| Liu Xiaobo |
Literary critic |
b. December 28, 1955 |
| Liz Halliday |
|
b. December 14, 1978 |
| Lori Foster |
Writer |
b. November 14, 1958 |
| Lorne Michaels |
Television producer |
b. November 17, 1944 |
| Lorraine Toussaint |
Film actress |
b. April 4, 1960 |
| Lucas Grabeel |
Actor |
b. November 23, 1984 |
| Lucille Kallen |
Writer |
May 28, 1922 - January 18, 1999 |
| Luigi Colani |
Industrial designer |
b. August 2, 1928 |
| Luis Fortuno |
Former Governor of Puerto Rico |
b. October 31, 1960 |
| Luke Davies |
Writer |
b. 1962 |
| Luther Allison |
Guitarist |
August 17, 1939 - August 12, 1997 |
| Lynn Nottage |
Playwright |
b. November 2, 1964 |
| Lacey Mosley |
Singer-songwriter |
b. September 4, 1981 |
| Latrell Sprewell |
Basketball player |
b. September 8, 1970 |
| Laurence Graff |
|
b. June 13, 1938 |
| Laxmi Narayan Tripathi |
|
b. 1979 |
| Leatrice Eiseman |
Author |
|
| Leonhard Euler |
Mathematician |
April 15, 1707 - September 18, 1783 |
| Leonora Carrington |
Artist |
April 6, 1917 - May 25, 2011 |
| Lierre Keith |
Writer |
b. 1964 |
| Linda Fiorentino |
Film actress |
b. March 9, 1960 |
| Linford Christie |
Olympic athlete |
b. April 2, 1960 |
| Louise Imogen Guiney |
Poet |
January 7, 1861 - November 2, 1920 |
| Luc Montagnier |
Researcher |
b. August 18, 1932 |
| Ludivine Sagnier |
Film actress |
b. July 3, 1979 |
| Lulu |
Singer |
b. November 3, 1948 |
| Laila Ali |
Professional Boxer |
b. December 30, 1977 |
| Laila Lalami |
Novelist |
b. 1968 |
| Lamar S. Smith |
U.S. Representative |
b. November 19, 1947 |
| Lance Loud |
Television personality |
June 26, 1951 - December 22, 2001 |
| Larry Craig |
Former U.S. Senator |
b. July 20, 1945 |
| Larry Gatlin |
Singer |
b. May 2, 1948 |
| Larry Merchant |
Sportswriter |
b. February 11, 1931 |
| Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen |
Educator |
|
| Laura Dave |
Novelist |
b. July 18, 1977 |
| Laura Nyro |
Singer-songwriter |
October 18, 1947 - April 8, 1997 |
| Laura Whitcomb |
Novelist |
b. December 19, 1958 |
| Lauren Bowles |
Actress |
b. March 24, 1973 |
| Lauren Fleshman |
|
b. September 26, 1981 |
| Laurence Housman |
Playwright |
July 18, 1865 - February 20, 1959 |
| Laurie Metcalf |
Actress |
b. June 16, 1955 |
| Lawrence Clark Powell |
Author |
September 6, 1906 - March 14, 2001 |
| Lawrence Davidson |
|
b. June 21, 1945 |
| Lawrence Kasdan |
Film Producer |
b. January 14, 1949 |
| Lee Pace |
Actor |
b. March 25, 1979 |
| Lee Smolin |
Physicist |
b. 1955 |
| Leelee Sobieski |
Film actress |
b. June 10, 1983 |
| Leon Krier |
Architect |
b. April 7, 1946 |
| Leon Wieseltier |
Writer |
b. June 14, 1952 |
| Lesley Gore |
Singer |
May 2, 1946 - February 16, 2015 |
