Leonid

Leonid (Russian: Леонид [lʲɪɐˈnʲit]; Ukrainian: Леонід [leoˈn⁽ʲ⁾id]; Belarusian: Леанід, romanized: Leaníd [lʲɛaˈnʲit]) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is Leonide. People with the name include: Leonid Agutin (born 1968), Russian pop musician and songwriter Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), Russian playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionist movement in the national literature Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982), leader of the USSR from 1964 to 1982 Leonid Buryak (b. 1953), USSR/Ukraine-born Olympic-medal-winning soccer player and coach Leonid Bykov (1928–1979), Soviet and Ukrainian actor, film director, and script writer Leonid Desyatnikov (b. 1955), Soviet and Russian opera and film composer Leonid Feodorov (1879–1935), a bishop and Exarch for the Russian Catholic Church, and survivor of the Gulag Leonid Filatov (1946–2003), Soviet and Russian actor, director, poet, and pamphleteer Leonid Gaidai, (1923–1993), Soviet comedy film director Leonid Geishtor (b. 1936), USSR (Belarus)-born Olympic champion Canadian pairs sprint canoer Leonid Gobyato (1875–1915), Russian lieutenant-general and designer of the modern, man-portable mortar Leonid Hurwicz...