Leonas is a Lithuanian masculine given name and surname; often a diminutive of Leonardas, and a Lithuanianized form of "Leon". Leonas () was also a Greek and a Latin name. Surname Petras Leonas (1864–1938), Lithuanian attorney and politician Silvestras Leonas (1894–1959), Lithuanian military officer and judge Given name Leonas, a Greek rhetorician and sophist. Mentor of the philosopher Proclus Leonas Alesionka (born 1949), Lithuanian politician Leonas Apšega (born 1940), Lithuanian politician Leonas Baltrūnas (1914–1993), Lithuanian basketball player and coach Leonas Bistras (1890–1971), Lithuanian politician, journalist, translator, philosopher and professor Leonas Juozapaitis (1901–1980), Lithuanian footballer Leonas Koganas (1894–1956), Lithuanian physician Leonas Milčius (born 1942), Lithuanian politician Leonas Petrauskas (1919–1994), Lithuanian basketball player Leonas Prapuolenis (1913–1972), Lithuanian public figure, commander and leader of the June Uprising of 1941 in Lithuania Leonas Sapiega (1557–1633), Lithuanian nobleman and statesman References Lithuanian masculine given names Lithuanian-language surnames