Alphabetical Author Index. Click a date to go to the Born (or Died) Today page for that author.
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| Name | Occupation | Born | Died |
| L'Amour, Louis | US writer | 03/22/1908 | 06/10/1988 |
| La Guardia, Fiorello | US mayor (NYC) | 12/11/1882 | 09/20/1947 |
| Lacey, Bob | US comic writer | 08/11/1946 | 04/30/2004 |
| Ladd, Alan | US actor | 09/03/1913 | 01/29/1964 |
| Ladewski, Paul | ??/??/???? | ||
| Laemmle, Carl | US director | 01/17/1867 | 09/24/1939 |
| Laing, R(onald) D(avid) | English psychiatrist | 10/07/1927 | 08/23/1989 |
| Lake, Ricki | US actor | 09/21/1968 | |
| Lake, Veronica | US actor | 11/14/1922 | 07/07/1973 |
| LaLanne, Jack | US fiitness guru | 09/26/1914 | |
| Lamarr, Hedy | Austrian actor | 11/09/1913 | 01/19/2000 |
| Lamas, Fernando | actor | 01/09/1915 | 10/08/1982 |
| Lamb, Lady Caroline | English writer | ??/??/1785 | 01/26/1828 |
| Lamb, Charles | English writer | 02/10/1775 | 12/27/1834 |
| Lamb, Karen | ??/??/???? | ||
| Lamott, Anne | writer | ??/??/???? | |
| LaMotta, Jake | US boxer | 07/10/1921 | |
| Lamour, Dorothy | US actor | 12/10/1914 | 09/22/1996 |
| Lamport, Leslie | ??/??/???? | ||
| Lancaster, Burt | US actor | 11/02/1913 | 10/20/1994 |
| Lancaster, Sir Osbert | English critic | 08/04/1908 | 07/27/1980 |
| Lanchester, Elsa | US actor | 10/28/1902 | 12/26/1986 |
| Landau, E. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Landers, Ann | US advice columnist | 07/04/1918 | 06/22/2002 |
| Landor, Walter Savage | English writer | 01/30/1775 | 09/17/1864 |
| Landry, Tom | US sports football coac | 09/11/1924 | 02/12/2000 |
| Lane, Nathan | US actor | 02/03/1956 | |
| Lang, Andrew | Scottish writer | 03/31/1844 | 07/20/1912 |
| Lang, Jonny | US singer, guitarist | 01/29/1981 | |
| lang, k. d. | US singer | 11/02/1961 | |
| Lange, Dorothea | US photographer | 05/26/1895 | 10/11/1965 |
| Lansing, Sherry | US movie exec | 07/31/1944 | |
| Lanzoni, Fabio | Italian model | 03/15/1961 | |
| Lao-Tzu, | Chinese philosopher | ??/??/0604 | ??/??/0531 |
| Lara, Adair | US writer | 01/03/1952 | |
| Lardner, David | critic | ??/??/???? | |
| Lardner, Sr., Ringold Wilmer | US writer | 03/03/1885 | 09/25/1933 |
| Larkin, Philip | English writer | 08/09/1922 | 12/02/1985 |
| Larson, Doug | English runner | ??/??/1902 | ??/??/1981 |
| Larson, Gary | US cartoonist | 08/14/1950 | |
| Larter, Ali | US actor | 02/28/1976 | |
| Laski, Harold Joseph | English pol | 06/30/1893 | 03/24/1950 |
| Lasorda, Tommy | US sports baseball | 09/22/1927 | |
| Lassiter, Luther | pool hustler | ??/??/???? | |
| Lauder, Estee | US cosmetician | 07/01/1908 | 04/24/2004 |
| Lauer, Matt | US telejournalist | 12/30/1957 | |
| Laughlin, Tom | US actor | 08/10/1931 | |
| Laughton, Charles | US actor | 07/01/1899 | 12/15/1962 |
| Lauper, Cyndi | US singer, songwriter | 06/22/1953 | |
| Laurel, B. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Laurel, Stan | English comic actor | 06/16/1890 | 02/23/1965 |
| Laurence, Margaret | Canadian writer | 07/18/1926 | 01/05/1987 |
| Lavater, Johann Casper | Swiss theologian | 11/15/1741 | 01/02/1801 |
| Laver, James | English fashion designer | 03/14/1899 | 06/03/1975 |
| Law, Andrew Bonar | English PM (37) | 09/16/1858 | 10/30/1923 |
| Law, Denis | Scottish football player | 02/24/1940 | |
| Law, Jude | English actor | 12/29/1972 | |
| Lawrence, D. H. | English writer | 09/11/1885 | 03/02/1930 |
| Lawrence, T. E. | English writer | 08/15/1888 | 05/19/1935 |
