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L Alan Ladd, actor Diane Ladd, actress La Demoiselle, Miami Indian chief Winona LaDuke, activist, writer Lady Antebellum, country music band Susette La Flesche , reformer, writer, and lecturer Christine Lagarde, political figure, business personality Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer and photographer Tim LaHaye, clergyman, writer Jhumpa Lahiri , writer Ray Lahood , government official Christine Lahti, actress Laika, dog, astronaut Ricki Lake, actor, TV personality Veronica Lake, actress Dalai Lama, religious figure Kendrick Lamar, rapper Hedy Lamarr, actress Fernand Lamaze, physician Miranda Lambert, country singer Louis L’Amour, writer Dorothy Lamour , actress Burt Lancaster, actor, movie producer Martin Landau, actor Ann Landers, columnist John Landis, writer, director, producer Mark Landis, fraud Michael Landon, actor, producer-director, writer Ali Landry, actor Burton Lane, composer Diane Lane, actor Nathan Lane, actor, singer Ronnie Lane, rock musician Fritz Lang, filmmaker k.d. lang, singer, songwriter Dorothea Lange, photographer Jessica Lange, actress John Mercer Langston, U.S. public official, diplomat, educator Jack La Lanne, bodybuilder Angela Lansbury, actor Sherry Lansing, business personality, filmmaker, philanthropist Meyer Lansky, mobster Jeanne Lanvin , fashion designer Phar Lap, racehorse Morris Lapidus, architect Frances Moore Lappé , writer John Larroquette, actor Nella Larsen, writer Brie Larson, actor Nicolette Larson, country/pop singer Stieg Larsson, writer Ali Larter, actor Eriq La Salle, actor, director Pedro Lascurain, political figure Queen Latifah, actor, rapper, singer Lewis Howard Latimer, inventor Mary Jane Latsis, mystery writer Estée Lauder, beautician, business executive Matt Lauer, broadcast journalist James Laughlin, editor, publisher, poet Cyndi Lauper, musician, singer Stan Laurel, comic actor Hugh Laurie, actor, writer Piper Laurie, actress Paul Lauterbur, inventor Taylor Lautner, actor Avril Lavigne, singer Antoine Lavoisier, chemist Jude Law, actor Peter Lawford, actor Fergal Lawler , drummer Lucy Lawless, actor Ernest O. Lawrence, physicist Jennifer Lawrence, actor Joey Lawrence, actor, singer Martin Lawrence, actor, comedian Halldor Kiljan Laxness, novelist, poet, playwright Shelly Lazarus, advertising executive Lazarus of Bethany, biblical figure, saint George Lazenby, actor, model Nicholas Lea, actor Cloris Leachman, actress Lead Belly, singer, guitarist Mary Douglas Leakey, archaeologist and paleontologist Sir David Lean, director, editor, producer, writer Edward Lear, poet, Humorist Norman Lear, television producer, political activist Denis Leary, actor, comedian Timothy Leary, psychologist, writer, outlaw Matt LeBlanc, actor Tanaquil Le Clercq, ballerina Katie Ledecky, swimmer Heath Ledger, actor Amy Lee, singer Ang Lee, filmmaker Bill Lann Lee , government official Bruce Lee, actor, martial artist Chang-Rae Lee , novelist Christopher Lee, actor Harper Lee, author James Warren Lee, zoologist Jason Lee, actor Peggy Lee, singer, songwriter, actor Spike Lee, filmmaker, actor Stan Lee, writer, editor Tommy Lee, rock musician Wen Ho Lee, scientist Chuan Leekpai, Thai political leader Yuan T. Lee, chemist John Legend, singer, songwriter, pianist Legolas, fictional elf Michel Legrand, composer John Leguizamo, actor, comedian Ernest Lehman, writer Tom Lehrer, mathematician, Humorist Harvey Leibenstein, economist Annie Leibovitz, photographer Gottfried Leibniz, mathematician, philosopher Janet Leigh, actor Jennifer Jason Leigh, actress Mike Leigh, director, screenwriter Vivien Leigh, actor Stanislaw Lem, writer Jack Lemmon, actor Madeleine L’Engle, writer Vladimir I. Lenin, revolutionary, political leader