<P> De León or de León or De Leon is a Spanish origin surname, often 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: </P> <Ul> <Li> Homero Tovar De Leòn (born 2000) </Li> <Li> Alonso de León (c. 1639--1691), Spanish explorer and governor </Li> <Li> Antonio de León Pinelo (1589--1675), Spanish attorney, judge, and historian </Li> <Li> Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León ((?) - 1720), Spanish colonial officer, interim viceroy of Peru 1716 </Li> <Li> Aracelli de León (1951--1999), Latin American voice actress </Li> <Li> Aya de Leon (born 1967), American writer and poet </Li> <Li> Carlos Enrique Díaz de León (1910--1971), Provisional President of Guatemala 1954 </Li> <Li> Carlos de León (born May 3, 1959), Puerto Rican boxer </Li> <Li> Charito de León (born 1939), Filipina actress </Li> <Li> Constanza de León (1200 - 1242), Spanish infant of León, daughter of Alfonso IX of León </Li> <Li> Daniel De Leon (1852--1914), Venezuelan - born Sephardic Jew, American socialist and trade unionist </Li> <Li> Diego de León y Navarrete (1807 - 1841), Spanish military figure </Li> <Li> Edwin de Leon (1818 - 1891), American / Confederate diplomat and writer </Li> <Li> Gerardo de León (born 1924), Filipino film actor and director </Li> <Li> Gil de León (born 1925), Filipino film actor and director </Li> <Li> Joaquín Velázquez de León, Minister of State of Mexico </Li> <Li> Joel Pimentel De Leon (born 1999) in Hispera California, Mixican American singer in Latin boyband CNCO </Li> <Li> Joey de Leon (born 1946), Filipino comedian and television host </Li> <Li> José García de León y Pizarro (1770--1835), Minister of State of Spain 1816--1818 </Li> <Li> Juan Manuel de León Merchante (1626--1680), Spanish dramatist </Li> <Li> Juan Ponce de León (1460--1521), Spanish explorer and conquistador </Li> <Li> Juan Ponce de León II (1524 - 1591), first Puerto Rican governor of Puerto Rico </Li> <Li> Juan Velázquez de León (died 1520), Spanish conquistador with Hernán Cortés </Li> <Li> Juana María de los Dolores de León Smith (1798--1872), wife of General Sir Harry Smith, Governor of the Cape Colony, South Africa </Li> <Li> Kathleen de Leon Jones (born 1977), Australian singer and television performer </Li> <Li> Luis de León (1527--1591), Spanish lyric poet and Augustinian friar </Li> <Li> Luis Ponce de León (governor of New Spain) briefly the governor of New Spain, from July 4, 1526 to July 16, 1526 </Li> <Li> Michael De León, baseball player </Li> <Li> Miguel de León (born 1962), Venezuelan actor </Li> <Li> Mike de León (Miguel de Leon) (born 1947), Filipino film director, scriptwriter, and producer </Li> <Li> Moses de León or Moshe ben Shem - Tov (1250--1305), Spanish rabbi and Kabbalist </Li> <Li> Nick DeLeon (born 1990), American soccer player for D.C. United </Li> <Li> Noel de Leon </Li> <Li> Oscar de León (born 1943), Venezuelan singer </Li> <Li> Pablo de León (born 1964), Argentine aerospace engineer </Li> <Li> Pedro Cieza de León (1520--1554), Jewish - origin New Christian Spanish conquistador and historian </Li> <Li> Rafael De Leon pr Roaring Lion (1908--1999), Trinidadian calypsonian </Li> <Li> Ramiro de León Carpio (1942--2002), President of Guatemala 1993--1996 </Li> <Li> Rudy de Leon (born August 28, 1952), American Deputy Secretary of Defense </Li> <Li> Thomas Cooper de Leon (1839--1914), American journalist, author, and playwright </Li> <Li> Tiburcio de Leon, Filipino revolutionary general </Li> <Li> Pedro Ponce de León (1520 - 1584), Spanish Benedictine monk </Li> <Li> Van de León (born 1925), Filipino actor </Li> <Li> Victor De Leon III aka Lil Poison, (born May 6, 1998) recognized by Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest professional video game player </Li> </Ul>

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