List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
La - Lb - Lc - Ld - Le - Lf - Lg - Lh - Li - Lj - Lk - Ll - Lm - Ln - Lo - Lp - Lq - Lr - Ls - Lt - Lu - Lv - Lw - Lx - Ly - Lz
- Le Xuan, wife of Ngo Dinh Nhu
- Leach, Archie, aka Cary Grant
- Leacock, Stephen, (1869-1944), Canadian writer, economist
- Leadbelly, (1885-1949), American blues musician
- Leaf, Munro, The Story of Ferdinand
- Leahy, Patrick, US politician
- Leahy, William D, US
- Leakey, Louis, (1903-1972), British paleontologist
- Leakey, Mary, (1913-1996), British paleontologist
- Leakey, Rea
- Leakey, Richard, (born 1944), British paleontologist
- Lean, David, (died 1991), film director
- Leander, Zarah, (1907-1981), actress and singer
- Leandros, Vicky, (born 1952), singer
- Lear, Edward, (1812-1888), writer, A Book of Nonsense
- Learned, Ebenezer, (1728-1801), American Brigadier General in Revolutionary War
- Lear, Norman, (born 1922), television producer
- Lear, Shanda, entrepreneur
- Leary, Denis, (born 1957), actor
- Leary, Dennis, comedian
- Leary, Timothy, (1950-1996), US author and LSD enthusiast
- Lease, Mary Elizabeth, (1853-1933), writer and editor
- Leasor, James, (born 1923), writer, mystery
- Leavitt, Henrietta Swan, (USA, 1868-1921), astronomer
- Leavitt, Michael O, US politician
- Lebed, Alexander, (died 2002), Russian General
- Lebedev, Valentin, Russian cosmonaut
- Lebenstein, Jan, Polish painter
- Leber, Georg, SPD (Transportation, later Defense)
- Lebesgue, Henri Leon, (1875-1941), mathematician
- Le Bon, Simon, (born 1958), British vocalist of Duran Duran
- Lebowitz, Fran, (born 1950), writer
- LeBreton, Marjory, Canadian senator
- Lebrun, Albert
- Lebrun, Charles, (1619-1690), painter
- Lecavalier, René, broadcaster
- Le Chatelier, Henri Louis, chemist
- Lechon, Jan, poet
- Leckie, Robert, (1890-1975), Canadian RCAF Air Marshall
- Leckie, Robert, (born ?), American author of military histories
- Leclair, Jean Marie, composer
- Leclerc, Charles, (1772-1802), French general
- Leclerc, Georges-Louis, Comte de Buffon, (1707-1788), (French philosopher)
- Leclerc, Philippe, General of Free French Forces
- Leconte, Patrice, French film director
- Le_Corbusier, (1887-1965), architect
- Lecuona, Ernesto, composer and songwriter
- Lederman, Leon M, physicist
- Ledford, Mark, musician
- Ledger, Heath, (born 1979), actor
- Ledoyen, Virginie, (born 1976)
- Ledwidge, Francis, (1887-1917), poet
- Lee, Alvin, (born 1944), musician
- Lee, Andrew E, US politician
- Lee, Ang, (born 1954), Chinese-born filmmaker
- Lee, Ann, (born 1736), founder of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing ("Shakers")
- Lee, Blair, III, US governor
- Lee, Brandon, (1965-1993), son of Bruce Lee
- Lee, Brenda, (born 1944), musician
- Lee, Bruce, (1940-1973), Chinese martial artist actor
- Leeb, Wilhelm von, German soldier
- Lee, Charles, (died 1782), British and U.S officer
- Lee, Christopher, (born 1922), British horror actor
- Lee, Dennis, writer of children's poetry
- Lee, Fitzhugh, (died 1905), Confederate general
- Lee-Gartner, Kerrin, alpine skiing - downhill, Olympic Gold Medal - 1992
- Lee, Geddy, (born 1953), singer, bassist, keyboardist for Rush
- Lee, Harper, (born 1926), To Kill a Mockingbird
- Lee, Henry, US politician
- Lee, J. Bracken, US politician
- Lee Kuan Yew, (born 1923), Prime Minister of Singapore
- Lee Kyung Hae, (1947-2003), activist
- Lee, Mark, astronaut
- Lee, Michele, (born 1942)
- Leenhardt, Maurice, ethnologist, theologien
- Lee, Peggy, (1920-2002), musician
- Lee, Pinky, (1907-1993), children's television host
- Lee, Richard Henry
- Lee, Robert Edward, (1807-1870), Confederate
- Lee, Sheldon, (born 1932), physicist
