Leon Claude Covell (December 2, 1877 – November 20, 1960) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Coast Guard who served as the 2nd Vice Commandant from 1931 to 1941.

[6] Covell was promoted to captain on July 1, 1929, and assigned as the first commanding officer of USCGC Shoshone on December 15, 1930.

[9] Covell retired effective January 1, 1942, after Lloyd T. Chalker was appointed to succeed him on October 9, 1941.

[8] He was recalled to active duty in June 1943 to head the Coast Guard Training Station at Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn.

[12] His younger brother William E. R. Covell attended the U.S. Military Academy, graduating first out of 164 cadets in the class the stars fell on and retiring from the U.S. Army as a major general.