Leonid ( ; ; ) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is Leonide.
People with the name include:
Business
Leonid Boguslavsky (born 1951), Soviet-Canadian entrepreneur Leonid Dovladbegyan (born 1985), Russian-Armenian entrepreneur Leonid Fedun (born 1956), Russian billionaire Leonid Ihorovych Krasnopolskyi (1971–2018), Ukrainian entrepreneur Leonid Kozik (1948–2023), Belarusian trade unionist Leonid Kryuchkov (born 1979), Ukrainian entrepreneur Leonid Lebedev (born 1956), Cypriot-Russian entrepreneur Leonid Mikhelson (born 1955), Russian-Israeli billionaire Leonid Reiman (or Reyman) (born 1957), Russian businessman and government official, currently Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russian Federation Leonid Teyf, Russian-Israeli businessman
Religion
Leonid Feodorov (1879–1935), a bishop and Exarch for the Russian Catholic Church, and survivor of the Gulag Leonid of Georgia (1861–1921), Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Leonid Gorbachov, (born 1968), Russian Orthodox Bishop Leonid Ieronimovich Turkevich, birth name of Leontius Turkevich (1876–1965), Russian Orthodox clergyman
Academia
Leonid Abalkin (1930–2011), Russian economist Leonid Burlachuk (1947–2022), Ukrainian psychologist Leonid Grinin (born 1958), Russian philosopher Leonid Hurwicz (1917–2008), Russian-born American economist and mathematician who shared the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics Leonid Kamarovsky (1846–1912), Russian law professor Leonid Milov (1929–2007), Russian historian Leonid Murzin (1930–1996), Soviet linguist Leonid Petrov, Russian historian Leonid Pitamic (1885–1971), Slovene academic Leonid Potapov (ethnographer) 1905-2000), Russian ethnographer Leonid Rudnytzky (1935–2024), Ukrainian-American linguist Leonid Stolovich (1929–2013), Russian-Estonian philosopher Leonid Vasiliev (1891–1966), Soviet parapsychologist Leonid Vasilyev (1930–2016), Russian historian and sociologist Leonid Zankov (1901–1977), Soviet psychologist
S.T.E.M.
Leonid Andrussow (1896–1988), Baltic German chemical engineer Leonid Assur (1878–1920), Russian engineer Leonid Berlyand, Soviet-American mathematician Leonid Bodnarchuk (1938–2015), Ukrainian scientist Leonid Bunimovich (born 1947), Soviet-American mathematician Leonid Voskresensky (1913–1965), Soviet rocket engineer and launch director for Sputnik Leonid Dushkin (1910–1990), Soviet rocket engineer Leonid Elenin (born 1981), Russian astronomer Leonid Frankfurt (born 1941), Russian-Israeli physicist Leonid Glazman, Ukrainian-American theoretical physicist Leonid Grcev (born 1951), Macedonian electrical engineer Leonid Kadeniuk (1951–2018), first and only astronaut of independent Ukraine to fly into outer space Leonid Kantorovich (1912–1986) Soviet and Russian mathematician, economist, and only winner from the USSR of the Nobel Prize in Economics Leonid Keldysh (1931–2016), Russian physicist Leonid Kerber (1903–1993), Soviet radio engineer Leonid Khachiyan (1952–2005), Russian-American computer scientist Leonid Kraizmer (1912–2002), Soviet cybernetician Leonid Kruglyak, American evolutionary geneticist Leonid Krushinsky (1911–1994), Soviet biologist Leonid Kulik (1883–1942), Russian mineralogist Leonid Kupriyanovich (1929–1996), Soviet engineer Leonid Lazebnik (born 1941), Russian physician Leonid Leibenson (1879–1951), Soviet physicist Leonid Levin (born 1948), Soviet-American computer scientist Leonid Libkin (born 1965), American computer scientist Leonid Mandelstam (1879–1944), Soviet physicist Leonid Manevitch (1938–2020), Russian professor, engineer, and mathematician Leonid Minin (born 1947), Ukrainian arms trafficker Leonid Mirsky (1918–1983), Russian-British mathematician Leonid Moroz, Russian-American neuroscientist Leonid Pastur (born 1937), Ukrainian physicist Leonid Perlovsky, Russian-American computer scientist Leonid Peshkin (born 1970), Russian biologist Leonid Polterovich (born 1963), Soviet-Israeli mathematician Leonid Poretsky (born 1954), Russian-born American endocrinologist Leonid Portenko (1896–1972), Soviet ornithologist Leonid Radvinsky (1982–2026), Ukrainian-American entrepreneur Leonid Ramzin (1887–1948), Russian engineer Leonid Rogozov (1934–2000), Russian doctor who performed an appendectomy on himself Leonid Roshal (born 1933), Russian pediatrician Leonid Rudin, American computer scientist Leonid Pavlovich Sabaneyev (1844–1898), Russian zoologist Leonid Sazanov, Belarusian-Austrian structural biologist Leonid Schneider (born 1977), Ukrainian-German science journalist Leonid Sedov (1907–1999), Russian astrophysicist Leonid Shafirov (born 1973), Russian entrepreneur Leonid Shkadov (1927–2003), Russian aeronautical engineer Leonid Shkolnick (born 1945), Ukrainian scientist Leonid Shulpin (1905–1942), Russian ornithologist Leonid Petrovich Tatarinov (1926–2011), Russian palaentologist and evolutionary biologist Leonid A. Umansky (1890–1957), Russian-born American electrical engineer Leonid Ustrugov (1877–1938), Russian railway engineer Leonid I. Vainerman (born 1946), Ukrainian-French mathematician Leonid Vaserstein, Russian-American mathematician Leonid Yatsenko (born 1954), Ukrainian physicist Leonid Zakharov (born 1947), Russian physicist
Television and film
Leonid Barats (born 1971), Russian-Ukrainian actor Leonid Bronevoy (1928–2017), Soviet actor Leonid Bykov (1928–1979), Soviet and Ukrainian actor, film director, and script writer Leonid Desyatnikov (born 1955), Soviet and Russian opera and film composer Leonid Filatov (1946–2003), Soviet and Russian actor, director, poet, and pamphleteer Leonid Gaidai, (1923–1993), Soviet comedy film director Leonid Gubanov (1928–2004), Soviet actor Leonid Heifetz (1934–2022), Russian stage director Leonid Kanevsky (born 1939), Soviet-Israeli actor Leonid Kanter (1981–2018), Ukrainian documentary filmmaker Leonid Kharitonov (actor) (1930–1987), Soviet actor Leonid Kinskey (1903–1998), Russian-American actor Leonid Kirensky (1909–1969), Soviet physicist Leonid Kizim (1941–2010), Soviet cosmonaut Leonid Kmit (1908–1982), Soviet actor Leonid Kulagin (born 1940), Russian actor Leonid Kuravlyov (1936–2022), Soviet and Russian actor Leonid Kvinikhidze (1937–2018), Russian screenwriter Leonid Leonidov (1873–1941), Soviet actor and director Leonid Lukov (1909–1963), Soviet director and screenwriter Leonid Markov (1927–1991), Soviet actor Leonid Mashinskiy (born 1963), Russian actor and director Leonid Nechayev (1939–2010), Russian film director Leonid Obolensky (1902–1991), Soviet actor Leonid Osyka (1940–2001), Ukrainian filmmaker Leonid Prudovsky, full name of Leon Prudovsky (born 1978), Soviet-Israeli filmmaker Leonid Shvartsman (1920–2022), Russian animator Leonid Trauberg (1902–1990), Russian director Leonid Yakubovich (born 1945), Russian television host Leonid Yarmolnik (born 1954), Russian actor and producer Leonid Yengibarov (1935–1972), Soviet clown and actor
Music
Leonid Agutin (born 1968), Russian pop musician and songwriter Leonid Chizhik (born 1947), Moldovan jazz pianist Leonid Dukhovny (1938–2022), Soviet-American singer-songwriter Leonid Gorokhov (born 1967), Russian-born British-German cellist Leonid Grin (born 1947), Soviet-born American conductor Leonid Hambro (1920–2006), American concert pianist Leonid Hrabovsky (born 1935), Ukrainian composer Leonid Karev (born 1969), Russian musician Leonid Kharitonov (singer) (1933–2017), Soviet and Russian bass-baritone singer Leonid Kogan (1924–1982), Soviet and Russian violinist Leonid Korchmar (born 1943), Russian conductor Leonid Kreutzer (1884–1953), Russian pianist Leonid Kuzmin, Belarusian-American pianist Leonid Malashkin (1842–1902), Russian composer and conductor Leonid Margolin (1957–2026), Russian musician and composer Leonid Nikolaev (conductor) (1940–2009), Russian conductor and professor Leonid Rezetdinov (born 1961), Russian composer Leonid Rudenko (born 1985), Russian DJ Leonid Sabaneyev (1881–1963), Russian musicologist Leonid Sagalov (1910–1940), Soviet pianist Leonid Serebrennikov (born 1947), Russian singer Leonid Sigal, Russian violinist and conductor Leonid Soybelman (born 1966), Moldovan-German musician Leonid Utyosov (Leyzer (Lazar) Vaysbeyn, or Weissbein) (1895–1982), Soviet and Russian jazz singer and comic actor Leonid Vainshtein (1945–1994), Azerbaijani composer
