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Leo or Léo may refer to:

Acronyms

  • Law enforcement officer
  • Law enforcement organisation
  • Louisville Eccentric Observer, a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky
  • Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity

Arts and entertainment

Music

  • Leo (band), a Missouri-based rock band that was founded in Cleveland, Ohio
  • L.E.O. (band), a band by musician Bleu and collaborators

Film

  • Leo (2000 film), a Spanish film
  • Leo (2002 film), a British-American film
  • Leo, a 2007 Swedish film by Josef Fares
  • Leo (2012 film), a Kenyan film
  • Leo the Lion (MGM), mascot of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio
  • Leo (2023 American film)
  • Leo (2023 Indian film)

Television

  • Leo Awards, a British Columbian television award
  • "Leo", an episode of Being Erica
  • Léo, fictional lion in the animation Animal Crackers
  • Léo, 2018 Quebec television series created by Fabien Cloutier

Companies

  • Leo Namibia, former name for the TN Mobile phone network in Namibia
  • Leo Pharma, an international pharmaceutical company, based in Denmark
  • Leo Records, an English jazz record label
  • Lioré et Olivier, a French aircraft manufacturer from 1912 to 1937
  • The Leo Group, a waste-recycling company based in Halifax, England

People

Name lists

  • Leo (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname
  • Léo, a list of people with the given name
  • Leo (surname), a list of people
  • Leonid dynasty, also known as the House of Leo, a Byzantine dynasty

Single names

  • Arakel Babakhanian (1860–1932), known by his pen name Leo, Armenian historian
  • Leo (singer) (born 1990), South Korean pop musician
  • Léo (footballer, born 1975), full name Leonardo Lourenço Bastos, Brazilian football leftback
  • Leo (footballer, born November 1989), full name Leonardo Passos Alves, Brazilian football striker
  • Leo (footballer, born December 1989), full name Leandro Mariano da Silva, Brazilian football striker
  • Léo (footballer, born 1990), full name Leonardo da Silva Vieira, Brazilian football goalkeeper
  • Léo (footballer, born 1992), full name Leonardo José Peres, Brazilian football forward
  • Leo (wrestler) (born 1989), Mexican professional wrestler
  • Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira or Léo (born 1944), Brazilian comics writer

Places

  • Léo Department, a department or commune of Sissili Province in southern Burkina Faso
    • Léo, Burkina Faso, the capital city of Sissili Province and Léo Department
  • Leo, a village that was merged into Leo-Cedarville, Indiana, U.S.
  • Leo, Ohio, U.S.
  • Leo, West Virginia, U.S., a ghost town
  • Leo Islands, Nunavut, Canada

Science and technology

Astronomy and space exploration

Biology

  • Leo (horse), an American Quarter Horse
  • Leonberger or Leo, a breed of dog
  • Long-term Ecosystem Observatory, a marine study project
  • Leo, an obsolete genus now in Panthera

Computing

  • LEO (computer), the first commercially used computers
  • Leo (text editor), a computer program

Sports

  • BC Lions or Leos, a Canadian Football League team
  • The PBA Leo Awards, annual Philippine Basketball Association awards

Other uses

  • Leo (astrology), an astrological sign
  • LEO (website), a group of dual-language dictionaries and discussion forums
  • Leo Petroglyph, a series of ancient stone carvings
  • Leo clubs, youth branch of Lions Clubs International

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Leo para niños

  • Leos (disambiguation)
  • Les Hurlements d'Léo, a French musical group
  • Lio (disambiguation)
  • St. Leo (disambiguation)
  • Ultraman Leo, a 1974 tokusatsu television series
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