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Lance
A lance is a cavalry thrusting spear, couched under the rider's arm so the horse's momentum delivered the blow, dominating European mounted warfare from the 11th to the 16th century.
Lance A. Liotta
Lance A. Liotta, also known as Lance Liotta, is an American cancer researcher and bioengineer who co-invented Laser Capture Microdissection and directs George Mason University's proteomics center.
Lance Alworth
Lance Alworth, nicknamed Bambi, AFL flanker for the San Diego Chargers (1962-70) and Dallas Cowboys (1971-72); 542 catches, 10,266 yards, 85 TDs; first AFL player in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1978.
Lance Anoa'i
Lance Anoa'i (born 1992, Allentown, Pennsylvania) is a Samoan American professional wrestler, son of Samu and grandson of Afa; MLW World Tag Team Champion, signed by WWE in 2024, retiring March 2027.
Lance Archer
Lance Archer (Lance Vance Hoyt, b. 1977), American pro wrestler active since 2000; TNA's Dallas, WWE's Vance Archer, NJPW Killer Elite Squad, two-time IWGP US Champion, now AEW's Murderhawk Monster.
Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong, American cyclist, won seven consecutive Tours de France (1999-2005), founded Livestrong, then received a 2012 USADA lifetime ban and result annulment for leading the USPS team doping scheme, confessing to Oprah Winfrey in 2013.
Lance Armstrong doping case
Lance Armstrong doping case: USADA proceeding that banned Armstrong for life in 2012, voided results from August 1, 1998, and stripped his seven Tour de France titles over the US Postal Service team doping conspiracy.
Lance B. Becker M.D.
Lance B. Becker, known as Lance Becker, is an American resuscitation scientist who chairs Emergency Medicine at Northwell Health and is known for cardiac arrest research.
Lance Barber
Lance Barber, American actor born 1973 in Battle Creek, Michigan; played Paulie G. on The Comeback, Bill Ponderosa on It's Always Sunny, and George Cooper Sr. on Young Sheldon (2017–2024, 141 episodes), later reprising the role in dream sequences on Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage.
Lance Bass
Lance Bass (James Lance Bass, born 1979, Laurel, Mississippi) is the bass singer of NSYNC, formed 1995 in Orlando; later an actor, producer, SiriusXM and podcast host, 2006 coming out, 2002 cosmonaut trainee, and Cocktail Wars co-host.
Lance Bell
Lance Bell is an American politician and Republican member of the Alabama Senate from District 11, elected in 2022 after serving as a lawyer and municipal judge in St. Clair County.
Lance Berkman
Lance Berkman (Big Puma), born 1976, American switch-hitting first baseman/outfielder; Rice star, Astros 1999-2010, 366 career HR, 2006 45-HR season, 2011 Cardinals World Series champion and Comeback Player of the Year.
Lance Burton
Lance Burton (born 1960) is a retired American stage magician from Louisville, Kentucky, FISM Grand Prix winner 1982, who headlined Las Vegas for 30 years, including a record 13-year Monte Carlo contract, and retired in 2010.
Lance Cade
Lance Cade was the ring name of Lance Kurtis McNaught, an American professional wrestler best known in WWE, where he won the World Tag Team Championship three times with Trevor Murdoch.
Lance Cairns
Lance Cairns (Bernard Lance Cairns, born 1949, Picton), New Zealand swing bowler and lower-order hitter, 43 Tests and 78 ODIs 1974-1985; famous for six sixes with his bat Excalibur at the MCG in 1983; father of Chris Cairns.
Lance corporal
Lance corporal (LCpl) is a military rank: the third enlisted rank in the US Marine Corps at pay grade E-3, and the lowest NCO rank in the British Army.
Lance Cottrill
Lance Cottrill is an American private-equity investor who has been a Managing Director at Horsley Bridge Partners, a San Francisco fund-of-funds manager, since 2000, and a part-owner and trustee of the firm.
Lance D. Dworkin
Lance D. Dworkin is an American nephrologist, Mercy Professor and Chair of Medicine at the University of Toledo since 2016, known for the CORAL trial.
Lance E. Walker
Lance Edward Walker, born in 1972, is a United States district judge in Maine, appointed by President Trump in 2018 and chief judge since 2024.
Lance Formation
The Lance Formation is a Late Cretaceous rock unit in Wyoming, named for Lance Creek and famous for preserving some of the last dinosaurs before the K–Pg extinction.
Lance Franklin
Lance "Buddy" Franklin (born 1987) is a retired Australian rules key forward who kicked 1,066 goals in 354 games for Hawthorn and Sydney, fourth all-time in VFL/AFL history.
Lance Gooden
Lance Gooden, born 1982, is an American Republican who has represented Texas's 5th congressional district in the U.S. House since 2019, after three terms in the Texas House.
Lance Gross
Lance Gross (Lance Darnell Gross), American actor, producer, and photographer born 1981 in Oakland, California; known as Calvin Payne on Tyler Perry's House of Payne, winner of four NAACP Image Awards, Howard University theater graduate, and creator of the I Turn My Camera On interview series.
Lance Henriksen
Lance Henriksen (born 1940), American character actor; android Bishop in Aliens and Alien3, Frank Black in Millennium (1996-99), Saturn Award winner for Hard Target (1994), later acclaimed in Viggo Mortensen's Falling (2020).
Lance Ito
Lance Allan Ito, known as Judge Ito, is a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court judge who presided over the televised 1995 O.J. Simpson double murder trial.
Lance Kerwin
Lance Kerwin (Lance Michael Kerwin, 1960–2023), American actor, teen star of NBC's James at 15/James at 16 and Mark Petrie in Salem's Lot (1979); later a youth pastor, died January 24, 2023 in San Clemente, California.
Lance Klusener
Lance Klusener, nicknamed Zulu, South African all-rounder (born 1971, Durban); 1999 World Cup Player of the Tournament with 281 runs at 140.5 and 17 wickets; later Afghanistan head coach 2019-2021.
Lance Leipold
Lance Leipold, Kansas Jayhawks head football coach since April 2021; former Wisconsin-Whitewater coach with six Division III titles and 109-6 record, and Buffalo coach; led Kansas to 9-4 in 2023, No. 19 final AP.
Lance Lynn
Lance Lynn (Michael Lance Lynn, born 1987) is a retired American MLB right-handed pitcher, 2011 World Series champion and two-time All-Star with the Cardinals, Rangers, White Sox, and others; career 143-99, 3.74 ERA, retired April 1, 2025.
Lance M. Africk
Lance M. Africk (born 1951) is an American jurist, a US district judge in Louisiana appointed by George W. Bush in 2002 who took senior status in 2024.