Lafayette
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![Lafayette 1757-1834](images/lafayette_bio.jpg) |
1757 -
1834
Aristocratic
revolutionary. |
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La Follette, Robert
M.
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![Robert M. La Follette 1855-1925](images/robert_m_la_follette.jpg) |
1855 -
1925
Progressive. |
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Lamar, Lucius Q.C.
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![Lucius Q.C. Lamar 1825-1893](images/lamar_lucius.jpg) |
1825 -
1893
Senator from Mississippi. |
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Laozi
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![Laozi 604-471 BC](images/laozi_bio.jpg) |
604-471 BC
Daoism. |
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Lavenson, James
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![](images/bl.jpg) |
1919 -
1998
Service expert. |
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Lawrence of Arabia
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![T.E. Lawrence 1888-1935](images/lawrence_arabia_bio.jpg) |
1888 -
1935
Devoted biker, occasional camel rider. |
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Layard, Sir Austen
Henry
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![Sir Austen Henry Layard 1817-1894](images/austen_henry_layard.jpg) |
1817-1894
Archaeology and
Politics. |
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Lee, Robert E.
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![Robert E. Lee 1807-1870](images/robert_e_lee_bio.jpg) |
1807 -
1870
Son of Light-Horse Harry. |
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Lenglen,
Suzanne
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![Suzanne Lenglen 1899-1938](images/suzanne_lenglen_bio.jpg) |
1899 -
1938
Tennis legend. |
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Lenin, Vladimir
Ilyich
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![Vladimir Ilyich Lenin 1870 - 1924](images/lenin_bio.jpg) |
1870 -
1924
Leninism. |
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Leo IV
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![](images/bl.jpg) |
... - 855
Pope. |
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Leonardo da Vinci
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![Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519](images/leonardo_bio.jpg) |
1452 -
1519
Had to tell Mona to
sit still. |
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Leopold I
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![Leopold I 1640-1705](images/leopold_i_bio.jpg) |
1640 -
1705
Holy Roman Emperor. |
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Leopold II
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![Leopold II 1747-1792](images/leopold_ii.jpg) |
1747 -
1792
Holy Roman Emperor. |
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Lepidus, Marcus
Aemilius
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![Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (died around 13 BC)](images/marcus_aemilius_lepidus_bio.jpg) |
... - 13
BC
Triumvir. |
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Lewis, John L.
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![John L. Lewis 1880-1969](images/john_l_lewis_bio.jpg) |
1880 -
1969
L for Labor. |
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Lewis, Meriwether
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![Meriwether Lewis 1774-1809](images/lewis_bio.jpg) |
1774 -
1809
The one with Clark. |
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Limantour, José Yves
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![José Yves Limantour 1854-1935](images/jose_yves_limantour_bio.jpg) |
1854 -
1935
Diaz' money manager. |
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Lincoln, Abraham
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![](images/abraham_lincoln_pic.jpg) |
1809 -
1865
16th president of the US. |
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Lincoln, Mary Todd
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![Mary Todd Lincoln 1818-1882](images/mary_todd_lincoln_bio.jpg) |
1818 -
1882
Abe's chick. |
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Livy
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![Livy 59-17 BC](images/livy_bio.jpg) |
59 -
17 BC
Historian. |
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Lloyd George, David
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![David Lloyd George 1863-1945](images/david_lloyd_george_bio.jpg) |
1863 -
1945
British Premier. |
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Long, Huey P.
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![Huey Pierce Long 1893-1935](images/huey_long_bio.jpg) |
1893 -
1935
Louisiana's
dictator. |
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Longchamp, William
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![](images/bl.jpg) |
... -
1197
Ruled England but loved
France. |
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Lothair
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![](images/bl.jpg) |
941 -
986
Son of Louis IV from Overseas. |
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Lothair I
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![Lothair I 795-855](images/lothair_i_bio.jpg) |
795 -
855
Son of Louis the Pious. |
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Louis I de Bourbon
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![Louis I de Bourbon 1530-1569](images/louis_i_de_bourbon_bio.jpg) |
1530 -
1569
First Prince of Condé. |
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Louis I the Pious
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![Louis I the Pious 778-840](images/louis_i_the_pious_bio.jpg) |
778 - 840
Long reigning king of the Carolingians. |
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Louis II the German
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![](images/bl.jpg) |
804 - 876
Son of Louis I the Pious. |
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Louis II the
Stammerer
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![Louis II the Stammerer 846-879](images/louis_ii_the_stammerer.jpg) |
846 - 879
Son of Charles the Bold. |
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Louis III
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![](images/bl.jpg) |
863 - 882
Son of Louis the Stammerer. |
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Louis IV from
Overseas
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![](images/bl.jpg) |
921 - 954
Son of Charles III the Simple. |
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Louis V
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![](images/bl.jpg) |
967 - 987
The Sluggard. |
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Louis VII
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![Louis VII 1120-1180](images/louis_vii_bio.jpg) |
1120 -
1180
The Younger. |
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Louis VIII
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![Louis VIII 1187-1226](images/louis_viii_bio.jpg) |
1187 -
1226
The French guy who was invited to rule
England. |
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Louis IX
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![Louis IX 1214-1270](images/louis_ix_bio.jpg) |
1214 -
1270
Leader of the Seventh Crusade. |
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Louis XI
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![Louis XI 1423-1483](images/louis_xi_bio.jpg) |
1423 -
1483
King of France. |
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Louis XIII
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![Louis XIII 1601-1643](images/louis_xiii_bio.jpg) |
1601 -
1643
King of France. |
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Louis XIV
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![Louis XIV 1638-1715](images/louis_xiv_bio.jpg) |
1638 -
1715
The one with style. |
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Louis XV
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![Louis XV 1710-1774](images/louis_xv_bio.jpg) |
1710 -
1774
Pompadour. |
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Louis XVI
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![Louis XVI 1754-1793](images/louis_xvi_bio.jpg) |
1754 - 1793
Guillotine. |
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Louis XVIII
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![Louis XVIII 1755-1824](images/louis_xviii_bio.jpg) |
1755 -
1824
King of France. |
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Louis-Philippe
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![Louis-Philippe 1773-1850](images/louis_philippe_bio.jpg) |
1773 -
1850
Citizen King. |
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Louise of Mecklenburg
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![Louise of Mecklenburg 1776-1810](images/louise_mecklenburg_bio.jpg) |
1776 -
1810
Beloved Queen
of Prussia. |
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Lunacharsky, Anatoly
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![Anatoly Lunacharsky 1875-1933](images/anatoly_lunacharsky_bio.jpg) |
1875 -
1933
Russian patron of the arts. |
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Luther, Martin
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![Martin Luther 1483-1546](images/martin_luther_bio.jpg) |
1483 - 1546
Begged to differ. |
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Luxemburg, Rosa
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![Rosa Luxemburg 1871-1919](images/luxemburg.jpg) |
1871 -
1919
Bloody Rosa. |
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Lvov, Georgy
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![Georgy Lvov 1861-1925](images/georgy_lvov_bio.jpg) |
1861 -
1925
First Russian Prime Minister. |
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Lysimachus
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![](images/bl.jpg) |
360 - 281
BC
One of Alexander's successors. |
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