# Leonel

Leonel is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Leonel Altobelli (born 1986), Argentine footballer
* Leonel Álvarez (born 1965), former Colombian football defensive midfielder
* Leonel Bastos or Lionel Bastos, singer, songwriter and music producer
* Leonel Beaudoin or Léonel Beaudoin (1924–2021), Canadian politician and insurance agent
* Leonel Brizola (1922–2004), Brazilian politician
* Leonel Campos, baseball player
* Leonel Cárcamo (born 1965), retired Salvadoran football player
* Leonel Conde, retired Uruguayan football goalkeeper
* Fernando Leonel Cortés (born 1988), Mexican football striker
* Leonel Cubas (died 2007), football player from El Salvador
* Leonel da Silva Araujo, also known as Leonel (born 1986), football player
* Léonel de Moustier (1882–1945), French businessman and politician
* Leonel Fernández (born 1953), Dominican lawyer, academic, President of the Dominican Republic from 1996 to 2000, and from 2004 to 2012
* Leonel Galeano (born 1991), Argentine football defender
* Leonel García of Sin Bandera, a Latin pop duo based in Mexico
* Leonel Grave de Peralta (born 1976), Cuban activist and dissident
* Leonel Guevara (born 1983), Salvadoran footballer
* Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (born 1947), bishop of the Catholic Church in Guatemala
* Leonel Jules, Contemporary Canadian painter from Montreal, Quebec, originally from Haiti
* Leonel Kaplan (born 1973), Argentine trumpet player
* Leonel Liberman (born 1972), former footballer
* Leonel Manzano (born 1984), American cross-country and track and field athlete
* Leonel Mário d'Alva (born 1935), São Toméan politician
* Leonel Marshall Steward, Sr. (born 1954), Cuban former volleyball player
* Leonel Martiniano de Alencar, Baron of Alencar (1832–1921), Brazilian lawyer and diplomat, ambassador of Brazil
* Leonel Medeiros or Lionel Medeiros (born 1977), retired Portuguese footballer
* Leonel Mena (born 1982), Chilean Midfielder
* Leonel Cota Montaño (born 1958), Mexican politician
* Leonel Moreira (born 1990), Costa Rican football player
* Leonel Moura (born 1948), conceptual artist
* Leonel Munder (born 1988), male beach volleyball player from Cuba
* Leonel Noriega (born 1975), Guatemalan football midfielder
* Leonel Núñez (born 1984), Argentine football striker
* Leonel Olmedo (born 1981), Mexican footballer
* Leonel Paulo (born 1986), Angolan basketball player
* Leonel Pernía (born 1975), Argentine racing driver
* Leonel Pilipauskas (born 1975), Uruguayan footballer
* Leonel Pontes (born 1972), Portuguese football coach
* Leonel Power (1370–1445), English composer of the late Medieval and early Renaissance eras
* Leonel Godoy Rangel (born 1950), Mexican lawyer, politician and former Governor of Michoacán
* Leonel Reyes (born 1976), Bolivian football midfielder
* Leonel Ríos (born 1983), Argentine football midfielder
* Leonel Rocco (born 1966), former Uruguayan footballer
* Leonel Herrera Rojas (born 1978), former Chilean footballer
* Leonel Romero (born 1987), Peruvian football defender
* Leonel Saint-Preux (born 1985), Haitian footballer
* Leonel Sánchez (1936–2022), former professional football player
* Leonel Sharp (1559–1631), English churchman and courtier, royal chaplain, archdeacon of Berkshire
* Leonel Herrera Silva (born 1971), former Chilean footballer
* Leonel "Bebito" Smith (1909–2000), Cuban multiple gold medalist swimmer at the 1926 Central American Games in Mexico City
* Leonel Suárez (born 1987), male decathlete from Cuba
* Leonel Vangioni (born 1987), Argentine football left-winger
* António Leonel Vidigal or Toni Vidigal (born 1975), retired Portuguese professional footballer
* Leonel Vieira (born 1969), Portuguese film director
* Leonel Vielma (born 1978), Venezuelan football defender
* Luciano Leonel Cuello (born 1984), Argentine boxer in the Light Middleweight division
* Marcos Leonel Posadas (born 1938), Mexican politician
* Marvin Leonel Esch (1927–2010), politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
* Sergio Leonel "Kún" Agüero del Castillo or Sergio Agüero (born 1988), Argentine footballer