Roman poet (39–65)
Lucan
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman poet, born in Corduba, Hispania Baetica.
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Italian director (1906–1976)
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian filmmaker, theatre and opera director, and screenwriter.
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2nd-century Syrian satirist and rhetorician
Lucian of Samosata
Lucian of Samosata was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed philosophers and priests, speculative beliefs about the nature of the universe,
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Pope of the Catholic Church from 1144 to 1145
Lucius II
Pope Lucius II, born Gherardo Caccianemici dal Orso, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1144 to his death in 1145.
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Pope of the Catholic Church from 1181 to 1185 (1110–1185)
Lucius III
Pope Lucius III was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Papal States from 1181 until his death in 1185.
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1st-century BC Roman poet and philosopher
Lucretius
Titus Lucretius Carus was a Roman poet and philosopher.
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German philosopher and anthropologist (1804–1872)
Ludwig Feuerbach
Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach was a German philosopher and anthropologist who was a leading figure among the Young Hegelians.
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Austrian-American economist (1881–1973)
Ludwig von Mises
Ludwig Heinrich von Mises was an Austrian and American political economist and philosopher of the Austrian school.
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