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Last Tango in Paris

Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi; Le Dernier Tango à Paris) is Bernardo Bertolucci's 1972 Italian-French erotic drama starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, premiered October 14, 1972, censored in Italy and Britain, and later central to consent controversies.

Last Train

Last Train is a French rock band formed in 2007 by four schoolmates from Alsace, now based in Lyon, singing in English between post-rock and alternative rock.

Last Train from Gun Hill

Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) is a John Sturges Western starring Kirk Douglas as a marshal and Anthony Quinn as the cattle baron father of his wife's killer, climaxing at the 9 o'clock train.

Last Twilight (ภาพนายไม่เคยลืม)

Last Twilight (ภาพนายไม่เคยลืม) is a 2023 GMMTV Thai romantic drama directed by Noppharnach Chaiwimol, starring Jimmy Jitaraphol as Mhok and Sea Tawinan as Day, a badminton player going blind in 180 days; 12 episodes on GMM25, Nov 2023 to Jan 2024.

Last universal common ancestor

The last universal common ancestor, or LUCA, is the ancestor of all living organisms, from which the Archaea and Bacteria split about 4.2 billion years ago.

Last Vegas

Last Vegas is a 2013 American comedy directed by Jon Turteltaub, starring Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline as old friends reuniting in Las Vegas.

Last voyage of the Karluk

The last voyage of the Karluk, flagship of Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition: the brigantine was trapped in Alaskan ice in 1913, drifted 800 miles, sank January 1914, and survivors were rescued from Wrangel Island.

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO, 2014–present) is a late-night satirical news show mixing headlines with single-topic deep dives. Known for the "John Oliver effect," 32 Emmys, two Peabodys, and a Sunday-night HBO slot with Max streaming.

Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler

The last will and testament of Adolf Hitler (persönliches und politisches Testament) comprises the personal will and political testament dictated April 28-29, 1945 in the Führerbunker, appointing Dönitz successor; distinct Genoud-published bunker notes are likely forgeries.

Last words of Julius Caesar

Last words of Julius Caesar, also called "Et tu, Brute" or Greek "kai su, teknon": the dictator, killed on the Ides of March 44 BC, likely said nothing; the famous Latin line is Shakespeare's 1599 invention.

Last Year at Marienbad

Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad), 1961 French-Italian art film by Alain Resnais from an Alain Robbe-Grillet screenplay, starring Delphine Seyrig and Giorgio Albertazzi; Golden Lion winner, famous for fractured time and ambiguity.

Last.fm

Last.fm, also known as AudioScrobbler, is a music website founded in London in 2002 that records what users listen to across streaming services, producing personal charts and music recommendations.

Lasta

Lasta is a mountainous region of central Ethiopia, in the Amhara Region, that served as the center of the Ethiopian kingdom under the Zagwe dynasty until 1270.

Lastarria

Lastarria is a 5,706 m stratovolcano on the Chile-Argentina border in the Central Volcanic Zone, with no historical eruptions but persistent fumaroles, sulphur flows, and Lazufre ground uplift since 1998.

Lastigi

Lastigi was a town of ancient Hispania Baetica in southern Spain, named by Pliny the Elder and known from bronze coins of the 2nd century BC.

Lastminute.com

Lastminute.com is an online travel and leisure retailer founded in London in 1998 by Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane Fox, known for late-booking flights and holidays.

LastPass

LastPass is a commercial password manager storing users' credentials in an encrypted online vault unlocked by a master password, with over 33 million users as of 2024.

Lasunadi ghrta

Lasunadi ghrta (Laśunādi ghṛta, लशुनादि घृत) is a classical Ayurvedic medicated ghee with garlic as principal ingredient, listed in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India (AFI000167, 12 g dose) for gulma and vata disorders, and studied in depression and infertility trials.

Lasunadi Vati

Lasunadi Vati (Laśunādi vaṭī, Lashunadi Vati) is a garlic-based classical Ayurvedic tablet, official in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India (AFI000132, 1 g dose), used for indigestion, diarrhea, and related digestive disorders.

Laszewo

Łaszewo is an American electronic music trio from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 2018, with two producers and singer Keeva Bouley, known for the 2025 viral single "messy."

László Almásy

László Almásy, also known as Ladislaus Almásy, was a Hungarian desert explorer and aviator who discovered the Cave of Swimmers and in 1942 drove German agents across the Sahara to Cairo.

László Babai

László Babai is a Hungarian mathematician and theoretical computer scientist at the University of Chicago, best known for his 2015 breakthrough algorithm for graph isomorphism and for work on interactive proofs.

László Bélády

László Bélády was a Hungarian-born computer scientist who spent 1961 to 1981 at IBM Research, where he discovered Belady's anomaly and published a 1966 page-replacement study that became the most cited paper in computer software.

Laszlo Berti

Laszlo Berti (Berti László, 1875–1952), Hungarian fencer and army officer; Olympic team sabre gold 1912, team sabre silver and team foil bronze 1924, 1926 European foil silver; later fencing master and author.

László Bíró

László Bíró, also known as László József Bíró or in Argentina Ladislao Bíró, was a Hungarian-Argentine inventor who created the first commercially successful ballpoint pen.

Laszlo Budai

László Budai (Budai II, born Bednarik, 1928–1983), Hungarian right winger of the Golden Team, 39 caps, Olympic football gold 1952, World Cup silver 1954, champion with Ferencváros and Budapest Honvéd; distinct from Budai I, the coach born 1922.

Laszlo Cseh

Laszlo Cseh (László Cseh), Hungarian swimmer born 1985 in Budapest, individual medley and butterfly specialist; six Olympic medals without gold, all behind Michael Phelps, two world titles (2005, 2015), and 14 European Championships golds.

Laszlo Csongradi

Laszlo Csongradi (Csongrádi László, born 1959), Hungarian sabre fencer nicknamed Csongi; reserve who clinched Hungary's 1988 Seoul Olympic team sabre gold by beating Mindirgasov, plus 1990 world team silver.

Laszlo Fabian (olympedia 10052)

László Fábián (1936–2018), Hungarian sprint kayaker, Olympedia athlete 10052; won K-2 10,000 m gold with János Urányi at Melbourne 1956, Hungary's first Olympic kayaking title, plus 4 world and 6 European titles. Distinct from the 1963-born pentathlete of the same name.

Laszlo Fazekas

László Fazekas (1947–2026), Hungarian winger and inside forward, Újpesti Dózsa legend with nine league titles, 1968 Olympic gold, 92 caps, and 1980 European Silver Shoe; later Royal Antwerp player and coach.