Names beginning with L

• L. Frank BaumAmerican author of children's books (1856–1919)

  May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919
• Lachhiman GurungRecipient of the Victoria Cross

  December 30, 1917 – December 12, 2010
• Ladislaus I of HungaryHistorical figure
• Lady GagaAmerican singer-songwriter and actress (born 1986)

  b. March 20, 1986
• Lady GodivaAnglo-Saxon noblewoman, Countess of Leicester

  990 CE – September 10, 1067
• Lady Jane GreyQueen of England and Ireland in July 1553

  1537 – February 12, 1554
• Lai Ching-te16th President of Taiwan (ROC) since 2024

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• Laimdota Straujuma12th Prime Minister of Latvia (born 1951)

  b. February 24, 1951
• Laisenia QarasePrime Minister of Fiji (1941-2020)

  February 4, 1941 – April 21, 2020
• Lajos KossuthHistorical figure
• Lakshmi MittalIndian steel magnate

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• Lakshmi SahgalOfficer in the Indian National Army (INA) and former presidential candidate of India

  October 24, 1914 – July 23, 2012
• Lakshminath BezbaroaAssamese writer (1868–1938)

  1868 – 1938
• Lal DedKashmiri writer, mystic and saint.

  1320 – 1392
• Lal Shahbaz QalandarSufi saint, philosopher and poet

  1177 – 1274
• Lala AmarnathIndian cricketer (1911-2000)

  September 11, 1911 – August 5, 2000
• Lala Har DayalIndian revolutionary (1884–1939)

  October 14, 1884 – March 4, 1939
• Lala Lajpat RaiIndian author and politician (1865-1928)

  January 28, 1865 – November 17, 1928
• Lalak JanPakistani soldier

  April 1, 1967 – July 7, 1999
• Lalon ShahBengali poet, composer and Baul saint

  1772 – October 17, 1890
• Lamar JacksonAmerican football player (born 1997)

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• Lambert SimnelImposter-pretender to the throne of England

  1477 – 1535
• Lamine YamalSpanish association football player (born 2007)

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• Lando NorrisBritish and Belgian racing driver (born 1999)

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• LanfrancItalian painter (1582-1647)

  January 26, 1582 – November 30, 1647
• Lang LangChinese pianist

  b. June 14, 1982
• Langston HughesAmerican writer and social activist (1901–1967)

  February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967
• Lansana ContéSecond President of Guinea (1934–2008)

  November 30, 1934 – December 22, 2008
• Laozi6th-century BC semi-legendary Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism

  604 BCE – c. 500 BCE
• Lapu-LapuRuler of Mactan, Philippines (1491–1542)

  1492 – 1542
• Larry BirdAmerican basketball player and coach (born 1956)

  b. December 7, 1956
• Larry EllisonAmerican internet entrepreneur and businessman (born 1944)

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• Larry FinkAmerican Billionaire Business Person and Board Member, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock

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• Larry PageAmerican computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur (born 1973)

  b. March 26, 1973
• Lars Løkke Rasmussen25th Prime Minister of Denmark

  b. May 15, 1964
• Laskarina BouboulinaHistorical figure
• Lassina ZerboFormer Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, geophysicist, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

  b. October 10, 1963
• Laszlo HanyeczHistorical figure
• Lata MangeshkarIndian singer (1929–2022)

  September 28, 1929 – February 6, 2022
• Laura Chinchilla46th President of Costa Rica

  b. March 28, 1959
• Laura Fernández DelgadoPresident of Costa Rica since 2026

  b. July 4, 1986
• Laura SecordCanadian heroine of the War of 1812 (1775–1868)

  September 13, 1775 – October 17, 1868
• Laura ShinActing Director of the White House Initiative on AAPIs in the Joe Biden administration
• Laurance RockefellerAmerican businessman, conservationist, financier, philanthropist (1910-2004)

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• Lauren BacallAmerican actress (1924–2014)

  September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014
• Laurence OlivierEnglish actor and director (1907–1989)

  May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989
• Laurent Gbagbo4th President of Ivory Coast

  b. May 31, 1945
• Laurent-Désiré KabilaFormer President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1939-2001)

  November 27, 1939 – January 16, 2001
• Laurentino CortizoPanamanian politician (born 1953)

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• Lauryn HillAmerican singer and rapper (born 1975)

  being archived
• Lawrence GonziMaltese politician

  b. July 1, 1953
• Lawrence WongPrime Minister of Singapore since 2024

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• Lazarus ChakweraMalawi religious figure and politician

  b. April 5, 1955
• Le CorbusierSwiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886–1965)

