List of people by name: La
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- 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)
- 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
- 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 LeRoy, historian
- Laemmle, Carl, (1867-1939), film producer
- Laennec, Rene Theophile Hyacinthe, (1781-1826), physician, inventor of stethoscope
- 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
- 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, 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, Leon, (born 1966)
- Laine, Papa Jack, (1873-1966), New Orleans drummer and bandleader
- 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
- Lalas, Alexi, (born 1970), football player
- Lalique, René, (1860-1945), artist
- 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
- Lancaster, Burt, (1913-1994), US actor and acrobat
- Lancaster, Ron, athlete
- Lance, Major, musician
- Lanchester, Elsa, (1902-1986), actress
- 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
- 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
- Lang, Walter, film director
- 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, Bi, (died 1971), China's defense minister. Air crash in suspicious circumstances.
- Lao She, (1899-1966), author of Si Shi Tong Tang
- Lao Tzu
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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, 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 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, 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
- Laxalt, Paul, US politician
- Laxness, Halldor, (1903-1998), Icelander novelist
- Layamon, poet
- Laycock, Robert, British general of the "Layforce"
- Layton, Irving, (born 1912), poet
- 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