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Lia Maivia
Lia Maivia (Ofelia Maivia, née Fuataga, also Leah Maivia), Samoan wrestling promoter who ran Polynesian Pro Wrestling in Hawaii 1982–1988, promoted the 1985 A Hot Summer Night supercard, and joined the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024.
Lia Manoliu
Lia Manoliu, Romanian discus thrower (1932-1998), first track and field athlete at six Olympics (1952-1972); 1968 Mexico City gold with 58.28 m Olympic record, bronzes 1960 and 1964; later President of the Romanian Olympic Committee 1990-1998.
Lia Marie Johnson
Lia Marie Johnson (born 1996, Wahiawa, Hawaii) is an American actress, singer, and YouTuber known for Kids React, MyMusic, Terry the Tomboy, T@gged, The Thinning, and the Capitol Records single "DNA."
Lia Thomas
Lia Thomas, American swimmer, first openly transgender NCAA Division I champion (500-yard freestyle, 2022, Penn). CAS dismissed her 2024 challenge to World Aquatics' transgender eligibility rules; Penn later modified her records.
Lia Williams
Lia Williams (born 1964, Birkenhead) is a British actress and director, Tony- and three-time Olivier-nominated, known for Mary Stuart, The Capture, The Crown, The Day of the Jackal, and Mr Bates vs The Post Office.
Liability (financial accounting)
A liability in financial accounting is a present obligation of an entity, arising from past events, whose settlement is expected to require an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits.
Liability insurance
Liability insurance, also known as third party insurance or liability coverage, pays damages a policyholder owes third parties for injury or damage, and defends claims.
Liability-driven investment
Liability-driven investment (LDI) is a pension-fund approach that manages assets to offset liability value changes when rates move, aiming to maximize the funding ratio rather than portfolio return.
Liacaridae
Liacaridae (Sellnick, 1928) is a family of oribatid soil mites in superfamily Gustavioidea, including genera Liacarus, Xenillus, Adoristes, and Dorycranosus; first fossil Liacarus shtanchaevae from Albian Spanish amber.
Liais (Martian crater)
Liais is an IAU-approved impact crater on Mars, 122.78 km across, centered at 75.30°S, 106.93°E near the south pole. Named in 1973 for French astronomer Emmanuel Liais (1826-1900).
Liaison
Liaison is a 2023 Apple TV+ six-part Anglo-French espionage thriller created by Virginie Brac, directed by Stephen Hopkins, starring Vincent Cassel and Eva Green as former lovers fighting cyberattacks on post-Brexit Britain; critically panned at 42% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Liaison Conference
The Liaison Conference (大本営政府連絡会議) was a Japanese consultative body created in November 1937 to coordinate the government with Imperial General Headquarters, effectively deciding matters of war and peace.
Liam
Liam is the Irish short form of William (via Uilliam), from Germanic "will helmet." Top US boys' name since 2017; also #1 in New Zealand (2010); bearers include Neeson, Gallagher, Hemsworth.
Liam Aiken
Liam Aiken (Liam Pádraic Aiken), American actor born 1990 in New York City; child star of Henry Fool, Stepmom, Road to Perdition, and Klaus Baudelaire in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events; later an independent-film actor.
Liam Brady
Liam Brady (William Brady, born 1956, Dublin), Irish attacking midfielder; Arsenal 1973-80 (307 apps, 59 goals), Juventus 1980-82 winning two Scudetti, later Sampdoria, Inter, Ascoli, West Ham; 71 Ireland caps; Arsenal academy head from 1996.
Liam Broady
Liam Broady, British left-handed tennis pro from Stockport; 2011 Wimbledon boys' singles runner-up, career-high world No. 93 (2023), beat Ruud at Wimbledon 2023, Naomi Broady's brother.
Liam Byrne
Liam Byrne is the British Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North, first elected in 2004, a former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and chair of the Commons Business and Trade Committee since 2024.
Liam Charles
Liam Charles, British baker and TV presenter nicknamed Cake Boy, was the youngest 2017 Great British Bake Off contestant at 19, finishing fifth; now hosts Bake Off: The Professionals, judges Junior Bake Off, and wrote Cheeky Treats and Second Helpings.
Liam Coen
Liam Coen, NFL head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars since January 24, 2025; former UMass quarterback, Rams and Buccaneers offensive coordinator, Kentucky OC; led Jacksonville to a 13-4 2025 season and AFC South title.
Liam Conlon
Liam Conlon is the Labour MP for Beckenham and Penge, first elected on 4 July 2024 with 25,753 votes and a 12,905 majority, and an Assistant Whip since July 2026.
Liam Cooper
Liam Cooper (born 1991, Hull) is a Scottish centre-back, Leeds United captain 2014-2024 with 284 appearances and the 2019/20 Championship title, 19 Scotland caps, later CSKA Sofia and Sheffield Wednesday.
Liam Corrigan
Liam Corrigan (born 1997, Toronto) is an American rower, stroke of the US men's coxless four that won gold at Paris 2024 in 5:49.03, the first US win in the event since 1960; Harvard and Oxford educated.
Liam Cunningham
Liam Cunningham (born 1961, Dublin) is an Irish actor, a former electrician, known as Davos Seaworth in Game of Thrones (2012-2019), with IFTA wins for Hunger and The Wind That Shakes the Barley and a BAFTA for Pitch Black Heist.
Liam de Young
Liam de Young (Liam Andrew De Young), Australian field hockey player, won Olympic gold 2004 and bronze 2008 and 2012 with the Kookaburras, plus three Commonwealth golds, in 312 caps.
Liam Delap
Liam Delap, full name Liam Rory Delap, is an English forward born in 2003 who came through Manchester City's academy and stars for Nottingham Forest.
Liam Dolan
Liam Dolan FRS is an Irish plant scientist who studies how plant roots evolved, and was Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford from 2009 to 2020.
Liam Fox
Sir Liam Fox (born 1961) is a British Conservative politician, MP 1992-2024 for Woodspring and North Somerset, Defence Secretary 2010-2011 (resigned over Adam Werritty affair) and International Trade Secretary 2016-2019.
Liam Gallagher
Liam Gallagher (William John Paul Gallagher), English singer born 1972 in Manchester, lead vocalist of Oasis 1991-2009, then Beady Eye, then a solo career with six UK Number 1 albums and the 2025 Oasis reunion tour.
Liam Gallagher John Squire
Liam Gallagher John Squire: 2024 collaboration between ex-Oasis singer Liam Gallagher and ex-Stone Roses guitarist John Squire; self-titled debut album hit UK number 1 in March 2024.
Liam Garrigan
Liam Garrigan (born 1981, Kingston upon Hull) is an English actor trained at Guildhall. Known for Ian Al-Harazi in 24: Live Another Day, King Arthur in Once Upon a Time and Transformers: The Last Knight, and Thomas Jopson in The Terror.