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Liam Heath
Liam Heath (Liam Nicholas Heath), British sprint canoeist born 1984 in Guildford, Wey Kayak Club; four Olympic medals (K2 bronze 2012, K1 gold and K2 silver 2016, K1 bronze 2020), Britain's most successful Olympic canoeist, MBE, retired April 2022.
Liam Hemsworth
Liam Hemsworth, born 1990 in Melbourne, is an Australian actor, younger brother of Chris and Luke. Known for Gale Hawthorne in The Hunger Games (2012-2015), The Last Song, and as Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher Season 4.
Liam Hendriks
Liam Hendriks (Slydah), Australian MLB relief pitcher born 1989 in Perth; three-time All-Star, 2020-21 AL Reliever of the Year, 2021 K/BB record 16.14; overcame Stage 4 lymphoma and Tommy John surgery; free agent after 2026 minor league stints.
Liam Hicks
Liam Hicks (Liam John Sherwood Hicks), born 1999 in Toronto, is a Canadian MLB catcher, left-handed batter, for the Tampa Bay Rays; drafted by Texas in 2021, debuted with Miami in 2025, traded to the Rays in 2026.
Liam Howlett
Liam Paul Paris Howlett (born 1971, Essex) is the English producer and keyboardist who founded The Prodigy, writing and producing its studio output from the Roland W-30-era rave records to 2018's No Tourists.
Liam Lawson
Liam Lawson (born 2002, Hastings, New Zealand) is a Formula 1 driver for Visa Cash App Racing Bulls; Red Bull junior, 2019 Toyota Racing Series champion, briefly Verstappen's Red Bull teammate in 2025.
Liam Lindsay
Liam Lindsay (Liam James Lindsay, born 1995, Glasgow) is a Scottish centre-back for Preston North End in the EFL Championship; formerly Partick Thistle, Barnsley, and Stoke City, with a 2024 Scotland call-up and 0 caps.
Liam Livingstone
Liam Livingstone is an English cricketer and all-rounder, born in 1993 in Barrow-Furness, Cumbria; he is known for winning the 2022 T20 World Cup with his team.
Liam McGeary
Liam McGeary, English light heavyweight MMA fighter (born 1982, Norfolk), Bellator light heavyweight champion Feb 2015 to Nov 2016, first British MMA world champion, 13-4 record, Team Renzo Gracie.
Liam McHugh
Liam McHugh, Long Island-born American sports TV host; master's from Syracuse; NBC NHL studio host (2010-2021), five Olympic assignments, now NHL on TNT studio host. Not the Irish cystic fibrosis fundraiser of the same name.
Liam McIntyre
Liam McIntyre (born 1982, Adelaide) is an Australian actor who replaced Andy Whitfield as Spartacus in Spartacus: Vengeance and War of the Damned, voiced JD Fenix in Gears of War 4, and plays Wolverine in Insomniac's Marvel's Wolverine.
Liam McNeeley
Liam McNeeley (born 2005) is an American NBA forward, 29th pick of the 2025 draft by Phoenix and traded to Charlotte, formerly a UConn one-and-done, Big East Freshman of the Year.
Liam Millar
Liam Millar (born 1999, Toronto) is a Canadian left winger raised in Brampton, ex-Liverpool Academy, Basel, Preston, and Hull City, on loan at Birmingham City; Canada international at the 2022 and 2026 World Cups.
Liam Miller
Liam Miller (1981-2018), Irish central midfielder from Ovens, Cork: Celtic SPL winner and Champions League scorer, Manchester United 2004 (22 apps), Sunderland 2006-07 Championship winner, 21 Ireland caps, A-League and Cork City; died of pancreatic cancer aged 36.
Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson, born 1952 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, is an Irish-born American actor. Oscar-nominated for Schindler's List (1993); starred in Taken (2008–2014), Star Wars Episode I, and Batman Begins; IFTA Outstanding Contribution 2016; The Naked Gun (2025).
Liam O'Brien
Liam Christopher O'Brien (born 1976) is an American voice actor, writer, and director known as Gaara in Naruto, Illidan in Warcraft, Yasuo in League of Legends, and co-founder of Critical Role.
Liam O'Flaherty
Liam O'Flaherty (Liam Ó Flaithearta, 1896–1984) was an Irish novelist and short story writer from Inis Mór, Aran Islands, author of The Informer, Famine, and the Irish-language collection Dúil, and co-founder of the first Communist Party of Ireland.
Liam Oh
Liam Oh (born 1999, Chicago) is an American stage and screen actor of Korean and Irish heritage, a Northwestern graduate, best known as Ray McAffey in Netflix's 2025 series Boots, canceled after one season.
Liam Payne
Liam Payne, English pop singer and songwriter (born 1993), One Direction member and solo artist behind "Strip That Down" and LP1; died 16 October 2024 falling from a Buenos Aires hotel balcony.
Liam Rosenior
Liam Rosenior (born 1984) is an English football coach and former defender, son of Leroy Rosenior. Managed Hull City, Strasbourg, Chelsea (106 days, sacked April 2026), and Paris FC; possession-based 3-4-3 style.
Liam Ruck
Liam Ruck (born 2008, Osoyoos, BC) is a Canadian forward, twin of Markus Ruck, drafted 22nd overall by Pittsburgh in 2026 after 104 points in 68 WHL games for Medicine Hat.
Liam Shrivastava
Liam Shrivastava is a British politician serving as the directly elected Mayor of Lewisham since 2026, the first Green to hold the office, after defecting from Labour in 2025.
Liam Smeeth
Liam Smeeth is a British clinical epidemiologist who became Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in 2021 and practises as an NHS GP.
Liam Smith (boxer)
Liam 'Beefy' Smith, Liverpool boxer (born 1988), WBO light middleweight champion 2015-2016; beat Chris Eubank Jr by fourth-round TKO in 2023, lost rematches to Canelo Alvarez, Munguia, and Eubank Jr.
Liam Tancock
Liam Tancock (born 1985, Exeter) is an English former backstroke swimmer, two-time 50m backstroke world champion (Rome 2009, Shanghai 2011) whose 24.04 world record stood from 2009 to 2018, and an Olympian for Great Britain.
Liam Walsh (footballer)
Liam Walsh (born 1997, Huyton) is an English central midfielder from Everton's academy who won the 2019-20 League One title on loan at Coventry, played for Bristol City and Swansea City, and joined Luton Town in August 2024.
Liam Williams (comedian)
Liam Williams (born 1988) is an English stand-up comedian, writer, and actor from Garforth, Leeds, twice Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated, a member of sketch troupe Sheeps, and creator-star of the BBC Three series Pls Like and Ladhood.
Lian Jie
Lian Jie (连杰) is a Chinese serial entrepreneur and founder of Dingdantuo, founded in 2016 to provide SaaS tools for community group-buying companies in smaller Chinese cities.
Lian Nanfu
Lian Nanfu (连南夫), courtesy name Pengju, was a Southern Song official and prefect of Quanzhou who proposed rewarding captains who recruited foreign shipping and cargo.
Lian Pin Koh
Lian Pin Koh is a conservation scientist who cofounded ConservationDrones.org in 2011 and is Dean of Science and Chief Sustainability Scientist at the National University of Singapore.