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Louis de Jaucourt Chevalier Louis de Jaucourt (September 16, 1704; Paris – February 3, 1779; Compiègne) was a French scholar and the most prolific contributor to the Encyclopédie. He wrote about 18,000 articles on subjects including physiology, chemistry, botany, pathology, and political history, or about 25% of the entire encyclopedia, all done voluntarily.
Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne, (June 6, 1703 – November 15, 1761) was born at Fort Frontenac and began his career in the colonial regular troops as a second ensign in 1722 and was made full ensign five years later.
Louis de Loczy Louis de Loczy was also known as Professor Loczy (born in Budapest, June 5, 1897; deceased, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 9, 1980. He was the son of Lajos Lóczy, probably the most famous Hungarian geologist (born November 2,1849, Pozsony, now called Bratislava, Hungary; deceased May 13,1920, Balatonarács, Hungary).
Louis de Paor Louis de Paor (1961-) is one of Ireland's foremost poets in the Irish language. Born in Cork in 1961, de Paor edited the acclaimed Irish language journal, Innti, which had been founded in 1970 by Michael Davitt, Nuala NĂ­ Dhomhnaill, Liam Ă“ Muirthile and Gabriel Rosenstock.
Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (January 16, 1675 – March 2, 1755), French soldier, diplomatist and writer of memoirs, was born at Versailles. The peerage granted to his father, Claude de Saint-Simon(1608-1693), previously titled the Vidame of Chartres, is the central fact in his history.
Louis de Saint-Just Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just (25 August 1767 – 28 July 1794), usually known as Saint-Just, was a French revolutionary leader. Closely allied with Robespierre, he served with him on the Committee of Public Safety and perished with him after the events of 9 Thermidor.
Louis de Tousard Major Louis de Tousard was a French artillerist who served in the Continental Army under La Fayette. Tousard wrote two very influential books: one was a proposal for a school for officers which became the blueprint for West Point, and the other was a manual for artillery officers which became standard in the young army.
Louis de Watteville Louis de Watteville (1776 – 1836)), whose name was sometimes germanicised to Abraham Ludwig Karl von Wattenwyl was born in Switzerland but became a Major General in the British Army, and fought in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812.
Louis dressing Louis dressing is a salad dressing based on mayonnaise, to which has been added red chili sauce, minced green onion, and minced green chilis. It is commonly used as a dressing for salads featuring seafood, such as a Crab Louis (the King of Salads) or Shrimp Louis.
Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard (1802 - 1872) was a French cloth merchant by trade but, in the 1840's, was also a student of the new art form of photography. He studied the Calotype process, and in 1847, became the first of his countrymen to publish the process in France.
Louis De Geer (1854-1935) Baron Gerhard Louis De Geer af Finspång (27 November 1854 – 25 February 1935) was a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 27 October 1920 to 23 February 1921. He was the son of Louis Gerhard De Geer, the first Prime Minister of Sweden.
Louis Delgrès Louis Delgrès was a mulatto leader of the movement in Guadeloupe resisting reoccupation (and thus the reinstitution of slavery) by Napoleonic France. An experienced military officer who had long experience fighting Great Britain in the many wars that country had with Revolutionary France, Delgrès took over the resistance movement from Magloire Pélage after it became evident that Pélage was loyal to Napoleon.
Louis DeLuca Louis DeLuca is a Republican Party politician in the United States. He is the state senator for the 32nd District of Connecticut, representing Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour, Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown and Woodbury.
Louis DeSorbo Louis "Big Louie" DeSorbo (1939-2003) was an associate of the Genovese crime family. DeSorbo was best known for his well-dressed and sometimes wild brother-in-law John Matarazzo, one of up-state New York's most well known gangsters.
Louis DiNapoli Louis DiNapoli (born December 12, 1938) is a New York City mobster and soldier in the Genovese crime family. DiNapoli grew up in East Harlem and became a made member of the Genovese family in the early 1980s, joining the 116th Street Crew which was headed by his older brother Vincent DiNapoli.
Louis Dollo Louis Antoine Marie Joseph Dollo (1857-1931) was a French-born Belgian palaeontologist, known for formulating Dollo's law. In 1878, he supervised the excavation of the famous, multiple Iguanodon find, at Bernissart, Belgium.
Louis Dreyfus Group Louis Dreyfus Group is a French private company that is involved in agriculture and energy commodities (global processing, trading and merchandising). It owns and manages ocean vessels, develops and operates telecommunications infrastructures and is involved in real estate (development, management and ownership).
