Lionel (given name)
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Lionel is a given name which may refer to one of the following persons:
People[]
- All male, unless otherwise noted.
- Lionel (radio personality) (born 1958), an American radio talk show host
- Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338–1368), son of King Edward III of England
- Lionel Algama (1935-2008), Sri Lankan Sinhala musician and composer
- Lionel Antoine (born 1950), American retired National Football League player
- Lionel Balagalle, general, Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 2000 to 2004
- Lionel Barber (1955- ), English journalist
- Lionel Barrymore, American actor
- Lionel Bart, British composer
- Lionel Bender (linguist) (1934–2008), American author and linguist
- Lionel Blair (1928–2021), British dancer and actor
- Lionel Bowen (1922–2012), Australian politician
- Lionel Bussey (1883–1969), British engineer and collector of women's shoes
- Lionel Cohen (disambiguation), various people
- Lionel Cox (disambiguation), various people
- Lionel Herbert Clarke (1859–1921), Canadian businessman and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
- Lionel Cranfield (disambiguation), various people
- Lionel Cust (1859–1929), British art historian, courtier and museum director
- Lionel Dyck (born 1944), Rhodesian-born mercenary
- Lionel Fleury (1912–1997), Canadian ice hockey administrator
- Lionel Henry Daiches (1911–1999) Scottish Queen's Counsel
- Lionel Deraniyagala (1940-1994), Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema and theater actor
- Lionel Dubray (1923–1944), member of French Resistance during World War II
- Lionel Dunsterville (1865–1946), British general
- Lionel Grigson (1942–1994), British jazz musician and educator
- Lionel Victor Gunaratna (1893-1971), Sri Lankan Sinhala army officer, educationist, municipal councilor
- Lionel Hampton (1908–2002), American jazz musician, bandleader and actor
- Lionel James (1962–2022), American football player
- Lionel Jeffries (1926–2010), English actor, screenwriter and director
- Lionel Johnson, English poet
- Lionel Jospin, French politician
- Lionel Logue, Australian speech therapist and friend of King George VI
- Lionel Manuel (born 1962), American retired National Football League player
- Lionel Mapoe (born 1988), South African rugby union footballer
- Lionel Messi (born 1987), Argentine footballer
- Lionel Morgan (footballer) (born 1983), English footballer
- Lionel Morgan (rugby league) (born 1938), Australian rugby league footballer
- Lionel de Moustier (1817–1869), French diplomat and politician
- Lionel Newman (1916–1989), American film & television composer who worked for 20th Century Fox
- Lionel de Nicéville (1852–1901), English entomologist and curator
- Lionel Nshole Makondi (born 1995), Belgian footballer
- Lionel Penrose (1898–1972), British psychiatrist, medical geneticist, mathematician and chess theorist
- Lionel Power (d. 1445), English composer
- Lionel Price (1927–2019), British basketball player
- Lionel Ranwala (1939-2002), Sri Lankan folk musician
- Lionel Richie (born 1949), American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor
- Lionel Rivera, American politician
- Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins (1898–1984), British economist and academic
- Lionel Rose, Australian boxer
- Lionel Rothschild (disambiguation), various people
- Lionel Royce, Austrian-American actor
- Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville (1827–1908), British diplomat
- Lionel Scaloni (1978- ),Argentine retired footballer, and the current manager of the Argentina national team
- Lionel Allen Sheldon (1828–1917), American politician and Governor of New Mexico Territory
- Lionel Simmons (born 1968), American retired National Basketball Association player
- Lionel Stander, American actor
- Lionel Shriver, female American author
- Lionel Taylor (born 1935), retired player in the American and National Football Leagues
- Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson (1889–1951), English cricketer
- Lionel Tiger, British anthropologist
- Lionel Tollemache (disambiguation), various earls and baronets
- Lionel Trilling, American literary critic
- Lionel Wendt (1900-1944), Sri Lankan pianist, photographer, literature collector, critic, and cinematographer
- Lionel Wigram (cinema), British producer
- Lionel Wigram (soldier), British Second World War soldier
- Lionel Woodville (died 1484), Bishop of Salisbury
Fictional characters[]
- , a character in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, inspired by Lionel Johnson
- Lionel, a character from the PBS Kids TV series Between the Lions
- Lionel Griff, a character from the Playhouse Disney animated series Stanley
- Lionel Hutz, a recurring character in the television series The Simpsons
- Lionel Lockridge, a character in the American soap opera Santa Barbara
- Lionel Skeggins, a character in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
- Lionel Verney, the narrator in Mary Shelley's novel The Last Man
- Sir Lionel, a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend
- Lionel Jefferson, a character in the American sitcom The Jeffersons
- Lionel, a Lion villager from the video game series Animal Crossing
Categories:
- Given names
- Masculine given names
- English masculine given names