Leonid

Leonid (Russian: Леонид [lʲɪɐˈnʲit]; Ukrainian: Леонід [leoˈn⁽ʲ⁾id]; Belarusian: Леанід, romanized: Leaníd [lʲɛaˈnʲit]) 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
Leonid Pasechnik (born 1970), Head of state of the Luhansk People's Republic
Leonid Pilunsky (1947–2021), Ukrainian politician
Leonid Polezhayev (born 1940), Russian politician
Leonid Potapov (1935–2020), Russian politician
Leonid Roketsky (born 1942), Russian-Ukrainian statesman
Leonid Sabsovich, Soviet urban planner
Leonid Safronov (1938–2025), Russian politician
Leonid Serhienko (born 1955), Ukrainian politician
Leonid Sharayev (1935–2021), Soviet-Ukrainian politician
Leonid Skotnikov (born 1951), Russian judge
Leonid Slutsky (politician) (born 1968), Russian politician
Leonid Talmaci (born 1954), Moldovan politician
Leonid Tibilov (born 1951), President of South Ossetia
Leonid Tisminetski, birth name of Leonte Tismăneanu (1913–1981), Romanian communist propagandist
Leonid Vokuyev (born 1948), Russian ombudsman
Leonid Yachenin (1897–1952), Soviet politician
Leonid Yakovyshyn (1939–2025), Ukrainian politician and publicist
Leonid Yemets (born 1979), Ukrainian politician
Leonid Yurkovskiy (born 1995), Swedish-Russian politician
Leonid Zamyatin (1922–2019), Soviet ambassador and diplomat
Leonid Zyuganov (born 1988), Russian politician

Dissidents

Leonid Georgievsky (born 1980), Russian activist
Leonid Kannegisser (1896–1918), Assassin of Moisei Uritsky
Leonid Martynyuk (born 1978), Russian journalist and opposition activist
Leonid Nikolaev (1904–1934), Assassin of Sergei Kirov
Leonid Poleshchuk (1938–1986), Russian counterintelligence officer
Leonid Razvozzhayev (born 1973), Russian left-wing activist
Leonid Serebryakov (1890–1937), Soviet politician and Great Purge victim
Leonid Stark (1889–1937), Soviet revolutionary, diplomat and victim of the Great Purge
Leonid Veyner (1897–1937), Soviet general and victim of the Great Purge
Leonid Volkov (born 1980), Russian opposition politician, IT specialist, Alexei Navalny аssociate
Leonid Zakovsky (1894–1938), Latvian Bolshevik revolutionary and victim of the Great Purge

Tangible arts and design

Leonid Berman (1896–1972), one of the Berman brothers, Russian painters
Leonid Brailovsky (1867–1937), Russian architect
Leonid Chernishyov (1875–1932), Russian architect and Holodomor victim
Leonid Denysenko (1926–2020), Ukrainian-Australian graphic artist
Leonid Efros, Russian oil painter and enamelist
Leonid Khizhinsky (1896–1972), Soviet illustrator
Leonid Komskyi (born 1964), Ukrainian art collector
Leonid Lazarev (1937–2021), Russian photojournalist
Leonid Mezheritski (1930–2007), Soviet and Israeli still-life, portrait and landscape painter
Leonid Molodozhanyn, birth name of Leo Mol (1915–2009), Ukrainian-Canadian artist
Leonid Nosyrev (born 1937), Russian children's media creator
Leonid Papara (1906–1984), Ukrainian painter
Leonid Pasternak (1862–1945), Russian Impressionist painter
Leonid Pozen (1849–1921), Russian-Ukrainian artist
Leonid Šejka (1932–1970), Serbian painter and architect
Leonid Sherwood (1871–1954), Russian-English sculptor and architect
Leonid Sokov (1941–2018), Russian sculptor
Leonid Solomatkin (1837–1883), Russian realist painter
Leonid Tkachenko (artist) (1927–2020), Russian painter
Leonid Tskhe (born 1983), Russian contemporary artist
Leonid Uspensky (1902–1987), Russian painter and historian
Leonid Vavakin (1932–1919), Russian architect and urban planner
Leonid Vesnin (1880–1933), Soviet architect
Leonid Yanush (1897–1978), Russian painter

