leo i
- n Italian pope from 440 to 461 who extended the authority of the papacy to the west and persuaded Attila not to attack Rome (440-461)
lentisk
- n an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin
leo
- n (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo
- n a zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo
- n the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22
leo esaki
- n physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925)
leo iii
- n Italian pope from 795 to 816 who in 800 crowned Charlemagne emperor of the Romans (750-816)
leo ix
- n German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054)
leo szilard
- n United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964)
leo the great
- n Italian pope from 440 to 461 who extended the authority of the papacy to the west and persuaded Attila not to attack Rome (440-461)
leo the lion
- n the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22
leo tolstoy
- n Russian author remembered for two great novels (1828-1910)
leo x
- n son of Lorenzo de'Medici and pope from 1513 to 1521 who excommunicated Martin Luther and who in 1521 bestowed on Henry VIII the title of Defender of the Faith (1475-1521)
leo xiii
- n Italian pope from 1878 to 1903 who was interested in the advancement of learning and who opened the Vatican secret archives to all scholars
leon
- n a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain
- n a city in northwestern Spain at the foot of the Cantabrian Mountains
- n a city in central Mexico
leon battista alberti
- n Italian architect and painter; pioneering theoretician of Renaissance architecture (1404-1472)