- Lee, Sky, Canadian writer
- Lee, Spike, (born 1957), US black film director
- Lee, Stan, (born 1922), US founder of Marvel Comics
- Leestma, David, astronaut
- Lee, Tanith, US horror author
- Lee Teng-hui, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Lee, Thomas Sim, governor in the US
- Lee, Tommy, (born 1962), US lead singer of Mötley Crüe
- Leeuw, Reinbert de, (born 1938), Dutch pianist and conductor
- Leeuwangh, Jakko Jan, speed skater
- Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, (1632-1723), developer of the microscope
- Lee, Wilma, musician
- Lefebvre, Marcel, (1905-1991)
- Lefort, Cecily, (1900-1945), SOE agent, WW II heroine
- Lefschetz, Solomon, (USA, 1884-1972), mathematician
- Légaut, Marcel, christian philosopher
- Legendre, Adrien-Marie, (1752-1833), mathematician
- Leger, Viola, Canadian senator
- Legra, Jose, Cuban born, Spaniard nationalized world champion boxer
- Legrand, Michel, (born 1932), French composer
- le Grant, Richard, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Le Guin, Ursula K, (born 1929), US science fiction writer
- Leguizamo, John, US half Colombian, half Puerto Rican actor
- Lehar, Franz, (1870-1948), composer, opera composer
- Lehman, Herbert H, Democratic, 1933-1942
- Lehmann, Inge, (1888-1993)
- Lehmann, Karl, (born 1936), theologian
- Lehmann, Lotte, (1888-1976), singer
- Lehmbruck, Wilhelm, (1881-1919), sculptor
- Lehmer, Derrick Henry, (USA, 1905-1991), mathematician
- Lehrer, James, (born 1934), journalist, co-anchor
- Lehrer, Tom, (born 1928), comedian, singer-songwriter
- Lehtonen, Kimmo, Finnish science fiction author
- Leiber, Fritz, (1910-1992), US science fiction and fantasy writer
- Leiber, Jerry, (born 1933), and Mike Stoller
- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, (1646-1716), physicist, philosopher
- Leibowitz, Annie, US photographer
- Leigh, Janet, (born 1927), actor
- Leigh-Mallory, Trafford, British Air Marshal and fighter commander
- Leigh, Mike, (born 1943), film director
- Leigh, Vera, (1903-1944), SOE agent, WW II heroine
- Leigh, Vivian, (1913-1967), British actress (Gone with the Wind)
- Leighton, Laura, (born 1968), actress
- Leighton, Margaret, actor
- Leila, Princess of Iran, (died 2001)
- Leino, Eino, (1878-1926), Finnish poet
- Leinster, Murray, (born 1896), American space opera author, novelist
- Leiren-Young, Mark, Canadian writer
- Leisewitz, Johann Anton, dramatist, author
- Leitch, Donovan, (born 1946), British singer
- Le Jars, David, illustrator
- Leko, Peter, chess player
- Lekse, Tajda, TV journalist.
- Lekszycki, Franciszek, Polish painter
- Leland, John, (1502-1552), English antiquarian
- Leland, Mickey, (1944-1989), advocate for the poor
- Lelouch, Claude, French film director
- Lelouche, Claude, (born 1937), director
- Lemaître, Georges, (1894-1966), Belgian astronomer
- Leman, Gerard, (1851-1920), General
- Leman, Ulrich, (1885-1988), painter
- Le Marchant, Eleazar, (1752-1758), British bailiff
- Le Marchant, Josué, (1728-1751), British bailiff
- Le Marchant, Robert Porrett, (1800-1810), British bailiff
- Le Marchant, William, (1771-1800), British bailiff
- Lemass, Seán, (1959-1966), Taoiseach
- LeMay, Curtis, (1906-1990), civil engineer
- LeMessurier, William, civil engineer
- Lemieux, Mario, (born 1965), ice hockey player
- Lemke, Anthony, actor
- Lemmon, Jack, (1925-2001), US actor
- Lemnitzer, Lyman, (1899-1988), general
- Lemond, Greg, (born 1961), cyclist
- Lemon, Meadlowlark, (born 1932), basketball star, member of the Harlem Globetrotters
- Lemonnier, Camille, (1844-1913)
- Lem, Stanislaw, (born 1921), Polish science fiction writer
- Lenassi, Janez, (born 1927), sculptor.
