| Laban; Rudolf von (1879- ); Czech/German choreographer (modern dance) |
| LaBelle; Patti (1944- ); Phila Pa.; USA.; singer (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade) |
| Labich; Eugéne-Marin (1815- ); French playwright |
| Labisse; Félix (1905- ); Flemish and Polish descent; worked both in France and Belgium; painter (Libidoscaphes) |
| Labrunie; (1808- ); [Gérard de Nerval]; French poet/writer (Sylvia) |
| Lachaise; Gaston (1882- ); Paris; US sculptor (Standing Woman) |
| Lacombe; Louis (1818- ); Bourges; French composer and writer |
| Lacroix; Christian (1950- ); French couturier (Chic Frills) |
| Lacuesta; Natalie (1981- ); Chicago; Ill; rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96) |
| Ladd; Veryl (1952- ); actress; Huron South Dakota; USA |
| Ladd; Alan (1913- ); Hot Springs; AR.; USA.; actor (Shane; Carpetbaggers) |
| Lafayette; Marquis de (1757- ); American patriot; French revolutionary |
| Lafont; Bernadette (1938- ); Nimes; France; actress (Waiting for the Moon; Zig-Zag ) |
| Laforgue; Jules (1860- ); Uruguay; French poet; (Les Complaintas) |
| Lagerkvist; Pär (1891- ); Sweden; novelist/dramatist (Barabbas; Nobel 1951) |
| Lagerlof; Selma (1858- ); Sweden; novelist (Tales of a Manor-Nobel 1909) |
| Lagerlöf; Selma (1858- ); Sweden; novelist (Tales of a Manor-Nobel 1909) |
| Lagrange; Joseph-Louis comte de (1736- ); comte de Lagrange; Turin {Sardinia-Piedmont (now Italy)}; French mathematician |
| Lake; Ricki (1968- ); NYC; actress; (Hairspray)/talk show host (Ricki) |
| Lakin; Christine Helen (1979- ); actress; Dallas; TX; (Finding Kelly; Whatever It Takes) |
| Lalique; René (1860- ); Ay; France; jewel designer |
| Lalo; Edouard-Victoire-Antoine (1823- ); France; composer (Symphonie Espagnole) |
| Lamarck; Jean-Baptiste (1744- ); Bazentin-le-Petit; Picardy; France; zoologist |
| Lamarr; Hedy (1913- ); Vienna; Austria; actress (Ecstacy; Samson & Delilah) |
| Lamartine; Alphonse de (1790- ); Mĺcon; France; writer (René) |
| Lamas; Fernando (1915- ); Buenos Aires; Argentina; actor ("You look marvelous") |
| Lamas; Carlos Saavedra (1878- ); Argentina; jurist (Nobel Peace Prize 1936) |
| Lamb; Charles (1775- ); London; England; critic/poet/essayist |
| Lamb; Joseph F. (1887- ); USA composer of ragtime music |
| Lambert; Christopher (1957- ); actor (Highlander; Subway; Greystoke; Why Me) |
| Lambert; Johann (1728- ); Switzerland; mathematician |
| Lambertus; (1918- ); [Bert Schierbeek]; Dutch writer/poet (Cross Roads) |
| Lamour; Dorothy (1914- ); [Mary Kaumeyer]; New Orleans; actress (Road to Bali) |
| Lampedusa; Giuseppe Tomasi di (1896- ); Sicilian writer; (Der Leopard) |
| Lancaster; Osbert (1908- ); English cartoonist/author (Daily Express) |
| Lancaster; Burt (1913- ); NYC; actor; (From Here to Eternity; Elmer Gantry) |
| Land; Edwin (1909- ); founded instant photography (Polaroid) |
| Landers; Judy (1961- ); Phila; actress (Vega$; BJ & the Bear; Madame's Place) |
| Lando; Joe (1961- ); Prairie View; Illinois; USA.; actor (Dr. Quinn; Medicine Woman) |
| Landon; Michael (1931- ); Forest Hills; NY.; USA.; actor (Highway to Heaven) |
| Landor; Walter Savage (1775- ); Warwick; critic/writer (Imaginary Conversation) |
| Landowska; Wanda A (1877- ); Warsaw Poland; harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne) |
| Landry; Ali (1973- ); Breaux Bridge; Louisiana; USA; actress |
| Landsteiner; Karl (1868- ); Vienna; Austria; immunologist/pathologist (Nobel 1930) |
| Lane; Diane (1965- ); NYC.; NY.; USA; actress (Streets of Fire; Lady Beware; Lonesome Dove) |
| Lane; Nathan (1956- ); Jersey City; New Jersey; USA; actor |
