List of Famous people named Leonid

Leonid Borisovich Kogan was a preeminent Soviet violinist during the 20th century. Many consider him to be among the greatest violinists of the 20th century. In particular, he is considered to have been one of the greatest representatives of the Soviet School of violin playing.

Leonid Alekseyevich Kulik was a Russian mineralogist who is noted for his research into meteorites.

Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam or Mandelshtam was a Soviet physicist of Belarusian-Jewish background.

Leonid Kmit was a Russian actor. In 1931 he graduated from Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy (SPbGATI), where he studied in the acting class of Yevgeny Chervyakov. In 1936 he was invited to join the Russian Army Theatre's company. In 1957 he became an actor of the Screen Actors Theater in Moscow.

Leonid Ivanovich Kalashnikov is a deputy for the Communist Party in the 7th State Duma of the Russian Federation. He is the head of the committee on Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots.

Leonid Veniaminovitch Volodarskiy (Russian: Леони́д Вениами́нович Волода́рский is a Russian translator, writer, and weekly radio show author. He is mostly known in Russia as one of the most popular home video voice-over translators of 1990s by a movies, such as The Empire Strikes Back, Terminator dilogy, Last Action Hero, A Nightmare on Elm Street and many others. Volodarskiy was also the first translator of Stephen King books into Russian.

Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich was a Soviet mathematician and economist, known for his theory and development of techniques for the optimal allocation of resources. He is regarded as the founder of linear programming. He was the winner of the Stalin Prize in 1949 and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1975.

Leonid Ivanovych Hlibov was a Ukrainian poet, writer, teacher, and civic figure.

Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk was a Ukrainian man who claimed to have stood at 2.57 m, but his claims have been questioned.

Leonid Stanislavovich Kuchuk is a Belarusian football manager and former professional player.