Leone

Leone is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Leone Battista Alberti (1404–1472), Italian Renaissance humanist polymath
• Léone Boudreau-Nelson (1915-2004), American-born Canadian phonetician
• Leone Caetani (1869–1935), Italian politician
• Leone de' Sommi ( 1525 – c. 1590), Italian writer
• Leone N. Farrell (1904–1986), Canadian biochemist and microbiologist
• Leone Ginzburg (1909–1944), Italian journalist
• Leone Leoni (1509–1590), Italian Renaissance sculptor and medallist
• Léone-Noëlle Meyer (born 1939), French businesswoman and philanthropist
• Leone Minassian (1905–1978), Ottoman Empire-born Italian painter of Armenian descent
• Leone Ross (b. 1969), British writer, editor, journalist and academic
• Leone Sforza (1406–1440), Italian condottiero
• Leone Strozzi (1515–1554), Italian condottiero

Surname

• Brad Leone (b. 1985), American chef and YouTube personality
• Carl Leone (b. 1976), Canadian businessman and criminal
• Cinzia Leone (b. 1959), Italian actress and comedian.
• Dominic Leone (born 1990), American baseball player
• Douglas Leone (b. 1957), American billionaire venture capitalist
• Gabriele Leone (c.1735–1790) Italian mandolin virtuoso
• Giacomo Leone (b. 1971), Italian long-distance runner
• Giovanni Leone (1908–2001), Italian politician who served as president and prime minister
• Giuseppina Leone (b. 1971), Italian athlete
• Jason Leone, former drummer for Michigan heavy metal band Battlecross
• Matthew Leone (b. 1981), bassist of Madina Lake and twin of Nathan Leone
• Miriam Leone (b. 1985), Italian television personality and beauty pageant titleholder
• Nathan Leone (b. 1981), lead singer of Madina Lake and twin of Matthew Leone
• Richard Leone (1940–2015), American politician
• Rob Leone, (b. 1976), Canadian politician
• Sergio Leone (1929–1989), Italian film director
• Sunny Leone (b. 1981), Indo-Canadian model and actress

De Leone, Di Leone

• Andrea di Leone, Italian painter
• Francesco Bartolomeo de Leone
• Guido Di Leone (1964–2025), Italian jazz guitarist

Fictional characters

• Leone, a character in the opera Tamerlano of Handel
• Leone-class destroyer an Italian Navy destroyer class
• Leone, a character in the manga and anime series Akame ga Kill!
• Leone Abbacchio, an ex-police officer and main character in the manga and anime series JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
• The Leone Crime Family, a fictional Italian American mafia from GTA III and

See also