| Lane; Abbe (1932- ); [Mrs Xavier Cugat]; Bkln; singer; (Xavier Cugat Show) |
| Lang; Stephen (1952- ); NYC; actor (Another You; Death of a Salesman) |
| Lang; K.D. (1961- ); singer/songwriter |
| Lang; Fritz (1890- ); German director; Vienna; Austria (M; Metropolis) |
| Lang; Naomi (1978- ); Arcata; Calif; dance skater (& Peter Tchernyshev) |
| Lange; Jessica (1949- ); Cloquet Minnesota; actress (King Kong; Rob Roy) |
| Lange; Christian (1869- ); Norway; pacifist/internationalist (Nobel 1921) |
| Langendijk; Pieter (1683- ); painter/etcher/playwright (Wiskunstenaars) |
| Langmuir; Irving (1881- ); New York; NY.; USA inventor (tungsten filament lamp/Nobel 1932) |
| Lansbury; Angela (1925- ); London England; actress (Jessica-Murder She Wrote) |
| Lantz; Walter (1900- ); animator (Woody Woodpecker's creator) |
| Lanza; Mario (1921- ); Phila; opera singer/actor; (Great Caruso; Toast of New Orleans) |
| Laplace; Pierre-Simon (1749- ); mathematician/astronomer/physicist |
| LaPlagia; Anthony (1959- ); Asealide; Australia; actor (Criminal Justice; Betsy's Wedding) |
| Lareau; Sébastien (1973- ); Montreal Quebec; tennis player (Olympics-96) |
| Laredo; Ruth (1937- ); Detroit; Mich.; USA; concert pianist |
| Larkin; Philip (1922- ); Coventry England; writer (North Ship; Jill) |
| Larrocha; Alicia de (1923- ); Copenhagen Denmark; pianist (Orquesta Sinfonica) |
| Larsen-Todsen; Nanny I (1882- ); Hagby; Swedish opera singer |
| Larson; Nicolette (1952- ); Helena; MO; rock vocalist (Twins; Lotta Love) |
| Lartigue; Jacques-Henri (1894- ); France; photographer |
| Lassalle; Ferdinand (1825- ); German politician/founder |
| Last; James (1929- ); Bremen; Germany; orchestra leader/composer/arranger |
| Lathan; Sanaa (1971- ); New York; USA; actress |
| Latilla; Gaetano (1711- ); Bari; Italian composer |
| Latrobe; Benjamin Henry (1764- ); engineer/architect (built Capitol) |
| Lauda; Nikki (1949- ); Austria; formula 1 auto racer (world champ 1975; '77; '84) |
| Lauder; Harry (1870- ); Scotland; comedian/singer (Roman in the Gloamin) |
| Laughton; Charles (1899- ); England; actor; (Mutiny on Bounty; Spartacus) |
| Laurel; Stan (1890- ); [Arthur S Jefferson]; England; comedian (Laurel & Hardy) |
| Lauren; Ralph (1939- ); fashion designer; (Chaps) |
| Laurentiis; Dino De (1919- ); Torre; Annunziata; Italy; producer; (King Kong) |
| Laurents; Arthur (1918- ); NYC; playwright (West Side Story; Gypsy) |
| Laury; Booker T (1914- ); blues pianist/vocalist |
| Lauzon; Jean-Claude (1953- ); Montreal; director/writer |
| Lavallee; Calixa (1842- ); composer |
| Lavi; Daliah (1942- ); Shavel Zion; Israel; actress (No Time for Ecstasy; Lord Jim) |
| Lavoisier; Antoine-Laurent (1743- ); Paris; father of mod chemistry (Oxygen) |
| Lavotta; János (1764- ); Hungarian composer |
| Law; Jude (1972- ); London; UK; actor; |
| Lawless; Lucy (1968- ); actress; Mount Albert; Auckland; New Zealand; (Xena) |
| Lawrence; Matthew (1980- ); Abington; Pennsylvania; USA; actor; (Dynasty; Matthew-Brotherly Love) |
| Lawrence; Marjorie (1909- ); Australia; soprano (Tannhäuser) |
| Lawrence; Sharon (1961- ); Charlotte; North Carolina; USA; actress (Civil Wars; NYPD Blue; Fired Up) |
| Lawrence; Ernest O (1901- ); Canton SC; inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939) |
| Lawrence; Carol (1932- ); Melrose Park; Illinois; USA; dancer/actress |
| Lawrence; David Herbert (1885- ); England; writer (Lady Chatterly's Lover) |
| Lawson; Twiggy (1949- ); [Leslie Hornby]; England model/actress |
| Laxness; Halldór (1902- ); Iceland; novelist (Salka Valka) (Nobel 1955) |
| Layolle; Francesco de (1492- ); Florance; Italian composer |
