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Lujo hemorrhagic fever
Lujo hemorrhagic fever (LUHF), caused by Lujo virus (LUJV), is a rare Old World arenaviral hemorrhagic fever from the 2008 Zambia-South Africa outbreak, 80% fatal, rodent-borne with unknown reservoir, resembling severe Lassa fever without typical bleeding.
Luk krung
Luk krung (ลูกกรุง, "children of the city") is a polished, Western-influenced Thai popular music style that emerged in Bangkok in the late 1940s, contrasting with rural luk thung.
Luk thung (ลูกทุ่ง)
Luk thung (ลูกทุ่ง), or phleng luk thung, Thai country music: a post-WWII central-Thai working-class song genre contrasting with luk krung, related to mor lam, defined by luk kho vibrato, Isan subgenres, and stars like Pumpuang Duangjan.
Luka (song)
Luka, a 1987 Suzanne Vega song about child abuse from her album Solitude Standing, her highest-charting US hit at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, with three 1988 Grammy nominations.
Luka Berulava
Luka Berulava (ლუკა•ბერულავა), Georgian pair skater born 2002 in Moscow; 2026 Olympic pairs silver with Anastasiia Metelkina, Georgia's first Winter Olympic medal; 2022 World Junior champion with Karina Safina.
Luka Bloom
Luka Bloom, born Kevin Barry Moore (b. 1955, Newbridge, Ireland), brother of Christy Moore, Irish folk singer-songwriter; Riverside (1990), percussive plectrum guitar style, 24th album A Second Wind (2025).
Luka Chuppi (लुका छुप्पी)
Luka Chuppi (लुका छुप्पी) is a 2019 Hindi romantic comedy directed by Laxman Utekar, starring Kartik Aaryan and Kriti Sanon as a couple in Mathura who try a live-in relationship.
Luka Dončić
Luka Dončić (born 1999, Ljubljana) is a Slovenian NBA forward-guard, Real Madrid and Dallas product, 2018 No. 3 pick, 2024 scoring champion, 2024 Finals runner-up, traded to the Lakers in February 2025.
Luka Dončić–Anthony Davis trade
Luka Dončić–Anthony Davis trade: February 2025 three-team NBA deal sending Dončić from Dallas to the Lakers for Davis, Max Christie, and a 2029 first-round pick; Utah joined as third team; led to Nico Harrison's firing.
Luka Garza
Luka Garza, born 1998, is an NBA center for the Boston Celtics; unanimous 2021 National Player of the Year at Iowa, drafted 52nd in 2021 by Detroit, known for screening and post scoring.
Luka Grubor
Luka Grubor (born 1973, Zagreb), Croatian-born rower for Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Great Britain; Olympic gold in the men's eight at Sydney 2000, first British eight gold since 1912, plus 1999 world silver and 2002 coxed-four world gold.
Luka Jović (Лука Јовић)
Luka Jović (Лука Јовић) is a Serbian professional footballer, born in 1997 in Bijeljina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, who starred at Eintracht Frankfurt before a costly Real Madrid move in 2019.
Luka Karabatic
Luka Karabatić (born 1988, Strasbourg) is a French handball pivot, brother of Nikola Karabatic. Olympic gold 2020 and silver 2016, two world and two European titles; PSG captain and record 22-club-title holder.
Luka Kovač
Luka Kovač is a fictional Croatian emergency physician on NBC's ER, played by Goran Višnjić in Seasons 6–15 (185 episodes). Introduced as a Doug Ross replacement, he becomes ER chief, marries Abby Lockhart, and leaves for Boston.
Luka Lochoshvili (ლუკა ლოჭოშვილი)
Luka Lochoshvili (ლუკა ლოჭოშვილი), born 1998 in Tbilisi, is a Georgian left-footed centre-back at 1. FC Köln and Georgia's national team, Euro 2024 squad member, and winner of the 2022 FIFA Fair Play Award for saving Georg Teigl's life.
Luka Milivojević (Лука Миливојевић)
Luka Milivojević (Лука Миливојевић), born 1991 in Kragujevac, Serbian defensive midfielder; Crystal Palace captain 2017-2023 (198 apps, 29 goals), 38 Serbia caps, 2018 World Cup, later Shabab Al-Ahli and Al-Nasr.
Luka Modrić
Luka Modrić is a Croatian professional midfielder for AC Milan and captain of Croatia, who won the 2018 Ballon d'Or and led Croatia to the 2018 World Cup final.
Luka Nižetić
Luka Nižetić is a Croatian pop singer from Split who first drew national attention at 17 in 2001 and has competed five times at Dora, most recently in 2025 with 'Južina'.
Luka Romero
Luka Romero (Luka Romero Bezzana), Argentine attacker born in Victoria de Durango, Mexico, 2004; youngest La Liga debutant ever at 15 years 219 days with Mallorca; later Lazio, Milan, Almería, Alavés, and Cruz Azul from January 2025.
Luka Sabbat
Luka Sabbat (born 1997, New York) is a French-American model, actor, and entrepreneur, known as Luca Hall on Grown-ish, for Yeezy Season 1, his brand Marking Distance, and Jim Jarmusch's Father Mother Sister Brother.
Luka Sammalisto
Luka Sammalisto, Finnish racing driver (born 2007) for US Racing; 2026 Italian Formula 4 champion, first Finn to win that title, with 374 points and 9 wins; also won 2026 E4 races and signed with Trident for FREC.
Luka Smyth
Luka Benjamin Smyth (born 2004) is an Australian centre-forward who joined EFL League One club Notts County from Finland's VPS Vaasa in July 2026 after scoring seven Veikkausliiga goals in 2026.
Luka Spik
Luka Špik (Luka Spik), Slovenian rower born 1979 in Kranj; 2000 Sydney Olympic gold in double sculls with Iztok Čop, first Olympic champion for independent Slovenia; five-time Olympian with gold, silver, and bronze; three-time world champion.
Luka Šulić
Luka Šulić (Maribor, 1987) is a Slovenian-Croatian cellist and composer, co-founder of 2Cellos with Stjepan Hauser; solo albums Vivaldi Four Seasons (2019), Life (2024), and Road to Joy (2026).
Lukanga Swamps
Lukanga Swamps, Zambia's third Ramsar site (no. 1580, designated 8 November 2005), a 260,000-hectare permanent wetland in Central Province on the Kafue River, habitat of sitatunga and Wattled Crane and a major Tilapia fishery.
Lukas C. Kühn
Lukas C. Kühn is a molecular biologist and Professor Emeritus at EPFL in Lausanne who established the IRP/IRE system, the iron-dependent pathway controlling messenger RNA stability and translation.
Lukas E. Dow
Lukas E. Dow, also published as Lukas Dow, is an Australian-born molecular biologist studying colorectal cancer genetics at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York.
Lukas Forchhammer
Lukas Forchhammer (born 1988, Christiania, Copenhagen) is a Danish singer-songwriter, frontman of the band Lukas Graham, known for "7 Years," three 2017 Grammy nominations, and albums including the Blue Album, 3, 4, and Good Times.
Lukas Graham
Lukas Graham, Danish pop band formed 2011 in Copenhagen, fronted by Lukas Forchhammer (not a member named Graham). Known for "7 Years" (2015), No. 2 Billboard Hot 100, UK No. 1, two 2017 Grammy nominations; albums Blue, Purple, Pink, Good Times.
Lukas Haas
Lukas Haas (Lukas Daniel Haas), American actor and musician born 1976 in West Hollywood; child breakout as Samuel in Witness (1985), Emmy-nominated for The Ryan White Story, later Inception, First Man, Babylon, and Spider-Noir.