De León (surname)
De León or de León or De Leon is a Spanish origin surname, often times toponymic, in which case it may possibly indicate an ultimate family origin in the Kingdom of León or the later Province of León. The name may refer to:
Persons
- Homero Tovar De Leòn (born 2000)
- Alonso de León (c. 1639–1691), Spanish explorer and governor
- Antonio de León Pinelo (1589–1675), Spanish attorney, judge, and historian
- Aracelli de León (1951–1999), Latin American voice actress
- Aya de Leon (born 1967), American writer and poet
- Carlos Enrique Díaz de León (1910–1971), President of Guatemala 1954
- Charito de León (born 1939), Filipina actress
- Daniel De Leon (1852–1914), Curaçao-born Sephardic Jew, American socialist and trade unionist
- Diego de León y Navarrete (1807-1841), Spanish military figure
- Edwin de Leon (1818-1891), American/Confederate diplomat and writer
- Gerardo de León (born 1924), Filipino film actor and director
- Gil de León (born 1925), Filipino film actor and director
- Joey de Leon (born 1946), Filipino comedian and television host
- José García de León y Pizarro (1770–1835), Minister of State of Spain 1816–1818
- Juan Manuel de León Merchante (1626–1680), Spanish dramatist
- Juan Ponce de León (1460–1521), Spanish explorer and conquistador
- Juan Ponce de León II (1524-1591), first Puerto Rican governor of Puerto Rico
- Juan Velázquez de León (died 1520), Spanish conquistador with Hernán Cortés
- Juana María de los Dolores de León Smith (1798–1872), wife of General Sir Harry Smith, Governor of the Cape Colony, South Africa
- Kathleen de Leon Jones (born 1977), Australian singer and television performer
- Luis Ponce de León (1527–1591), Spanish lyric poet and Augustinian friar
- Michael De León, baseball player
- Miguel de León (born 1962), Venezuelan actor
- Mike de León (Miguel de Leon) (born 1947), Filipino film director, scriptwriter, and producer
- Moses de León or Moshe ben Shem-Tov (1250–1305), Spanish rabbi and Kabbalist
- Nick DeLeon (born 1990), American soccer player for D.C. United
- Pablo de León (born 1964), Argentine aerospace engineer
- Pedro Cieza de León (1520–1554), Jewish-origin New Christian Spanish conquistador and historian
- Rafael De Leon pr Roaring Lion (1908–1999), Trinidadian calypsonian
- Ramiro de León Carpio (1942–2002), President of Guatemala 1993–1996
- Thomas Cooper de Leon (1839–1914), American journalist, author, and playwright
- Tiburcio de Leon, Filipino revolutionary general
- Van de León (born 1925), Filipino actor
Fictional characters
- Cervantes de León, character in the Soul Series of fighting games
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