| Layton, Irving | Romania-born writer | 03/12/1912 | |
| Lazarus, Mel | US cartoonist | 05/03/1927 | |
| Le Corbusier, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret | Swiss architect | 10/06/1887 | 08/27/1965 |
| le Gallienne, Richard | English writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Leacock, Stephen | Canadian writer | 12/30/1869 | 03/28/1944 |
| Leahy, Frank | US sports football | 08/27/1908 | 06/21/1973 |
| Leahy, Admiral W. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Lear, Amanda | ??/??/???? | ||
| Lear, Edward | English writer | 05/12/1812 | 01/29/1888 |
| Leary, Denis | US comic | 08/18/1958 | |
| Leary, Paul | US Music Butthole Surfe | ??/??/???? | |
| Leary, Dr. Timothy Francis | US LSD guru | 10/22/1920 | 05/31/1996 |
| LeBlanc, Jacques | Ambassador | ??/??/???? | |
| LeBon, Simon | English singer | 10/27/1958 | |
| Lebovitz, Annie | US photographer | 10/02/1949 | |
| Lebowitz, Fran | US writer | 10/27/1950 | |
| Lec, Stanislaw Jerzy | Polish writer | 03/06/1906 | 05/07/1966 |
| LeCarre, John | English writer | 10/19/1931 | |
| Ledbetter, Huddie Leadbelly | US singer | 01/29/1889 | 12/06/1949 |
| Lee, Bill | US Red Sox pitcher | 12/28/1946 | |
| Lee, Bruce | US martial artist actor | 11/27/1940 | 07/20/1973 |
| Lee, Christopher | English actor | 05/27/1922 | |
| Lee, Gypsy Rose | US dancer, actor | 02/09/1914 | 04/26/1970 |
| Lee, Harper | US writer | 04/28/1926 | |
| Lee, Joie | US Spike Lee's sister | ??/??/1963 | |
| Lee, Larry | ??/??/???? | ||
| Lee, Peggy (Norma Egstrom) | US singer | 05/26/1920 | 01/21/2002 |
| Lee, General Robert E. | US military | 01/19/1807 | 10/12/1870 |
| Lee, Spike | US filmmaker | 03/20/1957 | |
| Legman, Gershon | US | 11/02/1917 | 02/23/1999 |
| LeGuin, Ursula K. | US writer | 10/21/1929 | |
| Leguizamo, John | Colombian comic actor | 07/22/1964 | |
| Lehman, John | US Sec'ty of Navy | 09/14/1942 | |
| Lehrer, Tom | US songwriter | 04/09/1928 | |
| Leibniz, G. Wilhelm | German philosopher | 07/01/1646 | 11/14/1716 |
| Leifer, Carol | US comic | 07/27/1956 | |
| Leigh, Janet | US actor | 07/06/1927 | 10/03/2004 |
| Lem, Stanislaw | Polish writer | 09/12/1921 | |
| Lemmon, Jack | US actor | 02/08/1925 | 06/27/2001 |
| Lemons, Abe | US basketball coach | 11/21/1922 | 09/02/2002 |
| Lenin, Vladimir? Ilich Ulyanov | Russian leader | 04/22/1870 | 01/21/1924 |
| Lennon, John | English singer songwriter | 10/09/1940 | 12/08/1980 |
| Lennon, Julian | English singer | 04/08/1963 | |
| Lennox, Annie | US singer | 12/25/1954 | |
| Leno, Dan (George Galvin) | English entertainer | 12/20/1860 | 10/31/1904 |
| Leno, Jay | US comic | 04/28/1950 | |
| Leonard, Gloria | US publisher | 08/28/1940 | |
| Leonard, Jack E. | US actor | 04/24/1911 | 05/10/1973 |
| Leonard, Sugar Ray | US boxer | 05/17/1956 | |
| Leoni, Tea | US actor | 02/25/1966 | |
| Leopold, Aldo | US conservationist | 01/11/1887 | 04/21/1948 |
| Lerner, Alan Jay | US playwright | 08/31/1918 | 06/14/1986 |
| Lerner, Max | US political columnist | 12/20/1902 | 06/05/1992 |
| Lessing, Doris | Persia-born writer | 10/22/1919 | |
| Lessing, Gotthold | German dramatist | 01/22/1729 | 02/15/1781 |
| Lester, Jerry | US actor | 02/16/1910 | 03/23/1995 |
| Lester, Paul | ??/??/???? | ||
| Lester, Richard | US director | 01/19/1932 | |
| Leszczynski, King Stanislaus I | Polish royal | ??/??/1677 | ??/??/1766 |
| Letterman, David | US comic | 04/12/1947 | |
| Levant, Oscar | US pianist | 12/27/1906 | 08/14/1972 |
| Levenson, Sam | US comic writer | 12/28/1911 | 08/27/1980 |
