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Lena Oberdorf

Lena Oberdorf, also known as Lena Sophie Oberdorf, is a German defensive midfielder for FC Bayern München and Germany, named young player of the tournament at Euro 2022.

Lena Raine

Lena Raine (Lena Chappelle, kuraine), American composer and game developer in Seattle; scored Celeste (ASCAP Video Game Score of the Year, BAFTA-nominated), contributed Minecraft Nether Update, Caves & Cliffs Part II, and Wild Update music, and released the solo album Oneknowing.

Lena Schoneborn

Lena Schöneborn (Lena Schoneborn), German modern pentathlete born 1986 in Troisdorf; 2008 Beijing Olympic champion, 2015 world champion in Berlin, and with 34 World and European Championship medals the most successful athlete in the sport's history; retired 2018.

Lena Yada

Lena Yada (born 1978, Honolulu) is an American actress, model, and tandem surfer, former Miss Hawaiian Tropic Japan, and 2007 WWE Diva Search finalist who worked as an ECW backstage interviewer in 2008 before her November 10, 2008 release.

LenDale White

LenDale White (Anthony LenDale White, born 1984) is a former NFL running back from USC, drafted 45th overall by the Tennessee Titans in 2006; 2,349 rushing yards, 24 TDs, 'Thunder' to Reggie Bush's 'Lightning'.

Lene Rantala

Lene Rantala, born 1968 in Gladsaxe, is a Danish handball goalkeeper, two-time Olympic champion (1996, 2000), three-time European champion, 1997 world champion, and a 17-season Larvik HK legend later a goalkeeper coach.

Lenie de Nijs

Lenie de Nijs (1939–2023), Dutch swimmer of Hilversum, set six world records in freestyle, backstroke, and medley relay, won 1958 European relay gold, and missed the 1956 Olympics through the Dutch boycott.

Lenn-Minh Tran

Lenn-Minh Quang Tran (Trần Minh Quang), born 2007, Belgian-Vietnamese right-back from the KRC Genk academy; debuted professionally for MVV Maastricht in 2025, earned 4 Belgium U19 caps, and joined Vietnam's Cong An Ho Chi Minh City in 2026.

Lenna Gunning-Williams

Lenna Gunning-Williams (born 2005) is an English forward for Tottenham Hotspur Women and England U23s, a former CBBC Jamie Johnson actress who scored on her 2022 debut and spent 2023/24 on loan at Ipswich Town.

Lennart Brock

Lennart Brock, born 1933, Swedish breaststroke swimmer of SK Poseidon and LUGI; swam on Sweden's 1953 European-record 4x100 m medley relay, later a masters swimming record holder and IFK Lund masters throwing athlete.

Lennart Karl

Lennart Karl (born 2008, Frammersbach) is a German left-footed attacking midfielder and right winger for Bayern Munich, number 42. Youngest Bayern Champions League scorer (17 years 242 days) and a March 2026 Germany senior debutant.

Lennart Strand

Lennart Strand (1921–2004), Swedish 1,500 m runner of MAI Malmö; 1946 European champion, 1948 Olympic silver medallist, and 1947 co-holder of the 3:43.0 world record; distinct from sprinter Lennart Strandberg.

Lennart van Lierop

Lennart van Lierop (Leonard van Lierop), Dutch rower born 1994, A.A.S.R. Skøll; Olympic gold 2024 men's quadruple sculls, 2023 European single sculls champion, 2023 world quad champion, 2026 men's four silver.

Lenni Viitala

Lenni Viitala (Vilho Lennart Viitala, 1921-1966), Finnish freestyle wrestler; Olympic flyweight (52 kg) gold at London 1948, 1946 European champion, missed his medal ceremony after getting lost in the London Underground.

Lennox Lewis

Lennox Lewis, born 1965 in London, British-Canadian heavyweight boxer; 1988 Olympic gold, three-time world champion, undisputed 1999, beat Tyson, Holyfield, Klitschko; retired 2004 as champion, 41-2-1, 32 KOs.

Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson

Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson, also billed Lewis-Tyson: Is On, was the June 8, 2002 heavyweight title fight at The Pyramid, Memphis, where Lewis retained the WBC, IBF, and IBO belts by eighth-round knockout.

Lennox Miller

Lennox Valencia Miller (1946-2004), Jamaican sprinter nicknamed Billy, first great Jamaican 100m runner; Olympic 100m silver 1968 (10.04) and bronze 1972 (10.33), 4x100m relay world records, USC star, father of Inger Miller.

Lennox Yearwood

Lennox Yearwood (born 1944) is a Trinidadian middle-distance runner, lead-off leg on T&T's 1966 Commonwealth 4x440y world-record relay; not the Hip Hop Caucus minister Lennox Yearwood Jr.

Lenny Cooke

Lenny Cooke, Brooklyn-born basketball player ranked the No. 1 high school prospect in 2001 above LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, and Amar'e Stoudemire; went undrafted in 2002, never reached the NBA, and became the subject of the Safdie brothers' 2013 documentary.

Lenny Dykstra

Lenny Dykstra, "Nails" (born 1963), American MLB center fielder for the Mets and Phillies, 1985-1996; 1986 World Series champion, three-time All-Star, 1993 NL runs/hits/walks leader and postseason home run record-tyer.

Lenny Krayzelburg

Lenny Krayzelburg, born Leonid Krayzelburg in 1975 in Odesa, is a Ukrainian-born American swimmer who swept the backstroke events at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and won four gold medals.

Lenny McLean

Lenny McLean, 'The Guv'nor' (1949–1998), English bare-knuckle and unlicensed boxer, bouncer and actor called Britain's hardest man; famous for his three-fight Roy Shaw rivalry, the bestseller The Guv'nor, and Barry the Baptist in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

Lenny Montana

Lenny Montana (Leonardo Passafaro, 1926-1992), Italian-American wrestler turned actor, played Luca Brasi in The Godfather (1972) after being spotted on set as a Colombo family bodyguard; also wrestled as The Zebra Kid.

Lenny Wilkens

Lenny Wilkens (1937-2025), NBA point guard and Hall of Fame head coach; 1,332 wins over a record 2,487 games, 1979 SuperSonics title, 1996 Olympic gold, three-time Hall of Fame inductee.

Lenore Kight-Wingard

Lenore Kight-Wingard (1911-2000), American freestyle swimmer for the Carnegie Library Athletic Club; Olympic silver 1932 and bronze 1936 in the 400 m freestyle, seven world records, 23 AAU titles, ISHOF 1981.

Lenovo Center

Lenovo Center, formerly PNC Arena, RBC Center, and Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena, is Raleigh's 20,000-capacity arena, home of the Carolina Hurricanes and NC State men's basketball, undergoing a $300 million renovation through 2028.

Leo De Vries

Leo De Vries (Leodalis De Vries), born 2006 in Azua, Dominican Republic, is a switch-hitting Athletics shortstop and top MLB prospect; signed by San Diego for $4.2 million in 2024, traded for Mason Miller in 2025, had right shoulder surgery in September 2026.

Leo Durocher

Leo Durocher (1905-1991), "Leo the Lip," American baseball shortstop and Hall of Fame manager of the Dodgers, Giants, Cubs, and Astros; 2,008-1,709 record, pennants 1941, 1951, 1954, 1954 World Series title, suspended in 1947, inducted 1994.

Leo Duru

Leo Duru (Leonard Chibueze Duru, born 2005) is an American right-back from Blackburn Rovers' academy, later on loan at Barrow, San Diego FC, and Birmingham Legion, now at Carlisle United.

Leo Goehring

Leo Richard Goehring (1891-1967), American standing-jump specialist of Mohawk AC, New York. Equal fourth in the 1912 Olympic standing high jump, equal fifth in the standing long jump, and holder of the last official standing high jump world record, 1.67 m (1913).