Namesakes

Belgian Prime Ministers: 1 prime minister
Léon Delacroix   1918-1920  
Characters in Greek Mythology: 1 character
Leon   (m)  
Emmy Award Winners: 1 actor
(actor) Burt Reynolds (a.k.a. Leon)   1991   Evening Shade  
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 N Cooper   1972  
(physics) Leon M. Lederman   1988  
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries: 1 activist
(activist) Leon Trotsky   1879-1940  
Notable Actors and Actresses: 3 actors
Burt Reynolds (a.k.a. Leon)   1936-2018  
Leon Rippy   1949-  
Jeff Bridges (a.k.a. Leon)   1949-  
Notable Artists: 2 painters, 1 architect
Leon Battista Alberti   1404-1472  
Jean-Léon Gérôme   1824-1904  
Adolphe Willette (a.k.a. Léon)   1857-1926  
Notable Athletes: 2 baseball, 1 football, 1 ice hockey, 1 rugby
(baseball) Leon "Goose" Goslin   1900-1971  
(baseball) Leon Day   1916-1995  
(football) Leon Hall   1984-  
(rugby) AJ MacGinty (a.k.a. Leon)   1990-  
(ice hockey) Leon Draisaitl   1995-  
Notable Filmmakers: 1 producer
Jerry Bruckheimer (a.k.a. Leon)   1943-  
Notable Journalists: 1 television
(television) Mike Wallace (a.k.a. Leon)   1918-2012  
Notable Musicians: 1 singer
Artis "Coolio" Ivey (a.k.a. Leon)   1963-2022   hip hop  
Notable Writers: 1 author
Leon de Winter   1954-  
Olympic Medalists: 3 silver, 1 bronze, 1 bronze/silver, 1 gold
(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 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 (a.k.a. Leon)   2010   Crazy Heart  
Other Leaders: 2 prime ministers
Prime Minister Léon Kauffman   1917-1918   Luxembourg  
Prime Minister Jacques Rueff (a.k.a. Léon)   1949-1950   Monaco  
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  
Title Characters: 1 book
(book) Leon   1971   The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)