| Leach; Robin (1941- ); London England; TV host (Life Styles of Rich & Famous) |
| Leadbelly; [Huddie William Ledbetter] (1888- ); Louisiana; blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line) |
| Leal; Valdés (1622- ); Juan de; Sevilla; Spanish painter/sculptor |
| Lean; David (1908- ); Croydon; England; director (Pygmalion; Ryan's Daughter; Ball at Savoy) |
| Leander; Zarah (1907- ); Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela) |
| Lear; Evelyn [Shulman] (1926- ); Brooklyn; NYC.; NY.; soprano |
| Lear; Edward (1812- ); England; landscape painter; (Complete Nonsense Book) |
| Lear; Amanda (1946- ); French; singer |
| Leaud; Jean-Pierre (1944- ); Paris; France; actor (The Joy of Knowledge; Detective; The Mother and the Whore) |
| Leautaud; Paul (1872- ); [Maurice Boissard]; France; writer (Petit ami) |
| Lebeau; Paul (1908- ); Flemish writer (Last Rose; Xanthippe) |
| LeBlanc; Matt (1967- ); Newton; Massachusetts; USA; actor (Friends TV series) |
| Leck; Bart van der (1876- ); Dutch painter (Style) |
| Leclerc; George-Louis comte de Buffon (1707- ); writer on natural history |
| Leconte; Patrice (1947- ); director (Monsieur Hire; Hairdresser's Husband) |
| Lecuona; Ernesto (1896- ); Havana Cuba; composer |
| Ledbetter; Huddie William [Leadbelly] (1888- ); Louisiana; blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line) |
| Ledger; Heath (1979- ); Perth; Western Australia; actor |
| LeDoux; Chris (1948- ); Biloxi; Miss; country singer (Ridin' for a Fall) |
| Ledoyen; Virginie (1976- ); Aubervilliers; France; actress |
| Ledward; Gilbert (1888- ); British sculptor |
| Lee; Loletta (1966- ); Kwangchow; China; actress (Happy Ghost) |
| Lee; Robert E. (1807- ); Southern legend |
| Lee; Gypsy Rose (1914- ); [Rose Hovick]; Seattle; burlesque actress (Gypsy) |
| Lee; Shelton (1957- ); [Spike Lee]; Atlanta; Georgia; USA; director |
| Lee; Jon (1982- ); Devon; England; UK; actor; composer |
| Lee; Peggy (1920- ); [Norma Egstrom]; Jamestown ND; singer (Thats All There Is?) |
| Lee; Lindsay (1977- ); Okla City; Okla; tennis star (1995 Futures-Woodlands TX) |
| Lee; Lila (1901- ); Union Hill; New Jersey; USA.; actress |
| Lee; Beverly (1941- ); Passaic; NJ.; USA.; singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy) |
| Lee; Ang (1954- ); Pingtung; Taiwan; director (Ice Storm; Wedding Banquet; Sense&Sensibility) |
| Lee; Bruce (1940- ); [Lee Yuen Kam]; SF; Calif; karate star/actor; (Green Hornet) |
| Lee; Brenda (1944- ); [Brenda Mae Tarpley]; Lithonia; Ga; singer (I'm Sorry) |
| Leeshock; Robert (1967- ); actor |
| Leeuwenhoek; Antony van (1632- ); Dutch naturalist (Philosophical Transactions) |
| Lefebvre; Germaine (1931- ); [Capucine]; actress; Toulon; France; (Aphrodite; Satyricon) |
| Lefebvre; Chantal (1977- ); Ville LaSalle Que; ice dancer (1996 Canadians-2nd) |
| Leger; Fernand (1881- ); France; painter/ceramist/cubist |
| Léger; Fernand (1881- ); France; painter/ceramist/cubist |
| Leger; MRA Alexis (1887- ); [Saint-John Perse]; French poet (Nobel 1960) |
| Lčger; MRA Alexis (1887- ); [Saint-John Perse]; French poet (Nobel 1960) |
| Legrand; Michel (1932- ); composer (Summer of '42; Windmills of Your Mind) |
| Leguizamo; John (1964- ); Bogotá; Colombia; actor |
| Lehar; Franz [Ferenc] (1870- ); Komárom; Hungary; operetta composer (Naughty Marietta) |
| Lehár; Franz [Ferenc] (1870- ); Komárom; Hungary; operetta composer (Naughty Marietta) |
| Lehmann; Lotte (1888- ); Perleberg; Germany; soprano (Fidelio) |
| Lehmann; Hans Ulrich (1937- ); Biel; Swiss composer |
| Lehmann; Lilli (1848- ); opera singer |
| Lehmbruck; Wilhelm (1881- ); Duisburg; German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth) |
