List of Famous people named Leonid

Leonid Ivanovich Popov is a former Soviet cosmonaut.

Leonid Arkadevich Taranenko is a former Soviet/Belarusian weightlifter and coach. His 266 kg clean and jerk in 1988 is the heaviest lift in competition, though it is no longer an official world record due to subsequent restructuring of weight classes.

Leonid Georgievich Melnikov was a Soviet politician and diplomat.

Leonid Bunimovich is a Soviet and American mathematician, who made fundamental contributions to the theory of Dynamical Systems, Statistical Physics and various applications. Bunimovich received his bachelor's degree in 1967, master's degree in 1969 and PhD in 1973 from the University of Moscow. His masters and PhD thesis advisor was Yakov G. Sinai. In 1986 he finally received Doctor of Sciences degree in "Theoretical and Mathematical Physics". Bunimovich is a Regents' Professor of Mathematics at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Leonid Barats is a Russian actor, screenwriter and film producer. Merited Artist of the Russian Federation.

Leonid Ivanovich Sedov was a leading Soviet expert on hydro- and aerodynamics and applied mechanics.

Leonid Veniaminovich Yakobson, whose last name is sometimes spelled Jacobson, was a ballet choreographer from Russia. He was the founder of the Yacobson Ballet.