- Lenbach, Franz von, (1836-1904), painter
- Lendl, Ivan, (born 1960), (Czechoslovakia)
- L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, (1754-1825), Benjamin Banneker, Andrew Ellicott - Washington, DC
- Leng, Alfonso, (1894-1974), composer
- L'Engle, Madeleine, A Wrinkle in Time
- Lenglen, Suzanne, (born 1899), (France)
- Lenihan, Brian, Tánaiste & defeated presidential candidate
- Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich, (1870-1924), (a pseudonym) - Soviet politican
- Lenkiewicz, Robert, (1941-2002), painter
- Lenngren, Anna Maria, Swedish writer
- Lennon, John, (1940--1980), member of The Beatles
- Lennon, Julian, (born 1963), musician and singer and son of John Lennon
- Lennon, Sean, (born 1975), musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
- Lennox, Annie, (born 1954), British singer of Eurythmics fame
- Lenoir, William, astronaut
- Leno, Jay, (born 1950), US TV host
- Lent, John, Canadian writer
- Lentz, Stanislaw, Polish painter
- Lenya, Lotte, (1898-1981), singer, actress
- Lenz, Jakob Michael Reinhold, dramatist, author
- Lenz, Siegfried, (born 1926), German novelist
- Leo II, Byzantine Emperor
- Leo III, Pope, (795-816), succeeds Adrian I as pope.
- Leo II, Pope, (682-683)
- Leo I of the Byzantine Empire, (died 474), Roman Emperor
- Leo IV, Byzantine Emperor
- Leo IV, Pope, (847-855)
- Leo IX, Pope, (1049-1054)
- Leonard, Benny, boxer
- Leonard, Elmore, (born 1925), US detective novelist
- Leonard, Herman, photographer
- Leonard, Sheldon, (died 1997), producer, actor, director
- Leonard,Sugar Ray, (born 1956), US world chapion boxer
- Leonard, William Ellery, poet
- Leon, Carlos, former husband of Madonna
- Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, (1858-1919), Italian opera composer
- Leon, Donna, author
- Leone, Giovanni, Italian president
- Leone, Sergio, (ca. 1920s-1989), Italian movie director
- Leone, Sunny, (b. 1981) model
- Leon, Genaro, world champion boxer
- Leonidas I, Greek, Spartan king
- Leoni, Raúl, Venezuelan president
- Leon, Miguel, actor
- Leonov, Aleksei, (born 1934), Soviet cosmonaut
- Leonowens, Anna, (1834-1914), governess in Siam
- Leon, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Leontius, (1891-1893), Metropolitan of Moscow
- Leontius II, Byzantine Emperor
- Leontius of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
- Leontius, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Leopardi, Giacomo, (1798-1837), Italian poet
- Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, (1640-1705), emperor 1658-1705
- Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, (1747-1792), emperor 1790-1792
- Leopold III of Belgium, (1901-1983), Belgian monarch
- Leopold II of Belgium, (1835-1909), Belgian monarch
- Leopold I of Belgium, (1790-1865), Belgian monarch
- Leo the Great, St, (440-461), pope
- Leo V, (died 817), Byzantine Emperor
- Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor
- Leo VIII, Pope, (963-964)
- Leo VII, Pope, (936-939)
- Leo VI, Pope, (928-929)
- Leo V, Pope
- Leo XIII, Pope, (1878-1903)
- Leo XII, Pope, (1823-1829)
- Leo XI, Pope
- Leo X, Pope, (1513-1521)
- Le Pen, Jean-Marie, (born 1928)
- Lépine, Marc, École Polytechnique Massacre
- Lepsius, Carl Richard, (1810-1884), German
- Le Ray, Jacques-Donatien, (1726-1803), American Revolutionary
- Leray, Jean, (1906-1998), mathematician
- Lerdorf, Rasmus, invented PHP computer language used on internet
- Lerman, Eleanor, poet
- Lermontov, Mikhail, (1814-1841), poet, novelist
- Lermontov, Mikhail Yuryevich, (1814-1841), poet, author and painter
- Lerner, Alan J, (1918-1986), songwriter
- Leroux, Gaston, French writer
- Leroux, Philippe, composer
- Leroy, Philippe, actor
- Léry, Jean de, corsaireand ethnologist, anti-racism acivist
- Le Sage, Alain-René, (1668-1747), French novelist
- Lesage, Jean, (1912-1980)
- Lescaze, William, (1896-1969)
- Lesh, Phil, (born 1940), of The Grateful Dead
- Leskovar, Lado, singer.