Louis Dubois Louis DuBois was a Huguenot colonist to New Netherland who, with two of his sons and 9 other refugees, founded the village of New Paltz, New York. These Protestant refugees fled Catholic persecution in France and Belgium, emigrating to the Rhenish Palatinate in modern Germany before going to New Amsterdam and later up the Hudson River, ultimately to New Paltz.
Louis Duffoy Louis Duffoy was a French sport shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won a silver medal with the French military pistol team.
Louis Dumont (anthropologist) Louis Dumont (1911–1998), was a French anthropologist, associate professor at Oxford University during the 1950s, and director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. A specialist on the cultures and societies of India, Dumont also studied western social philosophy and ideologies.
Louis Dutens Louis Dutens (15 January 1730 - 23 May 1812) was a French writer born in Tours, of Protestant parents. He went to London, where his uncle was a jeweller, and there obtained a situation as tutor in a private family.
Louis E. Woods Lieutenant General Louis E. Woods (7 October 1895-20 October 1971), one of the Marine Corps' outstanding aviators, served as Commanding General, Aircraft, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, and 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, prior to his retirement.
Louis Eilshemius Louis Michel Eilshemius (February 4, 1864 – December 29, 1941) was an American painter, primarily of landscapes and nudes. Although he was academically trained, much of his work has the unself-aware character of naive art.
Louis Eliasberg Louis Eliasberg (1896–1976) was an American financier and numismatist. He is best-known in the numismatic community for putting together the only complete collection of United States coins ever assembled Although the set was not truly "complete" by modern standards (for instance, it did not differentiate between [[Proof coinage|proofs] and circulation strikes, as most modern collectors and set registries do), it is still the most comprehensive U.
Louis Eliot Louis Robert Eliot (born 11 April 1968, Plymouth, England) is an English singer, songwriter and former guitarist of the now defunct bands, Kinky Machine and Rialto and a son of the 10th Earl of St Germans. In 2002, he released his first solo EP, Everybody Loves You When You're Dead, and in 2004, he released his first solo album, The Long Way Round.
Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa are two former police officers from New York City. In 2005 they were charged with carrying out various crimes, including murder, on behalf of the New York Mafia during the 1980s whilst they were still NYPD detectives.
Louis Eugène Félix Néel Louis Eugène Félix Néel (November 22, 1904 – November 17, 2000), a French physicist born in Lyon, was corecipient (with the Swedish astrophysicist Hannes Alfvén) of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1970 for his pioneering studies of the magnetic properties of solids. His contributions to solid state physics have found numerous useful applications, particularly in the development of improved computer memory units.
Louis F. Budenz Louis Francis Budenz (1891-1972) was an American activist and writer, as well as a Soviet espionage agent and head of the Buben group of spies. He began as a labor activist, and a member of the Communist Party USA.
Louis Fadrique Louis Fadrique (also Luis or LluĂ­s Frederic d'AragĂł; died 1382) was the fourth Count of Salona from 1365 and later the Count of Zeitounion and Lord of Aegina from 1380. He was the son and successor of James Fadrique at Salona and a grandson of Alfonso Fadrique.
Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (German: Louis Ferdinand Viktor Eduard Albert Michael Hubertus Prinz von Preussen) (November 9, 1907 - September 26, 1994), a member of the Hohenzollern family, was the pretender to the abolished German monarchy, opponent of the National Socialist German Workers Party in Germany, a business man, and patron of the arts.
Louis Filler Louis Filler (May 2, 1911 – December 22, 1998), a writer on muckraking and abolitionism from 1939 to 1998, taught American civilization at Antioch College from 1946 to 1976 and wrote about American journalists, essayists, writers of fiction, editors, public speakers, and poets, as well as political leaders, who influence public perception and values.
Louis Finkelstein Rabbi Louis Finkelstein (June 14, 1895, Cincinnati, Ohio – 29 November 1991) was a Talmud scholar and expert in Jewish law. He taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the first American seminary of Conservative Judaism.
Louis Finkelstein (artist) Louis Finkelstein (1923-2000) was an American painter and professor at Queens College, City University of New York. Several of his works have been compared to those of French artist and Post-Impressionist painter Paul CĂ©zanne (1839-1906).
