# 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 Campana (born 2000), Ecuadorian footballer
* Leonardo Fioravanti (born 1997), Italian surfer
* Leonardo Balerdi (born 1999), Argentine footballer
* 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 Gonçalves (born 1996), Brazilian judoka
* Leonardo Renan Simões de Lacerda (born 1988), also known as Léo, Brazilian football defender
* Leonardo Lopes (born 1998), Portuguese footballer
* 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 Spinazzola (born 1993), Italian footballer
* Leonardo Suárez (born 1996), Argentine footballer
* Leonardo Ulloa (born 1986), Argentine footballer
* Leonardo Zappavigna, Australian boxer

## Other

* Leonardo Aguilar (born 1999), Mexican singer
* 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
* Leonardo López Luján (born 1964), Mexican archaeologist
* Leonardo López Pérez (born 2001), Mexican professional gamer, better known as MkLeo
* Leonardo Torres Quevedo (1852–1936), Spanish civil engineer, mathematician and inventor

## 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