Namesakes
Belgian Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Léon Delacroix 1918-1920 
Characters in Greek Mythology:
2 characters
Leo (a.k.a. Leon) (m)
Leon (m)
Emmy Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Burt Reynolds (middle name Leon) 1991 Evening Shade
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 character
Leon 1971 The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)
Fictional Characters from Television:
2 characters
Leon Carp 1988 Roseanne
Leon Vance 2003 NCIS
French Presidents and Prime Ministers:
4 prime ministers
(prime minister) Léon Faucher 1851
(prime minister) Léon Gambetta 1881-1882
(prime minister) Léon Bourgeois 1895-1896
(prime minister) Léon Blum 1936-1937; 1938; 1946-1947
Haitian Presidents:
1 president
(president) Dumarsais Estimé (a.k.a. Léon) 1946-1950
Hall-of-Famers:
2 baseball, 1 basketball
(baseball) Leon "Goose" Goslin 1968
(baseball) Leon Day 1995
(basketball) Leon Barmore 2003
Most Valuable Players:
1 winner
Leon Draisaitl 2020 ice hockey
Nobel Prize Winners:
2 peace, 2 physics
(peace) Léon Bourgeois 1920
(peace) Léon Jouhaux 1951
(physics) Leon Cooper 1972
(physics) Leon M. Lederman 1988
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries:
1 activist
(activist) Leon Trotsky 1879-1940
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
5 actors
Leon Ames 1902-1993
John Marley (middle name Leon) 1907-1984
Burt Reynolds (middle name Leon) 1936-2018
Leon Rippy 1949-
Jeff Bridges (middle name Leon) 1949-
Notable Artists:
2 painters, 1 architect
Leon Battista Alberti 1404-1472
Jean-Léon Gérôme 1824-1904
Adolphe Willette (middle name Léon) 1857-1926
Notable Athletes:
1 boxing, 1 ice hockey
(boxing) Leon Spinks 1953-2021
(ice hockey) Leon Draisaitl 1995-
Notable Filmmakers:
1 producer
Jerry Bruckheimer (middle name Leon) 1943-
Notable Journalists:
1 journalist
(journalist) Mike Wallace (middle name Leon) 1918-2012
Notable Musicians:
1 singer
Artis "Coolio" Ivey (middle name Leon) 1963-2022
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
1 politician
Leon Trotsky 1879-1940
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
3 physicists
Léon Foucault 1819-1868
Leon M. Lederman 1922-2018
Leon Cooper 1930-
Notable Writers:
2 authors
Leon Uris 1924-2003
Leon de Winter 1954-
Olympic Medalists:
4 silver, 2 gold, 1 bronze, 1 bronze/silver
(silver) Henri Deloge (middle name Léon) 1900 5000 m team
(bronze) Lawrence Feuerbach (a.k.a. Leon) 1904 shot put
(bronze/silver) Léon Epin 1920 archery - moving target 28 m, team; archery - moving target 33 m, team; archery - moving target 50 m, team
(silver) Leon Gregory 1956 4x400 m relay
(gold) Leon Spinks 1976 boxing
(gold) Leon Wood III 1984 basketball
(silver) Léon van Bon 1992 cycling - track
(silver) Leon Taylor 2004 diving - synchronized platform
Oscar Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Jeff Bridges (middle name Leon) 2010 Crazy Heart
Other Leaders:
2 prime ministers, 1 president
Prime Minister Léon Kauffman 1917-1918 Luxembourg
Prime Minister Jacques Rueff (middle name Léon) 1949-1950 Monaco
President Guillermo León Valencia 1962-1966 Colombia
Polish Presidents and Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
(prime minister) Leon Kozłowski 1934-1935
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
1 musician
Leon Wilkeson 2006 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Swiss Presidents:
1 president
Leon Schlumpf 1984