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Lola Astanova

Lola Astanova, Uzbek-American classical-crossover pianist, composer, and producer based in New York; trained at Tashkent's Uspensky school, Emmy winner for Rhapsody in Blue, 2012 Carnegie Hall debut, known for visually styled performances.

Lola Beltrán

Lola Beltrán, known as Lola la Grande, was a Mexican ranchera singer and actress from Sinaloa, famed for "Cucurrucucú paloma" and "Paloma negra", who died in 1996.

Lola Brown

Lola Sangita Brown (born 2007, Sliema, Malta) is an English midfielder for Chelsea Women; Chelsea academy graduate, debuted in the 2024 Champions League vs Celtic, loaned to Crystal Palace 2025/26, England U16-U20 international.

Lola Bunny

Lola Bunny is a Looney Tunes anthropomorphic rabbit created for Space Jam (1996), originally voiced by Kath Soucie as Bugs Bunny's athletic love interest, later revoiced by Kristen Wiig and Zendaya and redesigned less sexualized in 2021.

Lola Campbell

Lola Campbell is a British child actress who debuted as Georgie in Charlotte Regan's Sundance prize-winning film Scrapper (2023), winning the London Critics' Circle Young British Performer of the Year award.

Lola Cars

Lola Cars is a British racing car constructor founded by Eric Broadley in 1958, known for building nearly 5,000 cars for IndyCar, Formula 3000, and sportscar racing.

Lola Falana

Lola Falana (Loletha Elayne Falana, born 1942) is an American singer, dancer, and actress, the "First Lady of Las Vegas," discovered by Sammy Davis Jr. in Golden Boy, a 1979 Aladdin headliner, later an evangelist after multiple sclerosis.

Lola Flanery

Lola Flanery (born 2005, Los Angeles) is an actress, daughter of Sean Patrick Flanery, known as Madi Griffin on The 100 (2018–2020, 31 episodes) and the Seelie Queen on Shadowhunters; also Home Again, Mary Kills People, The Mist.

Lola Flores

Lola Flores (María Dolores Flores Ruiz, 1923–1995), 'La Faraona' and 'Lola de España', Spanish flamenco singer, dancer, and actress from Jerez de la Frontera; partnered with Manolo Caracol, starred in 21 films, and founded a dynasty of performers.

Lola Glaudini

Lola Glaudini, American character actress, played Elle Greenaway on Criminal Minds and Deborah Ciccerone-Waldrup on The Sopranos, with recurring roles on NYPD Blue and Ray Donovan, and wrote and directed the festival film Mighty.

Lola Kirke

Lola Kirke (Lola Clementine C. Kirke, born 1990, London) is a British-American actress, country singer-songwriter, and author known for Mozart in the Jungle, Mistress America, Lady for Sale, and the 2025 memoir Wild West Village.

Lola Montès

Lola Montès (1955) is Max Ophuls's final film, a French-West German CinemaScope melodrama starring Martine Carol as the courtesan Lola Montès, told in circus-framed flashbacks; a famous flop later restored and hailed as a masterpiece.

Lola Montez

Lola Montez, stage name of Eliza Rosana Gilbert (c. 1818-1821 to 1861), Irish-born dancer and adventuress who faked a Spanish identity, was mistress and Countess of Landsfeld under King Ludwig I of Bavaria, and toured America and Australia with the notorious Spider Dance.

Lola Pearce

Lola Pearce, later Lola Pearce-Brown, is a fictional EastEnders character played by Danielle Harold (2011-2015, 2019-2023). Billy Mitchell's granddaughter, mother of Lexi, wife of Jay Brown; died of a glioblastoma in the 31 May 2023 episode.

Lola Rodríguez de Tió

Lola Rodríguez de Tió, born Dolores Rodríguez de Astudillo y Ponce de León, was a Puerto Rican poet and independence activist who wrote the original lyrics of "La Borinqueña."

Lola Smallwood-Cuevas

Lola Smallwood-Cuevas is an American politician and Democratic member of the California State Senate from the Los Angeles-based 28th district, elected in 2022 after two decades as a labor organizer.

Lola Taylor (Любовь Александровна Бушуева)

Lola Taylor (Любовь Бушуева), born 1992 in Ishim, Russia, is a former adult film actress, librarian, and blogger known for openly discussing her career, painting, and legal disputes.

Lola Tung

Lola Tung (born 2002, New York City) is an American actress who debuted as Belly Conklin in Prime Video's The Summer I Turned Pretty, her first professional role, then starred on Broadway in Hadestown and in films including Forbidden Fruits.

Lola Van Wagenen

Lola Van Wagenen is an American public historian and documentary producer who co-founded the environmental education group Consumer Action Now in 1970 and founded Clio Inc., Visualizing History.

Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One

Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One is the Kinks' eighth studio album (Pye, 27 November 1970), a Ray Davies concept album satirizing the music industry, with the hit singles "Lola" (#2 UK, #9 US) and "Apeman" (#5 UK).

Lola ya Bonobo

Bonobo Wildlife Station is Lola ya Bonobo, the world's only bonobo sanctuary, near Kinshasa, DRC. Founded by Claudine André, it rescues orphaned bonobos, rehabilitates them with surrogate mothers, and releases them at Ekolo ya Bonobo reserve.

Lola Young

Lola Young (Lola Emily Mary Young), English singer-songwriter from Croydon, South London; BRIT School alumna signed to Island Records. Known for "Messy" (UK No. 1, 2026 Grammy Best Pop Solo Performance) and albums through 2025's I'm Only Fking Myself; distinct from Baroness Lola Young, the crossbench peer.

Lolcat

Lolcat: an image macro of a cat with a humorous caption in misspelled English (lolspeak), often in Impact font. Originated on 4chan's Caturday (term in use June 2006); mainstreamed by I Can Has Cheezburger, launched 11 January 2007; peaked around 2008.

LOLCODE

LOLCODE is an esoteric programming language created in 2007 by Adam Lindsay, whose keywords imitate lolcats speak; programs open with HAI and close with KTHXBYE.

Lolicon (ロリコン)

Lolicon (ロリコン), from "Lolita complex", is a Japanese slang term for sexual attraction to young girls and the manga/anime genre depicting them; coined after Nabokov's Lolita, boomed in 1980s eromanga, never an academic term, antonym shotacon.

Lolin D1

Lolin D1 is a family of ESP8266 and ESP32 Wi-Fi development boards from hardware maker WEMOS, later sold under the LOLIN brand, including the widely cloned D1 mini.

LoliRock

LoliRock is a French magical girl animated series, launched on France 3 in 2014, about teenage alien princesses who fight evil while performing in a pop band.

Lolita

Lolita, Nabokov's 1955 novel (Olympia Press, Paris; US 1958), narrated by unreliable pedophile Humbert Humbert about his abuse of 12-year-old Dolores Haze; famous for censorship history, Kubrick's 1962 film, and ethical criticism.

Lolita (1962 film)

Lolita (1962) is Stanley Kubrick's black-comedy adaptation of Nabokov's novel, starring James Mason, Sue Lyon, Shelley Winters, and Peter Sellers; released June 1962 after Legion of Decency cuts, with Lolita aged 14 instead of 12.

Lolita (1997 film)

Lolita (1997), Adrian Lyne's second film adaptation of Nabokov's 1955 novel, stars Jeremy Irons and 15-year-old Dominique Swain. A $50 million production refused by every major Hollywood studio, it premiered in Spain in 1997 and reached US audiences via Showtime in 1998.