Chess people

Leonid Gerzhoy (born 1987), Soviet-born Israeli-Canadian chess player
Leonid Gofshtein (1953–2015), Soviet-Israeli chess grandmaster
Leonid Kritz (born 1984), Russian chess grandmaster
Leonid Kubbel (1891–1942), Russian chess player
Leonid Maslov (born 1935), Uzbekistani chess player
Leopold Mitrofanov (1932–1992), Soviet chess player
Leonid Sawlin (born 1999), German chess player
Leonid Shamkovich (1923–2005), Soviet chess grandmaster
Leonid Stein (1934–1973), Soviet chess grandmaster from Ukraine among the top ten players in the 1960s
Leonid Yarosh (born 1957), Russian chess composer
Leonid Yudasin (born 1959), Soviet-Israeli chess grandmaster
Leonid Yurtaev (1959–2011), Kyrgyzstani chess grandmaster

Performing arts

Leonid Kozlov (born 1947), Russian ballet dancer
Leonid Lavrovsky (1905–1967), Soviet ballet dancer
Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin, Russian spelling of Léonide Massine (1896–1979), Russian-French choreographer and ballet dancer
Leonid Sarafanov (born 1982), Ukrainian ballet dancer
Leonid Skirko (1939–2012), Ukrainian-born Canadian opera singer
Leonid Smetannikov (born 1943), Russian baritone opera singer
Leonid Sobinov (1872–1934), Russian opera singer
Leonid Yakobson (1904–1975), Russian ballet choreographer
Leonid Zhdanov (1927–2009), Russian dancer and photographer

Literature

Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), Russian playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionist movement in the national literature
Leonid Bershidsky (born 1971), Berlin-based Russian journalist
Leonid Corneanu (1909–1957), Moldovan playwright
Leonid Derbenyov (1931–1995), Russian poet and lyricist
Leonid Gubanov (poet) (1946-1983), Soviet poet
Leonid Hlibov (1827–1893), Ukrainian writer
Leonid Latynin (born 1938), Russian writer
Leonid Makhnovets (1919–1993), Ukrainian liturgical historian
Leonid Martynov (1905–1980), Russian writer
Leonid Mosendz (1897–1948), Soviet writer and poet
Leonid Parfyonov (born 1960), Russian journalist
Leonid Pervomayskiy (1908–1973), Soviet poet
Leonid Polonsky (1833–1913), Russian journalist and writer
Leonid Rabichev (1923–2017), Russian-Soviet writer
Leonid Solovyov (writer) (1906–1962), Russian playwright
Leonid Topchiy (1913–1974), Soviet writer and journalist
Leonid Tsypkin (1926–1982), Soviet writer
Leonid Volodarsky (1950–2023), Russian translator
Leonid Yandakov (1933–2025), Russian journalist
Leonid Yuzefovich (born 1947), Russian writer
Leonid Zorin (1924–2020), Russian playwright
Leonid Zuborev (born 1943), Belarusian author