| Lehrer; Tom (1928- ); parody/folk singer (That Was The Week That Was) |
| Leibniz; G W (1646- ); German mathematician/philosopher; postulated monads |
| Leifs; Jon (1889- ); Iceland; composer/conductor |
| Leigh; Jennifer Jason (1962- ); actress; Hollywood; California; USA |
| Leigh; Janet (1927- ); actress; Merced; California; USA |
| Leigh; Vivien (1913- ); (Gone With Wind); Frankly my dear I don't give a damn |
| Leighton; Laura (1969- ); actress (Sydney-Melrose Place; Other Woman) |
| Leino; Eino (1878- ); Finland; poet/playwright/novelist |
| Lejeune; Jerome (1925- ); Montrouge; French physiologist |
| Lellis; Camillus de (1550- ); Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint |
| Lelouch; Claude (1937- ); movie director; (A Man & A Woman; Cat & Mouse; Bolero) |
| Lem; Stanislaw (1921- ); Poland; sci-fi author (Solaris; Invincible) |
| Lemmon; Jack (1925- ); actor; Newton; Massachusetts; USA |
| Lenau; Nikolaus (1802- ); Hungarian born; German poet (Faust Die Albigenser) |
| Lendl; Ivan (1960- ); Czechoslovakia; tennis pro (US Open 1985-87) |
| L'Enfant; Pierre Charles (1754- ); France; architect laid out Wash DC |
| Lenin; Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov [Nikolai] (1870- ); Bolshevik/USSR revolutionist |
| Lennon; Yoko Ono (1933- ); (Mrs John Lennon); Tokyo; Japan; vocalist |
| Lennon; Julian (1963- ); singer son of a Beatle. |
| Lennon; John [Winston/Ono] (1940- ); rocker/Beatle; Imagine) |
| Lennon; Dianne (1939- ); LA; Calif; singer (Lennon Sisters) |
| Lennox; Annie (1954- ); Aberdeen Scotland; vocalist (Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams; Why) |
| Leno; Jay (1950- ); New Rochelle; comedian/talk show host (Tonight Show) |
| Lenz; Siegfried (1926- ); Lyck; East Prussia; German writer (Ein Kriegsende) |
| Leo; X (1475- ); [Giovanni de' Medici]; Italy; Pope (1513-21) |
| Leo XIII; (1810- ); [Vincenzo G Pecci]; Carpiento; Italy; 256th pope (1878-1903) |
| Leonard; Sugar Ray (1956- ); boxer |
| Leonard; Elmore (1925- ); US writer (Glitz; Mr Majestyk; Touch; 52 Pick-Up) |
| Leoncavallo; Ruggiero (1857- ); Naples; Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza) |
| Leone; Sergio (1929- ); director; Rome; Italy; (Fist Full of Dollars) |
| Leoni; Tea (1966- ); actress; New York; USA; (Bad Boys; Jurassic Park III) |
| Leonov; Leonid Maksimovich (1899- ); novelist/playwright |
| Leopold III; (1901- ); [Filip von Saksen-Coburg]; King of Belgians (1934-51) |
| Lermontov; Mikhail Yurevich (1814- ); Russian poet/writer (Demon & other poems) |
| Lerner; Alan Jay (1918- ); lyricist composer; New York; New York; USA; (Lerner & Loewe-My Fair Lady) |
| Leroy; Phillipe (1930- ); actor; Paris; France (Make Love; not War; State buoni...se potete; Nikita) |
| Lesseps; Ferdinand de (1805- ); France diplomat; (built Suez Canal) |
| Lessing; Gotthold Ephraim (1729- ); Germany; critic/dramatist |
| Lessing; Theodor (1872- ); Germany; philosopher |
| Leto; Jared (1972- ); actor; Bossier City; Louisiana; USA; (Jordan-My So Called Life) |
| Leutze; Emanuel (1816- ); US; painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware) |
| Levi; Primo (1919- ); Italy chemist/writer; (Survival in Aushchwitz) |
| Levi; Carlo (1902- ); Italy; painter/novelist (Of Fear & Freedom) |
| Levin; Ira (1929- ); New York; USA; author (Rosemary Baby; Boys From Brazil; This Perfect Day) |
| Levine; James (1943- ); musical conductor (Tosca)/dir (Metropolitan Opera) |
| Levine; David (1926- ); US painter |
| Levinson; Barry (1942- ); Baltimore MD; director (Rain Man) |
| Levi-Strauss; Claude (1908- ); Belgium; social anthropologist; (Structure Anthro) |
