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Loiq Sherali
Loiq Sherali (Tajik: Лоиқ Шералӣ; Loiq or Layeq) was a Tajik poet who revived classical Persian forms and won the Rudaki State Prize in 1978.
Loire
The Loire (la Loire) is France's longest river, over 1,000 km, draining one fifth of the country; a free-flowing "last wild river" whose valley holds UNESCO-listed châteaux country.
Loire Valles
Loire Valles is a roughly 720–790 km valley system in the Margaritifer Sinus region of Mars, the trunk of the Samara–Paraná–Loire drainage network, IAU-named in 1982 after the French Loire river, with estimated discharges of 300–3000 m³/s.
Loire Valley
Loire Valley (Val de Loire): French wine region along France's longest river, 42,000 ha, 34 PDOs plus IGP Val de Loire, from Muscadet and Chenin Blanc to Sancerre Sauvignon; UNESCO-listed middle Loire, third-largest French PDO wine region.
Loiret
Loiret (45) is a French department in Centre-Val de Loire, created 4 March 1790, prefecture Orléans. 691,268 inhabitants (2023), 6,775 km², 325 communes, named after the Loiret river.
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman is ABC's 1993-1997 romantic-comedy take on Superman, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher, 88 episodes, created by Deborah Joy LeVine, focused on the Lois-Clark romance.
Lois B. Travis
Lois B. Travis is a physician and cancer epidemiologist at the Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, known for research on second cancers in testicular cancer survivors.
Lois Chiles
Lois Chiles (Lois Cleveland Chiles, born 1947) is a retired American actress and former model, known as Dr. Holly Goodhead in Moonraker (1979), Holly Harwood on Dallas, and roles in The Great Gatsby and Broadcast News.
Lois Frankel
Lois Frankel, born 1948, is an American Democratic politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 22nd district since January 2023, after representing the 21st district.
Lois Griffin
Lois Patrice Griffin is the matriarch of the Griffin family in Fox's animated sitcom Family Guy, voiced by Alex Borstein since 1999. Known as the family's voice of reason, target of Stewie's murder plots, and 2018 Emmy-winning voice role.
Lois K. Lee
Lois K. Lee is a pediatric emergency medicine physician-researcher at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2023 for firearm-injury research.
Lois K. Miller
Lois K. Miller (1945–1999) was an American geneticist at the University of Georgia who developed baculoviruses, insect viruses, as gene expression vectors and engineered biopesticides, and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1997.
Lois Kolkhorst
Lois Kolkhorst is an American Republican politician who served in the Texas House from 2001 to 2014 and now represents Texas Senate District 18, chairing its Health and Human Services Committee.
Lois Lane
Lois Lane (Lois Joanne Lane-Kent), DC Comics journalist created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, debuting in Action Comics #1 (1938); Pulitzer-winning Daily Planet reporter, Superman's wife, later Superwoman and Daily Planet editor-in-chief.
Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry (born Lois Ann Hammersberg, 1937) is an American children's and young adult author, two-time Newbery Medal winner for Number the Stars and The Giver, creator of the Giver quartet and Anastasia Krupnik series.
Loïs Mailou Jones
Loïs Mailou Jones (1905–1998) was an American painter, illustrator, and educator who taught at Howard University for nearly 50 years and is known for Les Fétiches, held by the Smithsonian.
Lois Maxwell
Lois Maxwell (Lois Ruth Hooker, 1927–2007), Canadian actress, played Miss Moneypenny in the first 14 Eon James Bond films, 1962–1985, won a 1948 Golden Globe for That Hagen Girl, voiced Stingray's Atlanta Shore, and wrote for the Toronto Sun.
Lois McMaster Bujold
Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949), American science fiction and fantasy author of the Vorkosigan Saga and the World of the Five Gods; winner of seven Hugo and three Nebula Awards and the 36th Damon Knight Grand Master.
Lois McMaster Bujold bibliography
Lois McMaster Bujold bibliography: complete fiction list of the Vorkosigan Saga, World of the Five Gods, Penric and Desdemona, and Sharing Knife series, from Shards of Honor (1986) to Darksight Dare (2026), with Hugo and Nebula wins.
Lois Nettleton
Lois June Nettleton was an American actress whose career ran from Broadway plays to films and television, winning a Clarence Derwent Award and two Daytime Emmys.
Loïs Openda
Loïs Openda (Ikoma-Loïs Openda), Belgian striker born 2000, playing for Olympique Lyonnais; starred at RC Lens (21 Ligue 1 goals, 2022/23) and RB Leipzig (24 Bundesliga goals, 2023/24), later Juventus; 35 Belgium caps, 3 goals.
Lois Riess
Lois Ann Riess (born 1962) is a Minnesota woman serving two life sentences without parole for the 2018 murders of her husband David Riess and Florida lookalike Pamela Hutchinson, captured in Texas after a month-long manhunt.
Lois Smith
Lois Smith (Lois Arlene Humbert, born November 3, 1930) is an American actress of stage and screen, Steppenwolf ensemble member, whose film debut was East of Eden (1955) and who became the oldest Tony winner at 90 for The Inheritance.
Lois Tatum
Lois Tatum was an American athlete who set leading pre-ratification women's pole vault marks of about 1.77 to 1.84 m on 13 April 1915 at the Florida State College Field Day in Tallahassee, in the era before the IAAF recognized the event.
Loiter Squad
Loiter Squad: Adult Swim live-action sketch comedy and prank series (2012–2014) starring Odd Future's Tyler, the Creator, Jasper Dolphin, Taco, and Lionel Boyce, produced by Dickhouse, the Jackass company, in three 15-minute seasons.
Loitering
Loitering is a US criminal offense: remaining in a place with no apparent lawful purpose, per state statutes like NY Penal Law §240.35 and Florida §856.021; courts strike vague versions (Papachristou, Morales), and enforcement falls heavily on unhoused people.
Loitering munition
A loitering munition, also called a suicide drone or kamikaze UAV, is an expendable uncrewed aircraft with a built-in warhead that loiters over a target area before crashing into it.
Loiyumba
Loiyumba (ꯂꯣꯏꯌꯨꯝꯕ), also written Loiyamba, was a king of Manipur who reigned from 1074 to 1122, remembered for the lallup labor system and the 1110 Loiyumba Shilyen edict.
Loja, Loja
Loja is the capital city of Loja province in southern Ecuador, founded 8 December 1548 by Alonso de Mercadillo. Known as Ecuador's musical and cultural capital, a UNESCO Learning City since 2022, with about 175,000 residents and the SITU transit system.
LoJack
LoJack is a stolen vehicle recovery system using a hidden radio transmitter that lets police track and recover stolen cars, first deployed in Massachusetts in 1986.