John Lennon, rock musician, songwriter Jay Leno, comedian, talk show Host Melissa Leo, actor Pope Leo X, pope, religious figure Elmore Leonard, writer Sheldon Leonard, actor, producer, director Sergio Leone, filmmaker Carolyn Leonhart, singer Tea Leoni, actor Def Leppard, rock band Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist, playwright, screenwriter Phil Lesh, bass player Doris Lessing, writer Jared Leto, actor David Letterman, talk show host Katie Leung, actor Urbain Jean Joseph Leverrier, mathematician, astronomer Denise Levertov, poet William Hesketh Lever, soap-maker, philanthropist Zachary Levi, actor Barry Levinson, filmmaker William J. Levitt, housing developer Chandra Levy, murder victim Seth Lewelling, horticulturist, developer of several varieties of fruit Ginger Ehn Lew, government official Monica Lewinsky, intern C.S. Lewis, writer Edmonia Lewis, sculptor Jerry Lee Lewis, rock musician Jerry Lewis, actor, comedian, filmmaker John R. Lewis, civil rights leader and U.S. Representative (D.-Ga) Juliette Lewis, actress Matthew Lewis, actor Reginald Lewis, business leader Robert Lewis, actor, director, acting teacher Sinclair Lewis, writer Gong Li, actor Jet Li, actor I. Lewis Scooter" Libby", Lawyer, political figure Liberace, pianist Daniel Libeskind, architect Roy Lichtenstein, painter, sculptor G. Gordon Liddy, radio personality, political scandal figure Joseph Lieberman, political figure Richard Lieber, pioneering conservationist Ted Ligety, skiier Mary Todd Lincoln, U.S. First Lady Ray Liotta, actor Lilith, Legendary early woman Liliuokalani, royalty Matthew Lillard, actor Evangeline Lilly, actor Adriana Lima, model Rush Limbaugh, radio personality Limp Bizkit, rock band Jeremy Lin, basketball player Maya Lin, architect, artist Sarah Bush Lincoln, stepmother of Abraham Lincoln Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author Charles Lindbergh, aviator Astrid Lindgren, writer Richard Linklater, filmmaker Laura Linney, actor Mona Lisa, artist’s model Franz Liszt, composer, pianist John Lithgow, actor Sacheen Littlefeather, actress Rich Little, impressionist, comedian Andrew Litton, music director, conductor Brian B-rok Littrell, singer/songwriter Lucy Liu, actor, model Live, rock group Blake Lively, rock group Jay Livingston, pop composer and lyricist Tzipi Livni, political leader Desmond Llewelyn, actor Carli Lloyd, soccer player Christopher Lloyd, actor Edward Lloyd, business personality Harold Lloyd, actor, filmmaker Jake Lloyd, actor Rebecca Lobo, basketball player Ryan Lochte, swimmer Alain LeRoy Locke, writer, educator Gary Locke , governor Sondra Locke, actress, director Heather Locklear, actor Belva Ann Lockwood, Washington, DC, lawyer and women’s rights activist Frederick Loewe, composer Greenbury Logan, soldier in the Texas Revolution Lara Logan, TV newscaster Robert Loggia, actor Lindsay Lohan, actor Sandra Tsing Loh, writer, performer, musician Gina Lollobrigida, actor Carole Lombard, actor Vince Lombardi, coach Guy Lombardo, band leader, impressario, speed boat racer Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long, The Mother of Texas Matt Long, actor Shelley Long, actor Claudine Longet, singer, actor Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet Michael Longley, poet Eva Longoria, actor Pippi Longstocking, literary hero James Longstreet, Civil War figure Lisa Lopes, singer George Lopez, actor, comedian Jennifer Lopez, actor, singer Nancy Lopez, golfer Stefan Lorant, writer, photojournalist Jack Lord, actor Lorde, singer, songwriter Sophia Loren, actor Peter Lorre, actor Lucille Lortel, actor, theatre producer Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actor Tina Louise, actress Demi Lovato, singer, actor Courtney Love, singer, actor