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David Laibson
David Laibson is an American behavioral economist, the Robert I. Goldman Professor at Harvard since 1994, known for his 1997 paper on hyperbolic discounting and 401(k) default research.
David Laid
David Laid, Estonian-American fitness influencer and Gymshark Creative Director of Lifting, famous for his viral 3 Year Natural Transformation 14-17 video; his natural status is unverified and debated (FFMI about 22.4).
David Lama
David Lama (1990–2019) was an Austrian climber who won youth world titles, made the first free ascent of Cerro Torre's Compressor Route in 2012, and first ascended Lunag Ri solo in 2018.
David Lambert (actor)
David Lambert (born 1993, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American actor known as Jason Landers on Disney XD's Aaron Stone and Brandon Foster on The Fosters (104 episodes, 2013-2018), with film credits including The Lifeguard and As Certain as Death.
David Lammy
David Lammy (born 1972) is the British Labour MP for Tottenham since 2000, former Foreign Secretary (2024–25), Deputy Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor (2025–26), and author of the 2017 Lammy Review on criminal justice inequality.
David Lander
David Lander (David Leonard Landau, 1947–2020), American actor who played Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley with Michael McKean; also a voice actor, baseball scout, and MS advocate.
David Landes
David Landes was an American economic historian at Harvard University, known for work on technological change, timekeeping, and the cultural roots of wealth and poverty among nations.
David Lane (white supremacist)
David Eden Lane (1938-2007) was an American white supremacist terrorist, Order member, and convicted killer of Alan Berg who coined the '14 Words' slogan and the 88 Precepts from prison.
David Lang (composer)
David Lang (born 1957, Los Angeles) is an American composer, co-founder of Bang on a Can, and 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner for the little match girl passion; also Oscar-nominated for Simple Song #3 from Youth and a Yale professor.
David Langford
David Langford (born 1953) is a British SF author, editor, and critic who publishes the newszine Ansible and holds 29 Hugo Awards, including 21 for Best Fan Writer, plus the 2001 short story Hugo and the 2012 Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Hugo.
David Larbalestier
David Larbalestier is a condensed-matter physicist at Florida State University and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, known for a record 45.5-tesla superconducting magnet field set in 2019.
David Larson
David Larson, fully David Erwin Larson, is an American swimmer who won gold in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood
David Henry George Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood (born 1950), British film and television producer of Inspector Morse and Richard III, owner of Harewood House, trustee of Harewood House Trust, and co-founder of Heirs of Slavery.
David Lau
David Lau (דוד לאו) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi who served as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 2013 to 2024, succeeding his father Yisrael Meir Lau.
David Lauren
David Lauren is an American fashion executive, the son of designer Ralph Lauren, who serves as Chief Branding and Innovation Officer and Vice Chairman of Ralph Lauren Corporation.
David Lawrence Sacks
David Lawrence Sacks (born 1950) is an American parasitologist who studies Leishmania at NIAID and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2025.
David Lazer
David Lazer is a political scientist and computational social scientist at Northeastern University, known for field-building work in computational social science and studies of online misinformation.
David Lean
David Lean (1908–1991) was an English film director and editor born in Croydon, known for Brief Encounter and the epics The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, and Doctor Zhivago; he won two Best Director Oscars.
David Lee
David Lee (David Cameron Lee, born 1982, Alpine, California) is an American middle blocker, three-time Olympian: 2008 volleyball gold, 2012 fifth, 2016 bronze; 2015 World Cup captain, later AVP beach player. Distinct from the 1948 Canadian shooter and other namesakes.
David Lee (basketball)
David Lee (born 1983), NBA forward-center, 2005 first-round pick (30th) of the Knicks, two-time All-Star, 2012-13 All-NBA Third Team, and 2015 champion with the Golden State Warriors; retired 2017 after 12 seasons.
David Lee (businessman)
David Lee Wai-hung is a fourth-generation member of the family behind Lee Kum Kee, the world's largest maker of oyster sauce, and chairs the group's Owners Council.
David Lee McInnis
David Lee McInnis (데이비드 맥기니스), born 1973 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, is a Korean American actor known for Agus in Descendants of the Sun and Kyle Moore in Mr. Sunshine; distinct from Canadian stunt actor David MacInnis (born 1978).
David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth, "Diamond Dave," born 1954, is the original frontman of Van Halen (1978–1985, reunions 1996 and 2007) and a solo artist behind Crazy from the Heat and Eat 'Em and Smile.
David Leisure
David Russell Leisure (born 1950, San Diego), American actor; Joe Isuzu lying pitchman in Isuzu ads (1986-1990, 1999-2001) and Charley Dietz on NBC's Empty Nest; Airplane!, 10 Things I Hate About You.
David Leitch
David Leitch, American filmmaker and former stunt performer, Brad Pitt's double on Fight Club and Troy, co-director of John Wick, director of Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, Bullet Train, and The Fall Guy.
David Lemieux (boxer)
David Lemieux is a Canadian former professional boxer from Montreal who competed from 2007 to 2022, won the IBF middleweight title in 2015, and was known for a high knockout rate.
David Leon
David Leon (born 1980, Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English actor, writer, and director, known as DS/DI Joe Ashworth in ITV's Vera, in RocknRolla and Cutting It, and for the Tribeca-winning short Man and Boy and feature Orthodox.
David Leslie Hawksworth
David Leslie Hawksworth (born 1946, Sheffield) is a British mycologist and lichenologist, former Director of the International Mycological Institute, known for fungal diversity estimates, lichen pollution scales, nomenclature, and forensic mycology.
David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark
David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark (1601–1682), Scottish Covenanter general; cavalry colonel under Gustavus Adolphus, victor of Philiphaugh 1645, commander defeated at Dunbar 1650, captured at Worcester, ennobled 1661.
David Letterman
David Letterman, also known as Dave Letterman, is an American television host and comedian born in 1947 in Indianapolis who hosted late-night talk shows for 33 years.