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
• Lachmann, Ludwig, (1906-1990), economist
• Laciar, Santos, (born 1959), flyweight boxer, world champion
• Lackey, Mercedes, (born 1950), author
• Laclos, Choderlos de[?], French novelist
• Lacombe, Georges, (1868-1916), French painter, sculptor
• Lacombe, Stalebread[?], self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz"
• Lacoste, Rene[?], (France)
• Lacy, Steve, soprano saxophonist
• 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
• 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
• La Fontaine, Henri[?], Nobel Peace Prize 1913
• 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[?], Chef
• 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, Fiorello H., (1882-1947)
• Lah, Ivo, (1896-1979), mathematician, discoverer of Lah numbers
• Lahnstein, Manfred[?], SPD (Finance)
• Lai, Leon, (born 1966)
• Laine, Papa Jack, (1873-1966), New Orleans drummer and bandleader
• Lakatos, Imre, (1922-1974), philosopher
• Lake, Deryn[?], author
• Lalique, René, (1860-1945), artist
• Lamantia, Philip[?], poet
• Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste, (1744-1829), coiner of the term biology
• Lamarque, Libertad[?], legendary international singer
• Lamarr, Hedy, (1913-2000), Austrian actress
• Lamartine, Alphonse de
• Lamb, Charles, (1775-1834), poet
• 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
• Lambsdorff, Otto Graf[?], (1977-1984), German government minister
• Lamb, Sidney, (born 1929), linguist
• Lambton, John George, Earl of Durham, (1792-1840), UK statesman
• Lammasch, Heinrich[?], (1853-1920), Minister-President of Austria (1918)
• LaMotta, Jake, (born 1921), boxer
• Lamott, Anne, US novelist
• Lamour, Dorothy, (1914-1996), US actress
• L'Amour, Louis[?], US western writer
• Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi di, (1896-1957), The Leopard
• Lampson, Miles
• Lam, Ringo
• Lam, Wifredo[?], painter
• Lam, Wilfredo[?], (1902-1982), painter
• Lancaster, Burt, (1913-1994), US actor and acrobat
• Lancaster, Ron[?], athlete
• Lance, Major[?], musician
• Lancret, Nicolas[?], (1690-1743), painter
• Lanctôt, Jacques, (died 1980), FLQ Terrorist
• Landa, Miguel Angel[?], comedian, show host
• Landau, Lev Davidovich, (1908-1968), Russian
• Land, Edwin H., (1909-1991), Polaroid polarizing filters and the Land Camera
• Lander, Tim[?], Canadian writer
• Landini, Francesco[?], (1325-1397), composer
• Landis, Geoffrey[?], author
• Land, Michael, (born 1961), American video game composer
• Landon, Alfred M., (1887-1987), Governor, Presidential Candidate, Topeka, Kansas.
• Landon, Letitia Elizabeth[?], poet
• Landon, Michael[?], 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), serial killer
• Landry, Tom, (1924-2000), US football coach
• Landsbergis, Vytautas[?], Lithuanian president
• Landsteiner, Karl, (1868-1943)
• Landuyt, Renaat[?], Minister-President of Flanders
• 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[?], 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[?], Archbishop of Canterbury
• Lange, Christian Lous, (1869-1938), internationalist
• Lang, Eddie, (1902-1933), US jazz guitarist
• Lange, Dorothea, (1895-1965), photographer
• Lange, Jessica, (born 1949), actor
• Langen, Ellen van, (born 1966), athlete
• Langer, Bernhard[?], golfer
• Langer, William[?], US politician
• Lang, Fritz, (1890-1976), German film director
• Langham, Simon, (died 1376), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Langhoff, Anna[?], dramatist, author
• Lang, Jeff[?], guitar virtuoso
• lang, k.d., (born 1961), Canadian musician
• 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[?], Commander of Graf Spee
• Langtoft, Piers, historian
• Langton, Stephen, (c 1150-1228), scholastic philosopher, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Langton, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Languet, Hubert
• 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
• 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
• Lanyon, Peter[?], (1918-1964), painter
• Lanzoni, Fabio, male model
• 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
• 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
• Laria, Maria[?], Puerto Rican born talk show host of Cuban parents.
