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Luca Reggiani
Luca Reggiani (born 2008, Modena) is an Italian centre-back for Borussia Dortmund, number 49. Ex-Sassuolo youth, 2025 U-17 World Cup captain, youngest Italian Bundesliga goalscorer, contract to 2029.
Luca Richeldi
Luca Richeldi, born 1963 in Modena, is an Italian pulmonologist who led the INPULSIS trials of nintedanib and is a professor of respiratory diseases at Università Cattolica in Rome.
Luca Sacchi
Luca Sacchi, born 1968 in Milan, Italian medley swimmer, 400 m IM bronze at Barcelona 1992, European champion 1991, short-course world record 4:08.77; later Rai swimming commentator with Tommaso Mecarozzi.
Luca Scorrano
Luca Scorrano, born 1971 in Padua, is an Italian physician-scientist and Full Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Padua, known for work on OPA1 and mitochondrial cristae.
Luca Signorelli
Luca Signorelli, born Luca d'Egidio di Ventura and called Luca da Cortona, was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cortona, celebrated for the Last Judgement frescoes at Orvieto Cathedral.
Luca Spechenhauser
Luca Spechenhauser, born 2000 in Sondalo, Italy, is an Italian short track speed skater (C.S. Carabinieri). Olympic mixed relay gold and 5000m relay bronze at Milan-Cortina 2026; 1000m bronze at the 2024 World Championships.
Luca Toni
Luca Toni, born 1977, Italian striker, 2006 World Cup winner, 47 caps and 16 goals for Italy. Won the 2005-06 European Golden Shoe with Fiorentina (31 goals), starred for Bayern Munich, retired 2016 with Hellas Verona.
Luca Turin
Luca Turin, born 1953 in Lebanon to Italian parents, is a biophysicist best known for the vibrational theory of olfaction, and the subject of Chandler Burr's The Emperor of Scent.
Lucá Williams-Barnett
Lucá Williams-Barnett (born 2008, Luton) is an English attacking midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur, the club's 900th player, a 2025 U17 World Cup scorer for England, and a Guardian Next Gen talent.
Luca Zidane
Luca Zidane Fernández (born 1998, Marseille) is a goalkeeper, son of Zinédine Zidane, a Real Madrid academy product now at C.D. Leganés and an Algeria international who started all three group matches at the 2026 World Cup.
Lucan
Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, 39–65 CE) was a Roman poet whose epic Bellum Civile, on the war between Caesar and Pompey, is his only surviving work.
Lucania
Lucania: ancient district of southern Italy from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Gulf of Tarentum, roughly modern Basilicata; named for the Oscan-speaking Lucanians who conquered it c. 420 BC and formed Augustan Regio III with Bruttii.
Lucanidae
Lucanidae, the stag beetles, is a scaraboid beetle family of about 1,800 species in 110 genera and four subfamilies, defined by enlarged male mandibles used in male combat and larvae that develop in rotting wood.
Lucao (olympedia 126393)
Lucão (Olympedia 126393) is Lucas Saatkamp, Brazilian volleyball middle blocker born 1986 in Colinas, RS; Olympic gold 2016, silver 2012; distinct from footballer Lucão Galdino de Azevedo (ID 141237).
Lucario (ルカリオ)
Lucario (ルカリオ), #448, the Aura Pokémon, is a Fighting/Steel Pokémon evolving from Riolu that debuted in the 2005 film Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, stars in Smash Bros. with its damage-scaling Aura mechanic, and ranked second in the 2020 Pokémon of the Year poll.
Lucas (1986 film)
Lucas is a 1986 American teen comedy-drama, also known as a coming-of-age film, written and directed by David Seltzer, starring Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, and Winona Ryder, released by 20th Century Fox on March 28, 1986.
Lucas (Mother 3)
Lucas (リュカ) is the protagonist of Mother 3 (2006, GBA), a boy from Tazmily Village, twin brother of Claus, son of Flint and Hinawa, who uses sticks, a yo-yo, and PSI attacks like PK Love; also a Smash Bros. fighter.
Lucas & Steve
Lucas & Steve are a Dutch DJ and production duo from Maastricht, formed by Lucas de Wert and Steven Jansen in 2010, known for hits like "Summer On You".
Lucas A. Vignale
Lucas A. Vignale (Lucas Alejandro Vignale), Argentine director, screenwriter and editor (1997–2026), known for urban music videos like Mamichula and the Berlinale debut feature El tren fluvial co-directed with Lorenzo Ferro; died in the 2026 Rio de Janeiro helicopter collision.
Lucas Alamán
Lucas Alamán (1792–1853) was a Mexican conservative statesman, industrialist, and historian who led the conservatives for nearly 30 years and wrote a five-volume Historia de México.
Lucas and Marcus
Lucas and Marcus, the Dobre Twins, are identical twin American dancers and YouTube personalities, sons of Olympic gymnast Aurelia Dobre, with about 37 million subscribers.
Lucas Andalio
Lucas Andalio (born 2018) is a Filipino child actor, nephew of Loisa Andalio, who played Angelo in Call Me Mother (2025), won MMFF 2025 Best Child Performer, and tied for Cinemalaya 2026 Best Supporting Actor for Mag-iina.
Lucas Biglia
Lucas Rodrigo Biglia (born 1986, Mercedes, Argentina) is a retired Argentine defensive midfielder; Anderlecht, Lazio, Milan, Başakşehir; 58 Argentina caps, 2014 World Cup runner-up; now coaching.
Lucas Black
Lucas Black (Lucas York Black), American actor born 1982 in Decatur, Alabama; child star of Sling Blade, lead of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and Agent LaSalle on NCIS: New Orleans 2014-2019.
Lucas Braathen
Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, born 2000 in Oslo, Brazilian alpine skier racing for Brazil after leaving Norway; 2022/23 slalom globe, first Brazilian World Cup win (Levi 2025), giant slalom gold at Milano Cortina 2026.
Lucas Bravo
Lucas Bravo (born 1988, Nice) is a French actor, son of footballer Daniel Bravo, known as chef Gabriel in Emily in Paris and for Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, Ticket to Paradise, and Libre (2024).
Lucas Browne
Lucas Browne, "Big Daddy" (born 1979, Auburn NSW), Australian heavyweight boxer, former WBA Regular heavyweight champion (beat Ruslan Chagaev 2016, stripped for clenbuterol) and first Australian Commonwealth heavyweight champion since 1892.
Lucas Bryant
Lucas Bryant (born 1978, Elmira, Ontario) is a Canadian-American actor best known as Nathan Wuornos on Syfy's Haven (2010-2015, 78 episodes); also Sex, Love & Secrets, Shoot the Messenger, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and many Hallmark movies.
Lucas Cepeda
Lucas Cepeda (Lucas Antonio Cepeda Barturen), Chilean left winger born 2002 in Viña del Mar. Santiago Wanderers and Colo Colo player, 2024 Chilean champion, joined Elche CF in January 2026; Chile international.
Lucas County, Ohio, United States
Lucas County, Ohio (seat Toledo), established 1835 and named for Governor Robert Lucas; created amid the Toledo War. 596 sq mi, 431,279 people (2020); automotive, glass, and manufacturing economy.