Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: L

Selected Biographies A to 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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