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LaMonica McIver
LaMonica McIver (born 1986) is the Democratic U.S. representative for New Jersey's 10th District, former Newark council president, elected in a 2024 special election, and indicted after a 2025 Delaney Hall ICE oversight visit.
Lamont (lunar crater)
Lamont is an 83.23 km IAU-approved lunar crater in southwestern Mare Tranquillitatis at 5.14°N, 23.32°E, named for astronomer Johann von Lamont; it appears as an unusual ridge ring over a shallowly buried pre-mare crater and marks the Lamont gravity anomaly, a possible buried impact structure.
Lamont (Martian crater)
Lamont is a 76.62-km-wide impact crater on Mars at -58.17°, 246.46°E, named for German astronomer Johann von Lamont (1805-1879), IAU-approved 1973; distinct from the lunar ridge ring of the same name.
Lamont Bagby
Lamont Bagby is an American Democratic politician serving in the Virginia Senate since 2023, after eight years in the House of Delegates; he chairs the Democratic Party of Virginia.
Lamont Bentley
Lamont Bentley (Artimus Lamont Bentley, 1973–2005), American actor and rapper, Hakeem Campbell on UPN's Moesha (1996–2001), Crazy K in Tales from the Hood, died in a 2005 car crash.
Lamont Dozier
Lamont Dozier (1941-2022), Detroit-born Motown songwriter, producer, and singer; middle name of Holland-Dozier-Holland, co-writer of "Baby Love," "You Can't Hurry Love," and "Two Hearts"; Rock and Roll and Songwriters Halls of Fame inductee.
Lamont Peterson
Lamont "Havoc" Peterson (born 1984) is a retired American boxer from Washington, D.C. who won the WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles by beating Amir Khan in a disputed 2011 split decision and later the WBA welterweight title, retiring in 2019 at 35-5-1 (17 KOs).
Lamont Roach Jr.
Lamont Roach Jr. ("The Reaper"), American boxer born 1995 in Washington, D.C.; WBA super featherweight champion 2023-2025; famous for the controversial 2025 majority draw with Gervonta Davis; later drew Isaac Cruz and lost to William Zepeda for the WBC lightweight title.
Lamont Smith
LaMont Smith (born 1972), American 400 m sprinter from Willingboro, New Jersey; won 1996 Olympic gold in the 4x400 m relay (2:55.99) running the lead-off leg; personal best 44.30; founded the LaMont Smith Foundation in 2015.
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, founded in 1949 on a Hudson River estate in Palisades, New York, is Columbia University's Earth science research center, known for seafloor mapping that laid the groundwork for plate tectonics.
Lamorne Morris
Lamorne Morris (born 1983) is an American actor and comedian from Chicago, known as Winston on New Girl, Emmy-winning for Fargo season 5, and starring as Robbie Robertson in Spider-Noir.
Lamos (Cilicia)
Lamos (Greek Λάμος, Latin Lamus) was a town of ancient Cilicia Aspera in southern Anatolia, near Adanda in Gazipaşa, Turkey, and a later Byzantine bishopric.
Lamotis
Lamotis was a small district of ancient Cilicia Aspera, the mountainous part of southern Anatolia, named from the river Lamos, the border between Smooth and Rough Cilicia.
Lamotrigine
Lamotrigine (Lamictal), a phenyltriazine anticonvulsant approved in the US in 1994, treats focal and generalized seizures and maintains bipolar I disorder; sodium-channel blocker with boxed warning for serious rash and major valproate and contraceptive interactions.
Lamour Dérance
Lamour Dérance was an African-born insurgent chief of the Haitian Revolution who led guerrilla bands in western Saint-Domingue from 1791 until his arrest and killing under Dessalines.
LAMP (software bundle)
LAMP is a bundle of four open-source technologies for building dynamic websites: Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP, a name coined by Michael Kunze in 1998.
LAMP1
LAMP1, also known as CD107a, is a human gene on chromosome 13 encoding a glycoprotein that makes up about half of the lysosomal membrane protein.
LAMP2
LAMP2, also known as LAMP-2 or CD107b, is a human gene on the X chromosome encoding a lysosomal membrane protein that mediates autophagy; pathogenic variants cause Danon disease.
Lampadas Labyrinthus
Lampadas Labyrinthus is a 445-km-wide labyrinth terrain in Titan's south polar region at 81.8S, 124W, an IAU-approved 2017 name from the Dune series, part of Titan's dissected organic karst-like plateaux.
Lampalizumab
Lampalizumab (FCFD4514S) was a Genentech intravitreal Fab antibody against complement factor D for geographic atrophy in AMD; phase 3 Chroma and Spectri trials showed no benefit and FDA approval was abandoned in 2017.
Lampao Nature and Wildlife Study Center
Lampao Nature and Wildlife Study Center, also called Suan Sa-on or Lam Pao Wildlife Conservation Development and Promotion Station, is a 1,420-rai open wildlife and nature-education area in dry dipterocarp forest by Lam Pao Dam, Kalasin, Thailand, known for its banteng herd, nature trails, and free daily entry.
Lampedo Linea
Lampedo Linea is an 800-km-wide linea (tectonic feature) on Venus at 62.20°N, 293.00°E, in the Metis Regio V-6 quadrangle, IAU-approved in 1982 and named for a Scythian Amazon queen.
Lampedusa
Lampedusa (Lampidusa in Sicilian) is Italy's southernmost island, a 20.2 km² calcareous Pelagian island between Sicily and Tunisia, known for Rabbit Beach tourism and as Europe's main migrant landing point.
Lampetra fluviatilis
Lampetra fluviatilis, the European river lamprey or lampern, is an anadromous parasitic lamprey of Atlantic Europe, IUCN Near Threatened (A2ce) since 2023, with a 2.5–4.5-year larval stage, 1–2 years at sea, and declining fisheries.
Lampland (Martian crater)
Lampland, a 79-km-diameter impact crater on Mars at 35.58 S, 280.40 E, cataloged as Gazetteer Feature ID 3260; its north rim shows iron-containing mafic minerals in CRISM infrared data.
Lamport timestamp
A Lamport timestamp is a logical clock value ordering events in a distributed system so causally related events receive increasing timestamps, introduced by Leslie Lamport in 1978.
Lamprey
A lamprey, sometimes called a lamprey eel, is a jawless, eel-shaped fish with a round sucker mouth and rasping tongue instead of jaws, with about 50 species worldwide.
Lamproite
Lamproite is a rare ultrapotassic alkaline igneous rock derived from metasomatized lithospheric mantle, one of two rock types hosting economic primary diamonds, recognized after the Argyle discovery in 1979.
Lampshade spider
Lampshade spiders (Hypochilidae, lampshade weavers) are relict cribellate araneomorph spiders with four book lungs, building flared lampshade webs under ledges in montane United States habitats.
Lampshades made from human skin
Lampshades made from human skin (Menschhaut-Lampenschirme): objects made at Buchenwald concentration camp from tattooed prisoner skin from 1941; surviving examples forensically confirmed as human skin in 2023-2024, while the Ilse Koch attribution remains unproven.