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Lorenzo Zazzeri

Lorenzo Zazzeri (born 1994, Florence) is an Italian freestyle sprint swimmer, captain of the Italian national team, with Olympic relay silver (Tokyo 2020) and bronze (Paris 2024), world and European relay titles, and a parallel painting career as ZazzArt.

Lorenzo's Oil

Lorenzo's oil is a 4:1 oleic-erucic acid dietary mixture developed by the Odone family for adrenoleukodystrophy; it normalizes VLCFA levels, may help asymptomatic boys, and inspired the 1992 film.

Lorestan Province

Lorestan (لرستان) is a mountainous province of western Iran in the Zagros, capital Khorramabad, about 1.75 million people, 10 counties, high earthquake, landslide, water scarcity, and wildfire hazard, and worsening drought since 2004.

Loretta A. Preska

Loretta A. Preska is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Southern District of New York since 2017, after serving as chief judge from 2009 to 2016.

Loretta C. Biggs

Loretta C. Biggs, born Loretta Copeland Biggs, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Middle District of North Carolina since 2014.

Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine is an American actress and singer who originated Lorrell Robinson in Broadway's Dreamgirls, played Gloria in Waiting to Exhale, and won a 2011 Emmy for Grey's Anatomy.

Loretta Dorman

Loretta Dorman OAM (born 1963) is an Australian former field hockey player who played for the Hockeyroos at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, winning gold at Seoul 1988, Australia's first Olympic hockey gold, and silver at the 1990 World Cup.

Sep 21, 2026

Loretta Ford

Loretta Ford, born Loretta Pfingstel, was an American nurse who co-founded the nurse practitioner role with Henry Silver at the University of Colorado in 1965.

Sep 19, 2026

Loretta Goggi

Loretta Goggi is an Italian singer, actress, and television presenter born in Rome in 1950, best known for "Maledetta primavera" (1981), a number-one hit in Italy.

Loretta Lynch

Loretta Lynch, also Loretta E. Lynch, born 1959, is an American lawyer and the 83rd U.S. Attorney General (2015-2017), the first African-American woman in the role, formerly U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.

Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn (Loretta Webb, 1932-2022), American country singer-songwriter from Butcher Hollow, Kentucky; 16 No. 1 singles, first woman CMA Entertainer of the Year (1972), "Coal Miner's Daughter," "The Pill."

Oct 10, 2026

Loretta Ross

Loretta J. Ross, born 1953, is an African American activist and Smith College professor who co-created the reproductive justice framework in 1994, co-founded SisterSong, and won a MacArthur Fellowship in 2022.

Loretta Sanchez

Loretta Sanchez, Democratic U.S. Representative from California 1997–2017, sister of Linda Sanchez; unseated Bob Dornan by 984 votes in 1996, specialized in defense policy, lost the 2016 Senate race to Kamala Harris 62–38.

Loretta Swit

Loretta Swit (1937–2025), American Emmy-winning actress born Loretta Jane Swit, played Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on all 11 seasons of CBS's M*A*S*H, later active in stage, TV movies, and animal welfare.

Loretta Young

Loretta Young (Gretchen Michaela Young, 1913–2000), American Oscar-winning actress of silent and Golden Age Hollywood; star of The Farmer's Daughter and host-producer of NBC's The Loretta Young Show, first entertainer to win both an Oscar and an Emmy.

Loretto Chapel

The Loretto Chapel, formally the Chapel of Our Lady of Light, is a former Roman Catholic chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, built between 1873 and 1878.

Oct 20, 2026

Lori

Lori (Լոռի), also Lori-Vanadzor FC, is an Armenian football club from Vanadzor founded January 1988 as Armenia's first professional club; USSR 2nd League cup winner 1988, twice First League champion, dissolved 2006 and 2021, restored 2023.

Lori Alan

Lori Alan (Lori Alan Denniberg, born 1966, Potomac, Maryland) is an American voice actress known as Pearl Krabs on SpongeBob SquarePants, Diane Simmons on Family Guy, The Boss in Metal Gear Solid, and Pixar's Bonnie's Mom.

Lori and George Schappell

Lori and George Schappell were American craniopagus conjoined twins who saw George Schappell become a country music performer under the name Reba before their 2024 deaths.

Lori Berman

Lori Berman is an American Democratic politician and minority leader of the Florida Senate, elected in 2018 to represent a district stretching from Boca Raton toward Lake Okeechobee.

Lori Beth Denberg

Lori Beth Denberg (born 1976) is an American actress and comedian, original cast member of Nickelodeon's All That (1994–1998), anchor of Vital Information and the Loud Librarian, later Lydia on The Steve Harvey Show.

Lori Black

Lori Black, aka Lorax, born 1954 in Santa Monica, is an American bassist, daughter of Shirley Temple, who played in Clown Alley and the Melvins (Ozma, Bullhead), later a photographer.

Lori Chalupny

Lori Chalupny (b. 1984, St. Louis) is an American soccer defender and midfielder, 106-cap USWNT player, 2008 Olympic gold medalist, 2015 Women's World Cup champion, and 2002 U-19 World Cup winner.

Lori Den Hartog

Lori Den Hartog is an American politician who serves as a Republican Idaho state senator representing Meridian and was chosen as the Idaho Senate's majority leader by her caucus.

Lori Dupuis

Lori Dupuis, born 1972 in Cornwall, Ontario, is a retired Canadian women's ice hockey forward who won Olympic silver in 1998 and gold in 2002, three World Championship golds, and starred for the Brampton Thunder.

Lori Erica Ruff

Lori Erica Ruff, born Kimberly McLean, was an American woman who lived under a stolen child's identity and died by suicide in Longview, Texas, in 2010; DNA genealogy identified her in 2016.

Lori Fung

Lori Fung (Lori Fung Methorst), born 1963 in Vancouver, Canadian rhythmic gymnast; first-ever Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics, winning the 1984 Los Angeles individual all-around gold with 57.950 points.

Lori Greiner

Lori Greiner is an American inventor, QVC host, and Shark Tank investor since 2012, credited with over 1,000 consumer products and known for the Scrub Daddy deal.