Leonardo (given name)

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

Notable people with the name include:

Artists

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

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