Louis Fisher Louis Fisher (March 20, 1913 — November 28, 2001) was the Socialist Labor Party of America candidate for United States President in the 1972 Presidential election and he was "the party's top vote-getting presidential candidate." His Vice Presidential candidate was Genevieve Gundersen.
Louis François de Pourtalès Louis François de Pourtalès (1824-80) was an American naturalist, born at Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He was a pupil of Agassiz, whom he accompanied in 1840 on glacial expeditions in the Alps and in 1847 to the United States, where in 1848 he entered the government Coast Survey.
Louis Fraser Louis Fraser (1810 - 1866) was a British zoologist and collector. In his early years Fraser was Curator of the Museum of the Zoological Society of London He participated in the notorious Niger River Expedition as the African Civilization Society's scientist on Allen and Thomson's 1841-1842 Expedition.
Louis Fratto Luigi Tommaso Giuseppe Fratto (born July 17, 1908- Novemeber 24th 1967) better known in gangland history as Lew Farrell, started his criminal career as a low ranking member of the Chicago Outfit under Al Capone. He arrived in Des Moines, Iowa, in September 1939 and quickly went about the business of trying to corrupt the Sheriff’s Office, the Prosecutor’s Office, the courts and the states political arena.
Louis Freeh Louis Joseph Freeh (born January 6, 1950) was the 15th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He began his career as an agent of the FBI, and was later an assistant United States Attorney and a United States District Court judge.
Louis Fuzelier Louis Fuzelier was a French dramatic author who was born in Paris in 1672 and died in the same city on September 19, 1752. He wrote more than 200 plays for the théâtres de la foire (theatres of the fair), alone or in collaboration with Alain-Rene Lesage, Alexis Piron or d'Orneval.
Louis Gallet Louis Gallet (1835–1898) was an inexhaustible French writer of operatic librettos, plays, romances, memoirs, pamphlets, and innumerable articles, who is remembered above all for his adaptations of fiction—and Scripture— to provide librettos of cantatas and opera, notably by composers Ambroise Thomas (Mignon), Georges Bizet, Camille Saint-Saëns and Jules Massenet.
Louis Garneau Louis Garneau OC (born on August 9, 1958 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian road racing and track cyclist and cyclewear manufacturer. He is probably best known for putting his arm around Elizabeth II (breaking royal protocol) and having his photo taken.
Louis Gathmann Louis Gathmann (August 11, 1843 - 1917), engineer and an inventor, started his career designing equipment for mills and farms he is notable for holding numerous patents. By the 1880s Gathmann's patents were in such demand that he had to form a company to help track and produce his designs.
Louis Geoffroy Louis Geoffroy (Born 1803-Died 1858) was the pseudonym of Louis-Napoléon Geoffroy-Château, a French writer who penned a one of the earliest works of work of Alternate History: Histoire de la Monarchie universelle: Napoléon et la conquête du monde (1812-1832) [Napoleon And The Conquest Of The World] (1836; revised in 1841 as Napoléon Apocryphe).
Louis George Gregory Louis George Gregory (June 6, 1874, Charleston, South Carolina - July 30, 1951, Eliot, Maine) was a prominent African Descent Bahá'í. In 1951 he was posthumously appointed a Hand of the Cause, the highest appointed position in the Bahá'í Faith by Shoghi Effendi.
Louis Gottlieb Louis Gottlieb was bassist and lofty comic spokesman for The Limeliters. He was considered one of the so-called "new comedy" performers such as Mort Sahl, Nichols and May, Lenny Bruce: a new generation of unabashed intellectuals.
Louis Greenwald Louis Greenwald (born March 11, 1967 in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1996, where he represents the 6th legislative district. He has been the Assembly's Budget Committee Chair since 2002 and was the Assistant Minority Leader from 1998-1999.
Louis Gugliemi Louis Guglielmi (1916 Barcelona– April 4, 1991 Vence) was a Catalan musician of Italian extraction who wrote under the nom de plume Louiguy. He wrote the melody for Édith Piaf's lyrics of "La Vie en Rose" and the Latin jazz composition made famous in English as "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)", which was recast as a resounding mambo hit for Pérez Prado.
Louis Gustave Ricard Louis Gustave Ricard (1823 - 1873) was a French painter born in Marseilles, and studied first under Auber in his native town, and subsequently under Coignet in Paris. The formation of his masterly, distinguished style in portraiture was, however, due rather to ten years intelligent copying of the old masters at the Louvre and at the [Italian galleries, than to any school training.