| Levenstein, Aaron | ??/??/???? | ||
| Leverson, Ada | English writer | ??/??/1862 | 08/30/1933 |
| Levertov, Denise | US US-English poet | 10/24/1923 | 12/20/1997 |
| Levi-Strauss, Claude | French philosopher | 11/28/1909 | |
| Levin, Bernard | English journalist | 08/19/1928 | 08/07/2004 |
| Levine, Alex | ??/??/???? | ||
| Levinson, Leonard Louis | ??/??/???? | ||
| Levy, Steven | computer scientist | ??/??/???? | |
| Lewes, G. H. | English psychologist | 04/18/1817 | 11/30/1878 |
| Lewinsky, Monica | US intern | 07/23/1973 | |
| Lewis, C. S. | Irish writer | 11/29/1898 | 11/22/1963 |
| Lewis, Speaker Gib | US Texas House | ??/??/???? | |
| Lewis, Huey | US singer | 07/05/1951 | |
| Lewis, Jerry | US comic actor | 03/16/1926 | |
| Lewis, Jerry Lee | US pianist singer | 09/29/1935 | |
| Lewis, Joe E. | US comic actor | 01/12/1902 | 06/04/1971 |
| Lewis, John L. | US labor leader | 01/12/1880 | 06/11/1969 |
| Lewis, Juliette | US actor | 06/21/1973 | |
| Lewis, Richard | US comic | 06/29/1947 | |
| Lewis, Sinclair | US writer | 02/07/1885 | 01/10/1951 |
| Lewis, Wyndham | English artist | 11/18/1882 | 03/07/1957 |
| Lewis' mom, Jerry Lee | US pianist singer | 09/29/1935 | |
| Leyland, Jim | US Pirates manager | ??/??/???? | |
| Liberace, Wladziu Valentino | US Hungarian pianist | 05/16/1919 | 02/04/1987 |
| Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph | German writer | 07/01/1742 | 02/24/1799 |
| Liddy, G. Gordon | US pol | 11/30/1930 | |
| Lieber, Caron Warner | ??/??/???? | ||
| Lieberman, Barbara Melser | ??/??/???? | ||
| Lieberman, Gerald | ??/??/???? | ||
| Liebling, A. J. | US writer | 10/18/1904 | 12/28/1963 |
| Liebman, Wendy | US comic | 02/27/1961 | |
| Lillie, Beatrice | Canadian actor | 05/29/1898 | 01/20/1989 |
| Lilly, Doris | US writer | 12/26/1926 | 10/09/1991 |
| Limbaugh, Rush | US buffoon | 01/12/1951 | |
| Lin, Maya Ying | US architect | 10/05/1959 | |
| Lincoln, Abraham | US President (16) | 02/12/1809 | 04/15/1865 |
| Lincoln, Mary Todd | US First Lady (16) | 12/13/1818 | 07/16/1882 |
| Lindbergh, Anne Morrow | US writer | 06/22/1906 | 02/07/2001 |
| Lindbergh, Charles Augustus | US pilot | 02/04/1902 | 08/26/1974 |
| Lindsay, Mark | US singer | 03/09/1942 | |
| Lindsey, George | US comic | 12/17/1929 | |
| Linkletter, Art | US TV person | 07/17/1912 | |
| Linnaeus, Carl | English botanist/zoo | 05/23/1707 | 01/10/1778 |
| Linz, Phil | US baseball sports | 06/04/1939 | |
| Liotta, Ray | US actor | 12/18/1955 | |
| Lippman, Walter | US writer | 09/23/1889 | 12/14/1974 |
| Liston, Charles "Sonny" | US fighter | 05/08/1932 | 12/30/1970 |
| Lithgow, John | US actor | 10/19/1945 | |
| Little, Mary Wilson | ??/??/???? | ||
| Little, Rich | US comic | 11/26/1938 | |
| Littlewood, J. E. | ??/??/1885 | ??/??/1977 | |
| Liu, Lucy | US actor | 12/02/1968 | |
| Livermore, Mary Ashton | US social reformer | 12/19/1820 | 05/23/1905 |
| Livingstone, Dr. David | Scottish explorer | 03/19/1813 | 05/01/1873 |
| Livingstone, Ken | ??/??/1945 | ||
| Llewelyn, Desmond | Welsh actor | 09/12/1914 | 12/19/1999 |
| Llewelyn-Davies, Jack | ??/??/1894 | ??/??/1959 | |
| Llosa, Mario Vargas | Peruvian writer | 03/28/1936 | |
| Locke, Bobby | S. African golfer | 11/20/1917 | 03/09/1987 |
| Locklear, Heather | US actor | 09/25/1961 | |
| Lockwood, Belva | US lawyer | 10/24/1830 | 05/19/1917 |
| Lodge, David | English writer | 01/28/1935 | |
| Loewe, Frederick | Austrian composer | 06/10/1904 | 02/14/1988 |
