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Larry Scott (bodybuilder)

Larry Scott (1938–2014), American bodybuilder from Blackfoot, Idaho; first Mr. Olympia (1965, 1966), retired at 28. Known for 20-inch arms and the Scott curl, the preacher curl bench named after him.

Oct 21, 2026

Larry Shields (Marion Lawrence Shields, 1895-1976), American middle-distance runner for Penn State; 1920 Antwerp Olympic bronze at 1,500 m and gold in the 3,000 m team race; NCAA and IC4A mile champion; later Phillips Andover teacher and Commodore.

Larry Silverstein

Larry Silverstein is an American developer who leased the World Trade Center in 2001, seven weeks before the September 11 attacks, and led its rebuilding.

Sep 20, 2026

Larry Simpson

Larry Simpson is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UCLA who discovered guide RNAs and worked out uridine insertion and deletion RNA editing in trypanosome mitochondria.

Larry Smarr

Larry Smarr, born 1948, is an American computational scientist who founded NCSA at Illinois and Calit2 at UC San Diego, and pioneered quantified-self health research.

Larry Smith (editor)

Larry Smith (editor) is the American magazine editor who founded SMITH Magazine in 2006 and created Six-Word Memoirs and its HarperCollins book series; distinct from the Parade managing editor and other namesakes.

Larry Stein

Larry Stein (1931–2019) was an American behavioral pharmacologist known for the catecholamine hypothesis of reinforcement and the first behavioral demonstrations of enkephalins' analgesic and rewarding effects.

Larry Storch

Larry Storch, born Lawrence Samuel Storch (1923–2022), was an American actor and comedian known for playing Corporal Agarn on F Troop and voicing Mr. Whoopee on Tennessee Tuxedo.

Larry Stutts

Larry Stutts is an American politician and Republican member of the Alabama Senate from the 6th district, in office since 2014, and a former Ob-Gyn physician.

Larry T. Nitz

Larry T. Nitz is an American automotive engineer who led development of General Motors' electrified powertrains, from the Two-Mode Hybrid through the Chevrolet Volt to the Bolt EV.

Larry Talbot

Larry Talbot (Lawrence Stewart Talbot) is the fictional werewolf of Universal's 1941 film The Wolf Man, written by Curt Siodmak and played by Lon Chaney Jr. in five films; bitten by Bela, killed by his father with silver, he defined silver-weakness werewolf lore.

Larry Tanenbaum

Larry Tanenbaum (Lawrence M. Tanenbaum), Canadian billionaire businessman, chairman of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and CEO of Kilmer Group; holds 25% of MLSE, owner of Toronto Tempo WNBA franchise.

Larry Tesler

Larry Tesler (Lawrence Gordon Tesler, 1945–2020) was an American computer scientist who created the cut, copy, and paste commands at Xerox PARC and later served as Apple's chief scientist.

Larry the Cable Guy

Larry the Cable Guy is the stage persona of American comedian Daniel Lawrence Whitney, known for "Git-R-Done!" and the Blue Collar Comedy Tour with Foxworthy, Engvall, and Ron White; he voices Mater in Pixar's Cars films and hosted History's Only in America.

Larry V. McIntire

Larry V. McIntire (1943–2026) was an American bioengineer who founded Rice's bioengineering department, chaired Georgia Tech/Emory's joint program, and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2001.

Larry vs. Michael J. Fox

Larry vs. Michael J. Fox is the Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 8 finale (September 11, 2011), in which Larry David accuses neighbor Michael J. Fox, playing himself, of using Parkinson's symptoms to harass him.

Larry W. Kwak

Larry W. Kwak is an American hematologist-oncologist and cancer vaccine researcher who developed one of the first personalized therapeutic cancer vaccines, for B-cell lymphoma, and was named to the TIME 100 in 2010.

Larry W. McLaughlin

Larry W. McLaughlin (1950–2023) was an American chemist who studied nucleic acid chemistry, first at the Max Planck Institute in Göttingen, then for 34 years at Boston College.

Sep 19, 2026

Larry W. Sonsini

Larry W. Sonsini is a founding partner of Silicon Valley law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, lead counsel in over 250 IPOs including Apple and Google.

Larry Wainstein

Larry Wainstein is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 33rd district, and a lifelong Hudson County resident.

Larry Walker

Larry Walker, born 1966 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, is a Canadian former MLB right fielder (Expos, Rockies, Cardinals), 1997 NL MVP, three-time batting champion, and 2020 Hall of Fame inductee with a .313 average and 383 home runs.

Larry Walker III

Larry Walker III is an American Republican politician who has represented Georgia's 20th Senate District since 2015 and was elected President pro tempore in 2026.

Larry Wallis

Larry Wallis (1949–2019), English guitarist, songwriter, and producer; founding Motörhead guitarist on On Parole, Pink Fairies member on Kings of Oblivion, and Stiff Records house producer behind the 1977 single Police Car.

Larry Walsh

Lawrence "Larry" Walsh Jr. is an American Democratic politician who has represented Illinois's 86th House district since 2012, chairs the House Public Utilities Committee, and previously served as a Jackson Township trustee.

Larry Wheels

Larry Wheels, or Larry "Wheels" Williams, is an American strength athlete who competes in powerlifting, bodybuilding, and strongman. He set a world record in 2017.

Larry Wilcox

Larry Wilcox (born 1947) is an American actor, producer, and Marine veteran who played Officer Jon Baker on NBC's CHiPs (1977-1982) opposite Erik Estrada, later producing The Ray Bradbury Theater and pleading guilty to securities fraud in 2010.

Larry Wilmore

Larry Wilmore, American comedian, writer, producer, and host, creator of The Bernie Mac Show and The PJs, Daily Show's senior black correspondent, host of Comedy Central's The Nightly Show (2015-16) and the 2016 White House Correspondents' Dinner, co-creator of Insecure and Black-ish producer.