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Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret is the UNESCO World Heritage name for the heart of Le Havre, Normandy, rebuilt 1945 to 1964 under Auguste Perret.
Le Hien Tong
Le Hien Tong (Lê Hiến Tông) was the sixth emperor of Vietnam's Later Le dynasty, reigning from 1497 to 1504 as the son and successor of Le Thanh Tong.
Le Hoai Trung
Le Hoai Trung, born 1961 in Hue, is a Vietnamese Communist Party politician serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs since October 2025 and a member of the Politburo.
Le Hoan
Le Hoan (Lê Hoàn, 941–1005), reigning as Le Dai Hanh, was the founding emperor of Vietnam's Early Le dynasty, who defeated the Song invasion of 981.
Lê Hoàn's invasion of Champa
Lê Hoàn's invasion of Champa was a 982 punitive campaign in which Vietnam's Lê Hoàn sacked the Cham capital Indrapura and killed the Cham king.
Le Hong Minh
Le Hong Minh (Lê Hồng Minh), born 1977, is a Vietnamese technology entrepreneur who founded VNG in 2004 as Vinagame, was its CEO until 2024, and now chairs the company behind Zalo.
Le Huu Trac
Le Huu Trac (Lê Hữu Trác), pen name Hai Thuong Lan Ong, was an eighteenth-century Vietnamese physician and author of the first medical encyclopedia of Vietnam.
Le Jeu d'Adam
Le Jeu d'Adam, also titled Ordo representationis Adae or The Play of Adam, is a twelfth-century Anglo-Norman religious drama in French verse, generally the earliest surviving work of French vernacular theater.
Le Jeu de la feuillée
Le Jeu de la feuillée is a satirical verse drama by Adam de la Halle, written in Arras around 1276, ancestor of the sotie and moralité.
Le Jeu de Robin et Marion
Le Jeu de Robin et Marion is a short musical play in Old French by the trouvère Adam de la Halle, written around 1282–83 for the Angevin court at Naples.
Le Jingyi
Le Jingyi (乐靖宜, born 1975, Shanghai), Chinese freestyle swimmer; 1996 Olympic 100 m freestyle champion with three other Olympic silvers, and 1994 world champion and world record holder in the 50 and 100 m freestyle.
Le Jouet
Le Jouet (The Toy) is Francis Veber's 1976 French comedy-drama starring Pierre Richard as journalist François Perrin, chosen as a living toy by billionaire Michel Bouquet's son; 1,249,452 French admissions, remade in 1982.
Le Jour se lève
Le Jour se lève (Daybreak) is Marcel Carné's 1939 French poetic-realist drama, scripted by Jacques Viot with dialogues by Jacques Prévert, starring Jean Gabin, Arletty and Jules Berry; told in flashbacks during a police siege, banned under Vichy, restored in 4K in 2014.
Le Kang
Le Kang (康乐) is a Chinese ecological genomicist and CAS Distinguished Professor at the Institute of Zoology in Beijing, known for three decades of work on locust genomes and swarming.
Le Lac
"Le Lac" ("The Lake") is an elegiac poem by Alphonse de Lamartine, published in 1820 in his collection Méditations poétiques and addressed to the lake of Le Bourget.
Le Lac Alaotra : Les Zones Humides et Bassins Versants
Le Lac Alaotra : Les Zones Humides et Bassins Versants, Ramsar Site 1312, Madagascar's third Ramsar site (2003, 722,500 ha), protects the country's largest lake, its marshes, rice fields, and catchments, and the reed-bed bandro lemur.
Le Lai
Le Lai (Lê Lai) was a general of the Lam Son uprising against Ming rule who died impersonating Le Loi, allowing him to escape a Ming encirclement.
Le Livre du Voir Dit
Le Livre du Voir Dit is an autobiographical narrative poem by Guillaume de Machaut, describing his late-life love for a young admirer called Toute Belle.
Lê Lợi
Lê Lợi, reigning as Emperor Lê Thái Tổ (黎太祖), was the Vietnamese leader whose decade-long Lam Sơn uprising expelled the Ming and founded the Later Lê dynasty in 1428.
Le Magazine littéraire
Le Magazine littéraire was a French monthly magazine devoted to literature and writers, founded by Guy Sitbon and published in Paris from November 1966 to December 2017.
Le maître du jeu
Le maître du jeu (Taskmaster Canada) is the Quebec adaptation of Taskmaster on Noovo since September 15, 2022, hosted by Louis Morissette with assistant Antoine Vézina and five comedians per season; distinct from the 2024 French TF1 show of the same name.
Le Mans
Le Mans, Sarthe prefecture in Pays de la Loire, France; ancient Vindinum, capital of the Cenomani, with 320–360 AD Roman walls, Plantagenêt old town, and the 13.629 km 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit; 146,249 inhabitants in 2023.
Le Mans (film)
Le Mans (film) is a 1971 American sports drama directed by Lee H. Katzin, starring Steve McQueen, focusing on the 24 Hours of Le Mans with minimal dialogue.
Le Mans Hypercar
Le Mans Hypercar (LMH), top FIA WEC and Le Mans class since 2021 replacing LMP1; races alongside LMDh under BoP; 1030 kg, ~500-520 kW; Toyota, Ferrari, Porsche, Peugeot, Cadillac, Alpine, BMW, Aston Martin.
Le Mans Prototype
A Le Mans Prototype (LM P) is a purpose-built sports-prototype racing car used at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Le Mans Ultimate
Le Mans Ultimate is Studio 397's official FIA WEC and 24 Hours of Le Mans PC simulation, Early Access 20 February 2024, Version 1.0 on 22 July 2025, with Hypercar through GTE classes, laser-scanned tracks, RaceControl ranked online racing, and season DLC.
Le Maosheng
Le Maosheng (乐茂盛, born 1978, Ningyuan, Hunan), Chinese weightlifter in the 62 kg class; 2004 Athens Olympic silver medalist, 1999 world champion, and two-time clean & jerk world record holder (180.5 and 182.5 kg).
Le Marteau sans maître
Le Marteau sans maître ("The Hammer without a Master") is a 1934 poetry collection by the French poet René Char, the best-known book of his early period.
Le Méridien
Le Méridien, also known as Le Méridien Hotels and Resorts, is a hotel brand founded by Air France in 1972 and now owned by Marriott International.
Le Mesge
Le Mesge is a commune in the Somme, Hauts-de-France, France (INSEE 80535, pop. 180), known for one of the largest Gallo-Roman villas found by Roger Agache's aerial survey and a royal villa donated by Childebert III to Amiens cathedral.