| Logan, Johnny | US sports baseball | 03/23/1926 | |
| Logan, Josh | US director | 10/05/1908 | 07/12/1988 |
| Logan, William | ??/??/???? | ||
| Lohan, Lindsay | US actor | 07/02/1986 | |
| Lollobrigida, Gina | Italian actor | 07/04/1928 | |
| Lomax, Alan | US musicologist | 01/31/1915 | 07/19/2002 |
| Lombard, Carole | US actor | 10/06/1908 | 01/16/1942 |
| Lombardi, Vince | US football coach | 06/11/1913 | 09/03/1970 |
| London, Jack | US writer | 01/12/1876 | 11/22/1916 |
| Long, Huey | US senator (LA) | 08/30/1893 | 09/10/1935 |
| Long, Shelley | US actor | 08/23/1950 | |
| Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth | US writer | 02/27/1807 | 03/24/1882 |
| Loos, Anita | US writer | 04/26/1893 | 08/18/1981 |
| Lopez, Jennifer | US actor | 07/24/1970 | |
| Lorca, Federico Garcia | Spanish writer | 06/05/1898 | 08/19/1936 |
| Lords, Traci | US actor | 05/07/1968 | |
| Loren, Sophia | Italian actor | 09/20/1934 | |
| Lorenz, Konrad | Austrian zoologist | 11/07/1903 | 02/27/1989 |
| Lorimer, George Horace | US writer/editor | 10/06/1867 | 10/22/1937 |
| Lorre, Peter | Aust-hungary actor | 06/26/1904 | 03/23/1964 |
| Loucks, Susie | ??/??/???? | ||
| Lough, Mark Hemphill | US lawyer | 06/22/1959 | |
| Louis, Joe | US sports boxer | 05/13/1914 | 04/12/1981 |
| Louise, Tina (Blacker) | US actor | 02/11/1934 | |
| Lourde, Audre | US writer | 02/18/1934 | 11/17/1992 |
| Love, Courtney | US singer | 07/09/1964 | |
| Lovelace, Linda (Boreman) | US reformed actor | 01/10/1939 | 04/22/2002 |
| Lovelock, Terry | ??/??/???? | ||
| Lover, Samuel | Irish writer | 02/24/1797 | 07/06/1868 |
| Lovitz, Jon | US comic actor (SNL) | 07/21/1957 | |
| Low, Sir David | English cartoonist | 04/07/1891 | 09/19/1963 |
| Lowe, Nick | English songwriter | 03/24/1949 | |
| Lowe, Rob | US actor | 03/17/1964 | |
| Lowell, Dr. A. Lawrence | US educator lawyer | 12/13/1856 | 01/06/1943 |
| Lowell, Amy | US writer | 02/09/1874 | 05/12/1925 |
| Lowell, James Russell | US writer | 02/22/1819 | 08/12/1891 |
| Lowell, Robert Traill Spence | US writer | 03/01/1917 | 09/12/1977 |
| Lowry, Mary | US writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Loy, Myrna | US actor | 08/02/1905 | 12/14/1993 |
| Lubbock, Sir John | English naturalist | 04/30/1834 | 05/28/1913 |
| Lubetkin, Berthold | Russian architect | ??/??/1901 | ??/??/1990 |
| Lucas, E. V. | writer | ??/??/1868 | ??/??/1938 |
| Lucas, George | US director | 05/14/1944 | |
| Luce, Clare Boothe | US writer critic | 04/10/1903 | 10/09/1987 |
| Luce, Henry R. | US publisher (Time) | 04/03/1898 | 02/28/1967 |
| Luckman, Charles | ??/??/???? | ||
| Ludcke, George O. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Ludlum, Robert | US writer | 05/25/1927 | 03/12/2001 |
| Lugan, Manuel | US secretary of Interio | ??/??/???? | |
| Lugosi, Bela | Hungarian actor | 10/20/1882 | 08/16/1956 |
| Lumley, Joanna | English actor | 05/01/1946 | |
| Lunch, Lydia | US performance artist | 06/02/1959 | |
| Lundgren, Dolph | actor | 10/17/1959 | |
| Luther, Martin | German reformer | 11/10/1483 | 02/18/1546 |
| Lyall, Charles J. C. | US accountant | 11/14/1797 | 02/22/1875 |
| Lyly, John | English writer | ??/??/1554 | ??/??/1606 |
| Lyman, Mel | ??/??/???? | ||
| Lynd, Robert Staughton | US writer | 09/26/1892 | 11/01/1970 |
| Lynde, Paul | US actor, comic | 06/13/1926 | 01/10/1982 |
| Lynes, J. Russell | US writer | 02/12/1910 | ??/??/1991 |
| Lynn, Loretta | US singer | 04/14/1935 | |
| Lyttelton, Lord George | English writer, pol | 01/17/1709 | 08/22/1773 |