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Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Coffin Mott (1793-1880), American Quaker minister, abolitionist, and women's rights organizer; co-organizer of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, first signer of the Declaration of Sentiments, and first president of the American Equal Rights Association.
Lucretius
Lucretius, or Titus Lucretius Carus, was a Roman poet and Epicurean philosopher of the mid-90s to mid-50s BCE, author of the six-book poem De rerum natura.
Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia (1480–1519), daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Duchess of Ferrara through marriage to Alfonso I d'Este; capable regent and letter writer, later defamed by poison and incest legends.
Lucrezia d'Este (1535–1598)
Lucrezia d'Este (1535–1598), Este princess, Duchess of Urbino as wife of Francesco Maria II della Rovere, later negotiated the 1598 Convention of Faenza that gave Ferrara to the papacy and kept Modena and Reggio for the Este.
Lucrezia Millarini
Lucrezia Millarini (born 1976, London) is a British ITV News anchor and former barrister who presents ITV News London's 6pm flagship and national bulletins, known for Grenfell coverage, Dancing on Ice, The Games, and Celebrity Mastermind champion status.
Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacio
Lucro sucio; Los ojos del vacio (Dirty Profit; The Eyes of the Void) is The Mars Volta's ninth studio album, released April 11, 2025 on Clouds Hill: 18 tracks, about 49 minutes, jazz and electronica influences, leaked before announcement.
Lucuma
Lucuma (Lucuma bifera, formerly Pouteria lucuma), the Andean "Gold of the Incas" fruit tree of Sapotaceae; sweet ovoid fruit from Peru, Chile and Ecuador, grown to 3,000 m, milled into flour for desserts and ice cream.
Lucus Feroniae (ancient city)
Lucus Feroniae was an ancient sanctuary of the goddess Feronia and Roman town in Etruria, about 30 km north of Rome, sacked by Hannibal in 211 BC.
Lucus Feroniae (site)
Lucus Feroniae, sanctuary of the goddess Feronia in Capena's territory near Soracte, 18 km north of Rome; identified in 1952-53, sacked by Hannibal in 211 BC, later the colony Colonia Iulia Felix Lucoferonensis.
Lucus Furrinae
Lucus Furrinae, a sacred grove of the goddess Furrina on the Janiculum in Rome, now partly under Villa Sciarra; site of Gaius Gracchus's death in 121 BC and later a Syrian sanctuary.
Lucus Planum
Lucus Planum is an 864-km-wide plain on Mars, the central lobe of the Medusae Fossae Formation near the equator, studied by MARSIS radar; its deposits are variably porous, possibly pyroclastic or ice-rich.
Lucus Stimulae
Lucus Stimulae was a sacred grove at the foot of Rome's Aventine Hill, dedicated to the Roman goddess Stimula and later identified with Semele; Livy names it as the seat of the Bacchanalia suppressed in 186 BC.
Lucy
Lucy, English form of Lucia, a feminine given name from Latin lux (light), in use since the Middle Ages; linked to Saint Lucy of Syracuse (feast 13 December), the Swedish Lucia festival, and top-25 US popularity in 2025.
Lucy (2014 film)
Lucy (2014) is Luc Besson's sci-fi action thriller starring Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, and Amr Waked, about a Taipei student whose implanted CPH4 drug unlocks 100 percent brain capacity. Grossed about $469 million worldwide on a $40 million budget.
Lucy (group)
Lucy (루시) is a four-member South Korean band under Mystic Story, formed on JTBC's Superband and debuted in May 2020, known for blending violin with pop rock.
Lucy (spacecraft)
Lucy, also known as NASA Lucy, is a NASA spacecraft launched in 2021 on a 12-year mission, the first to visit the Jupiter Trojan asteroids.
Lucy (ድንቅነሽ) (Australopithecus)
Lucy (Dinknesh, ድንቅነሽ), specimen AL 288-1, is a 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis partial skeleton, 40% complete, found at Hadar, Ethiopia in 1974 by Donald Johanson and Tom Gray; key evidence for early bipedalism.
Lucy Aharish
Lucy Aharish (לוסי אהריש), born 1981 in Dimona, is an Israeli Arab Muslim journalist and TV host, the first Arab-Muslim news presenter on mainstream Hebrew-language Israeli television, a 2015 Independence Day torch lighter, and wife of actor Tzachi Halevy.
Lucy Alexander
Lucy Alexander is an English TV presenter, founding host of BBC One's Homes Under the Hammer (2003–2016) and, since 2023, a main presenter of Channel 4's A Place in the Sun.
Lucy and Ricky Ricardo
Lucy and Ricky Ricardo are the fictional married couple of I Love Lucy (CBS, 1951–1957), played by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz: a Manhattan housewife and her Cuban bandleader husband, TV's first interracial leading couple.
Lucy Beale
Lucy Beale is a fictional EastEnders character, daughter of Ian and Cindy Beale and twin of Peter, murdered on 18 April 2014; the whodunit "Who Killed Lucy Beale?" revealed half-brother Bobby as her killer in the show's 2015 live 30th-anniversary episode.
Lucy Beaumont (comedian)
Lucy Ann Beaumont (born 1983) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, and writer from Hull, winner of the 2012 BBC New Comedy Award and 2013 Chortle Best Newcomer, creator of To Hull and Back and Meet the Richardsons, and a Taskmaster series 16 contestant.
Lucy Bedroque
Lucy Bedroque, born Jeremiah Mark in 2006 and formerly lostrushi, is an LA-based rapper and producer of digicore, rage, and maplekore; albums include SISTERHOOD (2023), Unmusique (2025), and c (2026) on deadAir.
Lucy Benjamin
Lucy Benjamin (born Lucy Jane Baker, 1970) is an English actress known for Lisa Fowler in EastEnders (1998-2003, with returns through 2023) and Maggie in Detectorists; trained at Redroofs Theatre School.
Lucy Boynton
Lucy Boynton (born 1994, New York City) is an American-born, British-raised actress who debuted at 12 as young Beatrix Potter in Miss Potter and became known for Sing Street, Bohemian Rhapsody's Mary Austin, and Marie Antoinette in Chevalier.
Lucy Bronze
Lucy Bronze (Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze, born 1991) is an English right-back at Chelsea and England with 148 caps. Five-time Women's Champions League winner, UEFA Women's Player of the Year 2018/19, The Best FIFA Women's Player 2020, EURO champion 2022 and 2025.
Lucy C. Chappell
Lucy C. Chappell is a British obstetrician, Professor of Obstetrics at King's College London, and Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department of Health and Social Care since 2021.
Lucy C. Hone
Lucy C. Hone is a New Zealand resilience researcher and author known for the TED talk "3 Secrets of Resilient People" and books on resilient grieving.
Lucy Cohu
Lucy Cohu (Lucy Ann Cohu, born 1968) is an English stage and television actress, trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama; known for Princess Margaret in The Queen's Sister, Alice Carter in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and the 2008 International Emmy for Forgiven.
Lucy Dacus
Lucy Dacus is an American indie rock singer-songwriter from Richmond, Virginia, and a member of boygenius with Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker. Four solo albums: No Burden, Historian, Home Video, and 2025's Geffen debut Forever Is a Feeling.