Leonardo

Leonardo da Vinci
Pronunciation	Italian: [leoˈnardo]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Meaning	strong as a lion

Leonardo is a masculine given name, the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese equivalent of the English, German, and Dutch name, Leonard.^[1]

People

Notable people with the name include:

• Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian Renaissance scientist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, and painter

Artists

• Leonardo Schulz Cardoso, Brazilian singer
• Emival Eterno da Costa (born 1963), Brazilian singer known as Leonardo
• Leonardo de Mango (1843–1930), Italian-born Turkish painter
• Leonardo DiCaprio (born 1974), American actor
• Leonardo Pieraccioni (born 1965), Italian actor and director

Athletes

• Leonardo Araújo (born 1969), usually known as Leonardo, Brazilian World Cup-winning footballer, and former sporting director of Paris Saint Germain
• Leonardo Fioravanti (born 1997), Italian surfer
• Leonardo Lourenço Bastos (born 1975), Brazilian footballer
• Leonardo Bittencourt, German footballer
• Leonardo Bonucci (born 1987), Italian footballer
• Leonardo Candi (born 1997), Italian basketball player
• Leonardo Cardona (born 1971), Colombian road cyclist
• Leonardo Emilio Comici (1901–1940), Italian mountain climber
• Leonardo David (1960–1985), Italian alpine skier
• Leonardo André Pimenta Faria (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
• Leonardo de Jesus Geraldo (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
• Leonardo Renan Simões de Lacerda (born 1988), also known as Léo, Brazilian football defender
• Leonardo Meindl (born 1993), Brazilian basketball forward
• Leonardo José Aparecido Moura (born 1986), Brazilian footballer of Shakhtar Donetsk
• Leonardo Narváez (born 1980), Colombian track cyclist
• Leonardo Rodriguez Pereira (born 1986), Brazilian footballer of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
• Leonardo Santiago (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
• Leonardo Ferreira da Silva (born 1980), Brazilian footballer of Chiangrai United
• Leonardo dos Santos Silva (born 1976), Brazilian footballer of FC Dordrecht (also known as Leonardo II)
• José Leonardo Ribeiro da Silva (born 1988), usually known as Leonardo, Brazilian footballer
• Leonardo Sottani, Italian water polo player
• Leonardo Nascimento Lopes de Souza (born 1997), Brazilian footballer
• Leonardo Zappavigna, Australian boxer

Other

• Leonardo Bruni (c. 1370–1444), humanist, historian and chancellor of Florence
• Leonardo Farkas (born 1967), Chilean businessman
• Leonardo Fibonacci (c. 1170 – c. 1250), Italian mathematician
• Leonardo León (born 1952), Chilean historian
• Leonardo Moze (1892-1955), Italian painter and writer
• Leonardo Zechariah Elizala (born 1999), former Bulawayo junior Councilor

Fictional characters

• Leonardo, the leader of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Leonardo Acropolis, painter on the BBC sitcom Blackadder
• Leonardo Leonardo, on the short lived animated series, Clerks: The Animated Series
• Leonardo Vetra, in Dan Brown's novel Angels and Demons
• Leonardo Watch, in the manga series Blood Blockade Battlefront

Entertainment

• Leonardo, a British television series based on the life of Leonardo da Vinci as a teenager
• Leonardo, an English speaking Italian historical drama series

Business

• Leonardo S.p.A. an Italian multinational aerospace, defence and security company

Journal

• Leonardo (journal)