Leonidas I (ancient king of Sparta); Leonidas II (3rd century B.C. King of Sparta); Leonidas of Rhodes (ancient Greece Olympian); Leonidas of Tarentum (ancient Greek poet); Leonidas of Epirus (Alexander the Great’s teacher); Leonidas Kestekides (Greek-American Belgian chocolate maker); Leônidas da Silva (Argentine footballer); Leonidas Polk (Confederate general in the American Civil War); Leonidas C. Dyer (politician); Leonidas Sabanis (Greek Olympic weightlifter); Leonidas Kavakos (Greek violinist)