Sportspeople

Leonid Akulinin (born 1993), Ukrainian footballer
Leonid Arkayev (born 1940), Russian gymnast
Leonid Baranovskyi (1953–2013), Ukrainian footballer
Leonid Barkovskyy (born 1940), Soviet long jumper
Leonid Bartenyev (1933–2021), Soviet sprinter
Leonid Bazan (born 1985), Bulgarian wrestler
Leonid Bogdanov (1927–2021), Soviet fencer
Leonid Boyev (born 1986), Russian footballer
Leonid Buryak (born 1953), USSR/Ukraine-born Olympic-medal-winning soccer player and coach
Leonid Cherevko (born 1974), Belarusian discus thrower
Leonid Chuchunov (born 1974), Russian wrestler
Leonid Derevyanko, Soviet sprint canoer
Leonid Dobroskokin (born 1952), Russian swimmer
Leonid Drachevsky (born 1942), Soviet rower
Leonid Fyodorov (1928–1993), Soviet ski jumper
Leonid Geishtor (born 1936), USSR (Belarus)-born Olympic champion Canadian pairs sprint canoer
Leonid Gerchikov (born 2001), Russian footballer
Leonid Gissen (1931–2005), Soviet rower
Leonid Gulov (born 1981), Estonian rower
Leonid Haidarzhy (born 1959), Ukrainian football manager
Leonid Husak (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer
Leonid Ilyichev (swimmer) (born 1948), Soviet freestyle swimmer
Leonid Ivanov (footballer) (1921–1990), Soviet footballer
Leonid Ivanov (rower) (1938–2019), Soviet rower
Leonid Ivanov (runner) (born 1937), Soviet long-distance runner
Leonid Kamburov (born 1982), Russian skater
Leonid Kamlochuk (born 1974), Ukrainian canoeist
Leonid Kaznakov (born 1963), Soviet figure skater
Leonid Khokhlov (born 1980), Russian swimmer
Leonid Kiyenko (born 1974), Russian football manager
Leonid Klimovsky (born 1983), Russian futsal player
Leonid Kolesnikov (1937–2010), Soviet swimmer
Leonid Kolumbet (1937–1983), Soviet and Ukrainian Olympic cyclist
Leonid Koshelev (born 1979), Russian-Uzbekistani footballer
Leonid Kostylev, Russian boxer
Leonid Kovel (born 1986), Belarusian football player and coach
Leonid Krasnov (born 1988), Russian cyclist
Leonid Krayzelburg, birth name of Lenny Krayzelburg (born 1975), American Olympic gold medalist and swimmer
Leonid Krupnik (born 1979), Ukrainian-born American-Israeli former soccer player and current soccer coach
Leonid Krylov (born 1980), Russian paracanoeist
Leonid Kudayev (1971–2026), Russian footballer
Leonid Kuchuk (born 1959), Belarusian football manaager
Leonid Labzov (born 1973), Russian ice hockey player
Leonid Lazaridi (born 1980), Russian footballer
Leonid Lobachev (born 1966), Belarusian weightlifter
Leonid Lytvynenko (born 1949), Soviet decathlete
Leonid Machitski (born 1983), Russian racing driver
Leonid Markevich (born 1973), Russian footballer
Leonid Martuchev (1880–1937), Russian fencer and Great Purge victim
Leonid Masunov (born 1962), Ukrainian long-distance runner
Leonid Metalnikov (born 1990), Kazakhstani ice hockey player
Leonid Kravchuk (1934–2022), Ukrainian politician and first President of Ukraine
Leonid Mina (born 2004), Greek footballer
Leonid Mironov (born 1998), Russian footballer
Leonid Moseyev (born 1952), Soviet and Russian long-distance runner
Leonid Musin (born 1985), Ukrainian footballer
Leonid Mykytenko (1944–2019), Ukrainian long-distance runner
Leonid Nagornoff (1925–2011), Finnish Olympic sailor
Leonid Nazarenko (born 1955), Russian football coach
Leonid Novikov (born 1984), Russian orienting competitor
Leonid Novitskiy (born 1968), Russian rally driver
Leonid Oleinicenco (born 1981), Moldovan football administrator
Leonid Osipov (1943–2020), Soviet water polo player
Leonid Ostrovski (1936–2001), Latvian football manager
Leonid Pakhomov (born 1943), Russian football manager
Leonid Pavlovski (born 1949), Russian field hockey player
Leonid Pumalainen (born 1970), Russian high jumper
Leonid Rakovshchik (born 1938), Russian rower
Leonid Ratner (born 1937), Ukrainian handball coach
Leonid Reshetnikov (footballer) (born 1986), Russian footballer
Leonid Rivkind (born 1991), Russian-Israeli curler
Leonid Rodionov (born 1993), Russian footballer
Leonid Romanov (born 1947), Soviet fencer
Leonid Rumyantsev (1916–1985), Russian footballer
Leonid Saar (1913–2010), Estonian athlete
Leonid Sagayduk (1929–1998), Soviet swimmer
Leonid Shaposhnikov (born 1969), Ukrainian rower
Leonid Sharf (born 1982), Ukrainian-American footballer
Leonid Shchukin (1945–2026), Russian multi-sport coach
Leonid Shevchenko (1932–2017), Russian football coach
Leonid Shmuts (born 1948), Soviet footballer
Leonid Shvetsov (born 1969), Russian long-distance runner
Leonid Slutsky (football manager) (born 1971), Russian football coach
Leonid Smirnov (footballer) (1889–1980), Russian footballer
Leonid Solovyov (footballer) (1917–2004), Russian footballer
Leonid Spiridonov (born 1980), Kazakhstani wrestler
Leonid Spirin (1932–1982), Soviet Olympic gold medalist
Leonid Srdić (born 2002), Swiss-Bosnian footballer
Leonid Svirid (born 1967), Belarusian judoka
Leonid Taranenko (born 1956), 1980 Olympic weightlifting champion for the Soviet Union
Leonid Tcaci (born 1970), Moldovan football manager
Leonid Teliga (1917–1970), Polish navigator and the first from his country to circumnavigate the globe
Leonid Tiukhtyaev, rider of the Two Eagles Balloon
Leonid Tkachenko (footballer) (1953–2024), Russian football manager
Leonid Todorovski (born 1998), Macedonian basketball player
Leonid Toropchenko (1968–2017), Russian ice hockey player
Leonid Tyagachyov (born 1946), Russian sports administrator
Leonid Urlichich, better known as Crazy Leo (born 1985), Russian-Canadian rally driver
Leonid Vershinin (born 1977), Belarusian hurdler
Leonid Voloshin (born 1966), Russian Olympian
Leonid Yachmenyov (1938–2021), Russian basketball coach
Leonid Yekimov (born 1987), Russian sport shooter
Leonid Zakharov (rower) (born 1930), Soviet rower
Leonid Zaslavsky (born 1969), Ukrainian-Australian wrestler
Leonid Zayko (born 1948), Russian volleyball player
Leonid Zhabotinsky (1938–2016), Soviet weightlifter and Olympic gold medalist
Leonid Zolkin (1892–1958), Russian footballer
Leonid Zuyev (born 1991), Russian footballer

