List of people by name: La

Laa

Lab

• La Badie, Florence, (1888-1917), actor
• LaBelle
• Labe, Louise, (c. 1525-1566), poet
• Labov, William, (born 1927), linguist
• Labrouste, Henri, (1801-1875), architect
• LaBute, Neil, (Bash, The Shape of Things)

Lac

• Lacaille, Nicolas Louis de, (1713-1762), astronomer
• Lacan, Jacques, (1901-1981), psychologist
• Lacey, Robert, England
• Lachapelle, David, photographer
• Lachenal, Adrien, (1849-1918), Swiss president
• Lachenmann, Helmut, (born 1935), composer
• Lachey, Drew, (born 1976), singer
• Lachmann, Karl, (born 1793)
• Lachmann, Ludwig, (1906-1990), economist
• Laciar, Santos, (born 1959), flyweight boxer, world champion
• Lackey, Mercedes, (born 1950), US fantasy author
• Laclos, Choderlos de, (1741-1803), French novelist
• Lacombe, Georges, (1868-1916), French painter, sculptor
• Lacombe, Stalebread, self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz"
• Lacoste, Rene, (France)
• Lacy, Steve, soprano saxophonist

Lad

• Ladd, Alan, (1913-1964), actor
• Ladd, Alan, Jr., (born 1937), film producer
• Ladd, Diane, (born 1932), actress
• Ladislaus I
• Ladislaus II, (1471-1516), Bohemian aristocrat
• Ladislaus III of Poland, (1434-1444), Polish ruler
• Ladislaus II of Poland, (c.1350-1434), [King 1386-1434)]
• Ladislaus I of Poland, (1306-1333), (until 1320, Duke Ladislaus IV) King of Poland 1320-1333
• Ladislaus IV of Poland, (1632-1648), Polish ruler
• Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary, (1453-1457), Bohemian aristocrat
• Ladnier, Tommy, (1900-1939), trumpeter
• LaDuke, Winona, political activist
• Ladurie, Emmanuel Le Roy, historian

Lae

• Laemmle, Carl, (1867-1939), film producer
• Laennec, Rene Theophile Hyacinthe, (1781-1826), physician, inventor of stethoscope

Laf

• Lafargue, Paul, (1841-1911), Cuban-French Communist
• la Fayette, Marquis de, (1757-1834)
• Laffan, Michael, Irish historian
• Lafferty, R. A., (1914-2002), US science fiction writer
• Lafforgue, Laurent, mathematician
• Lafleur, Guy, (born 1951), National Hockey League star
• La Fontaine, Henri, Nobel Peace Prize 1913
• La Fontaine, Jean de, (1621-1695), fablist
• Lafontaine, Louis-Hippolyte, (1807-1864)
• Lafontaine, Oskar, (1998-1999), German government minister
• LaFont, Henry, comedian, famous in Puerto Rico
• Laforgue, Jules, poet
• LaFree, Gary

Lag

• Lagasse, Emeril, (born 1959), Chef
• Lagerfeld, Karl, (born 1938), fashion designer
• Lagerkvist, Pär, (1891-1974), Swedish writer
• Lagerlöf, Selma, (1858-1940), Swedish writer
• Lagos, Ricardo, Chilean president
• Lagrange, Joseph-Louis, (1736-1813), physicist
• Lagrange, Joseph-Louis de, (1736-1813), mathematician
• Lagrange, Pierre, o.p. -- founder of the Ecole Biblique et Archeologique de Jérusalem
• Lagrene, Birelli, musician
• LaGuardia, Ernesto, Mexican actor
• LaGuardia, Fiorello H., (1882-1947)
• Laguerre, Enrique A., (born 1906) Puerto Rican writer

Lah

• Lah, Ivo, (1896-1979), mathematician, discoverer of Lah numbers
• Anne Lahnstein, Norwegian politician, famous for "The Swedish suck"
• Lahnstein, Manfred, SPD (Finance)
• Lahr, Bert, (1895-1967), actor
• Lahti, Christine, (born 1950), US actress of Finnish ancestry

