Leander



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

Meanings

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).

Famous People: 81 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
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