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Lukas Høstmælingen

Lukas Høstmælingen (Lukas Hoestmaelingen), Norwegian curler born 2003 in Lillehammer, skip of Team Høstmælingen; 2024 World Junior champion, Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic mixed team gold medalist, and 2025 FISU World University Games champion.

Lukas J. Gooßen

Lukas J. Gooßen is a German organic chemist, born 1969 in Bielefeld, who holds the Evonik Chair of Organic Chemistry at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and is known for decarboxylative cross-coupling.

Lukas Jutkiewicz

Lukas Jutkiewicz (born 1989, Southampton) is a retired English centre-forward; 356 games and 69 goals for Birmingham City 2016-2025, League One 2024/25 and Championship 2015/16 winner, now Birmingham's First Team Positional Lead Scout.

Lukas Kapitein

Lukas C. Kapitein, born 1978, is a Dutch biophysicist and professor at Utrecht University known for studying motor proteins and controlling organelle transport with light.

Lukas Klostermann

Lukas Manuel Klostermann (born 1996, Herdecke) is a German defender for RB Leipzig since 2014; 22 Germany caps, Olympic silver 2016, DFB-Pokal 2021/22 and 2022/23.

Lukas Krpalek

Lukáš Krpálek (Lukas Krpalek), Czech judoka born 1990 in Jihlava; double Olympic champion, Rio 2016 at -100 kg and Tokyo 2020 at +100 kg, the first judoka to win both heaviest categories; also two-time world and three-time European champion.

Lukas Mahr

Lukas Mähr is an Austrian sailor, born in 1990 in Bregenz, who won gold in the mixed 470 dinghy at the 2024 Paris Olympics with Lara Vadlau.

Lukas Muller

Lukas Müller (Lukas Muller), German rower born 1987 in Wetzlar; Olympic gold medalist in the men's eight at London 2012, world champion 2010 and 2011, European champion 2010, RC Germania Düsseldorf.

Lukas Nelson

Lukas Autry Nelson (born 1988, Austin, Texas), American singer-songwriter and guitarist, son of Willie Nelson; founder of Promise of the Real, Neil Young's bandleader, A Star Is Born soundtrack co-writer, and 2025 solo album American Romance.

Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real

Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real (POTR), American country-rock band formed 2008, name from Neil Young's 'Walk On', Neil Young's backing band from 2014, A Star Is Born contributors, on indefinite hiatus since June 2024.

Lukas Nmecha

Lukas Nmecha (Lukas Okechukwu Nmecha), German forward born 1998 in Hamburg; Manchester City academy graduate, 2021 U21 EURO top scorer and final winner, ex-Wolfsburg, now Leeds United and Germany international.

Lukas Novotny

Lukas Novotny (Lukáš Novotný), born 1966 in Czechoslovakia, is a Czech-born physicist, Professor of Photonics at ETH Zurich, known for near-field microscopy, optical antennas, and nanoparticle levitation.

Lukas Nydegger

Lukas David Nydegger, German skeleton racer born 2002 in Filderstadt; 2020 Lausanne Youth Olympic champion, two-time junior world and two-time U20 world champion, RC Berchtesgaden, fourth at 2025 Cortina World Cup.

Lukas Podolski

Lukas Podolski, born 1985 in Gliwice, Poland, is a retired German forward, 2014 World Cup winner with 130 caps and 49 goals for Germany, later owner of the Mangal Döner kebab chain and, via LP Holding GmbH, of Górnik Zabrze.

Lukas Savickas

Lukas Savickas is a Lithuanian politician of the Democrats "For Lithuania" party serving as Minister of Energy and a member of the Seimas, after advising Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis.

Lukas Schwyter

Lukas Schwyter is a Swiss life-science entrepreneur and microbiologist who founded Versarys Bioscience in Zurich in January 2025, making co-culture devices for studying interactions between cells and microbes.

Lukas Sieper

Lukas Sieper, born 1997 in Bergisch Gladbach, is a German lawyer and founder-chairman of the Partei des Fortschritts; elected to the European Parliament in 2024, non-attached, later Renew Europe.

Lukas Sommer

Lukas Sommer is a professor of stem cell biology at the University of Zurich's Institute of Anatomy, known for research on neural crest stem cells, melanoma, and skin wound healing.

Lukasz Gadowski

Lukasz Gadowski is a Polish-born German internet entrepreneur and investor based in Berlin, co-founder of Delivery Hero and founder of Spreadshirt, now investing through Team Global.

Luke (given name)

Luke is a masculine given name, the English form of Latin Lucas and Greek Loukas, probably meaning "from Lucania"; it has been used in English since the 12th century.

Luke (Street Fighter)

Luke (ルーク) is a Capcom Street Fighter character, the final Street Fighter V fighter (November 2021) and first World Tour master in Street Fighter 6, an American MMA-style military fighter with Sand Blaster and Flash Knuckle moves.

Luke A. Gilbert

Luke A. Gilbert is an American molecular biologist, an Associate Professor of Urology at UCSF and Arc Institute investigator, known for developing CRISPRi and CRISPRa gene-control methods.

Luke Air Force Base

Luke Air Force Base is a US Air Force base in Glendale, Arizona, west of Phoenix, and the Air Force's primary site for F-35A fighter pilot training.

Luke Akehurst

Luke Akehurst, Labour MP for North Durham since 4 July 2024, is a veteran Labour right organizer, Labour First secretary, former NEC member, and former director of We Believe in Israel.

Luke Alphey

Luke Alphey is a geneticist holding the Chair in Genetics at the University of York, known for pioneering engineered sterile-male mosquitoes for genetic pest control.

Luke and Laura

Luke and Laura (Luke Spencer and Laura Webber), General Hospital supercouple played by Anthony Geary and Genie Francis; their 1981 wedding drew 30 million viewers, a daytime record.

LUKE Arm

The LUKE Arm is a battery-powered prosthetic arm developed by Dean Kamen's DEKA Research under DARPA's Revolutionizing Prosthetics program, the first prosthesis able to perform multiple simultaneous powered movements.

Luke Arnold

Luke Arnold (born 1984, Adelaide) is an Australian actor and author, known as John Silver in Black Sails, Michael Hutchence in INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, Martin Scarsden in Scrublands, and author of The Fetch Phillips Archives fantasy detective novels.

Luke Ayling

Luke Ayling (Luke David Weller-Ayling), English defender born 1991, Arsenal academy product; Leeds United right-back 2016-2024, 2020 promotion and PFA Fans' Player of the Year; now Middlesbrough.

Luke Benward

Luke Aaron Benward (born 1995) is an American actor and singer from Tennessee, a former Disney Channel star (Minutemen, Cloud 9, Good Luck Charlie) known for How to Eat Fried Worms, Dumplin', Life of the Party, and directing the short Boys.