H.P. Lovecraft, writer Linda Lovelace, actor, activist Lyle Lovett, country singer, songwriter Jon Lovitz, actor, comedian Juliette Daisy Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of America Rob Lowe, actor Robert Lowell, poet Lois Lowry, writer Myrna Loy, actress Monica Lozano, newspaper publisher Ernst Lubitsch, filmmaker George Lucas, filmmaker, movie producer Susan Lucci, actor Clare Boothe Luce, writer, politician Charles “Lucky” Luciano, gangster Shannon Lucid, astronaut and biochemist Lucy, Hominid fossil Ludacris, rapper Sybil Ludington, American Revolution heroine Robert Ludlum, novelist Daniel K. Ludwig, shipping magnate Bela Lugosi, actor Baz Luhrmann, director, producer, actor John Lukacs, historian Sidney Lumet, director Louis Lumiére, inventor, filmmaker J. Michael Luttig, jurist James Ellis Lu Valle, chemist David Lynch, filmmaker Jane Lynch, actor Jessica Lynch, soldier Loretta Lynch, lawyer Ross Lynch, actor, singer Paul Lynde, actor Loretta Lynn, country singer, songwriter Jeff Lynne, rock musician, music producer Shelby Lynne, country singer and songwriter John Lynott, inventor top A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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  • Alan Ladd, actor
  • Diane Ladd, actress
  • La Demoiselle, Miami Indian chief
  • Winona LaDuke, activist, writer
  • Lady Antebellum, country music band
  • Susette La Flesche , reformer, writer, and lecturer
  • Christine Lagarde, political figure, business personality
  • Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer and photographer
  • Tim LaHaye, clergyman, writer
  • Jhumpa Lahiri , writer
  • Ray Lahood , government official
  • Christine Lahti, actress
  • Laika, dog, astronaut
  • Ricki Lake, actor, TV personality
  • Veronica Lake, actress
  • Dalai Lama, religious figure
  • Kendrick Lamar, rapper
  • Hedy Lamarr, actress
  • Fernand Lamaze, physician
  • Miranda Lambert, country singer
  • Louis L’Amour, writer
  • Dorothy Lamour , actress
  • Burt Lancaster, actor, movie producer
  • Martin Landau, actor
  • Ann Landers, columnist
  • John Landis, writer, director, producer
  • Mark Landis, fraud
  • Michael Landon, actor, producer-director, writer
  • Ali Landry, actor
  • Burton Lane, composer
  • Diane Lane, actor
  • Nathan Lane, actor, singer
  • Ronnie Lane, rock musician
  • Fritz Lang, filmmaker
  • k.d. lang, singer, songwriter
  • Dorothea Lange, photographer
  • Jessica Lange, actress
  • John Mercer Langston, U.S. public official, diplomat, educator
  • Jack La Lanne, bodybuilder
  • Angela Lansbury, actor
  • Sherry Lansing, business personality, filmmaker, philanthropist
  • Meyer Lansky, mobster
  • Jeanne Lanvin , fashion designer
  • Phar Lap, racehorse
  • Morris Lapidus, architect
  • Frances Moore Lappé , writer
  • John Larroquette, actor
  • Nella Larsen, writer
  • Brie Larson, actor
  • Nicolette Larson, country/pop singer
  • Stieg Larsson, writer
  • Ali Larter, actor
  • Eriq La Salle, actor, director
  • Pedro Lascurain, political figure
  • Queen Latifah, actor, rapper, singer
  • Lewis Howard Latimer, inventor
  • Mary Jane Latsis, mystery writer
  • Estée Lauder, beautician, business executive
  • Matt Lauer, broadcast journalist
  • James Laughlin, editor, publisher, poet
  • Cyndi Lauper, musician, singer
  • Stan Laurel, comic actor
  • Hugh Laurie, actor, writer
  • Piper Laurie, actress
  • Paul Lauterbur, inventor
  • Taylor Lautner, actor
  • Avril Lavigne, singer
  • Antoine Lavoisier, chemist
  • Jude Law, actor
  • Peter Lawford, actor
  • Fergal Lawler , drummer
  • Lucy Lawless, actor
  • Ernest O. Lawrence, physicist
  • Jennifer Lawrence, actor
  • Joey Lawrence, actor, singer
  • Martin Lawrence, actor, comedian
  • Halldor Kiljan Laxness, novelist, poet, playwright
