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Lisa Boscola
Lisa Boscola, born in 1962 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania Senate representing the 18th district, after two terms in the state House.
Lisa Brannon-Peppas
Lisa Brannon-Peppas is an American biomedical engineer elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2025, known for biomaterials swelling theory and targeted nanoparticle cancer drug delivery.
Lisa Brennan-Jobs
Lisa Brennan-Jobs (born 1978), also Lisa Brennan, is an American memoirist, daughter of Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs; her debut memoir Small Fry (2018) was a NYT bestseller about her Silicon Valley childhood.
Lisa Brennauer
Lisa Brennauer, German cyclist born 1988 in Kempten, Bavaria; 2014 world time trial champion, Tokyo 2020 Olympic team pursuit gold medalist, three-time world team time trial champion; retired August 2022 with Ceratizit-WNT.
Lisa Brown Miller
Lisa Brown Miller (Elizabeth "Lisa" Brown-Miller, 1966-2025), American ice hockey forward from Union Lake, Michigan; Providence College star, Princeton coach, and oldest player on the 1998 US Olympic team that won the first women's Olympic hockey gold at Nagano.
Lisa Buckwitz
Lisa Buckwitz (Lisa-Marie Buckwitz), German bobsledder born 1994 in Berlin; 2018 Olympic two-woman gold as brakewoman to Mariama Jamanka, 2026 silver as pilot with Neele Schuten, 2024 world champion and monobob European champion.
Lisa Butcher
Lisa Butcher (born 1971, London) is an English former fashion model and TV presenter, Elle's Face of '87, dubbed the Face of the '90s by Norman Parkinson; presenter of Britain's Next Top Model and What Not to Wear, later a jewellery and clothing designer. Distinct from Lisa Snowdon and Lisa Ann Butcher.
Lisa Calderon
Lisa Calderon is an American Democratic politician elected in 2020 to the California State Assembly, representing the 56th district in Los Angeles County and the San Gabriel Valley.
Lisa Carrington
Lisa Carrington, New Zealand canoe sprint kayaker (Dame, born 1989, Tauranga), most successful NZ Olympian with nine Olympic medals including eight golds across London 2012 to Paris 2024, plus 10 world titles.
Lisa Coleman (actress)
Lisa Coleman, full name Lisa Jacqueline Coleman, is an English actress (born 1970) known for Nurse Jude Korcanik in Casualty and Cam Lawson in the Tracy Beaker franchise.
Lisa Coleman (musician)
Lisa Coleman, American keyboardist (born in the 1960s), member of Prince's the Revolution 1980-1986 on Dirty Mind through Sign O' the Times; half of Wendy & Lisa with Wendy Melvoin; Emmy-winning TV composer for Heroes.
Lisa Conte
Lisa Conte is an American pharmaceutical entrepreneur, founder, president, and CEO of San Francisco-based Jaguar Health, known for developing crofelemer (Mytesi), the first oral drug approved under the FDA's Botanical Guidance.
Lisa Cuddy
Lisa Cuddy is the fictional Dean of Medicine of Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital on House (2004–2012), played by Lisa Edelstein. House's boss and season 7 love interest; left the series after a pay dispute.
Lisa Cutter
Lisa Cutter is an American politician, a Democrat representing Colorado's 20th Senate district since 2022 after serving in the state House, and serves as Assistant Majority Leader.
Lisa D'Amato
Lisa D'Amato (Lisa Marie D'Amato-Friedman, born 1980) is an American model and TV personality, 6th on ANTM Cycle 5 (2005) and winner of Cycle 17 All-Stars (2011); also a musician (La Puchinetta) and Dare-U-Go! founder.
Lisa Damour
Lisa Damour is an American clinical psychologist and author on adolescent development, known for the best sellers Untangled and Under Pressure and the Ask Lisa podcast.
Lisa Davis (Illinois politician)
Lisa Davis is an American politician, attorney, and Cook County Assistant Public Defender, a Democrat representing Illinois House district 32 on Chicago's South Side since 2025.
Lisa del Giocondo
Lisa del Giocondo, born Lisa Gherardini (1479–1542), was a Florentine woman identified as the sitter of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, wife of silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo, confirmed by Vasari and the 1503 Vespucci note.
Lisa Demuth
Lisa Demuth is an American Republican politician, Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2025 and the Republican nominee for governor of Minnesota in 2026.
Lisa Dunkley
Lisa Dunkley is an American politician and Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives representing the 97th district, known for veterans legislation including the Purple Star Campus bill.
Lisa Dwan
Lisa Dwan (born 1977, Coosan, Athlone) is an Irish actress, director, and lecturer famed for solo Beckett performances (Not I, Footfalls, Rockaby, No's Knife) and TV roles in Blackshore, Top Boy, Bloodlands, and MobLand.
Lisa Edelstein
Lisa Edelstein (born 1966, Boston) is an American actress, writer, director, and painter known as Dr. Lisa Cuddy on House (2004–2012), Abby McCarthy on Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, and Phoebe on The Kominsky Method, now also an exhibited painter.
Lisa Eilbacher
Lisa Marie Eilbacher, American retired actress born 1956 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; known as Casey Seeger in An Officer and a Gentleman and Jenny Summers in Beverly Hills Cop; active 1972–1995.
Lisa Emery
Lisa Emery (born 1952) is an American character actress; a New York stage veteran (Obie for Iron, Drama Desk nominations), best known as Darlene Snell in Netflix's Ozark, Louise Thompson in Jessica Jones, and The Dama in The Walking Dead: Dead City.
Lisa F. Kinney
Lisa F. Kinney is an American politician and Laramie-based attorney who won the 2026 Democratic nomination for Wyoming's U.S. House seat, having served in the Wyoming State Senate from 1985 to 1995.
Lisa Faulkner
Lisa Faulkner (Lisa Tamsin Faulkner), British actress born 1972 in Merton, London; known for Holby City, Spooks, EastEnders; won Celebrity MasterChef 2010; married John Torode 2019; ITV's John & Lisa's Weekend Kitchen.
Lisa Feldman Barrett
Lisa Feldman Barrett is a psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist, University Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University, known for the theory of constructed emotion and her book How Emotions Are Made.
Lisa Fernandez
Lisa Fernandez, born 1971 in Long Beach, California, is an American softball pitcher who won Olympic gold medals in 1996, 2000, and 2004 and starred for UCLA.
Lisa Fink
Lisa Fink is an American politician and Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing the 27th district, which includes parts of Glendale, Peoria, and Phoenix.
Lisa Fischer
Lisa Fischer, full name Lisa Melonie Fischer, is an American R&B vocalist from Brooklyn whose single "How Can I Ease the Pain" won a 1992 Grammy.