall record of 26 wins, 17 losses and 3 draws as a professional, with 14 knockout wins

Leon Nathan Cooper            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Leon Nathan Cooper: American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, who with John Bardeen and John Robert Schrieffer, developed the BCS theory of superconductivity.

Avoiding Unisex Names Names, by their very nature, are meant to reflect the gender of the individual. This is a truth universally acknowledged regardless of the culture to which you belong. However, like everything else, there are exceptions to this rule and the confusion this might create....More..

Leon as Last Name

Nicolae Leon            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian
Nicolae Leon: was a Romanian biologist of world renown. He was the elder brother of the naturalist Grigore Antipa.

Claudio Arrau León            Origin/Culture/Country: Chile
Claudio Arrau León: was a Chilean pianist of world fame for his deep interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning from the baroque to 20th-century composers. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.

Lucero Hogaza León            Origin/Culture/Country: Mexico
Lucero Hogaza León: She started her career at the age of 10 as Lucerito (Lucerito). She is married to singer Manuel Mijares with whom she has two children. Her mother, actress and producer Lucero León, is her manager.At the age of ten, Lucero started her career as Lucerito i

José María Ramos De León            Origin/Culture/Country: Filipino
José María Ramos De León: a Filipino comedian/TV host. Famous for his wit, green jokes, and sarcasm, he is one of the popular hosts of the long-running noontime variety show Eat Bulaga!. He is a member of the famous comedy trio Tito, Vic and Joey that has made several hit comedy movies and TV shows. As a songwriter, Joey has penned a number of Filipino hit songs that many in the Philippines now consider as classics, notably "Ipagpatawad Mo" (Forgive Me), "Awitin Mo, Isasayaw Ko" (Sing and I Will Dance), "Boyfriend kong Baduy" (My Geeky Boyfriend), "Iskul Bukol" (School is Tough).

Gerardo De León            Origin/Culture/Country: Filipino
Gerardo De León: a former Filipino actor turned film director, who made his acting debut in the 1934 movie Ang Dangal.De Leon, who original name was Gerardo Ilagan, is a member of the Ilagan clan of Philippine motion pictures. This clan produced movie thespians Robert Arevalo, Liberty Ilagan and Ronaldo Valdez; and musical scorer Tito Arevalo. De Leon was a medical doctor by profession, but his ultimate love for film has won him over. He made another 8 movies as an actor before he became a director.