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List of Las Vegas Raiders first-round draft picks
List of Las Vegas Raiders first-round NFL draft picks, 1960–2026. Recent firsts: Fernando Mendoza (No. 1, 2026), Ashton Jeanty (6th, 2025), Brock Bowers (13th, 2024); JaMarcus Russell was the only prior first overall pick.
List of laser types
The list of laser types covers the main laser families, gas, solid-state, fiber, semiconductor, dye, and free-electron lasers, distinguished by gain medium, wavelengths, pumping, and output.
List of Last Man Standing episodes
Episode list overview of Last Man Standing, the Tim Allen ABC/Fox sitcom: 194 episodes across 9 seasons, October 11, 2011 to May 20, 2021, with per-season counts, premiere, finale, and recasts.
List of last meals
List of last meals: documented final meal requests of condemned prisoners, a death row ritual studied by folklorists and criminologists; Texas ended special requests in 2011 after Lawrence Brewer's refused order.
List of Last of the Summer Wine characters
The Last of Summer Wine characters appeared in the BBC sitcom of the same name, which followed the elderly residents of Holmfirth, Yorkshire, from 1973 to 2010.
List of Last of the Summer Wine episodes
Episode list for Last of the Summer Wine, the BBC One sitcom (1973-2010, 295 episodes, 31 series, all written by Roy Clarke), from the Comedy Playhouse pilot "Of Funerals and Fish" through specials and the final 2010 series.
List of last surviving veterans of military insurgencies and wars
Last surviving veterans of wars: the VA's official list (Bakeman, Woolson, Buckles), the widespread fraud problem among claimants, last Medal of Honor recipients Puckett and Williams, and World War II veteran population projections.
List of last surviving World War I veterans
The list of last surviving World War I veterans records the final known service members of the war, ending with Florence Green, who died in 2012.
List of last surviving World War II veterans
Last surviving World War II veterans: the final living WWII servicemembers worldwide. 16.4 million Americans served; 30,607 remained in 2026. Notable last survivors include Lawrence Brooks, Donald Rose, and Pearl Harbor survivors.
List of last words
List of last words: notable final utterances attributed to historical figures, from Socrates and Caesar to the Brontës, Ned Kelly, and Robert E. Lee, sorted by documentation, with reliability notes.
List of Late Night with Seth Meyers episodes (2026)
Episode guide for Late Night with Seth Meyers in 2026: 95 TVmaze-listed episodes from the January 5 premiere (Kristen Stewart, Wagner Moura) through the July 30 finale before a record seven-week hiatus and the September 21 return with Kelly Clarkson; also cataloged as Season 13/14.
List of late-night American network TV programs
Late-night American network TV programs: ABC, CBS, and NBC shows airing after 11:35 p.m., anchored by Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show, and formerly The Late Show, with history, ratings, and recent cancellations.
List of Latin abbreviations
Latin abbreviations: shortened forms such as e.g. (exempli gratia), i.e. (id est), etc. (et cetera), et al. (et alii), ibid., and viz., with meanings, punctuation rules, and style-guide positions.
List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
Reference vocabulary of Latin and Ancient Greek roots, prefixes, and adjectives recurring in biological systematic names, e.g. albus (white), amphi- (both), anthro- (human); Linnaean binomials, Latin grammar rules, ICZN constraints, and word-formation aids.
List of Latin legal terms
Latin legal terms are Latin phrases used as terms of art in modern law (Law Latin), such as habeas corpus, actus reus, stare decisis, and prima facie, with meanings set by modern jurisprudence rather than classical Latin usage.
List of Latin-script letters
List of Latin-script letters: the 26-letter basic Latin core (A–Z, ASCII U+0000–007F) plus extended letters languages add via diacritics, digraphs, and new characters, from the 23-letter classical Latin alphabet to Unicode's Latin Extended blocks and ligatures.
List of Latter Day Saints
The list of Latter Day Saints is a biographical compilation of notable members of churches founded by Joseph Smith in 1830, from presidents to scholars.
List of lava tubes
List of lava tubes: notable volcanic tunnel caves including Kazumura Cave, Hawaii (world's longest), Geomunoreum on Jeju, La Corona in Lanzarote, Nāhuku, ice caves, and lunar, Martian, and Venusian candidates.
List of Law & Order characters
The characters of Law & Order are the rotating NYPD detectives and Manhattan prosecutors of the NBC crime drama (1990–2010, revived 2022), with Lt. Anita Van Buren appearing in a record 391 episodes.
List of Law & Order episodes
Episode guide to Law & Order, the NBC Dick Wolf crime drama that premiered September 13, 1990 with "Prescription for Death", ran 20 seasons to 2010, returned in 2022, and reached 538 episodes by season 25.
List of Law & Order: Criminal Intent episodes
Episode guide for Law & Order: Criminal Intent, the NBC/USA police procedural (2001–2011): 195 episodes in 10 seasons, led by Goren and Eames, later Goldblum's Nichols.
List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit characters
Characters of Law & Order: SVU, the NBC procedural running since 1999: original cast (Benson, Stabler, Munch, Cragen), current Season 27-28 squad, ADA roster, major exits, and notable guest villains.
List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes (season 20–present)
Episode guide for Law & Order: SVU seasons 20 to present, giving the full season 20 (2018–19) episode list, later-season counts, cast changes, the pulled 'Corrosive' episode, and streaming on Hulu and Peacock.
List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes (seasons 1–19)
Episode guide to seasons 1–19 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU), NBC's 1999–2018 run of the Dick Wolf crime drama: season dates and counts, premiere 'Payback', highest-rated episode, and Emmy-winning episodes.
List of law enforcement agencies
Law enforcement agencies: government organizations enforcing law at local, county, state, federal, and international levels. Covers US fragmentation (about 40,000 agencies), Peel's 1829 Metropolitan Police, INTERPOL, specialized units, and oversight bodies.
List of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in Canada
List of Canadian law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, documented through the Canadian Police and Peace Officers' Memorial on Parliament Hill (900+ names since 1978), Statistics Canada homicide data (133 officers murdered 1961–2009), and provincial honour rolls.
List of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in the United States
The list of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in the United States records felonious and accidental deaths, tracked by the FBI and NLEOMF since 1786.
List of leaders of Hamas
Leaders of Hamas (Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya): from founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin to Khaled Meshaal, Ismail Haniyeh, Yahya Sinwar, and 2026 Political Bureau chief Khalil al-Hayya, with the 2024-25 five-member collective leadership council.
List of leaders of the Soviet Union
Leaders of the Soviet Union: the eight heads of the Communist Party and state from 1922 to 1991, from Lenin and Stalin through Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko, and Gorbachev, with succession patterns and titles.
List of leading goalscorers for the France national football team
Leading goalscorers for the France men's national football team (Les Bleus): Kylian Mbappé holds the record with 58 goals, passing Olivier Giroud (57) and Thierry Henry (51); Just Fontaine's 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup remain the single-tournament record.