| Lévi-Strauss; Claude (1908- ); Belgium; social anthropologist; (Structure Anthro) |
| Levitzki; Mischa (1898- ); Russian born composer/pianist |
| Levy; (1831- ); [Julius Rodenberg]; German writer (Kriegs-Songs of War & Peace) |
| Lewes; George Henry (1817- ); London; English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe) |
| Lewis; Jenny (1977- ); Las Vegas; Nevada; Usa.; actress |
| Lewis; Jenifer (1957- ); Kinloch; Missouri; USA.; actress (Girl 6; Meteor Man; Sister Act) |
| Lewis; Sinclair (1885- ); novelist/social critic; Sauk Centre; Minnesota; USA; (Main Street; Nobel; 1930) |
| Lewis; [Walter] Furry (1893- ); father of the blues |
| Lewis; Carl (1961- ); runner; Birmingham; Alabama; USA |
| Lewis; Huey (1951- ); singer; songwriter; (always in the "The News") |
| Lewis; Charlotte (1967- ); Kensington London; actress (Golden Child; Pirates) |
| Lewis; Dawnn (1961- ); Brooklyn; New York; NY.; USA.; actress (Jaleesa-Different World) |
| Lewis; Jerry Lee (1935- ); Feriday; La; country singer (Whole Lotta Shakin') |
| Lewis; Wyndham (1882- ); English author/painter (Tarr; Apes of God) |
| Lewitsky; Bella (1916- ); Los Angeles; California; USA.; choreographer |
| Leyster; Judith [Leijster] (1609- ); Haarlem; Dutch painter |
| Lezama; Jose (1910- ); Lima; Havana; Cuba; poet/novelist |
| L'Herbier; Marcel (1890- ); Paris; French director/screenwriter (Fantastic Night) |
| Liberman; Alexander (1912- ); editor/painter/photographer (639) |
| Licad; Cecile (1961- ); Manila Philippines; pianist (Leventritt Award-1981) |
| Lichine; David (1910- ); [Lichtenstein]; Russian/US dancer; (Make Mine Music) |
| Lichtenberg; Georg C (1742- ); German physicist/writer (types of Lichtenberg) |
| Lichtenberg; Bernhard (1875- ); German clergyman/antifascist |
| Lichtenstein; (1910- ); [David Lichine]; Russian/US dancer; (Make Mine Music) |
| Lidner; Bengt (1759- ); Swedish poet (Medea; Yttersa Domen) |
| Liebermann; Max (1847- ); German impressionist painter |
| Liebermann; Rolf (1910- ); Zürich; Switzerland; composer; conductor (Leonore) |
| Liebknecht; Karl (1871- ); Leipzig; German revolutionary marxist (Sparta Party) |
| Liebmann; Otto (1840- ); German philosopher (Climax of Theories) |
| Lifar; Serge (1905- ); Kiev; dancer; choreographer (Paris Opéra Ballet) |
| Ligeti; György (1923- ); Transylvania; Hungarian composer |
| Lightfoot; John (1602- ); English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae) |
| Lightfoot; Gordon (1938- ); Ontario; Canada; folksinger (Sundown) |
| Likhovtseva; Elena (1975- ); Alma-Ata; Kazakhstan; tennis star |
| Lilburn; Douglas (1915- ); Wanganui; NZ; composer |
| Liliuokalani; Queen (1838- ); (last queen of Hawaii) |
| Lill; John (1944- ); British professor/pianist |
| Lilly; William (1602- ); England; astrologer/author/almanac compiler |
| Limón; José (1908- ); Mexican/US dancer (I; Odysseus) |
| Lin; Cho-Liang (1960- ); Taiwan; violinist; (Queen Sophia; 1st prize) |
| Lincke; Paul (1866- ); German operetta composer/conductor/publisher (Frau Luna) |
| Lincoln; Abraham (1809- ); 16. President (1861 - 1865) |
| Lincoln; Abbey (1930- ); Chicago; Illinois; USA.; actress/singer (Nothing But a Man) |
| Lind; Jakov (1927- ); Vienna; Austrian/British author (Counting My Footsteps) |
| Lind; Jenny (1820- ); Sweden; soprano/nightingale |
| Lindbergh; Charles A. (1902- ); Lucky Lindy |
| Lindblad; Bertil (1895- ); Swedish astronomer; (Milky Way system) |
| Lindblom; Gunnel (1931- ); Goeteborg; Sweden; actress (Hunger; Virgin Spring) |
| Lindemann; [Carl L] Ferdinand von (1852- ); German mathematician |
| Linden; Pierre van der (1946- ); Dutch drummer (Brainbox) |
