Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Nigella Lawson
English food writer and television cook
Nigella Lucy Lawsonis an English food writer and television cook. After graduating from Oxford, Lawson worked as a book reviewer and restaurant critic, later becoming the deputy literary editor of The...

Bartholomew Layton
English documentary filmmaker
Bartholomew Nicholas Laytonis an English documentary filmmaker. He is the writer and director of the films The Imposter and American Animals. Career He made his directorial debut in 2012 with the true...

Miles Leaburn
English professional footballer
Miles Lester Leaburnis an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for League One club Charlton Athletic. Career Coming through the youth system of Chelsea, Leaburn moved to Charlton Ath...

Andrea Leadsom
Member of Parliament (MP) for South Northamptonshire
Dame Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom DBEis a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Northamptonshire since 2010. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Secretary of Sta...

Karoline Leavitt
American political spokesperson
Karoline Claire Leavittis an American political spokesperson who has served since 2025 as the 36th White House press secretary under the second Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party, ...

James Lebron
Professional basketball player
LeBron Raymone James Sr.is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "King James", he is widely considered one of th...

Charles Leclerc
Monégasque racing driver
Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclercis a Monégasque racing driver, currently racing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari. He won the GP3 Series championship in 2016 and the FIA Formula 2 Championship in...

Daniel Lee
English fashion designer
Daniel Leeis an English fashion designer. He was the creative director of the Italian luxury fashion house Bottega Veneta from 2018 to 2021, subsequently being appointed as Riccardo Tisci's replacemen...

Jonathan Lee
English singer and actor
Jonathan Leeis an English singer and actor with a versatile career in both pop music and musical theatre. He rose to fame as the youngest member of the pop group S Club, which enjoyed global success b...

Graham Lee
Irish jockey
Graham Leeis an Irish jockey, operating in Great Britain and Ireland. He was initially a National Hunt jockey, but changed codes mid-career and now operates as a flat jockey. National Hunt career Lee ...

Jason Lee
American actor
Jason Michael Leeis an American actor, filmmaker, photographer, and former professional skateboarder. He is known for playing Earl Hickey in the television comedy series My Name Is Earl, for which he ...

Christopher Lee
English actor and singer
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Leewas an English actor and singer. In a long career which spanned over 60 years, Lee often portrayed villains, and appeared as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror fil...

Ang Lee
Taiwanese filmmaker
Ang Leeis a Taiwanese filmmaker. Born in Pingtung County of southern Taiwan, Lee was educated in Taiwan and later in the United States. As a filmmaker Lee's work is known for its emotional charge and ...

Francis (Franny Lee) Lee
English professional footballer and businessman
Francis Henry Lee, also known as Franny Lee, was an English professional footballer and businessman. He was also later the chairman and main shareholder of Manchester City, as well as briefly a raceho...

Pui Lee
British-Hong Konger actress and presenter
Pui Fan Leeis a British-Hong Konger actress and presenter. Along with Sue Monroe, Chris Jarvis, and Sidney Sloane she was one of the first presenters on CBeebies, the BBC television channel for younge...

Thomas Leech
British High Court judge
Sir Thomas Alexander Crispin Leech, styledMr Justice Leech, is a British High Court judge. Career In 1988 Leech was called to the Bar by Middle Temple and joined Maitland Chambers. Leech was appointed...

Robert Legato
American visual effects supervisor
Robert Legatois an American visual effects supervisor, second unit director, and second unit director of photography. Raised in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Legato graduated from Ocean Township High Schoo...

George Leggatt
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
George Andrew Midsomer Leggatt,Lord Leggatt, PC is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the highest court of law in the United Kingdom. Education Leggatt's father is the former Lord J...

Jiri Lehecka
Czech professional tennis player
Jiří Lehečkais a Czech professional tennis player. Lehečka has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 23 achieved on 15 January 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 144 a...

Mike Leigh
English writer-director
Mike Leighis an English writer-director with a career spanning film, theatre and television. He has received numerous accolades, including prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film...