  October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965
• Le LoiFounding Emperor of the Later Lê dynasty

  September 10, 1384 – 1433
• LeBron JamesAmerican basketball player (born 1984)

  b. December 30, 1984
• Lech KaczyńskiPolish politician, democratic oppositionist, ministry of justice, president of Poland (1949–2010)

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• Lech WalesaPresident of Poland from 1990 to 1995 (born 1943)

  b. September 29, 1943
• Lee Byung-chulSouth Korean business man; founder of the Samsung Group (1910–1987)

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• Lee Byung-hunSouth Korean actor (born 1970)

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• Lee Hsien Loong3rd Prime Minister of Singapore from 2004 to 2024

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• Lee IacoccaAmerican businessman (1924–2019)

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• Lee Jae-myungPresident of South Korea since 2025

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• Lee Jae-yongSouth Korean business executive

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• Lee Kuan Yew1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1923–2015)

  September 16, 1923 – March 23, 2015
• Lee Kun-hee4th and 6th Chairman of the Samsung Group (1942–2020)

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• Lee MoorePremier of Saint Kitts and Nevis (1939-2000)

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• Lee Myung-bakPresident of South Korea from 2008 to 2013

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• Lee Shau-keeHong Kong business magnate (1928–2025)

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• Lee Teng-hui7-9th President of Republic of China(Taiwan) (1923-2020)

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• Leemon BairdPh.D. Carnegie Mellon University 1999
• Lehri (comedian)Pakistani actor and comedian

  January 2, 1929 – September 13, 2012
• Lei JunChinese businessman, cofounder and CEO of Xiaomi

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• Leif EriksonNorse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)

  972 CE – 1020
• Leland StanfordAmerican politician and railroad tycoon (1824-1893)

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• Len SassamanUS computer systems engineer

  April 9, 1980 – July 3, 2011
• Lennart MeriEstonian writer, filmmaker and politician; President of Estonia in 1992–2001 (1929-2006)

  March 29, 1929 – March 14, 2006
• Lenín MorenoPresident of Ecuador (2017 - 2021)

  b. March 19, 1953
• Leo BaekelandBelgium American inventor (1863-1944)

  November 14, 1863 – February 23, 1944
• Leo FalcamPresident of Federated States of Micronesia (1935-2018)

  November 20, 1935 – February 12, 2018
• Leo III the IsaurianEmperor of Byzantine Empire

  675 CE – June 18, 741 CE
• Leo SzilardHungarian-American Jewish physicist and inventor (1898–1964)

  February 11, 1898 – May 30, 1964
• Leo TolstoyRussian novelist of War and Peace and moral philosopher

  August 28, 1828 – November 7, 1910
• Leo VaradkarTaoiseach from 2017 to 2020, and from 2022 to 2024.

  b. January 18, 1979
• Leon FoucaultFrench physicist (1819–1868)

  September 18, 1819 – February 11, 1868
• Leon TrotskyRussian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)

  October 26, 1879 – August 21, 1940
• Leonard BernsteinAmerican conductor and composer (1918–1990)

  August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990
• Leonard CohenCanadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)

  September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016being archived
• Leonardo BruniItalian humanist historian (c. 1370–1444)

  1369 – 1444
• Leonardo Del VecchioItalian businessman (1935–2022)

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• Leonardo DiCaprioAmerican actor and producer (born 1974)

  b. November 11, 1974
• Leonardo da VinciRenaissance polymath — painter of the Mona Lisa, engineer, and anatomist

  April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519
• Leonel FernándezFormer president of the Dominican Republic

  b. December 26, 1953
• Leonhard EulerSwiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)

  April 15, 1707 – September 18, 1783
• Leonid KuchmaUkrainian businessman and politician, second President of Ukraine from 1994 to 2005

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• Leonidas IKing of Sparta from c. 489 BC to 480 BC

  d. 480 BCE
• Leopold II of BelgiumKing of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 (1835–1909)

  April 9, 1835 – December 17, 1909
• Leopold III of BelgiumKing of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951 (1901–1983)

  November 3, 1901 – September 25, 1983
• Leopold Sedar SenghorFirst president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)

  October 9, 1906 – December 20, 2001
• Leslie CheungHong Kong singer and actor (1956–2003)

  September 12, 1956 – April 1, 2003
• Leslie ClaudiusOlympic field hockey player (1927–2012)