| Linder; Max (1883- ); Caverne; France; actor/comic/director; (Max Prend un Bain) |
| Lindfors; Viveca (1920- ); Uppsala Sweden; actress (Way We Were; Welcome to LA) |
| Lindgren; Astrid (1907- ); Swedish children book author (Pipi Longstocking) |
| Lindley; John (1799- ); English botanist (Elements of Botany) |
| Lindsay; Norman (1879- ); Creswick; Victoria; Australia; artist/novelist |
| Lindsay; Robert (1949- ); Ilkeston; Derbyshire; England; UK.; actor |
| Linklater; Eric (1899- ); Dournby; Orkney Islands; Scotland; UK.; novelist/poet (Blue Swallows) |
| Linnaeus; Carolus (1707- ); Swedish botanist (naming plants & animals) |
| Lionheart; Richard the (1157- ); [Richard I]; King of England; (1189-99) |
| Liotard; Jean E [Turk] (1702- ); Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay) |
| Liouville; Joseph (1809- ); Saint-Omer; France; mathematician; discover of transcendental numbers |
| Lipchitz; Jacques (1891- ); Polish/French/US painter/cubist sculptor |
| Lipinski; Tara (1982- ); Ice Skater |
| Lippmann; Gabriel (1845- ); Luxembourg; French physicist |
| Lips; Joost (1547- ); [Justus Lipsius]; Dutch classic philologist/historian |
| Lipscomb; Mance (1895- ); Brazos; Texas; blues musician/songster |
| Lipsius; Justus (1547- ); [Joost Lips]; Dutch classic philologist/historian |
| Lipsius; Fred (1943- ); NYC.; NY.; USA.; rock pianist/sax (Blood; Sweat & Tears) |
| Lipton; Thomas Johnstone (1850- ); Glasgow; yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea) |
| Lisi; Ben de (1955- ); British fashion designer |
| Lisi; Virna (1937- ); Italy; actress; (Assault on a Queen; Bluebeard) |
| Lisle; Claude-Joseph Rouget de (1760- ); soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise) |
| Lisle; Leconte de (1818- ); l'Ile Bourbon; French poet |
| Liszt; Franz (1811- ); Hungary; Doborján; (after Trianon: Raiding); romantic composer/virtuoso pianist |
| Liszt; Cosima (1838- ); daughter of Hungarian composer Ferenc (Franz) Liszt; wife of German composer Richard Wagner |
| Litolff; Henry Charles (1818- ); London; England; composer |
| Little Richard; [Wayne Penniman] (1932- ); Macon; Ga; rocker (Tutty Frutty) |
| Liu; Lucy (1968- ); actress; (Shanghai Noon; Charlie's Angels) |
| Livingstone; David (1813- ); Scotland; explorer (found by Stanley in Africa) |
| Llewellyn; Richard (1906- ); Wales; novelist (How Green Was My Valley) |
| Llosa; Mario Vargas (1936- ); Peru; writer (Aunt Julia)/pres candidate |
| Lloyd; Frank (1888- ); Scotland; actor/director; (Mutiny on Bounty; Oliver Twist) |
| Lloyd; Christopher (1938- ); Stamford Ct.; USA.; actor (Taxi; Back to the Future) |
| Lobachevsky; Nikolay Ivanovich (1792- ); first mathematician to publish an account of non-Euclidean geometry |
| Locatelli; Pietro Antonio (1695- ); Bergamo; Italian violinist/composer |
| Locke; John (1632- ); England; empiricist philosopher; disproved substance |
| Locke; Alain Leroy (1886- ); Philosopher; Philadelphia; PA. |
| Lockhart; June (1925- ); actress; New York; New York; USA; (Timmy's Mom) |
| Locklear; Heather (1961- ); Westwood; California; USA.; actress |
| Loewi; Otto (1863- ); Frankfurt am Main Germany; physician (Nobel-1936) |
| Logue; Christopher (1926- ); British poet/stage writer (Trials) |
| Lohan; Lindsay (1986- ); New York; USA; actress |
| Lolita; (1948- ); Spanish siger |
| Lollobrigida; Gina (1927- ); actress |
| Lomax; John (1867- ); folk song collector/ethnomusicologist |
| Lombard; Carol (1909- ); Ft Wayne; In.; actress (My Man Godfrey; In Name Only;To Be or Not to Be) |
| Lombroso; Cesare (1835- ); Italian psychiatrist/criminologist |
