Ukrainian poet, writer and feminist (1871–1913)
Lesya Ukrainka
Lesya Ukrainka was one of Ukrainian literature's foremost writers, best known for her poems and plays.
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British author and scholar (1832–1898)
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer, and Anglican deacon.
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Classical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty (701–762)
Li Bai
Li Bai, also known by his courtesy name of Taibai, was a Chinese poet acclaimed as one of the best and most important poets of the Tang dynasty, and even in the whole of Chinese poetry.
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Head of the Catholic Church from 352 to 366
Liberius
Pope Liberius was the bishop of Rome from 17 May 352 until his death on 24 September 366.
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Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish and American software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel since 1991.
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American pornographic film actress (born 1972)
Lisa Ann
Lisa Ann Corpora, known professionally as Lisa Ann, is a retired American pornographic film actress and radio personality.
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Spanish playwright and poet (1562-1635)
Lope de Vega
Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist who was a key figure in the Spanish Golden Age of Baroque literature.
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English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
Lord Byron
George Noel Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, was a British poet.
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Italian politician, literary man and humanist
Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici, known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, was an Italian statesman, de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, and the most powerful patron of Renaissance culture in Italy.
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