- Leskov, Nikolai, (1831-1895), storyteller, novelist, and journalist
- Leslie, Alexander, (c. 1580-1661), Swedish soldier
- Leslie, Frederick, astronaut
- Leslie, Harry G, US politician
- Leslie, Lisa, (born 1972), WNBA basketball player
- Lesmian, Boleslaw, poet
- Lesseps, Ferdinand de, civil engineer
- Lessing, Doris, (born 1919), British author
- Lessing, Gotthold, playwright, poet
- Lester, Richard, (born 1932), film director
- Lesueur, Charles Alexander, biologist
- Letelier, Orlando, (died 1979), former Chilean ambassador to the United States
- Lethem, Jonathan, author
- Leto, Jared, (born 1971), actor
- Letourneau, Mary Kay, (born 1962), convicted child rapist
- Lettau, Reinhard, dramatist, author
- Letterman, David, (born 1947), (?), host
- Letzel, Jan, architect of the A-bomb Dome
- Leucippus, Greek philosopher
- Leuders, Pierre, Olympic Gold Medal - 1998
- Leuenberger, Moritz, (born 1946), Swiss Federal Councilor
- Leunig, Michael, cartoonist
- Leuschner, Wilhelm, (1890-1944), politician
- Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Sabine, FDP
- Leutze, Emanuel, (1816-1868), painter of Washington Crossing the Delaware
- Leuwerik, Ruth, (born 1926), actress
- Levant
- Levant, Oscar, (1906-1972), actor, composer, musician
- Levchenko, Anatoly, astronaut
- Levec, Anton, poet
- Levec, Janez, (born 1943), chemist.
- Levec, Peter, (born 1923), poet
- Levens, Amanda, (born 1979), WNBA basketball player
- Leveridge, Richard, (c.1670-1758), composer
- Le Verrier, Urbain, (1811-1877), astronomer
- Levertov, Denise, (Black Mountain triumverate)
- Leveson-Gower, William Spencer, British politician
- Levick, Barbara, English; specialising in Roman emperors
- Levicnik, Jernej, (1808-1883), poet
- Lévi-Leblond, Antoine, physicist
- Levi-Montalcini, Rita, biologist
- Levinas, Emmanuel, (1906-1995), philosopher
- Levin, Carl, US politician
- Levine, Irving R, (born 1922), journalist
- Levine, Joseph, (born 1905), film producer
- Levine, Philip, poet
- Levin, Ira, (born 1929), American novelist
- Levinson, Barry, (born 1942), film director
- Levi, Primo, (1919-1987), Italian resistance fighter, chemist and novelist
- Levis, Larry, poet
- Levitan, Isaak, (1860-1900), landscape painter
- Levnson, Barry, film director
- Levski, Vassil, revolutionary
- Levstek, Zlatka, (born 1944), poet
- Levstik, Fran, (1831-1887), author.
- Levstik, Vladimir, (1886-1957), author and translator.
- Levy, Adam, musician
- Levy, Barrington, (born 1964), singer-songwriter, musician
- Levy, Eugene, actor/comedian
- Lewenhaupt, Gustaf Adolf, (1619-1656), Swedish soldier
- Lewin, Daniel M. , (c. 1970-2001), CTO Akamai
- Lewinsky, Monica, (born 1973), US scandal figure in Clinton Presidency
- Lewis, Alfred Henry, American novelist
- Lewis, Carenza, archaeologist
- Lewis, C. I, philosopher
- Lewis, Clive Staples, (1898-1963), British religious science fiction writer
- Lewis, David K, (1941-2001), philosopher
- Lewis, Francis, (1713-1803), signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence
- Lewis, Furry, musician
- Lewis, Gary, (born 1946), rock and roll musician
- Lewis, Geoffrey, actor
- Lewis, George, jazz clarinetist
- Lewis, Gilbert Newton, (1875-1946), American chemist
- Lewis, Huey, (born 1950), US rock and roll musician
- Lewis, Jerry, (born 1926), US comedy actor, film director
- Lewis, Jerry Lee, (born 1935), US musician
- Lewis, John Henry, (1914-1974), world champion boxer
- Lewis, John L, (1880-1969), labor union leader
- Lewis, Juliette, (born 1973), actress
- Lewis, Lennox, (born 1965), Heavyweight boxer, world champion
- Lewis, Lux, musician
- Lewis, Meade Lux, (1905-1964), perhaps the first boogie-woogie hit
- Lewis, Meriwether, (1774-1809), US explorer
- Lewis, Morgan, Democratic-Republican, 1804-1807
- Lewis, Phil, (born 1962), musician
- Lewis, Reggie, (died 1993), basketball player, Boston Celtics
- Lewis, Saunders, (1893-1985), poet
- Lewis, Shari, (1933-1998), ventriloquist
- Lewis, Sinclair, (1885-1951), Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry, Main Street
- Lewis, Smiley, musician
- Lewis, Stephen, author
- Lewis, Steve, (1896-c 1941?), pianist
- Lewis, Ted, (1890-1971), bandleader
- Lewis, Wyndham, (1884-1957), poet
- Lewontin, Richard, biologist
- Leyden, Ernst von, (1832-1910), physician
- Leyden, Lucas van, (died 1533), artist
- Leyendecker, J. C, illustrator
- Ley, Robert, (1890-1945), Nazi party chief
- Ley, Willy, (born 1969), rocket scientist
- Leyva, Fatima (born 1980), Mexican women's soccer player