All articles starting with L
25,375 articles
Leigh Lawson
Leigh Lawson (Allan Leigh Lawson), English actor-director-writer born 1945 in Atherstone, Warwickshire; RADA-trained, known for Tess (1979), Travelling Man, Kinsey, Broadway Noises Off, and marriage to Twiggy since 1988.
Leigh Light
The Leigh Light was a powerful British airborne searchlight of the Second World War, fitted to RAF Coastal Command bombers to illuminate surfaced U-boats at night for attack.
Leigh M. May
Leigh M. May, also known as Leigh Martin May, is an American district judge for the Northern District of Georgia, appointed by Barack Obama in 2014.
Leigh Marie Braswell
Leigh Marie Braswell is an American venture capitalist who joined Kleiner Perkins as a partner in 2023, after working as an early engineer at Scale AI.
Leigh Nash
Leigh Nash (Leigh Anne Bingham Nash, born 1976, New Braunfels, Texas) is an American singer, lead vocalist of Sixpence None the Richer ("Kiss Me"), later a solo artist with Blue on Blue, The State I'm In, and The Tide, Vol. 1.
Leigh Raven
Leigh Raven (Amanda Leigh Woods, leighravenx) is an American adult film performer and director known for BDSM work, her heavily tattooed look, the 2018 Penthouse cover, and directing Kink.com's Divine Bitches.
Leigh Steinberg
Leigh Steinberg, American sports agent and attorney, founder of Steinberg Sports & Entertainment (1975), inspiration for Jerry Maguire; record eight No. 1 NFL draft picks, 62 first-rounders, $503 million Mahomes deal, alcoholism collapse and comeback.
Leigh syndrome
Leigh syndrome (subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy, Leigh syndrome spectrum) is a progressive mitochondrial neurodegenerative disorder of infancy, affecting over 110 genes, with bilateral brainstem and basal ganglia lesions, lactic acidosis, and death often by age three.
Leigh Taylor-Young
Leigh Taylor-Young, also credited as Leigh Taylor Young, is an American actress born in Washington, D.C. (1944 or 1945), known for Peyton Place, Soylent Green, I Love You Alice B. Toklas, and her 1994 Emmy for Picket Fences.
Leigh Wambsganss
Leigh Wambsganss is a Texas conservative activist, Patriot Mobile chief communications officer, and Southlake Families PAC co-founder; 2026 Republican nominee for Texas Senate District 9 after losing a special runoff to Taylor Rehmet.
Leigh Whannell
Leigh Whannell, Australian screenwriter, actor, producer, and director; co-created Saw (2004) and Insidious with James Wan; directed Upgrade, The Invisible Man (2020), and Wolf Man (2025).
Leigh-Allyn Baker
Leigh-Allyn Baker (born 1972, Murray, Kentucky) is an American actress known as Amy Duncan on Disney Channel's Good Luck Charlie (2010-2014), Ellen on Will & Grace, Hannah Webster on Charmed, and voice roles in The 7D, Back at the Barnyard, and God of War II.
Leigh-Anne Pinnock
Leigh-Anne Pinnock (stage name Leigh-Anne), born 1991, British singer from Little Mix, the 2011 X Factor winners; solo since 2023 with the EP No Hard Feelings and the 2026 debut album My Ego Told Me To on Made in the '90s.
Leigh-on-Sea
Leigh-on-Sea (Domesday 'Legra') is an Essex town on the Thames Estuary, once a busy port, now known for Old Leigh, its cockle fishery of 14 licensed boats, MSC certification, and a £22m port regeneration.
Leighton Baines
Leighton Baines (born 1984, Kirkby, Liverpool) is an English former left-back who played for Wigan Athletic and Everton (2007-2020, 420 appearances, 39 goals), won 30 England caps, and now coaches at Everton under David Moyes.
Leighton Coleman
Leighton Coleman (1837–1907) was an American Episcopal clergyman, church historian, and temperance advocate who served as the second Bishop of Delaware from his consecration in 1888 until his death.
Leighton Dye
Leighton Dye (Leighton William Charles Dye, 1901-1977), American hurdler, USC and LAAC; fourth in the 110 m hurdles at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, 1926 AAU champion, with unratified world-record runs in 1928.
Leighton E. Cluff
Leighton E. Cluff was an American infectious-diseases physician and immunologist who chaired medicine at the University of Florida and served as president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Leighton Meester
Leighton Meester is an American actress and singer, born in 1986, best known for playing Blair Waldorf on the CW teen drama Gossip Girl from 2007 to 2012.
Leighton Rees
Leighton Rees (1940-2003), Welsh darts player nicknamed Marathon Man, won the inaugural BDO World Darts Championship in 1978, beating John Lowe; also the name of a SmartGames puzzle designer.
Leighton Vander Esch
Leighton Vander Esch, Boise State walk-on from Riggins, Idaho, Dallas Cowboys linebacker drafted 19th overall in 2018, 2018 Pro Bowl and second-team All-Pro rookie, retired medically in March 2024 after six seasons due to cervical spinal stenosis and recurring neck injuries.
Leiji Matsumoto (松本零士)
Leiji Matsumoto (松本零士), real name Akira Matsumoto, 1938-2023, Japanese manga artist of Space Battleship Yamato, Captain Harlock, and Galaxy Express 999; debuted at 15 in 1954, died of acute heart failure at 85.
Leikanger
Leikanger, former Norwegian municipality (no. 1419) in Sogn og Fjordane on the Sognefjorden; county administrative seat; merged into Sogndal municipality, Vestland, 1 January 2020; population 2,331 (2019).
Leila (name)
Leila (ليلى, Layla), feminine given name of Arabic origin from layl "night"; classical dictionaries also gloss it as wine-intoxication. Famous through Qays and Layla, Nizami's poem, and Byron's The Giaour (1813); variants Laila, Leyla, Lyla.
Leila (TV series)
Leila is a 2019 Netflix Indian dystopian drama series, six episodes, adapted from Prayaag Akbar's 2017 novel, directed by Deepa Mehta, Shanker Raman, and Pawan Kumar, starring Huma Qureshi as Shalini searching for her daughter in the fictional regime of Aryavarta.
Leila (لیلا) (1997 film)
Leila (لیلا) is Dariush Mehrjui's 1997 Iranian drama starring Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, and Jamileh Sheikhi, about an infertile wife pressured into accepting a second wife for her husband; it won two honors at the 15th Fajr Film Festival.
Leïla Bekhti
Leïla Bekhti (ليلى بختي), French actress born 1984 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, debut in Sheitan (2005), César Most Promising Actress 2011 for Tout ce qui brille, wife of Tahar Rahim, Cannes Un Certain Regard jury president 2026.
Leila Buckland
Leila Buckland (c. 1925 – 2016) was an English distance runner who set world best times in the women's two miles and 3000 meters in 1955.
Leila de Lima
Leila de Lima is a Filipina lawyer and politician who served as a senator from 2016 to 2022 and was arrested in 2017 on drug charges.
Leila Farzad
Leila Farzad (also Leila Effat Farzad) is a British-Iranian actress from Westminster, London, BAFTA-nominated for I Hate Suzie, lead in Better, and actor in Kaos, The Decameron, and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.