Lai

• Lai, Leon, (born 1966)
• Laine, Papa Jack, (1873-1966), New Orleans drummer and bandleader

Lak

• Lakatos, Imre, (1922-1974), philosopher
• Lake, Deryn, author
• Lake, Greg, (born 1948), musician
• Lake, Ricki, (born 1968), US actress and talk show hostess
• Lake, Veronica, (1919-1973), actress

Lal

• LaLanne, Jack, (born 1914), American fitness, exercise and nutritional expert
• Lalas, Alexi, (born 1970), football player
• Lalique, René, (1860-1945), artist

Lam

• Lamacq, Steve, (born 1965), journalist and BBC radio DJ
• Lamantia, Philip, poet
• Lamarck, Jean Baptiste, (1744-1829), scientist
• Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste, (1744-1829), coiner of the term biology
• Lamar, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus, (died 1893), the only United States Supreme Court justice from Mississippi
• Lamarque, Libertad, legendary international singer
• Lamarr, Hedy, (1913-2000), Austrian-born actress
• Lamartine, Alphonse de
• Lamas, Fernando, (1915-1982), actor
• Lamas, Lorenzo, (born 1958), actor
• Lamb, Charles, (1775-1834), poet
• Lambert, Christopher, (born 1957), actor
• Lambert, Gene, painter, Aosdána
• Lambert I of Monaco, Monaco prince
• Lambert, Johann Heinrich, (1728-1777), astronomer, mathematician
• Lamb, Joseph, (1887-1960), ragtime composer
• Lamb, Lady Caroline, (1785-1828), author
• Lamborghini, Ferrucio, (died 1993), automobile manufacturer
• Lambsdorff, Otto Graf, (1977-1984), German government minister
• Lamb, Sidney, (born 1929), linguist
• Lambton, John George, Earl of Durham, (1792-1840), UK statesman
• Lamb, William, (1779-1848), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• Lammasch, Heinrich, (1853-1920), Minister-President of Austria (1918)
• Lamorisse, Albert, (1922-1970), film director
• LaMotta, Jake, (born 1921), world champion boxer
• Lamott, Anne, US novelist
• Lamour, Dorothy, (1914-1996), US actress
• L'Amour, Louis, (1908-1988), US western writer
• Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi di, (1896-1957), The Leopard
• Lampley, Jim (born 1952) American sportscaster
• Lampson, Miles
• Lam, Ringo
• Lam, Wilfredo, (1902-1982), painter