Louis Gustave Vapereau Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819-1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the Dictionnaire universel des contemporains and the Dictionnaire universel des litterateurs.
Louis Guttman Louis (Eliyahu) Guttman (1916 – 1987) was founder and Scientific Director of the Israel Institute of Applied Social Research, later renamed the Guttman Institute, and Professor of Social and Psychological Assessment at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Born in the United States, Guttman was a Zionist and emigrated to the Land of Israel with his wife Ruth in 1947.
Louis Harold Gray Louis Harold Gray (10 November 1905 - 9 July 1965) was a British physicist who worked mainly on the effects of radiation on biological systems, inventing the field of radiobiology as he went. A summary of his work is given below.
Louis Harris Louis Harris (born 6 January 1921) is an American opinion-polling entrepreneur, journalist, and author. He ran one of the best-known polling organizations of his time, Louis Harris and Associates (LHA) which conducted so-called Harris polls.
Louis Hendrik Potgieter Louis Hendrik Potgieter, also known as Patrick Bailey (Pretoria, April 4, 1951 – 1996, Cape Town) fronted the German novelty act Dschinghis Khan for the six years of the band's existence. He came from a German Boer family in South Africa.
Louis Henkin Louis Henkin is a former president of the American Society of International Law and University Professor emeritus at Columbia Law School. He is now the chairman of the Center for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University.
Louis Henri Boussenard Louis Henri Boussenard (4 October, 1847 – 11 September, 1911) was a French author of adventure novels, dubbed the French Rider Haggard during his lifetime but better known today in Eastern Europe than in Francophone countries. As a measure of his popularity, forty volumes of his collected works were published in Imperial Russia in 1911.
Louis Henry Davies Sir Louis Henry Davies, PC, KCMG (May 4, 1845 – May 1, 1924) was a Prince Edward Island (PEI) lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as lead counsel for the Prince Edward Island Land Commission, which was established in 1875 to settle the problem of absentee land ownership and to provide tenants of the Island with clear title to their lands.
Louis Herman Louis Herman is a researcher in of dolphin sensory abilities, dolphin cognition, and humpback whales. He is currently professor in the Department of Psychology and a cooperating faculty member of the Department of Oceanography at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Louis Hildebrand Louis Hildebrand was a French cyclist who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal in the men's 25 kilometre race.
Louis Hjelmslev Louis Hjelmslev (October 3, 1899 - May 30, 1965) was a Danish linguist whose ideas formed the basis of the Copenhagen School of linguistics. Born into an academic family, Hjelmslev studied comparative linguistics in Copenhagen, Prague and Paris (with a.
Louis Horst Louis Horst (1884 to 1964) was the musical director for the Denishawn company (1916 to 1925) before working as musical director and dance composition teacher for Martha Grahams school and dance company (1926 to 1948). Apart from being a personal friend and mentor to Graham, Horst worked for many other choreographers including:
Louis Charles Antoine Desaix Louis Charles Antoine Desaix (August 17, 1768 - June 14, 1800) was a French General and military leader. (According to the usage of the time, in order to be distinguished from his brother, he took the name Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux.
Louis Charles Armand Fouquet Louis Charles Armand Fouquet, known as Chevalier de Belle-Isle (1693 - July 19, 1747) was a French general and diplomatist. He was the younger brother to Marshal Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duke of Belle-Isle.
Louis Chauvel Louis Chauvel, born in 1967, is a French sociologist, PhD Université de Lille (1997), Habilitation Sciences Po (2003). He is specialized in social generations, in the analysis of social structures, in cohort and generational change.
Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé (May 7, 1530 – March 13, 1569) was a Huguenot leader and general, the founder of the house of Condé. He was the fifth son of Charles de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme, the younger brother of Antoine de Bourbon who married Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre; their son, Condé's nephew, became Henry IV of France.
Louis I de Valois, Duke of Orléans Louis of Valois (March 13 1372 – November 23 1407) was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death. He was also Count of Valois, Duke of Touraine (1386–1392), Count of Blois (1397–1407), Angoulême (1404–1407), Périgord, Dreux and Soissons.
Louis I of Naples Louis I of Anjou (Château de Vincennes, July 23, 1339 – September 20, 1384, Biselia) was the second son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg. He was the Count of Anjou 1356–1360, Duke of Anjou 1360–1384, Count of Maine 1356–1384, Duke of Touraine 1370–1384, and titular King of Naples and Jerusalem and Count of Provence and Forcalquier 1382–1384.
