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Luc Teyton
Luc Teyton is a French-trained physician-scientist and professor of immunology at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California, who has studied the autoimmune destruction of beta cells in type 1 diabetes for over 25 years.
Luc Van Kaer
Luc Van Kaer is a Belgian-born immunologist at Vanderbilt University since 1993, known for TAP1 and H2-M mutant mouse studies of antigen presentation and NKT cell work.
Luca (2021 film)
Luca is a 2021 Pixar animated coming-of-age film directed by Enrico Casarosa, set in Portorosso on the Italian Riviera, about sea monster boys Luca and Alberto; released on Disney+ June 18, 2021.
Luca (The Bear)
Luca (The Bear): fictional Copenhagen pastry chef in FX's The Bear, played by Will Poulter; first appears in S2E4 "Honeydew", mentors Marcus, returns in seasons 3 and 4, Emmy-nominated.
Luca A. Lotta
Luca A. Lotta, also published as Luca Lotta, is an Italian-trained physician and genetic epidemiologist who studies obesity genetics and leads cardiometabolic disease genetics at Regeneron.
Luca Aerni
Luca Aerni (born 1993, Châtel-Saint-Denis) is a Swiss alpine skier, 2017 world champion in alpine combined and 2018 Olympic team event gold medalist, racing slalom and giant slalom.
Luca Bertossio
Luca Bertossio is an Italian glider aerobatics pilot who won the 2015 FAI World Air Games title in Dubai and flies as a Boeing 737 captain.
Luca Bish
Luca Bish (born 1999) is an English reality TV personality and influencer from Brighton, runner-up with Gemma Owen on Love Island series 8 (2022) and a 2025 Love Island: All Stars contestant, formerly a fishmonger.
Luca Bombino
Luca Bombino (born 2006, Saugus, California) is an American left-back from the LAFC academy who signed a 2024 Homegrown contract, broke out on loan at San Diego FC in 2025, and transferred to Stoke City in 2026; US U-17/U-19/U-20 youth international.
Luca Brasi
Luca Brasi is a fictional enforcer in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather and the 1972 film, played by wrestler Lenny Montana. Don Corleone's most loyal hitman, he is garroted by Sollozzo and Bruno Tattaglia while spying, inspiring "sleeps with the fishes."
Luca Brecel
Luca Brecel (born 1995) is a Belgian snooker player, the 'Belgian Bullet', first mainland European World Champion (2023, beat Selby 18-15), with four ranking titles and a career-high ranking of number two.
Luca Comai
Luca Comai is an Italian-born American plant geneticist at UC Davis who co-developed the TILLING mutation-discovery method and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2023.
Luca Concialdi
Luca Concialdi is an Italian cartographer who designed two named conformal polyhedral map projections: the Cahill-Concialdi (2015), sold as the "Bat Map", and the Lee-Concialdi (2020).
Luca de la Torre
Luca de la Torre (Lucas Daniel de la Torre, born 1998) is an American midfielder from San Diego, a Fulham academy product who played for Heracles Almelo and Celta Vigo, then San Diego FC and Charlotte FC in MLS, with 24 USMNT caps.
Luca della Robbia
Luca della Robbia (1399/1400–1482) was a Florentine sculptor, inventor of glazed terracotta sculpture and founder of the family workshop that produced such works for about a century.
Luca Dotto
Luca Dotto, born 1990 in Camposampiero, is a retired Italian sprint freestyle swimmer, first Italian under 48 seconds in the 100 m freestyle, 2011 world silver medalist and 2016 European champion, now a Sky Sport commentator.
Luca Eisenstecken
Luca Eisenstecken is a German-born venture capitalist who joined Atomico in 2018 and became a growth-stage Partner in 2022, investing in b2b software companies including Aiven, Factorial, and Raycast.
Luca Ferrari
Luca Ferrari (born 1985) is an Italian entrepreneur who co-founded and leads Bending Spoons, the Milan software company that owns Evernote, Meetup, WeTransfer, and Vimeo, and took it public on the Nasdaq in 2026.
Luca Garavoglia
Luca Garavoglia is an Italian businessman, born in Milan in 1969, who has chaired the Campari Group since 1994, growing it into a global spirits maker.
Luca Gattinoni
Luca Gattinoni is an Italian immuno-oncologist known for identifying stem cell memory T cells, who spent 16 years at the US National Cancer Institute before leading the Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy in Regensburg.
Luca Gianni
Luca Gianni, born in Milan in 1951, is an Italian medical oncologist whose NOAH and NeoSphere trials established neoadjuvant and dual-blockade HER2 therapy in breast cancer.
Luca Giordano
Luca Giordano, nicknamed Luca Fa presto, was a prolific Neapolitan Baroque painter (1634–1705) who served as court painter to Charles II of Spain from 1692 to 1702 and shaped Neapolitan painting into the eighteenth century.
Luca Guadagnino
Luca Guadagnino, Italian film director and producer of the Desire trilogy (I Am Love, A Bigger Splash, Call Me by Your Name) and Suspiria, Challengers, and Queer; Oscar-nominated, runs Frenesy and Studio Luca Guadagnino.
Luca Jovine
Luca Jovine is an Italian structural biologist and professor at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden who determines the structures of egg coat proteins to study fertilization, infertility, and non-hormonal contraception.
Luca Manfè
Luca Manfè, Italian chef from Aviano, Friuli, and New York restaurant manager; winner of MasterChef US Season 4 (2013), first male and first returning winner, cookbook author of My Italian Kitchen, Dinner with Luca host.
Luca Marianucci
Luca Marianucci, Italian centre-back born 2004 in Livorno; Empoli youth product, Serie A debut 2024, joined Napoli 2025, won Italian Super Cup, loaned to Torino January 2026, Italy U21 international.
Luca Marini
Luca Marini (born 1997, Urbino) is an Italian MotoGP rider, Valentino Rossi's half-brother, 2020 Moto2 runner-up, ex-VR46 Ducati rider, Honda HRC factory rider 2024-2026, and Tech3 KTM signing for 2027-2028.
Luca Meirelles
Luca Oliveira Meirelles, Brazilian centre-forward born 2007 in Goiânia, Santos academy graduate, joined Shakhtar Donetsk in August 2025; Série B and Ukrainian champion, CIES-valued at €32 million.
Luca Pacioli
Luca Pacioli, also known as Fra Luca Pacioli, was an Italian Franciscan friar and mathematician whose 1494 Summa gave the first printed account of double-entry bookkeeping.
Luca Piwodda
Luca Piwodda, born 1999 in Schwedt/Oder, is a German politician who has served as honorary mayor of Gartz (Oder), Brandenburg, since 2024, after co-founding the Freiparlamentarische Allianz.