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

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...

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...

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...

Dean Lewis
Australian pop singer and songwriter
Dean Lewis Grant Loaneyis an Australian pop singer-songwriter. He is best known for his 2016 single "Waves", which was certified 7× platinum in Australia in 2019, and his 2018 single "Be Alright", whi...

John Lewis
Founder of the John Lewis department
John Lewiswas an English philosopher and town councillor, known for being the founder of the John Lewis department store on Oxford Street, London and the national John Lewis department store chain. Bu...

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...

Julian Murray Lewis
Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee
Julian Murray Lewis(born 26 September 1951) is a British Conservative Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP), representing New Forest East since 1997. Lewis has served as Chair of t...

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...

Clive Lewis
Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich South
Clive Anthony Lewis(born 11 September 1971) is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich South since winning the seat at the 2015 general election. Lewis was a...

Ursula Von Der Leyen
13th president of the European Commission
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyenis a German physician and politician serving as the 13th president of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019,...

Cameron Liddell
Guitarist
Cameron Liddellis Rhythm guitarist for the English band Asking Alexandria who played on their award-winning 2011 release, Reckless & Relentless. Career He started playing the guitar at the age of fift...

Stanley (Stan Lee) Lieber
Comic book writer
Stanley Martin Lieber (Stan Lee)was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Publications which would later beco...

Robert Liefeld
American comic book creator
Robert Liefeldis an American comic book creator. A prominent writer and artist in the 1990s, he is known for co-creating the character Cable with writer Louise Simonson and the character Deadpool with...

Evangeline Lilly
Canadian actress and author
Nicole Evangeline Lillyis a Canadian actress and author. She gained popularity for her first leading role as Kate Austen in the ABC drama series Lost (2004–2010), which garnered her six nominations fo...

Stephen Lillywhite
English record producer
Stephen Alan Lillywhiteis an English record producer. Since he began his career in 1977, Lillywhite has been credited on over 500 records, and has collaborated with a variety of musicians including ne...

Lucas (Lucas Paqueta) Coelho De Lima
Brazilian professional footballer
Lucas Tolentino Coelho de Lima, better known asLucas Paquetá, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays either as an attacking-midfielder or winger for Premier League club West Ham United and t...

Douglas Liman
American film director and producer
Douglas Eric Limanis an American film director and producer. He is known for directing the films Swingers (1996), Go (1999), The Bourne Identity (2002), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Jumper (2008), Edge of...