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- Lady Godiva11th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman and figure of legend
- Lady Triệu3rd-century Vietnamese warrior
- Laskarina BouboulinaGreek naval commander (1771–1825)
- Lautaro16th-century leader of the Mapuche people
- Lazare CarnotFrench politician, engineer and mathematician (1753–1823)
- Le Bignon-MirabeauLe Bignon-Mirabeau (French pronunciation: ) is a commune in the Loiret department in the C
- Lei FengChinese soldier (1940–1962)
- Leila KhaledPalestinian militant and activist (born 1944)
- Leofric, Earl of MerciaLeofric (died 31 August or 30 September 1057) was an Earl of Mercia. He founded monasterie
- Léon JouhauxFrench trade unionist and activist (1879 - 1954)
- Leonard Wood5th Chief of Staff of the United States Army
- Leonhard Graf von BlumenthalPrussian field marshal (1810–1900)
- LepidusRoman politician and general (89–13/12 BC)
- Leymah GboweeLiberian peace activist (born 1972)
- Li Jing (Tang dynasty)Chinese Tang dynasty general (571–649)
- Li MuChinese general (d. 229 BCE)
- Li ZichengChinese rebel leader (1606–1645)
- Li ZongrenChinese warlord, politician, and general (1890–1969)
- Liam Lynch (Irish republican)Irish republican (1892–1923)
- Lian PoChinese general (d. 229 BCE)
- Lili ElbeDanish painter and transgender woman (1882–1931)
- Lin BiaoChinese marshal and politician (1907–1971)
- Little Rock NineAfrican-American students enrolled at a previously segregated high school
- Liu BochengChinese Communist military commander (1892–1986)
- Liu XiaoboChinese human rights activist (1955–2017)
- Lois W.Lois Wilson (née Burnham; March 4, 1891 – October 5, 1988), also known as Lois W., was the
- Lord Lieutenant of the County of LondonThis is a list of people who formerly served as Lord Lieutenant of the County of London.
- Lost portrait of Charles Edward StuartThe "lost portrait" of Charles Edward Stuart is a portrait, painted in late autumn 1745 by
- Lothar von Arnauld de la PerièreVizeadmiral of the German Navy
- Lothar von TrothaGerman general (1848–1920)
- Louis Antoine de Saint-JustFrench revolutionary politician (1767–1794)
- Louis III, Cardinal of GuiseLouis de Lorraine known as the Cardinal de Guise (22 January 1575 – 21 June 1621, Saintes)
- Louis-Joseph CharlierLouis-Joseph Charlier (24 September 1754 – 23 February 1797) was a French statesman during
- Louis-Nicolas DavoutFrench Marshal (1770–1823)
- Louis, Grand CondéFrench military leader (1621–1686)
- Lucretia MottAmerican Quaker abolitionist and suffragist (1793–1880)
- Ludwig BeckGerman general (1880–1944)
- LuftstreitkräfteThe Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte (German: , German Air Combat Forces) – known before October
- Luigi GalleaniItalian anarchist and communist (1861–1931)
- Luís Carlos PrestesBrazilian revolutionary, politician, and Communist Party general-secretary (1898-1990)
- Luo RonghuanChinese military officer (1902–1963)
- Luxembourg American Cemetery and MemorialLuxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War American military war grav
- LXXVI Panzer CorpsThe LXXVI Panzer Corps (LXXVI Panzerkorps, 76th Armoured Corps) was a panzer corps of Nazi
- Lyndon LaRoucheAmerican political activist (1922–2019)
- Lyudmila PavlichenkoSoviet sniper (1916–1974)