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Luis Doreste
Luis Doreste Blanco, Spanish sailor born 1961 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; first Spaniard with two Olympic golds, 470 at Los Angeles 1984 with Roberto Molina and Flying Dutchman at Barcelona 1992 with Domingo Manrique; also 1987 and 1995 world champion.
Luis Duggan
Luis Jorge Duggan Ham (Luis Duggan), Argentine polo player (1906-1987); won 1936 Berlin Olympic gold, scored 8 goals, 7 Argentine Open titles, 10-goal handicap in 1943.
Luis E. Hueso
Luis E. Hueso is a Spanish physicist working on spintronics and nanoscale devices; he has led the Nanodevices group at CIC nanoGUNE in San Sebastian since 2008.
Luís Echegoyen
Luis Echegoyen is an American chemist known for his work on fullerene electrochemistry and endohedral metallofullerenes, carbon cages that trap metal atoms or clusters inside.
Luis Echeverría
Luis Echeverría Álvarez (1922–2022), Mexican president 1970–1976 of the PRI and former interior secretary; presided over the dirty war, the 1971 Corpus Christi massacre, and the 1976 peso crisis; charged with genocide but never convicted.
Luís Eduardo Magalhães hydroelectric plant
The Luís Eduardo Magalhães hydroelectric plant, known as UHE Lajeado, is a 902.5 MW dam on the Tocantins River in Tocantins, Brazil, built between 1998 and 2002.
Luis Elizondo
Luis "Lue" Elizondo, former U.S. Army counterintelligence special agent and Pentagon official who resigned in October 2017, publicly linked himself to the AATIP UAP program, joined TTSA, wrote Imminent (2024), and testified to Congress; his exact AATIP role is disputed.
Luis Engelns
Luis Engelns, born 2007 in Paderborn, German defensive midfielder for TSG Hoffenheim, son of manager Daniel Farke; joined Hoffenheim from SC Paderborn 07 on 2 February 2026, yet to make a Bundesliga appearance.
Luis Enjuanes
Luis Enjuanes is a Spanish virologist who heads the Coronavirus Laboratory at CNB-CSIC in Madrid, known for the first infectious coronavirus cDNA clone and vaccine candidates.
Luis Enrique
Luis Enrique (Luis Enrique Martínez García, born 1970, Gijón) is a Spanish football manager and former Barcelona player; PSG coach since 2023, three-time Champions League winner (Barcelona 2015; PSG 2025, 2026), ex-Spain coach.
Luis Enrique (singer)
Luis Enrique (Luis Enrique Mejía López, born 1962, Somoto, Nicaragua), "El Príncipe de la Salsa," is a Nicaraguan salsa singer-songwriter and pioneer of salsa romántica; his 2009 album Ciclos won the GRAMMY for Best Tropical Latin Album and he has four Latin GRAMMYs.
Luis Enrique Garcia
Luis Enrique García Reyes is a Colombian structural and earthquake engineer, honorary professor at Universidad de los Andes and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering.
Luis Esquivies
Luis Esquivies is a structural biologist and molecular physiologist, a research specialist at HHMI in Stanford, California, since 2017, known for synaptic vesicle structure and peptide inhibitors of membrane fusion.
Luis F. Parada
Luis F. Parada is an American biologist who directs the Brain Tumor Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and builds mouse models of glioma.
Luis F. Restrepo
Luis F. Restrepo, also known as Luis Felipe Restrepo, is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge on the Third Circuit since 2016.
Luis F. Rodríguez
Luis F. Rodríguez, also known as Luis Felipe Rodríguez, is a Mexican radio astronomer at UNAM who discovered the first microquasars in the Milky Way.
Luís Fabiano
Luís Fabiano (O Fabuloso), Brazilian striker of São Paulo FC, FC Porto, and Sevilla; 28 Brazil goals, Copa América 2004, Confederations Cup 2009 top scorer, two UEFA Cups; retired 2018, later MDB pre-candidate for federal deputy in São Paulo.
Luis Felber
Luis Felber, known as Attawalpa, is a British-Peruvian musician and composer. Based in London, he is recognized for his albums and scoring films like Catherine Called Birdy.
Luis Fernandez-Gil
Luis Fernandez-Gil is an actor and wrestling personality who performs as Cesar Duran for Major League Wrestling. Known for Dario Cueto in Lucha Underground (2014-2018) and Ricky Lamas in Club de Cuervos.
Luís Figo
Luís Figo (Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, born 1972, Almada) is a Portuguese former winger for Sporting, Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Inter; 2000 Ballon d'Or, 2001 FIFA World Player, record 2000 transfer, 127 Portugal caps.
Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal
Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (1887–1908), eldest son of King Carlos I and heir apparent, killed with his father in the Lisbon Regicide of 1 February 1908; he briefly became king, dying about twenty minutes later.
Luis Fonsi
Luis Fonsi (Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, born 1978, San Juan) is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer behind Comenzaré (1998), the 16-week Hot 100 No. 1 Despacito, and Latin Grammy-winning album El Viaje (2024).
Luis G. Urbina
Luis G. Urbina (Luis Gonzaga Urbina, 1864–1934) was a Mexican poet, chronicler, journalist, and diplomat, nicknamed El Viejecito, whose melancholy verse bridges romanticism and modernism.
Luis Galarreta
Luis Fernando Galarreta Velarde is a Peruvian politician of Fuerza Popular who serves as First Vice President and Prime Minister of Peru under Keiko Fujimori.
Luís Gama
Luís Gama, full name Luiz Gonzaga Pinto da Gama (1830–1882), was a Brazilian abolitionist and self-taught lawyer who freed more than 500 enslaved people through freedom suits.
Luis Garavito
Luis Alfredo Garavito, "La Bestia" (1957–2023), Colombian serial killer who confessed to more than 190 child murders across 11 departments plus Ecuador; sentenced in 2000 to Colombia's 40-year maximum; parole denied 2021; died in Valledupar prison custody October 2023.
Luis García (footballer, born 1978)
Luis García (Luis Javier García Sanz, born 1978, Badalona) is a Spanish former attacking midfielder who won the 2005 Champions League and 2006 FA Cup with Liverpool, scoring the disputed 'ghost goal' against Chelsea, and won 18 Spain caps.
Luis García Meza
Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian general and de facto president 17 July 1980–4 August 1981, led the 'cocaine coup' with drug traffickers and Klaus Barbie; convicted in the 1993 Juicio de Responsabilidades to 30 years, died 2018.
Luis Gastélum
Luis Enrique Gastélum ("El Principito"), born 2001 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, is a Mexican MLB relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals; debuted July 8, 2026 as the 155th Mexican-born player, known for a 70-grade Vulcan-grip changeup.
Luis Gil (baseball)
Luis Gil (Luis Ángel Gil, born 1998, Azua, Dominican Republic) is a Yankees right-handed pitcher, 2024 AL Rookie of the Year (15-7, 3.50 ERA), who debuted in 2021, had Tommy John surgery in 2022, and moved to a bullpen role in 2026.