Leonor
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Leonor or Léonor is a short form of the given name Eleanor.
People bearing the name include:
- Alexandre Marie Léonor de Saint-Mauris de Montbarrey (1732–1796), French politician
- Alice Leonor das Neves Costa, the Presidente of a court in Macau
- JB Leonor, (Domingo Leonor III), the drummer for the Filipino rock band The Dawn
- Leonor Beleza (born 1948), Portuguese politician, member of the Social Democratic Party
- Léonor d'Orléans, duc de Longueville
- Leonor F. Loree (1858–1940), executive of railroads in the United States
- Leonor Fini (1907–1996), Argentine surrealist painter
- Leonor Gonzalez Mina (born 1934), prominent vocalist in the cumbia genre of Colombian music
- Léonor Graser (born 1984), French actress, scriptwriter and film director
- Leonor López de Córdoba (1362–1420), advisor and confidant of Queen Catalina of Lancaster
- Leonor Maia (born 1921), Portuguese film actress active in the 1940s, best remembered for her role in The Tyrant Father
- Leonor Michaelis (1875–1949), German-born American biochemist and physician
- Leonor Orosa-Goquinco (1917–2005), Filipino national artist in creative dance
- Leonor Oyarzún (born 1922), First Lady of Chile, wife of former President Patricio Aylwin
- Leonor Piuza (born 1978), Mozambican runner, who specialized in the 800 metres
- Leonor Poeiras (born 1980), Portuguese television presenter
- Leonor Rivera (born 1893), the childhood sweetheart of Philippine national hero José Rizal
- Leonor Rosser, widely-watched television origami artist based in Florida, United States
- Leonor Sullivan (1902–1988), member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri
- Leonor Telles de Menezes (1350–1386), queen consort of Portugal, and regent in 1383–1385
- Leonor Varela (born 1972), Chilean actress, and model
- Leonor Watling Elizabeth Ceballos Watling (born 1975), award-winning Spanish film actress
- Leonor, Princess of Asturias (born 2005), Spanish Princess. Also, Princess of Girona, Princess of Viana, Duchess of Montblanc, Countess of Cervera and Lady of Balaguer.
- Princess Leonore, Duchess of Gotland (born 2014), Swedish princess
See also
- Leonor Ordóñez District, one of thirty-four districts of the province Jauja in Peru
- Santa Leonor District, one of twelve districts of the province Huaura in Peru
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