  March 25, 1927 – December 20, 2012
• Lester BirdPrime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (1938-2021)

  February 21, 1938 – August 9, 2021
• Lesya UkrainkaHistorical figure
• Letsie III of LesothoKing of Lesotho since 1996

  b. July 17, 1963
• Lev YashinPlayer for U.S.S.R (1929–1990)

  being archived
• Levon Ter-PetrosyanFirst President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998

  b. January 9, 1945
• Levy MwanawasaFormer President of Zambia (1948-2008)

  being archived
• Lewis CapaldiScottish singer-songwriter (born 1996)

  being archived
• Lewis CarrollBritish author and scholar (1832–1898)

  January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898
• Lewis HamiltonBritish racing driver

  b. January 7, 1985
• Li BaiClassical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty (701–762)

  May 19, 701 CE – November 30, 762 CE
• Li Ka-shingHong Kong billionaire and entrepreneur

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• Li KeqiangPremier of the People's Republic of China from 2013 to 2023

  being archived
• Li Peng4th Premier of the People's Republic of China (1928–2019)

  being archived
• Li QiangPremier of the People's Republic of China since 2023

  b. July 23, 1959
• Li QingzhaoChinese Song Dynasty poet, known as "the most talented woman in all ages"

  March 19, 1084 – May 19, 1155
• Li ShizhenChinese polymath and scientist (1517-1593)

  July 3, 1517 – 1593
• Li Xiannian3rd President of the People's Republic of China (1909-1992)

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• Liamine ZéroualPresident of Algeria (1941 - 2026)

  July 3, 1941 – March 28, 2026
• Liaquat Ali Khan1st Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1947 to 1951

  October 1, 1895 – October 16, 1951
• LibaniusGreek rhetorician (4th century AD)

  314 CE – 393 CE
• Lil BabyAmerican pornographic actress (born 1987)

  being archived
• Liliane BettencourtFrench heiress, socialite and businesswoman

  being archived
• LiliuokalaniMonarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom (1838–1917)

  September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917
• Lilly SinghCanadian YouTube personality, vlogger and comedian

  being archived
• Lin ChuanTaiwanese politician

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• Lin Tse-hsuChinese scholar and politician (1785-1850)

  August 30, 1785 – November 22, 1850
• Lindsey VonnAmerican alpine skier (born 1984)

  being archived
• Linus PaulingAmerican scientist (1901–1994)

  February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994
• Linus TorvaldsFinnish software engineer (born 1969)

  being archived
• Lionel AingimeaNauruan politician, president from 2019

  being archived
• Lionel MessiArgentine forward, record Ballon d'Or winner and World Cup champion

  b. June 24, 1987
• Lionel ZinsouFrench investment banker, economist and private banker

  b. October 23, 1954
• Lionel de RothschildUK art collector and politician (1808-1879); member of Parliament

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• LisaThai rapper, singer, model, dancer and actress (born 1997)

  being archived
• Lisa RandallAmerican theoretical physicist

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• Lisa SuAmerican business executive and electrical engineer

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• Lise MeitnerAustrian-Swedish physicist

  1878 – October 27, 1968
• Little RichardAmerican musician (1932–2020)

  December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020
• Little SimzBritish rapper

  being archived
• Liu BangFounding emperor of the Han dynasty (256–195 BC)

  256 BCE – 195 BCE
• Liu BeiDr. rer. nat. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 2015
• Liu QiangdongChinese businessman

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• Liu Shaoqi2nd President of the People's Republic of China (1898–1969)

  being archived
• Liu XiaoboChinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist (1955–2017)

  December 28, 1955 – July 13, 2017
• Liutprand of CremonaItalian historian, diplomat, and Bishop of Cremona (920-972)

  c. 922 CE – 972 CE
• Livia DrusillaFirst Roman empress as consort to Augustus, as well as mother of emperor Tiberius

  59 BCE – 29 CE
• LivyRoman historian (59 BC – AD 17)

  59 BCE – 17 CE
• Liza KoshyAmerican Internet personality

  being archived
• Ljupčo JordanovskiMacedonian seismologist and politician (1953-2010)

  being archived
• Lloyd BlankfeinAmerican business executive

  being archived
• Lloyd Erskine SandifordPrime minister of Barbados (1937–2023)