Lan

• Lancaster, Burt, (1913-1994), US actor and acrobat
• Lancaster, Ron, athlete
• Lance, Major, musician
• Lanchester, Elsa, (1902-1986), actress
• Lanchester, Frederick (1868-1946), engineer
• Lancret, Nicolas, (1690-1743), painter
• Lanctôt, Jacques, (died 1980), FLQ Terrorist
• Landa, Miguel Angel, comedian, show host
• Landau, Lev Davidovich, (1908-1968), Russian
• Landau, Martin, (born 1931), actor
• Land, Edwin H., (1909-1991), Polaroid polarizing filters and the Land Camera
• Landers, Ann, (1918-2002), US advice columnist, also known as Ann Landers
• Lander, Tim, Canadian writer
• Landini, Francesco, (1325-1397), composer
• Landis, Geoffrey, US author
• Landis, John, (born 1950), US film director
• Land, Michael, (born 1961), American video game composer
• Landon, Alfred M., (1887-1987), Governor, Presidential Candidate, Topeka, Kansas.
• Landon, Letitia Elizabeth, poet
• Landon, Michael, (1936-1991), US actor
• Lando, Pope, (913-914)
• Landor, Walter Savage, (1775-1864), poet
• Landrieu, Mary, (born 1955), United States senator
• Landrieu, Moon, (born 1930), New Orleans mayor
• Landru, Henri Désiré, (1869-1922), French serial killer
• Landry, Tom, (1924-2000), US football coach
• Landsbergis, Vytautas, Lithuanian president
• Landsteiner, Karl, (1868-1943)
• Landuyt, Renaat, Minister-President of Flanders
• Lane, Diane, (born 1965), actress
• Lane, Eastwood, (1879-1951), US composer
• Lane, Fitz Hugh, (1804-1865), US painter
• Lane, Henry Smith, US politician
• Lane, Mills, judge and boxing referee
• Lane, Nathan, (born 1956), comedian
• Lane, Patrick, Canadian writer
• Lane, William Preston, US governor
• Lanfranc, (died 1089), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Lanfranco, Giovanni, (1582-1647), painter
• Lang, Andrew, (1844-1912), US basketball player
• Lang, Cosmo Gordon, (1864-1945), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Lang, Fritz, (1890-1976), German film director
• Lang, Jeff, guitar virtuoso
• Lang, Jonny, (born 1981), musician
• Lang, K.D., (born 1961), Canadian musician
• Lang, Walter, film director
• Lange, Christian Lous, (1869-1938), internationalist
• Lang, Eddie, (1902-1933), US jazz guitarist
• Lange, Dorothea, (1895-1965), photographer
• Lange, Helene, (1848-1930), teacher
• Lange, Hope, (born 1931), actress
• Lange, Jessica, (born 1949), US actor
• Lange, Jim, (born 1933), game show host
• Lange, Robert "Mutt", (born 1948), record producer
• Langella, Frank, (born 1940), US actor
• Langen, Ellen van, (born 1966), athlete
• Langer, Bernhard, golfer
• Langer, William, US politician
• Langham, Simon, (died 1376), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Langhoff, Anna, dramatist, author
• Langland, Joseph, poet
• Langlands, Robert, (born 1936), mathematician
• Langley, Samuel Pierpont, USA astronomer, physicist
• Langlie, Arthur B., US Governor of Washington
• Langlois, Yves, FLQ Terrorist
• Langmuir, Irving, (1851-1957), chemist, physicist
• Langsdroff, Hans, German commander of Graf Spee
• Langtoft, Piers, historian
• Langton, Stephen, (c 1150-1228), scholastic philosopher, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Langton, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Langtry, Lillie, (born 1853), actress
• Langtry, Lily, (died 1929), singer, actress
• Languet, Hubert, (died 1581), French diplomat
• Langworthy, Edward, (1738-1802), Delegate to the Continental Congress from Georgia
• Lanham, S.W.T., (1903-1907), Texas Goveror
• Lanier, Sidney, (1842-1881), US novelist
• Lannin, Joseph, US baseball team owner
• Lanois, Daniel, composer, produced U2 albums
• Lanphier, James, (died 1969), actor.
• Lansbury, Angela, (born 1925), US actress
• Lansbury, George, (1859-1940), politician
• Lansing, Robert, (1864-1928), Secretary of State
• Lansky, Meyer, (1902-1983), US mafia accountant
• Lanting, Frans, photographer
• Lantz, Walter, (1900-1994), cartoonist ("Woody Woodpecker")
• Lanyon, Peter, (1918-1964), painter
• Lanza, Mario, (died 1959), singer
• Lanzoni, Fabio, male model

Lao

• Lao, Bi, (died 1971), China's defense minister. Air crash in suspicious circumstances.
• Lao She, (1899-1966), author of Si Shi Tong Tang
• Lao Tzu

Lap

• La Pérouse, Jean François, (1741-1788), French explorer of the Pacific
• Lapierre, Judith, astronaut
• LaPierre, Laurier L., Canadian senator
• Laplace, Pierre-Simon, (1749-1827), French mathematician and astronomer
• Lapointe, Jean, Canadian senator
• Laporte, Juan, featherweight boxer, world champion
• Laporte, Pierre, (1921-1970), FLQ victim
• Lapsley, John H.