Fictional characters

Leonid, the protagonist in Alexander Bogdanov’s 1908 Russian science fiction novel Red Star
Leonid, the protagonist in the Labyrinth trilogy of cyberpunk novels written in the late 1990s by Russian science fiction writer Sergei Lukyanenko (Labyrinth of Reflections, False Mirrors, and Transparent Stained-Glass Windows).
Leonid, the protagonist in Jonathan Hickman's S.H.I.E.L.D. comic
Leonid Gorbovsky, in Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's series of science fiction novels set in the Noon Universe
Leonid Kovar, Russian superhero also known as Red Star
Leonid McGill, Manhattan private detective in fiction written by Walter Mosley
Leonid Pavel, Russian nuclear scientist in The Dark Knight Rises

Miscellaneous

Leonid Karnov (born 1976), Russian serial killer responsible for the death of five individuals between 2005 and 2008
Leonid Aleksandorovich Kuvayev (born 1972), Russian e-mail spammer and convicted child molestor
Leonid Rozhetskin (1966–20??), Russian-American financier and lawyer who disappeared in 2008; remains found in 2013
Leonid Sednev (1903–1942), Chef's assistant to Tsar Nicholas II
Leonid Stadnyk (1970–2014), Ukrainian man named "world's tallest living man" by Guinness World Records 2008
Leonid Toptunov (1960–1986), reactor control engineer killed in the Chernobyl disaster