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Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum) is a Dutch university medical center formed in 1996 from Academic Hospital Leiden and Leiden University's Faculty of Medicine, known for rare-disease care, ten research themes, and the Leiden Bio Science Park.
Leidenfrost effect
The Leidenfrost effect is the levitation of a liquid on a cushion of its own vapor above a surface much hotter than its boiling point, first reported in 1756.
Leidos
Leidos (Leidos Holdings, Inc.) is an American science and information technology company headquartered in Reston, Virginia. Founded as SAIC in 1969, it took its current name in 2013.
Leif Andersson (geneticist)
Leif Andersson (born 1954) is a Swedish geneticist and genome biologist, professor at Uppsala University and Texas A&M University, who won the Wolf Prize in Agriculture in 2014.
Leif Erickson (actor)
Leif Erickson (William Wycliffe Anderson, 1911–1986), American film and television actor; band singer turned film lead, best known as Big John Cannon in NBC's The High Chaparral (1967–71) and Bill Reynolds in Tea and Sympathy. Distinguished from the Norse explorer Leif Erikson and the Swedish actor Leif Ericson.
Leif Erikson
Leif Erikson (Leifr Eiríksson), "Leif the Lucky," Norse explorer born Iceland c. 970 CE, son of Erik the Red; led the voyage of c. 1000 CE to Helluland, Markland, and Vinland in North America, commemorated by Leif Erikson Day.
Leif Erikson Day
Leif Erikson Day is a U.S. observance on October 9 honoring the Norse explorer credited with reaching North America around 1000 CE. Established by Public Law 88-566 (1964), codified at 36 U.S.C. § 114, it is marked by presidential proclamation, not a federal holiday.
Leif G. W. Persson
Leif G. W. Persson, born in Stockholm in 1945, is a Swedish criminologist and crime writer known for detective novels featuring Evert Bäckström and television commentary.
Leif Garrett
Leif Garrett (Leif Per Nervik, born 1961), American actor and 1970s teen idol; hits "Surfin' USA" and "I Was Made for Dancin'" (UK No. 4, US No. 10); career derailed by a 1979 crash and drug arrests.
Leif Groop
Leif Groop, born in Finland in 1947, is a Finnish physician-scientist and professor emeritus at Lund University known for describing LADA and classifying adult-onset diabetes into five subtypes.
Leif Hammarström
Leif Hammarström, born 1964 in Uppsala, is a Swedish physical chemist and Professor of Chemical Physics at Uppsala University, known for proton-coupled electron transfer and artificial photosynthesis.
Leif Hogstrom
Leif Hogstrom (Leif Högström, born 1955) is a Swedish épée fencer who won Olympic team gold at Montreal 1976, world team titles in 1975 and 1977, and placed fifth at Moscow 1980, fencing for Djurgårdens IF.
Leif I. Solberg
Leif I. Solberg is an American family physician and health services researcher at HealthPartners Institute in Minneapolis, elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2017.
Leif Jensen
Leif Jensen (Leif Gøran Jensen, also spelled Jenssen), Norwegian weightlifter born 1948 in Fredrikstad; 1972 Munich Olympic light-heavyweight champion with 507.5 kg Olympic record; also 1968 and 1976 Olympian.
Leif Rohlin
Leif Rohlin is a retired Swedish ice hockey defenseman who won Olympic gold at the 1994 Lillehammer Games and played two seasons for the Vancouver Canucks.
Leif Svensson
Leif Svensson is a Swedish cardiologist and resuscitation researcher who founded the Center for Cardiac Arrest Research at Karolinska Institutet and conceived the SMS lifesaver app.
Leif W. Ellisen
Leif W. Ellisen is an American medical oncologist at Harvard Medical School and Mass General Cancer Center, best known for his work on triple-negative breast cancer.
Leif Wikstrom
Leif Gordon Wikström (1918–1991), Swedish sailor from Lysekil, won Dragon-class gold at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics aboard Slaghoken II with Folke Bohlin and Bengt Palmquist, beating Denmark's Tip on a points tie.
Leifu Chang
Leifu Chang is a structural biologist and professor of biological sciences at Purdue University whose laboratory uses cryo-EM to study CRISPR-associated transposons and anti-CRISPR systems.
Leigh Anne Tuohy
Leigh Anne Tuohy, Memphis interior designer and philanthropist whose family took in Michael Oher, inspiring The Blind Side; subject of the 2023 conservatorship dispute and head of the Making It Happen Foundation.
Leigh Bardugo
Leigh Bardugo (born 1975) is an Israeli-American fantasy author, creator of the Grishaverse (Shadow and Bone, Six of Crows, King of Scars), the Ninth House trilogy, The Familiar, and The Invisible Parade, adapted as a Netflix series.
Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery (1961–1994), Australian performance artist, costume designer, and club promoter; founder of London's Taboo nightclub, muse of Lucian Freud, collaborator of Michael Clark, subject of the 2025 Tate Modern retrospective Leigh Bowery!.
Leigh Brackett
Leigh Brackett (1915-1978), the Queen of Space Opera, was an American science fiction writer and screenwriter of The Big Sleep, Rio Bravo, The Long Goodbye, and the first draft of The Empire Strikes Back.
Leigh Burgoyne
Leigh Alexander Burgoyne, born 1939, is an Australian molecular biologist and Emeritus Professor at Flinders University, co-discoverer of regular chromatin DNA digestion and inventor of FTA paper.
Leigh Canham
Leigh Canham (Leigh Trevor Canham) is a British solid state physicist who showed in 1990 that porous silicon emits visible red light, and later that silicon can be medically biodegradable.
Leigh Francis
Leigh Francis (born 1973, Leeds) is the English comedian behind Keith Lemon, Avid Merrion, and Bo' Selecta!, host of Celebrity Juice and Through the Keyhole, author of Leigh, Myself And I, and creator of the 2024 first live tour My First Time.
Leigh Griffiths
Leigh Griffiths, born 1990 in Leith, Scotland, is a striker formerly of Celtic (115 goals in 233 games, seven league titles) and Scotland (22 caps, 4 goals), famed for two 2017 free kicks against England; later spells at Dundee, Falkirk, and Mandurah City.
Leigh H. Simmons
Leigh H. Simmons is an American internal medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital who directs its Health Decision Sciences Center and studies shared decision making.
Leigh Halfpenny
Leigh Halfpenny, born Stephen Leigh Halfpenny in 1988, is a Welsh former rugby union full-back who won 101 Wales caps, scored 801 international points, and was 2013 Lions player of the series.
Leigh Hunt
Leigh Hunt, born James Henry Leigh Hunt, was an English poet, essayist, and journalist who edited the radical weekly The Examiner and championed Keats and Shelley.