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

Jason Leitch
National Clinical Director of the Scottish Government
Jason Andrew Leitchis the National Clinical Director of the Scottish Government. He is a Senior Clinical Advisor to the Scottish Government and a member of the Health and Social Care Management Board....

Prudence Leith
Television presenter and broadcaster
Dame Prudence Margaret Leithis a South African restaurateur, television presenter/broadcaster, cookery writer and novelist. She is Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. She was a judge o...

Don Lemon-clark
American television journalist
Don Renaldo Lemon-Clarkis an American television journalist best known for being a host on CNN from 2014 until 2023. He anchored weekend news programs on local television stations in Alabama and Penns...

Monica Lennon
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region
Monica Lennonis a Scottish politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region since 2016. A member of the Scottish Labour Party, she has served in v...

John Lennon
Musician
John Winston Ono Lennonwas an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as the founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. L...

Ann Lennox
Scottish singer-songwriter
Ann Lennoxis a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band the Tourists, she and fellow musician ...

Diletta Leotta
Italian television presenter
Giulia Diletta Leottais an Italian television presenter, model and celebrity from Catania, Sicily. Leotta currently presents the Serie A broadcasts for DAZN since the 2018–2019 season. Earlier, she ha...

David Letterman
American television host
David Michael Lettermanis an American television host, comedian, writer and producer. He hosted late-night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night ...

Barry Letts
English actor and television director
Barry Leopold Letts was an English actor, television director, writer and producer, best known for being the producer of Doctor Who from 1969 to 1974. Born in Leicester, he worked as an actor in theat...

Tracy Letts
American actor
Tracy S. Lettsis an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He started his career at the Steppenwolf Theatre before making his Broadway debut as a playwright for August: Osage County (2007), for...

Benjamin (Benny Blanco) Levin
American record producer
Benjamin Joseph Levin, known professionally asBenny Blanco, is an American record producer, songwriter, and record executive. He is the recipient of the 2013 Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwri...

Harvey Levin
American television producer
Harvey Robert Levin is an American television producer, legal analyst, journalist, and lawyer best known for reshaping modern celebrity news coverage. Career Trained as an attorney, Levin began his me...

Mark Levin
American broadcast news analyst
Mark Reed Levinis an American broadcast news analyst, columnist, lawyer, political commentator, radio personality, and writer. He is the host of syndicated radio show The Mark Levin Show, as well as L...

Samuel Levinson
rican filmmaker and actor
Samuel Abraham Levinsonis an American filmmaker and actor. He is the son of director Barry Levinson. In 2010, he received his first writing credit as a co-writer for the action comedy film Operation: ...

Barry Levinson
American film director
Barry Lee Levinsonis an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Levinson won the Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1988). His other best-known works are similarly mid-budget com...

Shawn Levy
Canadian film director
Shawn Adam Levyis a Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor. He is the founder of 21 Laps Entertainment. His work has spanned across numerous genres. Following early work as a te...

Daniel Levy
chairman of Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur
Daniel Philip Levyis an English businessman and the current chairman of Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur. He has held this post since 2001, making him the longest-serving chairman in the...

Eugene Levy
Canadian actor and comedian
Eugene Levyis a Canadian actor and comedian. Known for portraying flustered and unconventional figures, Levy has won multiple accolades throughout his career including four Primetime Emmy Awards, a Gr...

Michael Lewis
Chief Executive Officer of E.ON UK
Michael Lewisis Chief Executive Officer of E.ON UK. Career He joined E.ON UK as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in 2017, having worked in the energy industry for over 25 years. At E.ON, their vision for...

Martin Steven Lewis
Financial journalist and broadcaster
Martin Steven LewisCBE (born 9 May 1972) is an English financial journalist and broadcaster. Lewis founded the website MoneySavingExpert.com. He sold the website in 2012 to the Moneysupermarket.com gr...