Leon 18585 225727692 2008-07-15T02:57:06Z Leon Bates 7423552 /* People with the given name Leon */ {{wiktionary|Leon}} '''Leon''' or '''Léon''' or '''León''' may refer to: {{TOCright}} ==Places== ===France=== *[[Léon, Landes]], a commune of the Landes ''département'', France *[[Léon (viscounty)]], Brittany, France *[[Léon (diocese)]], Brittany, France ===Greece=== *Greek: {{polytonic|Λέων ἄκρα}}, two sites: *a point on the south coast of [[Crete]], now called [[Liondas]] *a promontory of [[Euboea]], south of Eretria ===Italy=== *[[Leon, Italy]], an ancient city on the east coast of Sicily ===Mexico=== *[[León, Guanajuato]] *[[Nuevo León]] ===Nicaragua=== *[[León, Nicaragua]] *[[León Department]] ===Philippines=== *[[Leon, Iloilo]] ===Spain=== *[[León, Spain]], capital city of the province of the same name *[[León (province)]] *[[Castile and León]], autonomous community *[[Kingdom of León]], historical kingdom ===Togo=== *[[Leon, Togo]] ===United States=== *[[Leon, Iowa]] *[[Leon, Kansas]] *[[Leon, New York]] *[[Leon, Oklahoma]] *[[Leon, West Virginia]] *[[Leon, Monroe County, Wisconsin]] *[[Leon, Waushara County, Wisconsin]] *[[Leon County, Florida]] *[[Leon County, Texas]] *[[Leon Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota]] *[[Leon Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota]] *[[Leon Valley, Texas]] *[[Leon, Georgia]] ==People== ===People named '''Leon'''=== *[[Leon Bates (UAW Leader)]] see also [[Leon E. Bates]] UAW Orginizer *[[Leon (king of Sparta)]], c. 590-560 BCE *[[Leon of Pella]] 4-3th c.BC *[[Francis Leon]], 19th Century minstrel performer *[[Pierre Leon]], American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient * Leon Arts[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Leon2arts]], An artist of visual, musical, and conceptual arts ===People with the given name '''Leon'''=== *[[Leon (given name)]] *[[Leon Bates (UAW Leader)]] *[[Leon E. Bates]] *[[Leon Jackson]], winner of X-Factor 2007 *[[Leon Robinson]], an African-American actor usually credited as only '''Leon''' *[[Leon Trotsky]] *Leon is the Greek word for Lion. See name [[Leo]]. ==Artistic creations== *"Leon", a song by Kinky from their 2006 album ''[[Reina (album)|Reina]]'' *''[[Léon (film)]]'', (1994), also known as ''The Professional'' and ''The Cleaner'', a film directed by Luc Besson. Also the name of the protagonist of that film ==Fictional characters== * Leon Powalski, an anthropomorphic male chameleon from the [[List of characters in the StarFox series#Leon Powalski|Star Fox game series]] *[[Leon Scott Kennedy]], a character from Resident Evil *[[Leon (Dead or Alive)]], a character from the ''Dead or Alive'' video game series *[[Squall Leonhart]], also known as Leon, character in Final Fantasy VIII and Kingdom Hearts *[[Leon (Squirrel Boy)]], a blue squirrel from the animated series ''Squirrel Boy'' *[[Leon Magnus]], a character from the video game ''Tales of Destiny'' *Leon, a character in the video game ''[[Star Ocean 2]]'' *Léon, the protagonist in the film [[Léon (film)|Léon]] ==Other meanings== *[[LEON]], an open source CPU *[[SEAT León]], a car model *[[Leon beer]], a beer from Cyprus *[[León (beer)]], a Mexican beer *[[Club Léon]], a soccer team in Mexico *[[Leon's]], a Canadian furniture superstore *[[Leon Motors]], a former Yorkshire bus company *[[Kings of Leon]], an American rock band ==See also== *[[De León]] *[[Leonard]] *[[Leonidas I]], a king of ancient Sparta {{disambig-cleanup}} [[Category:Ambiguous place names]] [[ast:Llión (dixebra)]] [[br:Leon (anv-badez)]] [[ca:León (desambiguació)]] [[cs:León]] [[da:Leon]] [[de:Leon]] [[es:León (desambiguación)]] [[eu:Leon]] [[fr:Léon]] [[gl:León]] [[ko:레온]] [[hr:León]] [[it:Leon]] [[he:לאון]] [[lt:Leonas]] [[nl:Leon]] [[ja:レオン]] [[no:Leon]] [[uz:Leon]] [[pl:Leon]] [[pt:León]] [[ro:León]] [[ru:Леон]] [[sk:León]] [[fi:Leon]] [[sv:Leon]] [[vi:Léon]] [[tr:Leon]] [[vo:Leon]]