Authors by L

Abraham Lincoln 618

16th President of the United States 1809–1865

Martin Luther 214

seminal figure in Protestant Reformation 1483–1546

John Lennon 228

English singer and songwriter 1940–1980

H.P. Lovecraft 203

American author 1890–1937

Bruce Lee 193

Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and f… 1940–1973

John Locke 144

English philosopher and physician 1632–1704

Vladimir Lenin 336

Russian politician, led the October Revolution 1870–1924

Laozi 79

semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th centur… -604

Karl Lagerfeld 57

German fashion designer 1933–2019

Stan Lee 21

American comic book writer 1922–2018

Gustav Landauer	German anarchist	1870–1919
Ann Landers	American advice columnist	1918–2002
Kenesaw Mountain Landis	American judge and baseball c…	1866–1944
Letitia Elizabeth Landon	English poet and novelist	1802–1838
Margaret Landon	writer, missionary	1903–1993
Walter Savage Landor	British writer	1775–1864
Wanda Landowska	Polish-French classical harps…	1879–1959
Bernard Landry	Canadian politician	1937–2018
Jeff Landry	American politician, attorney…	1970
Tom Landry	Coach of the Dallas Cowboys	1924–2000
Steven E. Landsburg
Derek Landy	Irish children's writer	1974
Amy Lane
David C. Lane	American scholar	1956
Eddie Lane
Joseph Lane
Nathan Lane	American actor	1956
Rose Wilder Lane	American journalist	1886–1968
Sara Malakul Lane	Thai-American actress and mod…	1983
Shawn Lane	American musician	1963–2003
Stanley Lane-Poole	British orientalist	1854–1931
K.d. lang	Canadian singer-songwriter	1961
Andrew Lang	Scots poet, novelist and lite…	1844–1912
Jack Lang
Julia Lang
Lang Lang	Chinese pianist	1982
Serge Lang	mathematician	1927–2005
Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale	British lawyer	1783–1851
Antoni Lange	Polish writer and philosopher	1862–1929
Artie Lange	Comedian, radio personality	1967
David Lange	New Zealand politician and 32…	1942–2005
Dorothea Lange	American photojournalist	1895–1965
Halvard Lange	Norwegian politician	1902–1970
Jessica Lange	American actress	1949
Joep Lange	dutch clinical researcher spe…	1954–2014
Mike Lange	Canadian sportscaster	1948
Oskar R. Lange	Polish economist	1904–1965
Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld	Jesuit, author of Cautio Crim…	1591–1635
Heather Langenkamp	actress	1964
Susanne K. Langer	American philosopher	1895–1985
William Langland	English writer	1332–1386
Robert Langlands	Canadian mathematician	1936
Noel Langley	South African writer	1911–1980
Irving Langmuir	American chemist and physicist	1881–1957
Christopher Langton	American computer scientist	1949
Jane Langton	Novelist, children's writer	1922–2018
Jaron Lanier	American computer scientist, …	1960
Sidney Lanier	American musician, poet	1842–1881
Andrei Lankov	Russian academic	1963
Joe R. Lansdale	American novelist, short stor…	1951
George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne	1st Baron Lansdowne	1666–1735
Lori Lansens	Canadian writer	1962
Alfred Lansing	American journalist	1921–1975
Paul Lansky	American composer	1944
Tom Lantos	American politician	1928–2008
Xiang Lanxin		1956
Aemilia Lanyer	English poet	1569–1645
Robert Lanza	American medical doctor	1956
Fabio Lanzoni	Italian model, actor and auth…	1961
Yiannis Laouris	Cypriot neuroscientist	1958
Zachary Laoutides	film actor	1986
Laozi	semi-legendary Chinese figure…	-604
Lewis H. Lapham	American journalist	1935
Nicole Lapin	American journalist	1984
Pierre-Simon Laplace	French mathematician and astr…	1749–1827
Leo Laporte	American technology broadcast…	1956
Anna Lappé	American writer	1973
Frances Moore Lappé	activist against world hunger	1944
Georges Laraque	Canadian ice hockey player	1976
Justine Larbalestier	Australian young-adult fictio…	1967
Gérard Larcher	President of the Senate (Fran…	1949
Lucy Larcom	American teacher, poet, author	1824–1893
Dionysius Lardner	Irish science writer	1793–1859
Ring Lardner	Sportswriter, short story wri…	1885–1933
Storm Large	actor, singer	1969
Ali Larijani	Iranian philosopher, politici…	1958
Mohammad-Javad Larijani	Iranian politician	1951
Philip Larkin	English poet, novelist, jazz …	1922–1985
Joseph Larmor	Irish physicist and mathemati…	1857–1942
Hermann Laroche
Lyndon LaRouche	American political activist a…	1922–2019
John Larroquette	born 1947; American film, tel…	1947
Joan Larsen	United States Circuit Judge f…	1968
Kristine Larsen	American astronomer	1963
Nella Larsen	Novelist, librarian, nurse	1891–1964
Christian D. Larson	Prolific author of metaphysic…	1874–1962
Jonathan Larson	American composer and playwri…	1960–1996
Kirby Larson	American children's writer	1950
Henrik Larsson
Ali Larter	American actress	1976
Daniel Larze	Puerto Rican singer-songwrite…	2005
Christopher Lasch	American historian	1932–1994
Nicholas Lash	British theologian	1934
Emanuel Lasker	German World Chess Champion a…	1868–1941
Mary Lasker	American health activist and …	1900–1994
Harold J. Laski	British academic	1893–1950
Kathryn Lasky	American children's writer	1944
Peter Laslett	English historian	1915–2001
Kalle Lasn	Estonian-Canadian film maker,…	1942
Tommy Lasorda	American baseball player and …	1927