Lar

• Lara, Agustín, songwriter
• Laracuente, Belinda, (born 1980), woman boxer world champion
• Lardner, Ring, Jr., (1915-2000), American screenwriter
• Laria, Maria, Puerto Rican born talk show host of Cuban parents.
• Larisch, Karol, Polish painter
• Larke, Roy, (born 1962), professor of retailing, expert in Japanese marketing
• Larkin, James, labour leader
• Larkin, Philip, (1922-1985), poet
• LaRocca, Nick, (1889-1961), jass musician
• Laromiguière, Pierre, (1756-1837), philosopher
• Larrabee, William, US politician
• Larraín, Emiliano Figueroa, Chilean president
• Larrazábal, Wolfgang, (1911-2003), Venezuelan president from February to November 1958.
• Larrazolo, Octaviano Ambrosio, US New Mexico Governor
• Larroquette, John, (born 1947), actor
• Larsen, Bent, chess player
• Larsen, Nella, (1891-1964), novelist
• Larson, Bob, televangelist
• Larson, Gary, (born 1950), US The Far Side cartoonist
• Larson, Glen A., US author
• Larsson, Carl, (1859-1928), painter
• Lartigue, Jacques Henri, French photographer

Las

• Lascaris, Constantine, (died 1493)
• Lascaux, Josef Delarose, inventor of cotton candy (candy floss)
• Lascelles, Amy, aristocrat
• Lascelles, Ellen, aristocrat
• Lascelles, George , 7th Earl of Harewood, aristocrat
• Lascelles, Henry, aristocrat
• Lascelles, Maximilian, aristocrat
• Lascelles, Rowan, aristocrat
• Lascelles, Sophie, aristocrat
• Lascelles, Tewa, aristocrat
• Lascelles, Thomas, aristocrat
• Lasker, Emanuel, (USA, 1868-1941), chess player
• Lasker-Schüler, Else, (born 1896), dramatist, author
• Laskonogi, Ladislaus, (1227-1228), Polish ruler
• Lasky, Jesse, Jr., (1910-1988), screenwriter
• Lasorda, Tommy, (born 1927), baseball manager
• Lassalle, Ferdinand, (1825-1864), politician
• Lassell, William, (1799-1880), astronomer
• Lassen, Hans, Danish Governor of Greenland
• Lassus, Orlande de, (ca. 1532-1594), (Orlandus Lassus, Orlando di Lasso)
• Last, James, (born 1929), band leader
• Laswell, Bill, (born 1950), musician and producer
• Laszlo, Carl, dramatist, author

Lat

• Lateef, Yusef, (tenor sax, flute, oboe, many other woodwinds)
• Latimer, Hugh, (died 1555), martyred.
• Lato, Grzegorz, athlete
• Latrobe, Benjamin, (1764-1820), architect
• Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, architect
• Latta, Andrew George, (1887-1966), scientist, military commander, and diplomat
• Lattek, Udo, (born 1935), football coach
• Lattmann, Dieter, (born 1926), writer and politician
• Latynina, Larisa, (born 1934), Soviet gymnast

Lau

• Lauckner, Rolf, dramatist, author
• Lauda, Niki, (born 1949), French race car driver
• Laudrup, Brian, Danish athlete
• Laudrup, Michael, Danish athlete
• Laud, William, (1573-1645), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Lauer, Matt, (born 1957), newscaster
• Lau, Evelyn, bitter ex-hooker, bitter ex of W.P. Kinsella
• Laufenborg, Elisabeta-Maria de, aristocrat
• Laughlin, James, poet
• Laughton, Charles, (1899-1962), US actor
• Laumer, Keith, (1925-1993), US science fiction author
• Lauper, Cyndi, (born 1953), US singer
• Laurana, Francesco, sculptor
• Laurence, patriarch of Constantinople
• Laurence, Janet, author
• Laurence, Margaret, (1926-1987), novelist, wrote "The Stone Angel"
• Laurence of Canterbury, (died 619), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Laurence, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
• Laurencin, Marc, (1883-1956), painter
• Lauren, Ralph, (born 1939), fashion designer
• Laurens, Henri, (1885-1954), sculptor
• Laurens, Henry, (1724-1792), South Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress
• Laurens, John, (1754-1782), American soldier and statesman in Revolutionary War
• Laurents, Arthur, (born 1918), playwright, novelist, and director
• Laurie, Hugh, (born 1959), British comedian
• Laurie, Piper, (born 1932), actress
• Laurier, Wilfrid, (1896-1911), Canadian prime minister
• Lauritzen, Lauritz, SPD (Transportation)
• Lautaro (1535-1557) Inca leader
• Lautenberg, Frank, US politician
• Lautréamont, Comte de, (1846-1870), poet