| London; Jack (1876- ); [John Griffith]; San Francisco; Calif; USA; author |
| London; George (1920- ); Montreal Canada; bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto) |
| Longfellow; Henry Wadsworth (1807- ); Portland; Maine; USA; poet/story teller (Hiawatha) |
| Longhair; Professor (1918- ); king of New Orleans music |
| Loos; Adolf (1870- ); Brno (Bruenn); Moravia; now Czech Republic; Austrian architect |
| Lopes; Lisa Left-Eye (1971- ); Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; USA; singer |
| Lopes; Fernando (1935- ); Portugal director; (Encoberto Matar Saudades) |
| Lopez; Jennifer (1970- ); The Bronx; New York; USA; actress; singer (Maid in Manhattan; The Cell) |
| Lorca; Federico Garcia (1898- ); Spain; poet/dramatist; (Blood Wedding) |
| Lord; Jon (1941- ); England; keyboardist (Deep Purple-Hush; White Snake) |
| Loren; Sophia (1934- ); Pozzuoli; Italy; actress; (Aida; The Black Orchid; El Cid; Condemned of Altona) |
| Lorentz; Hendrik Antoon (1853- ); Holland; physicist (Nobel 1902) |
| Lorenz; Trey (1969- ); Florence; South Carolina; singer |
| Lorenz; Konrad (1903- ); zoologist/ethologist; (Man & His Ideas; Nobel; 1973) |
| Lorenzini; Carlo (1826- ); [Collodi]; Italian author; (Pinocchio) |
| Lorre; Peter (1904- ); Hungarian/US; actor (M; Casablanca; Beast with 5 Fingers) |
| Lot; Parson (1819- ); [Charles Kingsley]; Engl vicar/historian (Westward Ho!) |
| Lott; Felicity (1947- ); English soprano (We come to the river) |
| Loughlin; Lori (1965- ); actress; Queens; New York; USA (Full House (TV); Empty Cradle) |
| Louis; Morris (1912- ); US painter (post abstract) |
| Louis I; [the Great] (1326- ); king of Hungary (1342-82); Poland (1370-82) |
| Louis II; (1506- ); king of Hungary/Bohemia (1516-26) |
| Louis IX; (1214- ); King of France (1226-70) |
| Louis XI; (1423- ); King of France (1461-83) |
| Louis XII; (1462- ); the Just; King of France (1498-1515) |
| Louis XIII; (1601- ); king of France (1610-43) |
| Louis XIV; XIV (1638- ); Sun King; king of France; (1643-1715) |
| Louis XVI; (1754- ); Versailles; king of France (1774-93); eventually guillotined |
| Louis-Dreyfus; Julia (1961- ); NY; actress; (Animal Farm; Hannah and Her Sisters) |
| Louisede; Valličre Françoise la Baume le Blanc (1644- ); French mistress of Louis XIV. |
| Louis-Victor; prince of Broglie (aka Louis de Broglie (1892- ); Louis-Victor; 7e duke de Broglie) Dieppe; France; physicist (Nobel 1929) |
| Love; Mike (1941- ); LA.; Calif.; USA.; rock saxophonist/vocalist (Beachboys-In My Room) |
| Love; Courtney (1964- ); San Francisco; California; USA.; singer |
| Love; Darlene (1938- ); singer/actress (Lethal Weapon I - IV) |
| Loveless; Patty (1957- ); [Ramey]; Pikeville; Ky.; USA.; singer (Blue Side of Town) |
| Lovera; Juan (1778- ); Caracas; Venezuela; painter |
| Lovett; Lyle (1957- ); Klein; Tx; country singer (God Will; Joshua Judges Ruth) |
| Lowe; Rob (1964- ); Charlottesville; Virginia; USA; actor |
| Lowe; Nick (1949- ); Woodchurch; England; rock vocalist/composer (Rockpile-Cruel to be Kind) |
| Lowell; Percival [Percy] (1855- ); US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) |
| Lowenthal; Jerome (1932- ); Phila; pianist/prof; (Jerusalem Academy of Music) |
| Löwitsch; Klaus (1936- ); Berlin; Germany; actor (Tatort; The Odessa File; Cross of Iron) |
| Lowry; Malcolm (1909- ); English novelist (Under the Volcano) |
| Loy; Myrna (1905- ); Helena; Montana; USA.; actress (Jazz Singer; Thin Man; Vanity Fair) |
| Loyd; Alison (1905- ); [Thelma Todd]; Lawrence MA; actress (Dangerous Female) |
| Lubin; Arthur (1898- ); Los Angeles; California; USA; film director (The Thief of Bagdad; Lady Godiva) |
