Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
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Lasker, Emanuel (German chess player)
Laski, Harold Joseph (English politician, economist, writer & rhetorician)
Lasky, Jesse Louis (American motion-picture producer)
Lassalle, Ferdinand (German politician)
Lassus, Roland de (Flemish composer)
Latimer, Hugh (English theologian)
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (American architect)
Laud, William (English theologian)
Laughton, Charles (English-American actor)
Laurel, Arthur Stanley Jefferson (British-born American comedian)
Laurencin, Marie (French painter & artist)
Laurens, Henry (American politician)
Laurier, Sir Wilfrid (Canadian statesman)
Laval, Pierre (French politician)
Laver, Rod (Australian tennis player)
Law, (Andrew) Bonar (English statesman)
Law, John (Jazz Artist)
Lawrence, Gertrude (English actress & musician)
Lawrence, Sir Thomas (English painter)
Lawrence, T(homas) E(dward) (English traveler, military leader & scholar)
Layamon (English poet)
Lazarus (New Testament)
Le Corbusier (French architect)
Le Duc Tho (Vietnamese political leader)
Le Gallienne, Eva (American actress, dramatist & linguist)
Leacock, Stephen Butler (Canadian economist & writer)
Leah (in the Old Testament)
Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett (archaeologist & anthropologist)
Lean, Sir David (English filmmaker & writer)
Lear, Edward (Poet / Humorist)
Lebrun, Albert (French statesman)
Lebrun, Charles (French statesman)
Ledbetter, Huddie (Folk Artist)
Lederberg, Joshua (American geneticist)
Lee, (Nelle) Harper (American writer)
Lee, Ann (Religious Figure)
Lee, Charles (American military leader)
Lee, Gypsy Rose (American burlesque entertainer)
Lee, Henry (American military leader)
Lee, Kwan Yew (Political Leader)
Lee, Richard Henry (American politician)
Lee, Robert Edward (Military Leader / Civil War Figure)
Lee, Shelton Jackson (Filmmaker / Actor)