  • Shelly Lazarus, advertising executive
  • Lazarus of Bethany, biblical figure, saint
  • George Lazenby, actor, model
  • Nicholas Lea, actor
  • Cloris Leachman, actress
  • Lead Belly, singer, guitarist
  • Mary Douglas Leakey, archaeologist and paleontologist
  • Sir David Lean, director, editor, producer, writer
  • Edward Lear, poet, Humorist
  • Norman Lear, television producer, political activist
  • Denis Leary, actor, comedian
  • Timothy Leary, psychologist, writer, outlaw
  • Matt LeBlanc, actor
  • Tanaquil Le Clercq, ballerina
  • Katie Ledecky, swimmer
  • Heath Ledger, actor
  • Amy Lee, singer
  • Ang Lee, filmmaker
  • Bill Lann Lee , government official
  • Bruce Lee, actor, martial artist
  • Chang-Rae Lee , novelist
  • Christopher Lee, actor
  • Harper Lee, author
  • James Warren Lee, zoologist
  • Jason Lee, actor
  • Peggy Lee, singer, songwriter, actor
  • Spike Lee, filmmaker, actor
  • Stan Lee, writer, editor
  • Tommy Lee, rock musician
  • Wen Ho Lee, scientist
  • Chuan Leekpai, Thai political leader
  • Yuan T. Lee, chemist
  • John Legend, singer, songwriter, pianist
  • Legolas, fictional elf
  • Michel Legrand, composer
  • John Leguizamo, actor, comedian
  • Ernest Lehman, writer
  • Tom Lehrer, mathematician, Humorist
  • Harvey Leibenstein, economist
  • Annie Leibovitz, photographer
  • Gottfried Leibniz, mathematician, philosopher
  • Janet Leigh, actor
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh, actress
  • Mike Leigh, director, screenwriter
  • Vivien Leigh, actor
  • Stanislaw Lem, writer
  • Jack Lemmon, actor
  • Madeleine L’Engle, writer
  • Vladimir I. Lenin, revolutionary, political leader
  • John Lennon, rock musician, songwriter
  • Jay Leno, comedian, talk show Host
  • Melissa Leo, actor
  • Pope Leo X, pope, religious figure
  • Elmore Leonard, writer
  • Sheldon Leonard, actor, producer, director
  • Sergio Leone, filmmaker
  • Carolyn Leonhart, singer
  • Tea Leoni, actor
  • Def Leppard, rock band
  • Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist, playwright, screenwriter
  • Phil Lesh, bass player
  • Doris Lessing, writer
  • Jared Leto, actor
  • David Letterman, talk show host
  • Katie Leung, actor
  • Urbain Jean Joseph Leverrier, mathematician, astronomer
  • Denise Levertov, poet
  • William Hesketh Lever, soap-maker, philanthropist
  • Zachary Levi, actor
  • Barry Levinson, filmmaker
  • William J. Levitt, housing developer
  • Chandra Levy, murder victim
  • Seth Lewelling, horticulturist, developer of several varieties of fruit
  • Ginger Ehn Lew, government official
  • Monica Lewinsky, intern
  • C.S. Lewis, writer
  • Edmonia Lewis, sculptor
  • Jerry Lee Lewis, rock musician
  • Jerry Lewis, actor, comedian, filmmaker
  • John R. Lewis, civil rights leader and U.S. Representative (D.-Ga)
  • Juliette Lewis, actress
  • Matthew Lewis, actor
  • Reginald Lewis, business leader
  • Robert Lewis, actor, director, acting teacher
  • Sinclair Lewis, writer
  • Gong Li, actor
  • Jet Li, actor
  • I. Lewis Scooter" Libby", Lawyer, political figure
  • Liberace, pianist
  • Daniel Libeskind, architect
  • Roy Lichtenstein, painter, sculptor
  • G. Gordon Liddy, radio personality, political scandal figure
  • Joseph Lieberman, political figure
  • Richard Lieber, pioneering conservationist
  • Ted Ligety, skiier
  • Mary Todd Lincoln, U.S. First Lady
  • Ray Liotta, actor
  • Lilith, Legendary early woman
  • Liliuokalani, royalty
  • Matthew Lillard, actor
  • Evangeline Lilly, actor
  • Adriana Lima, model
  • Rush Limbaugh, radio personality
  • Limp Bizkit, rock band
  • Jeremy Lin, basketball player
  • Maya Lin, architect, artist
  • Sarah Bush Lincoln, stepmother of Abraham Lincoln
  • Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author
  • Charles Lindbergh, aviator
  • Astrid Lindgren, writer
  • Richard Linklater, filmmaker
  • Laura Linney, actor
  • Mona Lisa, artist’s model
  • Franz Liszt, composer, pianist
  • John Lithgow, actor
  • Sacheen Littlefeather, actress
  • Rich Little, impressionist, comedian
  • Andrew Litton, music director, conductor
  • Brian B-rok Littrell, singer/songwriter
  • Lucy Liu, actor, model
  • Live, rock group
  • Blake Lively, rock group
  • Jay Livingston, pop composer and lyricist
  • Tzipi Livni, political leader
  • Desmond Llewelyn, actor
  • Carli Lloyd, soccer player
  • Christopher Lloyd, actor
  • Edward Lloyd, business personality
  • Harold Lloyd, actor, filmmaker
  • Jake Lloyd, actor
  • Rebecca Lobo, basketball player
  • Ryan Lochte, swimmer
  • Alain LeRoy Locke, writer, educator
  • Gary Locke , governor
  • Sondra Locke, actress, director
  • Heather Locklear, actor
  • Belva Ann Lockwood, Washington, DC, lawyer and women’s rights activist
  • Frederick Loewe, composer
  • Greenbury Logan, soldier in the Texas Revolution
  • Lara Logan, TV newscaster
  • Robert Loggia, actor
  • Lindsay Lohan, actor
  • Sandra Tsing Loh, writer, performer, musician
  • Gina Lollobrigida, actor
  • Carole Lombard, actor
  • Vince Lombardi, coach
  • Guy Lombardo, band leader, impressario, speed boat racer
  • Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long, The Mother of Texas
  • Matt Long, actor
  • Shelley Long, actor
  • Claudine Longet, singer, actor
  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet
  • Michael Longley, poet
  • Eva Longoria, actor
  • Pippi Longstocking, literary hero
  • James Longstreet, Civil War figure
  • Lisa Lopes, singer
  • George Lopez, actor, comedian
  • Jennifer Lopez, actor, singer
  • Nancy Lopez, golfer
  • Stefan Lorant, writer, photojournalist
  • Jack Lord, actor
  • Lorde, singer, songwriter
  • Sophia Loren, actor
  • Peter Lorre, actor
  • Lucille Lortel, actor, theatre producer
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actor
  • Tina Louise, actress
  • Demi Lovato, singer, actor
  • Courtney Love, singer, actor
  • H.P. Lovecraft, writer
  • Linda Lovelace, actor, activist
  • Lyle Lovett, country singer, songwriter
  • Jon Lovitz, actor, comedian
  • Juliette Daisy Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of America
  • Rob Lowe, actor
  • Robert Lowell, poet
  • Lois Lowry, writer
  • Myrna Loy, actress
  • Monica Lozano, newspaper publisher
  • Ernst Lubitsch, filmmaker
  • George Lucas, filmmaker, movie producer
  • Susan Lucci, actor
  • Clare Boothe Luce, writer, politician
  • Charles “Lucky” Luciano, gangster
  • Shannon Lucid, astronaut and biochemist
  • Lucy, Hominid fossil
  • Ludacris, rapper
  • Sybil Ludington, American Revolution heroine
  • Robert Ludlum, novelist
  • Daniel K. Ludwig, shipping magnate
  • Bela Lugosi, actor
  • Baz Luhrmann, director, producer, actor
  • John Lukacs, historian
  • Sidney Lumet, director
  • Louis Lumiére, inventor, filmmaker
  • J. Michael Luttig, jurist
  • James Ellis Lu Valle, chemist
  • David Lynch, filmmaker
  • Jane Lynch, actor
  • Jessica Lynch, soldier
  • Loretta Lynch, lawyer
  • Ross Lynch, actor, singer
  • Paul Lynde, actor
  • Loretta Lynn, country singer, songwriter
  • Jeff Lynne, rock musician, music producer
  • Shelby Lynne, country singer and songwriter
  • John Lynott, inventor

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  • Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
  • The Twelve Dancing Princesses
  • Current Events This Week: January 2023
  • African Americans by the Numbers
  • Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
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