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Luigi: The Musical

Luigi: The Musical is a satirical one-act prison comedy by Nova Bradford, Arielle Johnson, André Margatini, and Caleb Zeringue, imagining Mangione, Bankman-Fried, and Diddy as cellmates; premiered in San Francisco in June 2025.

Luigi's Mansion (ルイージマンション)

Luigi's Mansion (ルイージ's Mansion) is an action-adventure title developed by Nintendo for the GameCube. It served as a launch game when the console debuted in Japan in 2001.

Luigi's Mansion 3

Luigi's Mansion 3 (Last Resort hotel game) is a 2019 Next Level Games action-adventure for Nintendo Switch: Luigi uses the Poltergust G-00 and Gooigi to rescue Mario from King Boo, with ScareScraper and ScreamPark multiplayer and a Metacritic 86.

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (Luigi's Mansion 2 in UK/EU) is a 2013 Next Level Games action-adventure for Nintendo 3DS where Luigi uses the Poltergust 5000 to restore the shattered Dark Moon; remastered as Luigi's Mansion 2 HD in 2024.

Luigia Bonfanti

Luigia Bonfanti, known as Luigina, was an Italian sprinter and long jumper who ran at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, reaching the first Olympic final for Italian women in athletics.

Luigina Romani

Luigina Romani is an Italian immunologist known for the concept of protective tolerance in infection and for tryptophan co-metabolism therapies, including thymosin α1 for cystic fibrosis.

Luigj Gurakuqi

Luigj Gurakuqi (1879–1925) was an Albanian writer, educator, and statesman who drafted the 1912 Declaration of Independence, served as Minister of Education, and was assassinated in Bari, Italy.

Luin Montes

Luin Montes is a 156-km mountain range near Titan's north pole (center 81.98°N, 323.74°W), adopted by the IAU on April 13, 2022 and named for a Middle-earth mountain range from Tolkien's novels.

Luis

Luis is a masculine given name, the Spanish form of Louis, meaning 'famous in war.' It was popularized by Saint Louis IX of France and is common in Spain.

Luis A. Borrero

Luis A. Borrero, also known as Luis Alberto Borrero, is an Argentine archaeologist born in Río Gallegos, Patagonia, known for bone taphonomy and Patagonian hunter-gatherer archaeology.

Luis Abinader

Luis Abinader (born 1967, Santo Domingo), Dominican businessman and PRM president since 2020; won 52.52% in 2020 ending 16 years of PLD rule, reelected 2024 with about 58%, known for tourism-led recovery and hard-line Haiti border policy.

Luis Alberto (footballer, born 1992)

Luis Alberto, full name Luis Alberto Romero Alconchel, is a Spanish attacking midfielder best known for eight seasons at Lazio and now playing for Al-Wakrah in Qatar.

Luis Alberto Acuña

Luis Alberto Acuña (full name Luis Alberto Acuña Tapias) was a Colombian painter, sculptor, muralist, and art historian who drew on pre-Columbian and Muisca traditions and helped found the Bachué movement.

Luis Alberto Borrero

Luis Alberto Borrero is an Argentine archaeologist known for bone taphonomy and the archaeology of Patagonian hunter-gatherers, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2021.

Luis Alberto de Herrera

Luis Alberto de Herrera (1873–1959) was a Uruguayan politician, diplomat, and historian who led the National Party for roughly four decades and ran six times for president.

Luis Alberto Diaz Jr.

Luis Alberto Diaz Jr. is an American medical oncologist who heads Solid Tumor Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering, known for circulating tumor DNA biomarkers and the first tissue-agnostic FDA approval.

Luis Alberto Orta

Luis Alberto Orta Sánchez, Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler, Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion at 60 kg, 2023 world champion at 67 kg, and Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medalist.

Luis Alberto Spinetta

Luis Alberto Spinetta, "El Flaco" (1950–2012), Argentine singer, guitarist, poet and composer, founder of Almendra, Pescado Rabioso, Invisible, Spinetta Jade and Socios del Desierto; creator of Artaud and Muchacha (ojos de papel).

Luis Alfredo Arango

Luis Alfredo Arango (1935–2001) was a Guatemalan poet and narrator from Totonicapán whose work centers on Guatemalan history, memory, and indigenous identity, and the first winner of the Miguel Ángel Asturias National Literature Prize.

Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias

Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (1803–1880) was a Brazilian army officer and statesman who suppressed internal revolts and led Brazil in the Paraguayan War.

Luís Antônio de Sousa Botelho Mourão

Luís Antônio de Sousa Botelho Mourão (1722–1798), the 4th Morgado de Mateus, was a Portuguese colonial administrator who governed the Captaincy of São Paulo from 1765 to 1775.

Luis Antonio El Mimoso

Luis Antonio El Mimoso, born Luis Antonio López in 1979, is a Mexican banda singer from Concordia, Sinaloa, who fronted Banda El Recodo from 1998 to 2009 before going solo.

Luis Antonio Tagle

Luis Antonio Tagle, known as Luis Tagle, is a Filipino cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop emeritus of Manila, born in 1957, and a leading papabile candidate in 2025.

Luis Aragonés

Luis Aragonés (El Sabio de Hortaleza), Spanish footballer and coach, 1938–2014; Atlético Madrid legend as player and coach, and Spain's Euro 2008-winning national coach who launched the 2008–2012 golden generation.

Luis Arce

Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, Bolivian economist and MAS politician, president of Bolivia 2020-2025 and longtime economy minister under Evo Morales; won 55% in 2020, faced economic crisis, Morales rift, and December 2025 corruption arrest.

Luis B. Barreiro

Luis Barreiro is a human population geneticist and immunogeneticist, Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago, known for work linking genetic ancestry and past natural selection to immune response differences.

Luis Barragán House and Studio

Luis Barragán House and Studio (Casa Estudio Luis Barragán), the architect's 1947–1948 concrete house in Tacubaya, Mexico City; UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2004, criteria (i)(ii), now a museum.

Luis Barraquer Roviralta

Luis Barraquer Roviralta (Lluís Barraquer i Roviralta, 1855–1928) was a Spanish physician considered the founder of neurology in Catalonia, known for Barraquer-Simons syndrome and Barraquer's reflex.

Luís Bernardo Honwana

Luís Bernardo Honwana, born in 1942, is a Mozambican writer and journalist whose single story collection, Nós Matámos o Cão-Tinhoso, became a founding work of Mozambican prose.

Luís Boa Morte

Luís Boa Morte (Luís Boa Morte Pereira), Portuguese winger born 1977 in Lisbon; Fulham club captain and legend (54 goals in 250 games), ex-Arsenal, Southampton, West Ham; 2006 World Cup squad; later Marco Silva's assistant and Guinea-Bissau head coach.