Authors by L


Abraham Lincoln photo
Abraham Lincoln 618
16th President of the United States 1809–1865
Martin Luther photo
Martin Luther 214
seminal figure in Protestant Reformation 1483–1546
John Lennon photo
John Lennon 228
English singer and songwriter 1940–1980
H.P. Lovecraft photo
H.P. Lovecraft 203
American author 1890–1937
Bruce Lee photo
Bruce Lee 193
Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and f… 1940–1973
John Locke photo
John Locke 144
English philosopher and physician 1632–1704
Vladimir Lenin photo
Vladimir Lenin 336
Russian politician, led the October Revolution 1870–1924
Laozi photo
Laozi 79
semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th centur… -604
Karl Lagerfeld photo
Karl Lagerfeld 57
German fashion designer 1933–2019
Stan Lee photo
Stan Lee 21
American comic book writer 1922–2018
Mart Laar Estonian politician and histo…
Yahia Lababidi
Louise Labé female French poet of the Ren…
Patti LaBelle American singer-songwriter an…
Labīd Sahabah and poet
Henri Laborit French physician, writer and …
Neil LaBute Film director, playwright, sc…
Carlos Lacámara American actor
Jacques Lacan French psychoanalyst and psyc…
Milan Lach Slovak Jesuit and Greek Catho…
David Lack British ornithologist and bio…
Mercedes Lackey American novelist and short s…
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos French novelist, official and…
Lactantius Early Christian author
George Trumbull Ladd American psychologist, educat…
Peter Ladefoged British phonetician
Osama bin Laden founder of al-Qaeda
Daniel Ladinsky American poet
Cathy Ladman American actor and comedian
Winona LaDuke author and activist
Robert Seldon Lady CIA agent
Diogenes Laërtius biographer of ancient Greek p…
Paul Lafargue French politician
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette French general and politician
Dany Laferrière Haitian Canadian novelist and…
Arthur Laffer American economist
R. A. Lafferty American writer
Guy Lafleur Canadian ice hockey player
Bonnie-Jill Laflin American actor, model
Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont Catholic bishop
Jean De La Fontaine French poet, fabulist and wri…
Paul de Lagarde German polymath, biblical sch…
Juan Lagares baseball player
Karl Lagerfeld German fashion designer
Selma Lagerlöf Swedish female writer
Cristhiam Lagos
Joseph Louis Lagrange Italian mathematician and ma…
Stephenie LaGrossa American television personali…
Bernadette Lahai Sierra Leonean politician
Jhumpa Lahiri Short story writer, novelist
Tomi Lahren American television and onlin…
Jimmy Lai Hong Kong businessman
Michael Lai Taiwanese virologist (born 19…
Thanhha Lai American children's writer
William Lai Taiwanese politician
David Laidler Canadian economist
Bill Laimbeer American basketball player
Ronald David Laing Scottish psychiatrist and aut…
Imre Lakatos Hungarian mathematician, phil…
Alan Lakein American writer
George Lakoff American linguist
Padma Lakshmi Indian-born American author, …
B. B. Lal Indian archaeologist
K. S. Lal Indian historian
Naiqama Lalabalavu Fijian politician
Laila Lalami American writer
Jack LaLanne American exercise instructor
Lalleshwari Indian writer, mystic and sai…
Carrie Lam Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Wifredo Lam Cuban artist
Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama sixth Dalai Lama of Tibet
Kendrick Lamar American rapper, songwriter a…
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck French naturalist
Hedy Lamarr Austrian-American actress and…
Mark Lamarr British DJ
Judy LaMarsh Canadian politician, writer, …
Alphonse de Lamartine French writer, poet, and poli…
Charles Lamb English essayist
George Lamb
Karen Lamb British tennis player
Wally Lamb american novelist
Willis Lamb American Physicist
Auguste, Baron Lambermont Belgian politician
Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert writer from France
Constant Lambert British composer and conductor
Jack Lambert American football player
Johann Heinrich Lambert German mathematician, physici…
Michelle Lambert American singer-songwriter an…
Ferruccio Lamborghini Italian industrialist
Norman Lamm American rabbi
Norman Lamont British politician
Anne Lamott Novelist, essayist, memoirist…
Jake LaMotta American boxer
Dorothy Lamour American actress and singer
Louis L'Amour Novelist, short story writer
Frank Lampard English association football …
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Sicilian writer and prince
Laurence Lampert American academic
Archibald Lampman Canadian poet
Leslie Lamport American computer scientist
John Lanahan
Burt Lancaster American actor and producer
Jen Lancaster American writer
Frederick W. Lanchester British polymath
John Lanchester British writer
Edwin H. Land American scientist and invent…
Nick Land British philosopher
Edmund Landau German Jewish mathematician
Lev Landau Soviet physicist
Martin Landau American actor and acting coa…