Leonard Aaron Cole (September 1, 1933 – September 18, 2022), was an American dentist, political scientist and expert on bioterrorism and terror medicine. He was adjunct professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark, New Jersey and of emergency medicine at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. A pioneer in developing the field of terror medicine, he was founding director of the Program on Terror Medicine and Security at the medical school.