Gender:
Origin:
Greek
81 famous people named Leander found on Wikipedia.
6194 male, 28 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
2188-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
326-th in year 1882
Used in: Mythology
Leander is a given name. The most famous bearer of the name is mythological, from the story of Hero and Leander.
People named Leander include:
Leander of Seville (c. 534–600 or 601), Catholic saint and bishop who converted the son of the Visigothic king from Arianism
Leander Babcock (1811–64), United States Representative from New York
Leander Clark (1823–1910), American businessman, politician and Union Army officer during the American Civil War
Leander Cox (1812–65), United States Representative from Kentucky
Leander Czerny (1859–1944), Czech entomologist
Leander Ditscheiner (1839–1905), Austrian physicist and mathematician
Leander F. Frisby (1825–89), American politician, lawyer and Wisconsin Attorney General
Leander Haußmann (born 1959), German theatre and film director
Leander Starr Jameson (1853–1917), British colonial statesman best known for the Jameson Raid on the Transvaal Republic in Africa
Leander Jordan (born 1977), American National Football League offensive tackle
Leander Kahney (born 1965), American journalist and author
Leander J. McCormick 1819–1900), American inventor, manufacturer, philanthropist and businessman
L. Hamilton McCormick (1859–1934), American author, inventor, art collector and sculptor, son of the above
Leander H. McNelly (1844–1877), Confederate officer and Texas Ranger captain
Leander Paes (born 1973), Indian tennis player
Leander Perez (1891–1969), American Democratic Party political boss in Louisiana
Leander Richardson (1856–1918), American journalist, playwright and theatrical writer
Leander J. Talbott (1849–1924), American realtor and politician, former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
Lee Talbott (Leander James Talbott, Jr.) (1887–1954), American track and field athlete
Leander Tomarkin (1895–1967), Swiss imposter who claimed to have invented a miracle medicine
Leander Watts, author of young adult literature
Fictional characters include:
Leander Sydnor, in the television series The Wire
Leander Wapshot, in the novel The Wapshot Chronicle and its sequel by John Cheever
Youth of Abydos, lover of Hero. He swam nightly across the Hellespont to visit her in Sestos, on the Thracian side, until he drowned. The name is from Greek Leiandros, literally "lion-man," from leon "lion" + aner (genitive andros) "man" (from PIE root *ner- (2) "man").
Lion man. Combine of leon (lion) and aner (man).
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Leander Paes | 1973 | Indian tennis player |
2 | Leander Dendoncker | 1995 | Belgian association football player |
3 | Leander Sydnor | Character from The Wire | |
4 | Leander Starr Jameson | 1853 | Prime Minister of the Cape Colony |
5 | Zarah Leander | 1907 | Swedish actress and singer |
6 | Leander Lichti | 1976 | German actor |
7 | Leander Perez | 1891 | American judge |
8 | Mike Leander | 1941 | English arranger, songwriter and record producer |
9 | Leander H. McNelly | 1844 | Confederate Army officer |
10 | Leander of Seville | 0534 | Bishop of Seville |
11 | Leander Modersohn | 1980 | German actor |
12 | Leander Kahney | 1965 | British journalist |
13 | Leander Haußmann | 1959 | German film director |
14 | Leander J. McCormick | 1819 | Businessman and philanthropist |
15 | Leander Deeny | 1980 | American writer |
16 | Harald Leander | 1962 | Swedish actor |
17 | Leander Siemann | 1995 | German footballer |
18 | Leander Jordan | 1977 | Player of American football |
19 | Leander J. Shaw, Jr. | 1930 | American jurist |
20 | Madeleine Leander | 1986 | Swedish electronic sports and radio host |
21 | Leander Tomarkin | 1895 | Impostor |
22 | Leander Petzoldt | 1934 | German specialist in literature, ethnologist and editor |
23 | Kajsa Leander | 1970 | |
24 | Leander Sukov | 1957 | German author |
25 | Kathy Leander | 1963 | Swiss singer |
26 | Nils Leander | 1905 | Swedish actor |
27 | Leander Clark | 1823 | American politician |
28 | Leander Winkels | 1996 | German author |
29 | Leander Babcock | 1811 | American politician |
30 | Leander Kaiser | 1947 | Austrian painter |
31 | Leander Richardson | 1856 | American Journalist and Playwright |
32 | Leander Czerny | 1859 | Austrian entomologist |
33 | Leander Cox | 1812 | American politician |
34 | Börje Leander | 1918 | Swedish footballers |
35 | Leander F. Frisby | 1825 | American politician |
36 | Leander Scholz | 1969 | German writer |
37 | Anna Leander | ||
38 | Esther Leander | 1970 | |
39 | Lars Leander | 1931 | |
40 | Leander de Cordova | 1877 | Jamaican actor and film director |
41 | Leander Herron | ||
42 | Leander Russ | 1809 | Austrian painter |
43 | Leander Čech | 1854 | Czech literature reviewer |
44 | Leandro Anguissola | 1653 | |
45 | Leander Ford | 1836 | Canadian politician |
46 | Leander Watts | American writer | |
47 | Leander Kröber | 1902 | German politician |
48 | Leander D. Condee | 1847 | American politician |
49 | Leander Hanssen | 1954 | Belgian poet and children's writer |
50 | Leander Ditscheiner | 1839 | Austrian physicist |
51 | Leander J. Foley | American football player and coach | |
52 | Ulrik Leander | 1858 | |
53 | Leander Schlegel | 1844 | Dutch composer and pianist |
54 | Caroline Leander | 1965 | Swedish pianist |
55 | Leander Ikonen | 1860 | Finnish politician and architect |
56 | Leander Tell | 1895 | |
57 | Helena Leander | 1982 | Swedish politician |
58 | Leander P. Jones | 1847 | Connecticut politician |
59 | Leander J. Talbott | 1849 | American mayor |
60 | Leander H. Shepard | 1825 | |
61 | Leander Norrback | 1904 | |
62 | Leander Pflüger | 1952 | German educationist |
63 | Sigfrid Leander | 1893 | |
64 | Leander Piotr Poniński | 1800 | |
65 | George Leander | 1883 | American bicycle racer |
66 | Margot Leander | 1895 | German singer and opera singer |
67 | Leander Rand | 1827 | Canadian politician |
68 | Leander J. Pierson | 1872 | |
69 | Leander Schreurs | 1985 | Dutch bicycle racer |
70 | Lauri Leander | 1893 | |
71 | Leander Viljanen | ||
72 | Leander Vyvey | 1989 | Belgian kitesurfer |
73 | Gus Leander | 1909 | |
74 | Per Johan Herman Leander | 1831 | |
75 | Gunilla Leander | 1953 | |
76 | Leander Keim | 1879 | |
77 | Leander Sirola | 1871 | Finnish politician |
78 | Leander Engström | 1886 | Swedish architect and painter |
79 | Ingemar Leander | 1929 | Swedish politician |
80 | Axel Leander | 1888 | Swedish politician |
81 | Lena Leander | 1942 | Swedish architect |