• Larisch, Karol[?], Polish painter
• 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[?], Venezuelan president
• Larrazolo, Octaviano Ambrosio[?], US New Mexico Governor
• Larroquette, John[?], actor
• Larsen, Bent[?], chess player
• Larsen, Nella, (1891-1964), novelist
• Larson, Bob[?], televangelist
• Larson, Dewey B., (1898-1990), engineer and controversial theorist
• Larson, Gary, (born 1950), US The Far Side cartoonist
• Larson, Glen A.[?], author
• Larsson, Carl, (1859-1928), painter
• Lartigue, Jacques Henri[?], photographer
• 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[?], dramatist, author
• Laskonogi, Ladislaus[?], (1227-1228), Polish ruler
• Lassalle, Ferdinand, (1825-1864)
• Lassell, William[?], (1799-1880), astronomer
• Lassen, Hans[?], Danish Governor of Greenland
• Lassus, Orlande de, (ca. 1532-1594), (Orlandus Lassus, Orlando di Lasso)
• Laszlo, Carl[?], dramatist, author
• Lateef, Yusef, (tenor sax, flute, oboe, many other woodwinds)
• Lato, Grzegorz[?], athlete
• Latrobe, Benjamin, (1764-1820), architect
• Latrobe, Benjamin Henry[?], architect
• Latta, Andrew George[?], (1887-1966), scientist, military commander, and diplomat
• Latynina, Larisa, (born 1934), gymnast
• Lauckner, Rolf[?], dramatist, author
• Lauda, Niki, (born 1949), race car driver
• Laudrup, Brian[?], Danish athlete
• Laudrup, Michael[?], Danish athlete
• Laud, William, (1573-1645), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Lau, Evelyn[?], bitter ex-hooker, bitter ex of W.P. Kinsella
• Laufenborg, Elisabeta-Maria de[?], aristocrat
• Laughlin, James[?], poet
• Laughton, Charles, actor
• Laumer, Keith, (1925-1993), 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
• Laurens, Henri, (1885-1954), sculptor
• Laurent, Louis Stephen Saint, (1882-1973), prime minister
• Laurie, Hugh, (born 1959), comedian
• Laurier, Wilfrid, (1896-1911), Canadian prime minister
• Lauritzen, Lauritz[?], SPD (Transportation)
• Lautenberg, Frank[?], US politician
• Lautréamont, Comte de, (1846-1870), poet
• Laval, Pierre[?], French politician of Vichy regime
• Lavater, Johann Kaspar, (1741-1801)
• Laveau, Marie, (1794?-1881?), Voodoo Queen
• Laveaux, Ludwik de[?], Polish painter
• Laver, Rod, (born 1938), (Australia)
• Laveykin, Alexander[?], astronaut
• Lavigne, Avril, (born 1984), singer/songwriter
• Lavigne, Raymond[?], Canadian senator
• Lavin, Mary[?], Saoi of Aosdána
• Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, (1743-1794), French pioneer chemist
• Law, Andrew Bonar, (1858-1923), Unionist Party leader
• Law, Denis[?], athlete
• Lawes[?], poet
• Lawhead, Stephen R., writer of historical fiction
• Lawless, Lucy[?], actress
• Law, Oliver, (1899-1937), African American officer
• Lawrence, D.H., (1885-1930), author of Lady Chatterley's Lover
• Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, inventor of cyclotron
• Lawrence, Florence, (died 1890), actor
• Lawrence, Jacob, (1917-c.2000), painter
• Lawrence, Margaret[?], author
• Lawrence, Martin[?], actor
• Lawrence, Thomas, (1888-1935), "Arabian Lawrence"
• Lawrence, Wendy[?], astronaut
• Lawrie, Lee, (1877-1962)
• 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, Robert[?], Rabbit Hill[?], Ben and Me
• Laxalt, Paul[?], US politician
• Laxness, Halldor, (1903-1998), novelist
• Layamon, poet
• Laycock, Robert[?], General of the "Layforce[?]"
• Layton, Irving[?], poet
• Lazard, Sasha[?], musician
• Lazarev, Vasily[?], astronaut
• Lazarevic, Lazar[?], (1371-1389), Serbian monarch
• Lazarevic, Stefan[?], (1389-1427), Serbian monarch
• Lazutkin, Alexander[?], astronaut
• Lazzat, Ay[?], musician