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Larry Jackson (music executive)
Larry Jackson (Lawrence J. Jackson, Jr.), American music executive, former Apple Music Global Creative Director (2014–2022) and Beats Music Chief Content Officer; co-founder and CEO of gamma. (2023), the roughly $1 billion-backed media and technology company behind Ye's Bully and Mariah Carey's signing.
Larry James
Larry James (George Lawrence James, 1947–2008), American sprinter nicknamed the Mighty Burner; 1968 Olympic silver at 400 m (43.97) and gold in the 4x400 m relay world record 2:56.16; also 400 m world record 44.1 at the 1968 Trials. Distinct from the CFL footballer and the R&B musician of the same name.
Larry Joe Campbell
Larry Joe Campbell (Larry Joseph Campbell), American actor and comedian born 1970 in Pontiac, Michigan; best known as Andy on ABC's According to Jim (2001–2009, 182 episodes), with film roles in Wedding Crashers, Hall Pass, and Pacific Rim.
Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969)
Larry Demetric Johnson (born 1969, Tyler, Texas), nicknamed Grandmama, is a retired NBA power forward, first overall 1991 draft pick, 1992 Rookie of the Year, two-time All-Star with the Hornets and Knicks, distinct from the 1954-born NBA guard and the McNeese guard of the same name.
Larry Johnson (running back)
Larry Johnson (born 1979, Pomfret, MD) is a former NFL running back, Penn State Consensus All-American, drafted 27th overall by Kansas City in 2003; he set the single-season record with 416 carries in 2006 and rushed for 6,223 career yards.
Larry June
Larry June (Leonard Eugene Hendricks III, born 1991, San Francisco) is a Bay Area rapper behind The Freeminded label, the albums Orange Print, Spaceships on the Blade, The Great Escape, and Who Coppin, and an independent G-funk style about health and wealth.
Larry Kedes
Larry Kedes, born Laurence H. Kedes, was an American molecular geneticist who isolated the first protein-coding gene from an animal cell and helped found GenBank.
Larry King
Larry King, born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger, was an American radio and television interviewer whose CNN show Larry King Live ran for 25 years and featured over 40,000 interviews.
Larry King (tennis)
Larry W. King (died May 29, 2026, aged 81) was an American lawyer and sports entrepreneur, ex-husband of Billie Jean King, who co-built the Virginia Slims Circuit, helped found the WTA in 1973, planned the Battle of the Sexes, and co-founded World TeamTennis, Roller Hockey International, and bridge ventures.
Larry King Live
Larry King Live was CNN's nightly one-hour interview show hosted by Larry King from June 1985 to 2010, CNN's longest-running program, known for softball questioning, viewer call-ins, Perot's 1992 candidacy announcement, and the 1993 Gore-Perot NAFTA debate.
Larry King Now
Larry King Now was a web talk show hosted by Larry King, launched July 17, 2012 on Hulu as the first show of Ora TV, his production company with Carlos Slim; 30-minute interviews ran through 2019 and earned Emmy and Webby nominations.
Larry Kramer
Larry Kramer (Laurence David Kramer, 1935–2020), American playwright, author of Faggots and The Normal Heart, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, and co-founder of GMHC and ACT UP, the leading AIDS activist organizations.
Larry Kudlow
Lawrence A. Kudlow, known as Larry Kudlow, is an American supply-side economist and TV commentator who served as Director of the National Economic Council under President Trump from 2018 to 2021.
Larry L. Hench
Larry L. Hench (1938–2015) was an American ceramic engineer and materials scientist who invented Bioglass in 1969, the first man-made material shown to bond to living tissue.
Larry LaLonde
Larry "Ler" LaLonde is an American guitarist for Primus, formerly of Possessed and Blind Illusion. Joined Primus in 1989 after Todd Huth; studied under Joe Satriani; PRS Angry Larry signature model announced in 2021.
Larry Lamb
Larry Lamb (Lawrence Douglas Lamb, born 1947, Edmonton, London) is a British actor known as Archie Mitchell in EastEnders (2008-2010) and Mick Shipman in Gavin & Stacey, also an LBC radio host and author of the 2025 novel All Wrapped Up.
Larry Lawton
Larry Lawton, American ex-jewel thief and Reality Check Program founder, robbed about 20 East Coast jewelry stores of $15-18 million, served 11 years in federal prison after a 1996 FBI arrest, then became a youth-crime-prevention speaker, honorary police officer, and author of Gangster Redemption.
Larry Li
Larry Li is a Chinese-born American venture capitalist and founding managing partner of Amino Capital in Palo Alto, an early Zoom and Chime investor who ranked top ten on the 2023 Forbes Midas Seed List.
Larry Lieber
Larry Lieber (born 1931), American comic book writer and artist, younger brother of Stan Lee; scripted the first Thor and Iron Man stories, co-created Iron Man, Thor, and Ant-Man, and drew the Spider-Man newspaper strip.
Larry Linville
Larry Linville (Lawrence Lavon Linville, 1939–2000) was an American actor who played Major Frank Burns on M*A*S*H from 1972 to 1977, later working on stage and in guest TV roles.
Larry Liston
Larry Liston is an American Republican politician and Colorado state senator for District 10 in Colorado Springs, elected in 2020 after twelve years in the state House.
Larry Low
Larry Low (Lawrence Edgar Low, 1920–1996), American sailor from Trenton, New Jersey; won 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold in the Star class crewing for Bert Williams aboard Kathleen, and was a leading Comet class racer.
Larry M. Baddour
Larry M. Baddour is an American infectious-diseases physician, professor emeritus of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, known for research on infective endocarditis and device infections.
Larry Manetti
Larry Manetti (Lawrence Francis Manetti, born 1947, Chicago) is an American actor known as Orville "Rick" Wright on Magnum, P.I. (1980-88), Bobby Boyle on Black Sheep Squadron, and Nicky DeMarco in the Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum reboots.
Larry Marker
Larry Marker is an American Republican politician and building contractor from Roswell, New Mexico, who won the 2026 U.S. Senate primary as a write-in candidate.
Larry Marshall
Larry Marshall, born Fitzroy Marshall (1941–2017), was a Jamaican reggae singer whose Studio One hits "Nanny Goat" and "Throw Me Corn" became dancehall standards; he also recorded as Larry & Alvin.
Larry McDonald
Larry McDonald (Lawrence Patton McDonald, 1935–1983), Georgia physician, Democratic congressman 1975–1983, John Birch Society national chairman from March 1983, killed aboard KAL 007 shot down by the Soviets.
Larry McMurtry
Larry McMurtry (1936–2021), American novelist, screenwriter, and antiquarian bookseller from Archer City, Texas; author of the Pulitzer-winning Lonesome Dove and Oscar-winning Brokeback Mountain screenplay with Diana Ossana.
Larry Merchant
Larry Merchant (born 1931, Bronx, New York; birth name Larry Kaufman) is an American boxing journalist and HBO ringside analyst, 1978-2012, formerly of the Philadelphia Daily News and New York Post, International Boxing Hall of Fame 2009.
Larry Miller (comedian)
Larry Miller (born 1953, Valley Stream, NY) is an American stand-up comedian and character actor, the toadying store manager in Pretty Woman, Dean Richmond in The Nutty Professor, and a Christopher Guest ensemble regular.