Lionel (given name)

For other uses, see Lionel.

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 Aingimea (born 1965), President of Nauru (2019–2022)
• Lionel Algama (1935–2008), Sri Lankan Sinhala musician and composer
• Lionel Antoine (1950–2021), American football player
• Lionel Balagalle, general, Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 2000 to 2004
• Lionel Barber (born 1955), English journalist
• Lionel Barrymore (1878–1954), American actor
• Lionel Bart (1930–1999), British composer
• Lionel Bender (1934–2008), American author and linguist
• Lionel Blair (1928–2021), British dancer and actor
• Lionel Bordeaux (1940–2022), Native American educator
• 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 Herbert Dahmer father of Jeffrey Dahmer
• 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 Edirisinghe (1913–1988), Sri Lankan Sinhala musicologist
• 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 (1867–1902), English poet
• Lionel Jospin (born 1937), French politician and Prime Minister of France (1997–2002)
• Lionel Letizi (born 1973), French footballer
• Lionel Logue (1880–1953), Australian speech therapist and friend of King George VI
• Lionel Manuel (born 1962), American football 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) (1938–2023), 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 (c. 1370–1385–1445), 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 (born 1956), American politician
• Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins (1898–1984), British economist and academic
• Lionel Rose (1948–2011), Australian boxer
• Lionel Rothschild (disambiguation), various people
• Lionel Royce (1891–1946), Austrian-American actor
• Lionel Royer-Perreaut (born 1972), French politician
• Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville (1827–1908), British diplomat
• Lionel Scaloni (born 1978), Argentine football manager and former player
• Lionel Allen Sheldon (1828–1917), American politician and Governor of New Mexico Territory
• Lionel Shriver (born 1957), female American author
• Lionel Simmons (born 1968), American basketball player
• Lionel Stander (1908–1994), American actor
• Lionel Taylor (born 1935), American football player
• Lionel Taylor (footballer) (born 1984), Samoan footballer
• Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson (1889–1951), English cricketer
• Lionel Tiger (born 1937), British anthropologist
• Lionel Tollemache (disambiguation), various earls and baronets
• Lionel Trilling (1905–1975), American literary critic
• Lionel Wendt (1900–1944), Sri Lankan pianist, photographer, literature collector, critic, and cinematographer
• Lionel Wigram (film producer), producer and screenplay writer
• Lionel Wigram (British Army officer), Second World War British soldier and tactics instructor
• Lionel Woodville (1446/1447–1484), Bishop of Salisbury

Fictional characters

• Lion El'Jonson, a character in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, inspired by Lionel Johnson
• Lionel Hutz, a recurring character in the television series The Simpsons
• Lionel Lockridge, a character in the American soap opera Santa Barbara
• Lionel Shrike, a character in the Now You See Me film series
• 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
• Lionel Mane, a main character on the children's television show Between the Lions