| Lubis; Mochtar (1919- ); Indonesian writer (Twilight in Djakarta) |
| Lubitsch; Ernst (1892- ); Berlin; German/US actor/director (Love Parade; To Be or Not to Be; One Hour with You) |
| Lucas; George (1944- ); Modesto CA; director/actor; writer producer...etc.. (Star Wars; Indiana) |
| Luce; Maximilien (1858- ); French painter |
| Luce; Henry R (1898- ); Tengchow; China; publisher reporter (Time; Fortune; Life) |
| Luciano; Charles "Lucky" (1896- ); Sicily; NYC; Mafia gangster |
| Lucic; Mirjana (1982- ); tennis player |
| Lucioni; Luigi (1900- ); Italian born; American landscape painter |
| Lucky Luciano; Charles (1896- ); Sicily; NYC; Mafia gangster |
| Ludendorff; Erich (1865- ); Schwersenz (Swarzedz) near Posen; German general |
| Ludlum; Robert (1927- ); NYC; spy novelist (Bourne Identity) |
| Ludwig; Christa (1928- ); Berlin Germany; soprano (Vienna State Opera) |
| Lugones; Leopoldo (1874- ); Argentina; writer |
| Lukacs; György (1885- ); Budapest; Hungarian philosopher/literary critic (The Destruction of Reason) |
| Lukács; György (1885- ); Budapest; Hungarian philosopher/literary critic (The Destruction of Reason) |
| Lukas; Paul (1887- ); Budapest Hungary; actor (Manhattan Cocktail (1928); Sphynx (1918)) |
| Luke; Robin (1942- ); rocker (Susie Darlin') |
| Lully; Jean-Baptiste (1632- ); Florence Italy; composer |
| Lulu; (1948- ); Glasgow; Scotland; singer/actress (To Sir With Love) |
| Lumbye; Hans Christian (1810- ); Copenhagen; Danish conductor and composer |
| Lumet; Sidney (1924- ); Phila; director (Group; Pawnbroker; Fail Safe) |
| Lumiere; Louis (1864- ); with brother Auguste made 1st motion picture; in 1895 |
| Lumiére; Louis (1864- ); with brother Auguste made 1st motion picture; in 1895 |
| Lumiere; Auguste (1862- ); made 1st movie |
| Lumiére; Auguste (1862- ); made 1st movie |
| Luna;Barcelona; Bigas Luna (1946- ); Barcelona; Spain; director/writer (Anguish) |
| Lundkvist; Artur (1906- ); Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir) |
| LuPone; Patti (1949- ); Northport; NY.; USA.; actress/singer (Evita; Life Goes On) |
| Lupu; Radu (1945- ); Galati; Romania; pianist (Enesco 1st prize-1967) |
| Luria; Salvador E (1912- ); Italian/US biologist (Nobel prize 1969; 1/3 of the prize: Max Delbrück; Alfred D.Hershey) |
| Luther; Martin (1483- ); Eisleben; Germany; founded Protestantism |
| Luxon; Benjamin (1937- ); Redruth; England; baritone (Owen Wingrave) |
| Lydon; Johnny [Rotten John] (1956- ); rocker (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen) |
| Lynch; David (1946- ); Missoula; Montana; USA.; actor/director (Dune; Eraserhead) |
| Lynch; Kelly (1959- ); Golden Walley; Minn.; USA.; actress (Warm Summer Rain; Cocktail) |
| Lynch; Shane (1976- ); Dublin Ireland; Irish singer (Boyzone) |
| Lynch; Benito (1885- ); Irish/Argentine writer (Caranchos de la Florida) |
| Lynch; Thomas (1749- ); signer (Declaration of Independence) |
| Lynch; Keavy (1978- ); Irish pop singer |
| Lynd; Robert (1879- ); Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance) |
| Lyne; Adrian (1941- ); Peterborough; England; UK.; director (Fatal Attraction; 9« Weeks; Jacob's Ladder) |
| Lynes; Roy (1943- ); Redhill; England; Australian rocker (Status Quo) |
| Lyngsdtad; Anni-Frid (1945- ); [Fryeda Anderson]; Sweden; rocker (ABBA) |
| Lynn; Loretta (1935- ); Butcher's Hollow Ky; singer (Coal Miner's Daughter) |
| Lynskey; Melanie (1977- ); New Plymouth; New Zealand; actress |
| Lyons; Shelby (1981- ); Oswego NY; pairs skater (& Wells-1995 Midwest champ) |
| Lyubimov; Yuri "Petrovich" (1917- ); USSR; director (Taganka)
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