Lav

• Lavallée, Calixa, (died 1891), composer
• Laval, Pierre, (died 1945), French politician of Vichy regime
• Lavater, Johann Kaspar, (1741-1801), philosopher
• Laveau, Marie, (1794?-1881?), Voodoo Queen
• Laveaux, Ludwik de, Polish painter
• Lavender, David, (1910-2003), Western US writer and historian
• Laver, Rod, (born 1938), (Australia)
• Laveykin, Alexander, astronaut
• Lavigne, Avril, (born 1984), US singer/songwriter
• Lavigne, Raymond, Canadian senator
• Lavin, Mary, Saoi of Aosdána
• Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, (1743-1794), French pioneer chemist
• Lavrentyev, Mikhail, (born 1900), Russian scientist

Law

• Law, Andrew Bonar, (1858-1923), Unionist Party leader
• Law, Denis, athlete
• Lawes, poet
• Lawford, Peter, (1923-1984), actor
• Lawhead, Stephen R., US writer of historical fiction
• Law, John (1671-1729)
• Law, John Phillip, (born 1937), actor
• Law, Jude, (born 1972), actor
• Lawless, Lucy, (born 1968), New Zealand actress
• Law, Oliver, (1899-1937), African American officer
• Lawrence, Carol, (born 1934), actress, singer
• Lawrence, D.H., (1885-1930), British author of Lady Chatterley's Lover
• Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, inventor of cyclotron
• Lawrence, Florence, (died 1890), actor
• Lawrence, Gertrude, (died 1952), actress
• Lawrence, Jacob, (1917-c.2000), painter
• Lawrence, Joey, (born 1976), actor
• Lawrence, Margaret, author
• Lawrence, Martin, actor
• Lawrence, Matthew, (born 1980), actor.
• Lawrence of Arabia, (born 1888)
• Lawrence, Richard (1800? - 1861), attempted assassin
• Lawrence, Steve, (born 1935), entertainer, singer
• Lawrence, Thomas, (1888-1935), British officer, "Arabian Lawrence"
• Lawrence, Wendy, astronaut
• Lawrie, Lee, (1877-1962)
• Lawry, Bill, (born 1937), Australian cricket player.
• Lawson, Alfred, (1869-1954), ball player, aviator, economist, "kook"
• Lawson, Doyle, musician
• Lawson, Edward M., Canadian senator
• Lawson, Henry, prose and poetry
• Lawson, Nigel, (born 1932), politician
• Lawson, Nigella, (born 1960), celebrity chef, writer
• Lawson, Robert, Rabbit Hill, Ben and Me

Lax

• Laxalt, Paul, US politician
• Laxman, VVS, Indian cricketer
• Laxness, Halldor, (1903-1998), Icelander novelist
• Layamon, poet

Lay

• Laycock, Robert, British general of the "Layforce"
• Layton, Irving, (born 1912), poet

Laz

• Lazard, Sasha, musician
• Lazarev, Vasily, astronaut
• Lazarevic, Lazar, (1371-1389), Serbian monarch
• Lazarevic, Stefan, (1389-1427), Serbian monarch
• Lazar (I) Hrebeljanovic, (died 1389), Prince of Serbia
• Lazarus, Emma, (born 1849), poet
• Lazenby, George, (born 1939), actor
• Lazutkin, Alexander, astronaut
• Lazzat, Ay, musician
• Lazzeri, Tony, (1903-1946), Baseball Hall of Famer
• Lau, Michael, Artist and Toy Designer