De León (surname)
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De León or de León or De Leon is a Spanish surname. The name refers to:
[edit] Persons
- Alonso De León (c.1639–1691), Spanish explorer and governor
- Antonio de León Pinelo (1589–1675), Spanish attorney, judge, and historian
- Aracelli de León (d. 1999), Latin American voice actress
- Aya de Leon (b. 1967), American writer and poet
- Cam de Leon (b. 1962), American artist and digital illustrator
- Carlos De León (b. 1959), Puerto Rican professional boxer
- Carlos Enrique Díaz de León (20th c.), President of Guatemala 1954
- Charito de León (b. 1939), Filipina actress
- Daniel De León (1852–1914), Curaçao-born American socialist and trade unionist
- Diego de León y Navarrete (1807-1841), Spanish military figure
- Gerardo de León (b. 1924), Filipino film actor and director
- Gil de León (b. 1925), Filipino film actor and director
- Hugo De León (b. 1958), Uruguayan professional football player and coach
- Jerrick De Leon (b. 2005), smallest baby ever to survive an open-heart procedure called an arterial switch
- Joey de León (b. 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 (16th c.), first Puerto Rican governor of Puerto Rico
- Juan Velázquez de León (d. 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
- Julio César de León (b. 1979), Honduran professional football player
- Kathleen de Leon Jones (b. 1977), Australian singer and television performer
- Luis Ponce de León (1527–1591), Spanish lyric poet and Augustinian friar
- Martín De León II (b. 1981), Mexican-American writer, editor, music critic, and blogger
- Miguel de León (b. 1962), Venezuelan actor
- Mike de León (Miguel de Leon) (b. 1947), Filipino film director, scripwriter, and producer
- Moses de León (known in Hebrew as Moshe ben Shem-Tov) (1250–1305), Spanish rabbi and Kabbalist
- Pablo de León (b. 1964), Argentine aerospace engineer
- Pedro Cieza de León (1520–1554), Spanish conquistador and historian
- Rafael de León (a.k.a. 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
- Van de León (b. 1925), Filipino actor
- Victor de Leon III (b. 1998) Youngest Professional Gamer in the World
- Victor M. de León (b. 1978) Son of Mario Reyna-de León and Maria del Carmen Vargas-Vargas
- Laura de Leon (b. 1992) Girlfriend of Joshua Milanez
[edit] Fictional character
- Cervantes de León, character in the Soul Series of fighting games