Louis I, Cardinal of Guise Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (October 21, 1527, Joinville, Champagne – March 29, 1578, Paris) was the fourth son of Claude, Duke of Guise and Antoinette de Bourbon, and the younger brother of Charles of Guise, Cardinal of Lorraine. He was the nephew of Cardinal Jean de Lorraine.
Louis I, Count of Montpensier Louis of Bourbon (1405 – May 1486), Count of Montpensier, Clermont-en-Auvergne and Sancerre and Dauphin of Auvergne, was the youngest son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and brother of Charles I of Bourbon. He founded the Bourbon-Montpensier branch of the House of Bourbon, who would eventually take over the Duchy in 1505.
Louis I, Duke of Bavaria Duke Louis I of Bavaria (German: Ludwig I der Kelheimer, Herzog von Bayern, Pfalzgraf bei Rhein) (Kelheim, 23 December, 1173 – 15 September 1231 in Kelheim) was the Duke of Bavaria in 1183 and the Count of Palatinate of the Rhine in 1214. He was a son of Otto I.
Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (September 8, 1621 – November 11, 1686) was a French soldier and the most famous representative of the Condé branch of the Bourbons. During his father's lifetime he was styled the Duc d'Enghien.
Louis II, Cardinal of Guise Louis II, Cardinal of Guise (July 6, 1555, Dampierre – December 24, 1588, Château de Blois) was the third son of Francis, Duke of Guise and Anna d'Este. His maternal grandparents were Ercole d'Este II, Duke of Ferrara and Renée of France.
Louis II, Count of Montpensier Louis of Bourbon-Montpensier (1483–1501, Naples) was the son of Gilbert, Count of Montpensier and Claire Gonazaga. He was Count of Montpensier and Clermont-en-Auvergne and Dauphin d'Auvergne from 1496 to his death.
Louis II, Duke of Bavaria Duke Louis II of Bavaria (13 April 1229, Heidelberg – 2 February 1294, Heidelberg) (German: Ludwig II der Strenge, Herzog von Bayern, Pfalzgraf bei Rhein), from 1253 Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine (see Palatinate).
Louis III, Prince of Condé Louis III of Bourbon (November 10 1668 – March 4 1710) was Prince of Condé (pronounced: kôNdā') for a short period of time, following the death of his father Henry III in 1709. For the most part of his life he thus was styled Duke of Bourbon.
Louis IV of France Louis IV (920 – September 10, 954), called d'Outremer or Transmarinus, reigned as king of France from 936 to 954, a member of the Carolingian dynasty, the son of Charles III and Eadgifu of England, a daughter of King Edward the Elder.
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse Louis IV (Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Karl) (12 September 1837 - 13 March 1892), was the fourth Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, reigning from 13 June 1877 until his death. Through his own and his children's marriages he was connected to the British Royal Family, to the Imperial house of Russia and other royal houses of Europe.
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria (also known as Ludwig the Bavarian) of the House of Wittelsbach (born 1282; died October 11 1347) was duke of Bavaria from 1294/1301 together with his brother Rudolf I, also count of the Palatinate until 1329 and, German king since 1314 and crowned as Holy Roman Emperor in 1328. Louis died on October 11, 1347 when he suffered a stroke during a bear-hunt in Puch near FĂĽrstenfeldbruck.
Louis IX of France Louis IX or Saint Louis (April 25, 1215 – August 25, 1270) was King of France from 1226 until his death. Born at Poissy, France, he was a member of the Capetian dynasty and the son of King Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile.
Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria Duke Louis IX of Bavaria (February 23 1417, Burghausen–January 18 1479, Landshut), (German: Ludwig IX , Herzog von Bayern-Landshut), from 1450 Duke of Bavaria-Landshut. He was a son of Henry XVI the Rich and Margarete of Austria.
Louis J. Capozzoli Louis Joseph Capozzoli (March 6, 1901 - October 8, 1982) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Cosenza, Italy, he immigrated to the United States in 1906 and attended the public schools in New York City.
Louis J. Hauge, Jr. Corporal Louis James Hauge, Jr. (1924-1945) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded his nation's highest military honor — the Medal of Honor — for his heroic actions during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II.
Louis J. Michot Louis Joseph Michot, Jr., (born November 5, 1922) is a prominent Lafayette, Louisiana, businessman, entrepreneur of the former Burger Chef restaurant chain, philanthropist, and a former Democratic state representative (1960-1964), member of the Louisiana Board of Education (1968-1972), and state superintendent of education (1972--1976).