Military & intelligence
Leonid Artamonov (1859–1932), Russian general and explorer Leonid Azgaldyan (1942–1992), Armenian physicist and military commander Leonid Beda (1920–1976), Soviet commander Leonid Belakhov (1907–1975), Soviet military general Leonid Georgievich Belousov (1909–1998), Soviet flying ace Leonid Butkevich (1918–1985), Soviet military sniper Leonid Bykovets (1921–1997), Soviet airman Leonid Chigin (1914–1943), Soviet colonel Leonid Dembowsky (1838–1908), Russian military general Leonid Eitingon, Russified name for Nahum Eitingon (1899–1981), Soviet intelligence officer Leonid Erin (born 1951), Belarusian-Russian security official Leonid Gobyato (1875–1915), Russian lieutenant-general and designer of the modern, man-portable mortar Leonid Golikov (1926–1943), Soviet partisan Leonid Ivanov (pilot) (1909–1941), Soviet pilot Leonid Ivanov (test pilot) (1950–1980), Soviet pilot Leonid N. Kartsev (1922–2013), Russian major general Leonid Khrushchev (1917–1943), missing aviator Leonid Kolobov (1907–1993), Soviet lieutenant general Leonid Kurchevsky (1890–1937), Soviet weaponry designer Leonid Kvasnikov (1905–1993), Russian chemical engineer and spy Leonid Lesh (1862–1934), Russian general Leonid Petrovsky (1897–1941), Soviet lieutenant general Leonid Punin (1892–1916), Russian military officer Leonid Raikhman (1908–1990), Soviet security officer Leonid Petrovich Reshetnikov (born 1947), Russian secret agent Leonid Sandalov (1900–1987), Soviet colonel-general Leonid Ivanovich Shcherbakov (1936–2021), Soviet-Russian military officer Leonid Shebarshin (1935–2012), Soviet KGB spy Leonid Smirnov (politician) (1916–2001), Soviet statesman and director of munitions production Leonid Sobolev (1844–1913), Russian army general Leonid Solarević (1854–1929), Serbian military officer Leonid Solodkov (born 1958), Russian naval officer Leonid Stupnyckj (1891-1944), Commander and Figure in the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army Leonid Velilayev (1916–1971), Crimean Tatar-Soviet soldier
Politics
Politicians
Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982), leader of the USSR from 1964 to 1982 Leonid Bujor (1955–2021), Moldovan politician Leonid Chernovetskyi (born 1951), Ukrainian politician Leonid Dashuk (born 1938), Belarusian lawyer and politician Leonid Derkach (1939–2022), Ukrainian politician Leonid Dzapshba (born 1961), Abkhazian politician Leonid Enik (born 1960), Abkhazian politician Leonid Filimonov (1935–2022), Russian politician Leonid Gorbenko (1939–2010), Russian politician Leonid Gornin (born 1972), Russian politician and defense minister Leonid Gozman (born 1950), Russian politician Leonid Hrach (1948–2025), Ukrainian-Russian politician Leonid Ilyichev (politician) (1906–1990), Soviet politician Leonid Ivashov (born 1943), Russian government official Leonid Klimov (born 1953), Ukrainian banker and politician Leonid Komogorov (1927–2020), Soviet diplomat Leonid Korotkov (born 1965), Russian politician Leonid Kostandov (1915–1984), Soviet politician Leonid Kozachenko (born 1955), Ukrainian politician Leonid Kozhara (born 1963), Ukrainian politician Leonid Krasin (1870–1926), Soviet and Russian engineer and politician Leonid Kuchma (born 1938), second President of Ukraine Leonid Lakerbaia (born 1947), Prime Minister of Abkhazia Leonid Lubennikov (1910–1988), Soviet politician Leonid Marinich, Belarusian diplomat Leonid Markelov (born 1963), Russian politician and Head of Mari El Leonid Melnykov (1906–1981), Soviet politician Leonid Moiseyev (born 1948), Russian diplomat Leonid Novokhatko (born 1954), Ukrainian politician