Persons

Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Romeo Lavia

Belgian professional footballer

Roméo Laviais a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea and the Belgium national team. A product of Anderlecht's academy, he made his profes...

Avril Lavigne

Canadian singer and songwriter

Avril Ramona Lavignis a Canadian singer and songwriter. She has released seven studio albums and has received several accolades and nominations, including eight Grammy Award nominations. At age 16, La...

Jude Law

English actor

David Jude Heyworth Lawis an English actor. He began his career in theatre before landing small roles in various British television productions and feature films. Law gained recognition for his role i...

Matthew Lawrence

American actor

Matthew Lawrenceis an American actor, podcaster and singer, widely known for his roles in Mrs. Doubtfire and Boy Meets World. Lawrence also starred in the series Brotherly Love with his real-life brot...

Thriston Lawrence

South African professional golfer

Thriston Lawrenceis a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. He has won four times on the European Tour. Career Lawrence turned professional ...

Doreen Lawrence

Member of the House of Lords

Doreen Delceita Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendonis a British Jamaican campaigner and the mother of Stephen Lawrence, a black British teenager who was murdered in a racist attack in South East ...

Doreen Lawrence

British Jamaican campaigner

Doreen Delceita Lawrence,Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, is a British Jamaican campaigner and the mother of Stephen Lawrence, a black British teenager who was murdered in a racist attack in South East...

Mark Lawrenson

former professional footballer

Mark Thomas Lawrensonis a former professional footballer who played as a defender for Liverpool, among others, during the 1970s and 1980s. After a short career as a manager, he then became a radio, te...

Nigella Lawson

English food writer and television cook

Nigella Lucy Lawsonis an English food writer and television cook. After graduating from Oxford, Lawson worked as a book reviewer and restaurant critic, later becoming the deputy literary editor of The...

Bartholomew Layton

English documentary filmmaker

Bartholomew Nicholas Laytonis an English documentary filmmaker. He is the writer and director of the films The Imposter and American Animals. Career He made his directorial debut in 2012 with the true...

Miles Leaburn

English professional footballer

Miles Lester Leaburnis an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for League One club Charlton Athletic. Career Coming through the youth system of Chelsea, Leaburn moved to Charlton Ath...

Andrea Leadsom

Member of Parliament (MP) for South Northamptonshire

Dame Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom DBEis a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Northamptonshire since 2010. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Secretary of Sta...

Karoline Leavitt

American political spokesperson

Karoline Claire Leavittis an American political spokesperson who has served since 2025 as the 36th White House press secretary under the second Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party, ...

James Lebron

Professional basketball player

LeBron Raymone James Sr.is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "King James", he is widely considered one of th...

Charles Leclerc

Monégasque racing driver

Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclercis a Monégasque racing driver, currently racing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari. He won the GP3 Series championship in 2016 and the FIA Formula 2 Championship in...

Ang Lee

Taiwanese filmmaker

Ang Leeis a Taiwanese filmmaker. Born in Pingtung County of southern Taiwan, Lee was educated in Taiwan and later in the United States. As a filmmaker Lee's work is known for its emotional charge and ...

Jonathan Lee

English singer and actor

Jonathan Leeis an English singer and actor with a versatile career in both pop music and musical theatre. He rose to fame as the youngest member of the pop group S Club, which enjoyed global success b...

Daniel Lee

English fashion designer

Daniel Leeis an English fashion designer. He was the creative director of the Italian luxury fashion house Bottega Veneta from 2018 to 2021, subsequently being appointed as Riccardo Tisci's replacemen...

Francis (Franny Lee) Lee

English professional footballer and businessman

Francis Henry Lee, also known as Franny Lee, was an English professional footballer and businessman. He was also later the chairman and main shareholder of Manchester City, as well as briefly a raceho...

Christopher Lee

English actor and singer

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Leewas an English actor and singer. In a long career which spanned over 60 years, Lee often portrayed villains, and appeared as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror fil...