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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.
On this page: L'Enfant, Pierre Charles to Lasker, Emanuel.
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L'Enfant, Pierre Charles (American military leader, engineer & architect)
La Farge, John (American artist & writer)
La Flesche, Susette (Native American writer and lecturer)
La Follette, Robert Marion (American statesman/stateswoman)
La Fontaine, Jean de (French poet)
La Guardia, Fiorello Henry (Mayor of New York City)
La Salle, Sieur de (French-North American explorer)
La Tour, Georges de (French painter)
La Vallière, Duchesse de (French statesman/stateswoman)
La Vérendrye, Sieur de (Canadian-American explorer)
Labov, William (American linguist)
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de, Marquis (French-North American military leader & politician)
Laffite, Jean (North American-Central American criminal)
Lagerkvist, Pär Fabian (Swedish poet, dramatist & novelist)
Lagrange, Joseph Louis, Comte (French mathematician & astronomer)
Lahr, Bert (American actor & filmmaker)
Laing, R(onald) D(avid) (English psychologist)
Lalique, René Jules (French artist)
Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de (French poet, novelist & statesman/stateswoman)
Lamb, Charles (English writer)
Lamb, William (English statesman/stateswoman)
Lancaster (English royal house)
Land, Edwin Herbert (American inventor & photographer)
Landau, Lev Davidovich (Russian physicist)
Landis, Kenesaw Mountain (American jurist)
Landon, Alfred Mossman (American politician)
Landowska, Wanda (Polish-French musician)
Landry, Thomas Wade (American football player and coach)
Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir (English painter)
Landsteiner, Karl (American physician)
Lanfranc (Italian theologian)
Lang, Andrew (English scholar & writer)
Lang, Fritz (German-American filmmaker)
Lange, Dorothea (American photographer)
Langland, William (Welsh-English writer)
Langley, Samuel Pierpoint (American scientist)
Langmuir, Irving (American chemist)
Langtry, Lillie (English actress)
Lanier, Sidney (American poet & musician)
Lanza, Mario (American tenor and actor)
Lao Tzu (Religious Figure / Philosopher)
Laplace, Pierre Simon de, Marquis (French astronomer & mathematician)
Lardner, Ringgold Wilmer (American writer)
Larkin, Philip (English poet)
Larousse, Pierre Athanase (French lexicographer)
Las Casas, Bartolomé de (Spanish-Peruvian-Guatemalan missionary & historian)
Lasker, Emanuel (German chess player)