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Lincoln J. Lauhon

Lincoln J. Lauhon, also known as Lincoln Lauhon, is a materials scientist and professor at Northwestern University known for nanowire heterostructures, atom probe tomography of dopants, and two-dimensional materials.

Lincoln Kienholz

Lincoln Kienholz, American college football quarterback from Pierre, South Dakota; T.F. Riggs High School star and South Dakota's all-time passing leader; played 2023-25 at Ohio State as backup, then transferred to Louisville, starting there in 2026.

Lincoln Logs

Lincoln Logs are a notched wooden construction toy invented in 1916 by John Lloyd Wright, son of Frank Lloyd Wright, inspired by Tokyo's earthquake-proof Imperial Hotel; patented 1920, sold to Playskool c. 1943, over 100 million sets sold, Toy Hall of Fame 1999.

Lincoln Loud

Lincoln Loud (Lincoln Albert Loud) is the main protagonist of Nickelodeon's animated series The Loud House (2016): the middle child and only boy among ten sisters, "the man with the plan," voiced by multiple actors including Grant Palmer and Sawyer Cole.

Lincoln LS

The Lincoln LS was a rear-wheel-drive sport sedan sold by Lincoln from the 2000 through 2006 model years, sharing the Ford–Jaguar DEW98 platform with the Jaguar S-Type.

Lincoln Mark LT

The Lincoln Mark LT, also known as MarkLT, is a luxury pickup built on the Ford F-150 and sold from 2006 to 2008 in the US and Canada.

Lincoln Mark VIII

The Lincoln Mark VIII was a personal luxury coupe sold by Lincoln for the 1993 through 1998 model years, the last car in the Mark series.

Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial is a Greek-temple monument in Washington, D.C., designed by Henry Bacon, built 1914–1922, housing Daniel Chester French's Lincoln statue; its undercroft museum opened June 25, 2026, and its reflecting pool was renovated in 2026.

Lincoln MKX

The Lincoln MKX is a midsize luxury crossover SUV sold by Lincoln, Ford's luxury division, from 2007 through 2018, when it was renamed the Lincoln Nautilus.

Lincoln MKZ

The Lincoln MKZ, introduced as the Lincoln Zephyr in 2006, was a midsize luxury sedan built by Ford's Lincoln brand in Mexico through the 2020 model year.

Lincoln Motor Company

Lincoln Motor Company is the luxury vehicle division of Ford Motor Company, founded by Henry M. Leland in 1917 to build Liberty aircraft engines and bought by Ford in 1922.

Lincoln National

Lincoln National Corporation, marketed as Lincoln Financial Group, is an American insurance holding company formed in 1968 and headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, serving about 17 million customers.

Lincoln National Park

Lincoln National Park is a 29,060-hectare coastal park on the southern tip of South Australia's Eyre Peninsula near Port Lincoln, overlooking Boston Bay, with Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area, Sleaford-Wanna dunes, and 1941/1972 reserve history.

Lincoln Navigator

The Lincoln Navigator, also called the Lincoln Navi, is a full-size luxury SUV built by Lincoln since the 1998 model year, chiefly competing with the Cadillac Escalade.

Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park is Chicago's largest park, a 1,188.62-acre lakefront park from Streeterville to Edgewater, former city cemetery turned park in 1865, home to Lincoln Park Zoo, Conservatory, and Chicago History Museum.

Lincoln Park Zoo

Lincoln Park Zoo is a 49-acre zoo in Chicago's Lincoln Park, founded in 1868 and open free of charge every day of the year, with nearly 200 species.

Lincoln Park, Chicago

Lincoln Park is Chicago's largest public park, 1,214 acres on the North Side lakefront, formerly the city cemetery, named for Abraham Lincoln in 1865, home to the free Lincoln Park Zoo, Conservatory, and Chicago History Museum.

Lincoln Quirk

Lincoln Quirk is an American fintech entrepreneur who co-founded Sendwave, sold to WorldRemit for up to $500 million, and Wave, Francophone Africa's first unicorn, with Drew Durbin.

Lincoln Red Imps F.C.

Lincoln Red Imps FC, Gibraltar's most successful club, founded 1976 and named after Lincoln City; record 30 league titles, 14 straight from 2003-2016, beat Celtic 1-0 in 2016, and first Gibraltarian side to win a UEFA group stage match (Lech Poznań, 2025/26).

Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector

Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector is a 2020 NBC crime drama based on Jeffery Deaver's novel The Bone Collector, starring Russell Hornsby and Arielle Kebbel.

Lincoln Riley

Lincoln Riley, American college football coach, USC Trojans head coach since 2021 after Oklahoma (2017-2021); 96-29 career record, three Heisman-winning QBs (Mayfield, Murray, Williams), three No. 1 overall draft picks.

Lincoln Sea

Lincoln Sea: Arctic Ocean marginal sea off northern Greenland and Ellesmere Island, head of Nares Strait. A Last Ice Area stronghold of thick multi-year ice, bifurcation of Canadian and Eurasian Basin outflow waters.

Lincoln Tomb

Lincoln Tomb: burial monument of Abraham Lincoln, Mary, and three sons in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois. Designed by Larkin Mead, dedicated 1874, 117-foot obelisk with Civil War bronze groups; 1876 body-theft plot led to 1901 concrete vault.

Lincoln Town Car

The Lincoln Town Car is a full-size luxury sedan produced by Ford's Lincoln division from 1980 to 2011, built on the rear-wheel-drive Panther platform with a V8 engine.

Lincoln Tunnel

The Lincoln Tunnel, also known as the Midtown Hudson Tunnel, is a three-tube vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River, connecting midtown Manhattan with Weehawken, New Jersey.

Lincoln University (Missouri)

Lincoln University (Missouri) is a state-assisted public historically black university in Jefferson City. Established in 1866 by US Colored Infantry veterans, it is Missouri's only 1890 land-grant institution.

Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)

Lincoln University, also known as Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, is a public historically black university in Chester County, Pennsylvania, chartered in 1854 as the nation's first degree-granting HBCU.

Lincoln Versailles

The Lincoln Versailles was a compact luxury sedan sold by Lincoln for 1977 through 1980, built on the Ford Granada platform to counter the Cadillac Seville.

Lincoln Wolfenstein

Lincoln Wolfenstein (1923–2015) was an American particle theorist at Carnegie Mellon University known for the superweak hypothesis, the MSW effect, and the Wolfenstein parametrization of the CKM matrix.

Lincoln–Douglas debates

The Lincoln–Douglas debates were seven formal Illinois Senate campaign debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, held August 21 to October 15 in Ottawa, Freeport, Jonesboro, Charleston, Galesburg, Quincy, and Alton, focused on slavery, with Douglas winning the seat and Lincoln gaining national fame.