Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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King Gustavus Adolphus
Heinrich Schütz
All Personalities (1084 listed)
Lise Meitner
Austrian-Swedish Nuclear Physicist & Co-Discoverer of Nuclear Fission
Lois Smith
Tony and Obie Award-Winning Character Actress (East of Eden, Five Easy Pieces, Lady Bird)
Lonzo Ball
NBA Point Guard, 2nd Overall Draft Pick, NBA All-Rookie Team & Chicago Bulls Playmaker
Lord Palmerston
Two-Time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855–1858, 1859–1865) & Dominant Architect of Victorian Foreign Policy
Lorde
New Zealand Singer-Songwriter & Alternative Pop Trailblazer
Loretta Swit
Two-Time Emmy Award-Winning Actress (Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H) & Animal Activist
Lotfia Elnadi
Aviation Pioneer & First Arab Female Pilot
Lou Ferrigno
American Bodybuilder, 2x IFBB Mr. Universe & Actor ('The Incredible Hulk')
Lou Williams
NBA Legend, 3-Time NBA Sixth Man of the Year & All-Time Leading Bench Scorer in NBA History
Louis Althusser
Influential French-Algerian Marxist Philosopher, Structuralist Theorist & Academic
Lucan
Eminent Roman Epic Poet of Pharsalia (De Bello Civili) & Imperial Intellectual
Luchino Visconti
Count of Lonate Pozzolo, Master Film, Opera & Theater Director, Neorealism Pioneer
Luciana Gimenez
Television Host, Model & Media Personality
Luciano Berio
Visionary Italian Avant-Garde Composer, Pioneer of Electroacoustic Music & Musical Modernist
Lucy Bronze
World-Class English Footballer, UEFA Women's Player of the Year & Euro 2022 Champion
Lucy Stone
Pioneering American Abolitionist, Suffragist, Orator & Co-Founder of the American Woman Suffrage Association