  March 24, 1937 – June 26, 2023
• Llywelyn ap GruffuddPrince of Gwynedd

  1220 – December 11, 1282
• Llywelyn the GreatPrince of Gwynedd from 1199 to 1240

  1173 – April 11, 1240
• Logan PaulAmerican YouTuber and Internet personality (born 1995)

  b. April 1, 1995
• Loi LuuHistorical figure
• Lol Mahamat ChouaChadian politician (1939-2019)

  June 15, 1939 – September 15, 2019
• Lord ByronEnglish Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)

  January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824
• Lord KelvinBritish physicist and engineer (1824–1907)

  June 26, 1824 – December 17, 1907
• LordeNew Zealand singer, songwriter and producer (born 1996)

  being archived
• Lorenzo GhibertiItalian sculptor and architect (1378–1455)

  1378 – December 1, 1455
• Lorenzo VallaItalian Renaissance humanist (c. 1407–1457)

  1407 – August 1, 1457
• Lorenzo de MediciItalian politician, literary man and humanist

  January 1, 1449 – April 8, 1492
• Lotay Tshering8th Prime Minister of Bhutan

  b. May 10, 1969
• Lothair IEmperor of the Carolingian Empire from 817 to 855

  795 CE – September 29, 855 CE
• Lou GehrigAmerican baseball player (1903–1941)

  June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941
• Lou ReedAmerican rock musician (1942–2013)

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• Louis ArmstrongAmerican jazz musician, trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)

  August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971
• Louis B. MayerCanadian-American film producer (1884–1957)

  being archived
• Louis BrailleFrench organist and teacher (1809-1852), inventor of braille, a system for reading and writing text and music, used by people who are blind or visually impaired

  January 4, 1809 – January 6, 1852
• Louis I of HungaryKing of Hungary, Poland and Croatia

  March 5, 1326 – September 10, 1382
• Louis II, Prince of MonacoPrince of Monaco (1870-1949)

  July 12, 1870 – May 9, 1949
• Louis IX of FranceKing of France from 1226 to 1270 (1214–1270)

  April 25, 1214 – August 25, 1270
• Louis Lansana BeavoguiPresident Guinea (1923-1984)

  December 28, 1923 – August 19, 1984
• Louis LeakeyKenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

  August 7, 1903 – October 1, 1972
• Louis PasteurChemist whose germ theory and vaccines saved uncounted lives

  December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Louis RenaultFrench industrialist

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• Louis RielMétis leader in Canada (1844–1885)

  October 22, 1844 – November 16, 1885
• Louis XI of FranceKing of France from 1461 to 1483 (1423–1483)

  July 3, 1423 – August 30, 1483
• Louis XIVKing of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715)

  September 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715
• Louis XVIKing of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1791, then King of the French from 1791 to 1792 (1754-1793)

  August 23, 1754 – January 21, 1793
• Louis the GermanKing of East Francia from 843 to 876

  806 CE – August 28, 876 CE
• Louis the PiousKing of the Franks

  April 16, 778 CE – June 20, 840 CE
• Louisa May AlcottAmerican novelist (1832–1888)

  November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888
• Louise BourgeoisFrench-American artist (1911-2010)

  December 25, 1911 – May 31, 2010
• Louise Lake-TackGovernor-General of Antigua and Barbuda

  b. July 26, 1944
• Lu XunChinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)

  September 25, 1881 – October 19, 1936
• Luc FriedenPrime Minister of Luxembourg since 2023

  b. September 16, 1963
• Luca PacioliItalian father of accounting (*~1445 – †1517)

  1445 – 1517
• Lucian FreudBritish painter and agravar (1922-2011)

  December 8, 1922 – July 20, 2011
• Lucian of Samosata2nd-century Syrian satirist and rhetorician

  120 CE – c. 200 CE
• Luciano BenettonItalian businessman

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• Luciano PavarottiItalian operatic tenor (1935–2007)

  October 12, 1935 – September 6, 2007
• Lucien, Lord of MonacoLord of Monaco

  1481 – August 22, 1523
• Lucille BallAmerican actress (1911–1989)

  August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989
• Lucio GutiérrezPresident of Ecuador (2003 - 2005)

  b. March 23, 1957
• Lucio TanFilipino businessman

  being archived
• Lucretia MottAmerican quaker missionary

  January 3, 1793 – November 11, 1880
• Lucretius1st-century BC Roman poet and philosopher

  94 BCE – 55 BCE
• Lucrezia BorgiaSpanish-Italian duchess-consort of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (1480-1519)

  April 18, 1480 – June 24, 1519