Leo Leixner (1908–1942) was an Austrian journalist and war correspondent.

Leo Leixner, a schoolteacher's son, was born in Thörl-Maglern, Austria, on March 26, 1908, and graduated in 1918 from the German National Real Gymnasium in Villach.

[1][2] After 1933, Leixner wrote for Der Angriff newspaper, and was assigned to the Vienna office.

His most popular book was the illustrated From Lemberg to Bordeaux: Front Experiences of a War Reporter (1941).

He was shot through the head while crossing the Kuban River in an inflatable boat.