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 (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 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, 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

• 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 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