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Lee
And Leo can be a nickname for Leonardo

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Leo comes from the Latin word for lion.

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Leo Baekeland, Belgian chemist whose inventions ushered in the Age of Plastics
Leo Burnett, American advertising executive (created Tony the Tiger, the Pillsbury Doughboy, and many ad icons)
Leo Szilard, Hungarian-American physicist who conceived the nuclear chain reaction and worked on the Manhattan Project
Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (War and Peace)
Leo Lionni, children's book author and illustrator (Frederick, Swimmy, etc)
Thirteen Roman Catholic popes have borne the name Leo including St. Leo the Great.

Leo G. Carroll, English born actor well known for his roles in numerous Hitchcock films

Leonardo "Leo" DiCaprio the actor "Titanic"

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Leo McGarry, chief of staff/vice presidential candidate in the television series The West Wing.
Leo Bloom, accountant in The Producers of screen and stage