| Leon M. Lederman |
Experimenter |
b. July 15, 1922 |
| Leonard Slatkin |
Conductor |
b. September 1, 1944 |
| Leslie Caron |
Film actress |
b. July 1, 1931 |
| Lester Holt |
Journalist |
b. March 8, 1959 |
| Lev S. Vygotsky |
Psychologist |
November 17, 1896 - June 11, 1934 |
| Linda Hogan |
Poet |
b. July 16, 1947 |
| Lindy West |
Writer |
b. March 9, 1982 |
| Lisa Lutz |
Author |
b. March 13, 1970 |
| Lloyd Kaufman |
Film director |
b. December 30, 1945 |
| Lucian |
Author |
125 - 180 |
| Lynn Abbey |
Author |
b. September 18, 1948 |
| Lynn Margulis |
Biologist |
March 5, 1938 - November 22, 2011 |
| Lyoto Machida |
Mixed Martial Artist |
b. May 30, 1978 |
| Lance Berkman |
Baseball player |
b. February 10, 1976 |
| Laura Poitras |
Film director |
b. 1964 |
| Laurel Clark |
Medical Doctor |
March 10, 1961 - February 1, 2003 |
| Ledisi |
Songwriter |
b. March 28, 1972 |
| Leigh Bardugo |
Author |
b. April 6, 1975 |
| Leonid Brezhnev |
Former General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
December 19, 1906 - November 10, 1982 |
| Lew Wallace |
American Statesman |
April 10, 1827 - February 15, 1905 |
| Lexa Doig |
Movie actress |
b. June 8, 1973 |
| Lorenzo di Bonaventura |
Film producer |
b. 1957 |
| Lorin Stein |
Editor |
b. April 22, 1973 |
| Louis de Montfort |
Priest |
January 31, 1673 - April 28, 1716 |
| Lydia Lunch |
Singer |
b. June 2, 1959 |
| Lynn Redgrave |
Actress |
March 8, 1943 - May 2, 2010 |
| Lynne McTaggart |
Journalist |
b. January 23, 1951 |
| L. J. Smith |
Author |
b. September 4, 1965 |
| L.A. Weatherly |
Author |
b. 1967 |
| Lana Parrilla |
Actress |
b. July 15, 1977 |
| Laura Vandervoort |
Actress |
b. September 22, 1984 |
| Lauren Mackler |
Author |
b. November 8, 1957 |
| Laurie Foos |
Author |
b. 1966 |
| Laz Alonso |
Film actor |
b. March 25, 1974 |
| Leo Szilard |
Physicist |
February 11, 1898 - May 30, 1964 |
| Lewis Hyde |
Essayist |
b. 1945 |
| Li-Young Lee |
Poet |
b. August 19, 1957 |
| Liberty Hyde Bailey |
Botanist |
March 15, 1858 - December 25, 1954 |
| Lil Boosie |
Rapper |
b. November 14, 1982 |
| Lillian B. Rubin |
Author |
January 13, 1924 - June 17, 2014 |
| Lois Capps |
U.S. Representative |
b. January 10, 1938 |
| Lori Lansens |
Novelist |
b. 1962 |
| Luc Sante |
Writer |
b. May 25, 1954 |
| Luke Ford |
Writer |
b. May 28, 1966 |
| L. Lionel Kendrick |
Author |
b. September 19, 1931 |
| Larry Fessenden |
Actor |
b. March 23, 1963 |
| Laszlo Moholy-Nagy |
Painter |
June 20, 1895 - November 24, 1946 |
| Laura Esquivel |
Novelist |
b. September 30, 1950 |
| Laurie Faria Stolarz |
Author |
b. 1972 |
| Lee H. Hamilton |
U.S. Congressperson |
b. April 20, 1931 |
