Biographies

Lukas Podolski

Poland-born German footballer, noted for a powerful left foot, long club career with 1. FC Köln, major European clubs and stints abroad, and as a long-serving German international

Luke

Luke: Biblical figure, given name, fictional characters, and place names

Luke McCormick

Luke McCormick — English goalkeeper, career and legal case

Luke Perry

Luke the Evangelist

Lulu Roman

Lulu Roman: American Comedian and Gospel Singer

Luo Fu (poet)

Luo Fu (Mo Yun-tuan): Taiwanese Poet and Literary Figure

Luo Haocai

Luo Haocai: Chinese legal scholar, Supreme Court judge and politician

Luo Meizhen

Luo Meizhen: Chinese longevity claimant (1885–2013)

Luther Blissett

Luther Blissett — Jamaican-born English footballer and cultural namesake

Lux Interior

Lux Interior (Erick Lee Purkhiser)

Lyda Ann Thomas

Lyda Ann Thomas: Mayor of Galveston and Hurricane Ike evacuation leader

Lydia Clarke

Lydia Clarke (1923–2018)

Lydia Maria Child

Lydia Maria Child: American writer, abolitionist, and advocate

Lydia Wideman

Lydia Wideman — Finnish Olympic cross‑country skiing pioneer

Lyle Mays

Lyle Mays — American jazz pianist, keyboardist and composer

Lyle Tuttle

Lyle Tuttle: American Tattoo Artist, Historian, and Educator

Lynden Pindling

Sir Lynden Pindling — Bahamian statesman and first Prime Minister

Lyndon LaRouche

Lyndon LaRouche: American political activist and founder of the LaRouche movement

Lynn Borden

Lynn Faulds Wood

Lynn Faulds Wood — Scottish broadcaster and consumer campaigner

Lynn Fontanne

Lynn Fontanne: British-born Stage Actress and Partner of Alfred Lunt

Lynn Harrell

Lynn Harrell — American Cellist (1944–2020)

Lynn Shelton

Lynn Shelton: American independent filmmaker and director

Lyra McKee

Lyra McKee: Northern Irish journalist and author

Lyubka Rondova

Lyubka Rondova — Bulgarian folk singer and preserver of Macedonian song

Lyudmila Alexeyeva

Lyudmila Alexeyeva — Russian historian, dissident and human rights activist

Lyudmila Putina

Lyudmila Putina (Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Ocheretnaya)

Lyudmila Verbitskaya

Lyudmila Verbitskaya — Russian linguist and university leader

M. C. Escher

M. C. Escher: Dutch graphic artist known for tessellations and impossible constructions

M. Cherif Bassiouni

M. Cherif Bassiouni — scholar of international and criminal law

M. H. Mohamed

M. H. Mohamed (Sri Lankan politician)

M. I. Shanavas

M. I. Shanavas: Indian Congress leader and parliamentarian

M. J. Radhakrishnan

M. J. Radhakrishnan — Indian cinematographer in Malayalam cinema

M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana

M. K. Alagiri

M. K. Arjunan

M. K. Arjunan — Malayalam music composer (1936–2020)

M. K. Stalin

M. K. Stalin: Indian politician and leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

M. M. Jacob

M. M. Jacob — Indian politician and two‑term Governor of Meghalaya

M. M. Kalburgi

M. M. Kalburgi — Kannada scholar, Vachana critic and epigraphist

M. M. Ruhul Amin

M. Stanton Evans

M. T. Liggett

M. T. Liggett — Kansas folk sculptor of welded, kinetic political art

M. V. Devan

M. V. Devan — Indian painter, sculptor, writer and art critic

M. V. Rajasekharan

Ma Barker

Ma Barker (Arizona Donnie 'Kate' Barker) — American criminal figure

Ma Long

Ma Long — Chinese table tennis champion

Maarit Feldt-Ranta

Maarit Feldt‑Ranta — Finnish Social Democratic politician (1968–2019)