Leon
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Leon or Léon or León may refer to:
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[edit] Places
[edit] France
- Léon, Landes, a commune of the Landes département, France
- Léon (viscounty), Brittany, France
- Léon (diocese), Brittany, France
[edit] Mexico
[edit] Nicaragua
[edit] Philippines
[edit] Spain
- León, Spain, city and capital of the province of the same name
- León (province)
- Castile and León, autonomous community
- Kingdom of León, historical kingdom
[edit] United States
- Leon, Iowa
- Leon, Kansas
- Leon, New York
- Leon, Oklahoma
- Leon, West Virginia
- Leon, Monroe County, Wisconsin
- Leon, Waushara County, Wisconsin
- Leon County, Florida
- Leon County, Texas
- Leon Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota
- Leon Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota
- Leon Valley, Texas
[edit] People
Leon is a name in several Germanic languages meaning "thunder," and is used as both a given name and a surname. In a Greek or Spanish context, the name Leon means "lion". For people with the name "Leon", see People named Leon.
- Leon, King of Sparta, c. 590-560 BC
- Léon Boëllmann, French composer for the organ
- León Felipe, León Felipe Camino Galicia (1884 - 1968), Spanish poet
- Léon Foucault, born Jean Bernard Léon Foucault(18 September 1819 – 11 February 1868) was a French physicist invented the Foucault pendulum, made an early measurement of the speed of light, invented the gyroscope, and discovered eddy currents
- León Gieco, born Raúl Alberto Antonio Gieco (November 20, 1951, Santa Fe, Argentina), pop-folk music composer and interpreter
- Leon Lai, Cantopop singer, and also his 1990 debut album, Leon
- Leon Edward Panetta, (born June 28, 1938) is a former White House Chief of Staff to Bill Clinton
- Leon Robinson, African-American actor and singer, often credited simply as Leon
- Leon Russell, born Claude Russell Bridges on 1942 in Lawton, Oklahoma, singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist
- Leon Trotsky, (Russian: Лев Давидович Троцкий), Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist
- Leon Uris, (August 3, 1924 - June 21, 2003) was an American novelist
- Léon Walras, Marie-Esprit-Léon Walras (1834 - 1910), French mathematical economist
- Leon White, a American Professional Wrestler who wrestles under the name Vader
- Tony Leon, a south african politician
[edit] Other meanings
- Club Léon, A soccer team in Mexico
- Kings of Leon, an American rock band
- León (beer), a Mexican beer
- Léon, (1994), also known as The Professional and The Cleaner, a film directed by Luc Besson. Also the name of the protagonist of that film
- Leon's, a Canadian furniture superstore
- Leon Motors, a former Yorkshire bus company
- LEON, an open source CPU
- SEAT León, a car model
- "Leon", a song by Kinky from their 2006 album Reina
- Leon (Squirrel Boy), a fictional blue squirrel from the animated series Squirrel Boy.