Leon

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Leon or Léon or León may refer to:

1 Places
- 1.1 France
- 1.2 Mexico
- 1.3 Nicaragua
- 1.4 Philippines
- 1.5 Spain
- 1.6 United States
2 People
3 Other meanings
4 See also

Places

France

Léon, Landes, a commune of the Landes département, France
Léon (viscounty), Brittany, France
Léon (diocese), Brittany, France

Mexico

León, Guanajuato

Nicaragua

Philippines

Leon, Iloilo

Spain

León, Spain, city and capital of the province of the same name
León (province)
Castile and León, autonomous community
Kingdom of León, historical kingdom

United States

People

Leon is a name in several Germanic languages meaning "thunder," and is used as both a given name and a surname. In a Greek or Spanish context, the name Leon means "lion". For people with the name "Leon", see People named Leon.

Leon, King of Sparta, c. 590-560 BC
Léon Boëllmann, French composer for the organ
Leon Durham, former Major League Baseball first baseman
Leon Edel, literary critic and Pulitzer Prize winning biographer
León Felipe, León Felipe Camino Galicia (1884 - 1968), Spanish poet
Léon Foucault, born Jean Bernard Léon Foucault(18 September 1819 – 11 February 1868) was a French physicist invented the Foucault pendulum, made an early measurement of the speed of light, invented the gyroscope, and discovered eddy currents
León Gieco, born Raúl Alberto Antonio Gieco (November 20, 1951, Santa Fe, Argentina), pop-folk music composer and interpreter
Leon Lai, Cantopop singer, and also his 1990 debut album, Leon
Leon Lederman, American experimental physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988 for his work on neutrinos.
Leon Edward Panetta, (born June 28, 1938) is a former White House Chief of Staff to Bill Clinton
Leon Robinson, African-American actor and singer, often credited simply as Leon
Leon Russell, born Claude Russell Bridges on 1942 in Lawton, Oklahoma, singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist
Leon Spinks, a boxer
Leon Trotsky, (Russian: Лев Давидович Троцк��й), Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist
Leon Uris, (August 3, 1924 - June 21, 2003) was an American novelist
Léon Walras, Marie-Esprit-Léon Walras (1834 - 1910), French mathematical economist
Leon White, an American Professional Wrestler who wrestles under the name Vader
Tony Leon, a South African politician
Squall Leonhart, also known as Leon, character in Final Fantasy VIII and Kingdom Hearts
Leon Lentic Bosnian playwright, wrighter of plays like 'Umri' and 'Onaj Pamo Mali'
Leon Scott Kennedy fictional character from Resident Evil

Other meanings

Club Léon, A soccer team in Mexico
Kings of Leon, an American rock band
León (beer), a Mexican beer
Léon, (1994), also known as The Professional and The Cleaner, a film directed by Luc Besson. Also the name of the protagonist of that film
Leon's, a Canadian furniture superstore
Leon Motors, a former Yorkshire bus company
LEON, an open source CPU
SEAT León, a car model
"Leon", a song by Kinky from their 2006 album Reina
Leon (Squirrel Boy), a fictional blue squirrel from the animated series Squirrel Boy.