Lionel (given name)

Lionel is a given name which may refer to one of the following persons:

People

 * All male, unless otherwise noted.


 * Lionel (radio personality) (born 1958), an American radio talk show host
 * Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338–1368), son of King Edward III of England
 * Lionel Aingimea (born 1965), President of Nauru (2019–2022)
 * Lionel Algama (1935–2008), Sri Lankan Sinhala musician and composer
 * Lionel Antoine (1950–2021), American football player
 * Lionel Balagalle, general, Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 2000 to 2004
 * Lionel Barber (born 1955), English journalist
 * Lionel Barrymore (1878–1954), American actor
 * Lionel Bart (1930–1999), British composer
 * Lionel Bender (1934–2008), American author and linguist
 * Lionel Blair (1928–2021), British dancer and actor
 * Lionel Bordeaux (1940–2022), Native American educator
 * Lionel Bowen (1922–2012), Australian politician
 * Lionel Bussey (1883–1969), British engineer and collector of women's shoes
 * Lionel Cohen (disambiguation), various people
 * Lionel Cox (disambiguation), various people
 * Lionel Herbert Clarke (1859–1921), Canadian businessman and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
 * Lionel Cranfield (disambiguation), various people
 * Lionel Cust (1859–1929), British art historian, courtier and museum director
 * Lionel Dyck (born 1944), Rhodesian-born mercenary
 * Lionel Fleury (1912–1997), Canadian ice hockey administrator
 * Lionel Herbert Dahmer father of Jeffrey Dahmer
 * Lionel Henry Daiches (1911–1999), Scottish Queen's Counsel
 * Lionel Deraniyagala (1940–1994), Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema and theater actor
 * Lionel Dubray (1923–1944), member of French Resistance during World War II
 * Lionel Dunsterville (1865–1946), British general
 * Lionel Edirisinghe (1913–1988), Sri Lankan Sinhala musicologist
 * Lionel Grigson (1942–1994), British jazz musician and educator
 * Lionel Victor Gunaratna (1893–1971), Sri Lankan Sinhala army officer, educationist, municipal councilor
 * Lionel Hampton (1908–2002), American jazz musician, bandleader and actor
 * Lionel James (1962–2022), American football player
 * Lionel Jeffries (1926–2010), English actor, screenwriter and director
 * Lionel Johnson (1867–1902), English poet
 * Lionel Jospin (born 1937), French politician and Prime Minister of France (1997–2002)
 * Lionel Letizi (born 1973), French footballer
 * Lionel Logue (1880–1953), Australian speech therapist and friend of King George VI
 * Lionel Manuel (born 1962), American football player
 * Lionel Mapoe (born 1988), South African rugby union footballer
 * Lionel Messi (born 1987), Argentine footballer
 * Lionel Morgan (footballer) (born 1983), English footballer
 * Lionel Morgan (rugby league) (1938–2023), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Lionel de Moustier (1817–1869), French diplomat and politician
 * Lionel Newman (1916–1989), American film & television composer who worked for 20th Century Fox
 * Lionel de Nicéville (1852–1901), English entomologist and curator
 * Lionel Nshole Makondi (born 1995), Belgian footballer
 * Lionel Penrose (1898–1972), British psychiatrist, medical geneticist, mathematician and chess theorist
 * Lionel Power (c. 1370–1385–1445), English composer
 * Lionel Price (1927–2019), British basketball player
 * Lionel Ranwala (1939–2002), Sri Lankan folk musician
 * Lionel Richie (born 1949), American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor
 * Lionel Rivera (born 1956), American politician
 * Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins (1898–1984), British economist and academic
 * Lionel Rose (1948–2011), Australian boxer
 * Lionel Rothschild (disambiguation), various people
 * Lionel Royce (1891–1946), Austrian-American actor
 * Lionel Royer-Perreaut (born 1972), French politician
 * Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville (1827–1908), British diplomat
 * Lionel Scaloni (born 1978), Argentine football manager and former player
 * Lionel Allen Sheldon (1828–1917), American politician and Governor of New Mexico Territory
 * Lionel Shriver (born 1957), female American author
 * Lionel Simmons (born 1968), American basketball player
 * Lionel Stander (1908–1994), American actor
 * Lionel Taylor (born 1935), American football player
 * Lionel Taylor (footballer) (born 1984), Samoan footballer
 * Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson (1889–1951), English cricketer
 * Lionel Tiger (born 1937), British anthropologist
 * Lionel Tollemache (disambiguation), various earls and baronets
 * Lionel Trilling (1905–1975), American literary critic
 * Lionel Wendt (1900–1944), Sri Lankan pianist, photographer, literature collector, critic, and cinematographer
 * Lionel Woodville (1446/1447–1484), Bishop of Salisbury
 * Lionel Woodville (1446/1447–1484), Bishop of Salisbury

Fictional characters

 * Lion El'Jonson, a character in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, inspired by Lionel Johnson
 * Lionel Hutz, a recurring character in the television series The Simpsons
 * Lionel Lockridge, a character in the American soap opera Santa Barbara
 * Lionel Shrike, a character in the Now You See Me film series
 * Lionel Skeggins, a character in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
 * Lionel Verney, the narrator in Mary Shelley's novel The Last Man
 * Sir Lionel, a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend
 * Lionel Jefferson, a character in the American sitcom The Jeffersons
 * Lionel, a Lion villager from the video game series Animal Crossing
 * Lionel Mane, a main character on the children's television show Between the Lions