American Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Is a former collegiate and professional American football player.A member of the "Ole Miss" Athletic

Is a former collegiate and professional American football player.A member of the "Ole Miss" Athletic Hall of Fame, he was a linebacker of the University of Mississippi who came to the American Football League's New York Titans in the 1960 college draft and helped form the backbone of a New York Jets.

Is a retired professional wrestler better known by the name of Lars Anderson. His career spans over

Is a retired professional wrestler better known by the name of Lars Anderson. His career spans over a decade of performing in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories as well as American Wrestling Association (AWA).He spent the last years of his care

Is a former a U.S. basketball player. Hennessy, a 6' 4" forward out of Blessed Sacrament High School

Is a former a U.S. basketball player. Hennessy, a 6' 4" forward out of Blessed Sacrament High School in New Rochelle, New York, played college basketball for Villanova University. An excellent passer and rebounder, Hennessy finished his collegiate career with 1737 points. He was named to the 1951-52 sophomore All-America first team.

(born on August 5, 1944) is an American professional golfer

(born on August 5, 1944) is an American professional golfer

A former world heavyweight boxing champion. Although a native of Georgia, Holmes has spent the major

A former world heavyweight boxing champion. Although a native of Georgia, Holmes has spent the majority of his life in Easton, Pennsylvania, in the state's Lehigh Valley region, giving rise to his boxing nickname, "The Easton Assassin."

Was an American musician and vocalist. He was best known to television audiences as part of The Lawr

Was an American musician and vocalist. He was best known to television audiences as part of The Lawrence Welk Show as a featured singer and pianist in Welk's orchestra.Plagued with health problems for years, he left the show on sick leave in 1969 due to a heart condition, which took him four years to recuperate from. He returned for the first show of the 1973-74 season, which drew a huge emotional ovation from the audience and cast. He left the show for the final time in 1980 when his health began to fail once again, and died three years later in 1983.

Was an American singer and actor best known for playing a fictional prisoner of war on the 1960s tel

Was an American singer and actor best known for playing a fictional prisoner of war on the 1960s television sitcom Hogan's Heroes.

Is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing Distri

Is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing District 4B, which includes portions of Cass, Crow Wing and Hubbard counties in the northern part of the state. A Republican, he is also a summer camp manager an

Is an American professional basketball player who plays shooting guard for the National Basketball A

Is an American professional basketball player who plays shooting guard for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls. He is a 6'5" (1.96 m) 184 lb (84 kg) guard.

Is a Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate, representing the 2nd District since 1998. He is

Is a Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate, representing the 2nd District since 1998. He is currently the Majority Whip of the Senate. Senator Edgell is a retired teacher. He and his wife Cecilia, have two children; Eva and Josh. Senator Edgell re

Is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who rides primarily on the Kentucky-Arkansas circ

Is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who rides primarily on the Kentucky-Arkansas circuit.Melancon (pronounced Ma-lawn-son) began racing horses at age nine at local bush tracks and at age sixteen obtained his jockeys license. He rode his fir

Is a Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 26A district s

Is a Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 26A district since 2007. He previously served from 1991 through 2000.

Is a former Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Ca

Is a former Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, and Florida Marlins. He attended Mater Dei High School and the University of Illinois.Sutton was a 21st round draft pick by the Kansas City Royals in 1992. In 1994, Sutton was the MVP of the Class-A Carolina League, and his team, the Wilmington Blue Rocks won the Carolina League championship. The team featured future major leaguers Johnny Damon and Sal Fasano.

Is a Democratic Party member of the Montana Senate, representing District 32 since 2007. He was prev

Is a Democratic Party member of the Montana Senate, representing District 32 since 2007. He was previously a member of the Montana House of Representatives from 2000 through 2006.

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'9" forward who had a productive career in b

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'9" forward who had a productive career in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA), Kenon played for the New York Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers.

Is a retired American basketball player who had a brief career in the NBA. He was a 6'3" guard and p

Is a retired American basketball player who had a brief career in the NBA. He was a 6'3" guard and played competitively at Kentucky's Union County High School and the University of Kentucky (UK) from 1973–77. He was the first of three African-Americans from Union County recruited by UK.[1]

Was an American professional basketball player and coach. A 6' 7" forward from Thomas More College,

Was an American professional basketball player and coach. A 6' 7" forward from Thomas More College, Staverman was drafted in the 9th round of the 1958 NBA Draft by the Cincinnati Royals. He had a five-year career as a player in the NBA, with the Royals, the Chicago Zephyrs/Baltimore Bullets, and the Detroit Pistons.

Was a computer scientist. He was one of the pioneers in the field of computational complexity theory

Was a computer scientist. He was one of the pioneers in the field of computational complexity theory, and he also worked in the field of distributed computing.

Is an American television/radio host. Since 1985, King has hosted a nightly interview program on CNN

Is an American television/radio host. Since 1985, King has hosted a nightly interview program on CNN called Larry King Live.Larry King was born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger, the son of Jennie (née Gitlitz), a garment worker, and Edward Zeiger, a restaurant owner and defense plant worker.[1] He was raised in a "very culturally Jewish" family.[2] His father died at 44 of heart disease when King was nine,[3] and his mother had to go on welfare to support Larry and his younger brother. His father's death affected King greatly, and King lost interest in school, ruining his chances to go to college. After graduating from high school, he worked to help support his mother. From an early age he wanted to go into radio.[4]

Was an American educator, politician and a Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representative

Was an American educator, politician and a Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. He represented the 49th district which includes parts of Bullitt County.Belcher first served in the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2002. In 2002,

A Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oregon, served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Repr

A Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oregon, served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives in the early 1990s, representing Eugene.In 1999, he was considered the most powerful man in Salem. He started the Oregon Victory PAC, which qui

(born on July 11, 1939) is an American golfer.

(born on July 11, 1939) is an American golfer.

Holds the U.S. copyright for the song Hokey Pokey.LaPrise reportedly wrote the song in the late 1940

Holds the U.S. copyright for the song Hokey Pokey.LaPrise reportedly wrote the song in the late 1940s for the après-ski crowd at a club in Sun Valley, Idaho. The song was first recorded by his group the Ram Trio (with Charles Macak and Tafit Baker) in 1949.

Is a U.S. Republican politician. He was the first Vietnam veteran to be elected to the United States

Is a U.S. Republican politician. He was the first Vietnam veteran to be elected to the United States Senate. On November 10, 2009 President Barack Obama named Larry Pressler to the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad. He beca

Is a semi-active American professional wrestler, better known as Vito DeNucci or 'Vivacious' Vito. H

Is a semi-active American professional wrestler, better known as Vito DeNucci or 'Vivacious' Vito. He is half of a tag team called The New Heavenly Bodies with "Casanova" Chris Nelson. Together, they have held the NWA World Tag Team Championship three tim