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Laclos, Pierre (-Ambroise-Franois) Choderlos de (French novelist & military leader)
Lacoste, (Jean-) Ren (French tennis player)
lacrosse (in sports)
lactic acid (material)
lactose (material)
Ladakh (region, Kashmir)
Ladd-Franklin, Christine (American scientist)
ladino (Latin America)
Ladislas I (Medieval)
Ladoga, Lake (lake, Russia)
lady's slipper (orchids of the genus Cypripedium)
ladybug (insect)
Laemmle, Carl (Film Personality)
Laetoli footprints (Anthropology)
Laetus, Julius Pomponius (Italian scholar & writer)
Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de (French-North American military leader & politician)
Laffite, Jean (North American-Central American criminal)
Laffitte, Jacques (French financier & politician)
LaFontaine, Sir Louis Hippolyte, Baronet (Canadian statesman/stateswoman)
Lagash (ancient city, Mesopotamia)
Lagerfeld, Karl (French fashion designer)
Lagerkvist, Pr (Fabian) (Swedish poet, dramatist & novelist)
Laghouat (city, Algeria)
Lagos (city, Nigeria)
Lagrange, Joseph-Louis (French mathematician & astronomer)
Lahn River (Europe)
Lahore (city, Pakistan)
Laibach, Congress of (historical event, Europe/Yugoslavia)
Laing, R(onald) D(avid) (English psychologist)
laissez-faire (in economics, politics)
lake (body of water)
Lake District (region, England)
Lake Dwellings (in anthropology)
Lake Placid (city, NY)
Lake Turkana remains (Anthropology)
Lakewood (of California/Colorado/New Jersey/Ohio)
Lakshadweep (territory, island group, India)