Louis Jacolliot Louis Jacolliot (1837 – 1890) was a French barrister then a judge in India and Tahiti (1865-1869) and after that an author and lecturer. Born in Charolles, he lived several years in India and other parts of Asia.
Louis James O'Leary Louis James O'Leary (August 17, 1877 - July 8, 1930) was the sixth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown, who also happened to be the older brother of his predecessor, Bishop Henry Joseph O'Leary.
Louis James Pesha Louis James Pesha (August 11, 1868 – October 1, 1912) was a noted photographer of ships of the Great Lakes and early 20th century Michigan landmarks. Pesha died an accidental death while operating his steam-powered automobile.
Louis Jéhotte Louis Jéhotte (1804-1884) was a prominent Belgian sculptor working in a realist tradition that was inflected, who was responsible for the bronze equestrian monument to Charlemagne erected in the boulevard d'Avroy, Liège, in 1867. His bronze Cain Maudit stands outside the Palais des Académies, Brussels, his Charles de Lorraine in the Place Royale, Brussels.
Louis Johnson (bassist) The Brothers Johnson's bassist, Louis Johnson (born on 13 April, 1955, in Los Angeles) is regarded as one of the best bassists of the 20th century. His work appears on the Brothers Johnson albums and many well-known records by prominent artists.
Louis Jolliet Louis Jolliet, also known Louis Joliet (baptised September 21, 1645 – 1700), was a Canadian explorer born in Quebec who is important for his discoveries in North America. Joliet and missionary Jacques Marquette were the first Europeans to map the Mississippi River.
Louis Jolyon West Louis Jolyon ("Jolly") West (1924 in Brooklyn, New York - January 2, 1999 in Los Angeles) was an American psychiatrist, human rights activist and expert on brainwashing, mind control, torture, substance abuse, post traumatic stress disorder and violence.
Louis Jordan Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was a pioneering American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as The King of the Jukebox, Jordan was highly popular with both black and white audiences in the later years of the swing era.
Louis Joseph de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme Louis Joseph de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme (July 1, 1654-June 11, 1712), marshal of France, was the son of Louis, 2nd duke of Vendôme, and the great-grandson of Henry IV of France and Gabrielle d'Estrée. He was born in Paris.
Louis Joubin Louis Marie Adolphe Olivier Édouard Joubin (27 january 1861- 24 april1935) was a professor at the National Natural History Museum in Paris. He published works on nemerteans, chaetognatha, cephalopods, and other molluscs.
Louis Jourdain Louis Jourdain is the son of Buck Jourdain, chairman of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. He was charged with conspiracy to commit murder based on several email messages he exchanged with Jeff Weise which involved plans for the Red Lake High School massacre.
Louis Jules Trochu Louis Jules Trochu (March 12, 1815 - October 7, 1896) was a French military leader and politician. He served as President of France from September 4th 1870 to January 22nd 1871 (although he resigned as President in January, he retained the role symbolically until the legislative elections of February 1871), acting as Head of State for the Government of National Defence.
Louis K Wang Louis K Wang (born 1965) was born in Taiwan and moved to New York City to study filmmaking and computer graphics. After several exhibitions in Manhattan, he established himself as a digital artist and animator.
Louis Kauffman Louis Kauffman is a topologist working in the realm of knot theory and its relationships with statistical mechanics, quantum theory, algebra, combinatorics and foundations. Louis is currently part of the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer science at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Louis Kaufman Louis Kaufman (May 10, 1905, Portland, Oregon – February 9, 1994, Los Angeles, California) was an American violinist and possibly the most recorded musical artist of the 20th century. He played the soundtrack on as many as 500 movies and over 100 musical recordings.
Louis Keller Louis Keller is best known as the German-American New Yorker of wide social acquaintance who assembled and published the New York Social Register, which first appeared in 1886. The registry for the Metropolitan National Horse Show, held at the original Madison Square Garden on Madison Avenue and East 26th Street since 1883, listing its attendees and directors, formed part of the basis of Louis Keller's Social Register,Alex Williams, "A Horse Show Princess Shakes Up the Stables" The New York Times, 31 October 2004 (on-line text).
Louis Kentner Louis Kentner (July 19, 1905–September 23, 1987) was a Hungarian pianist. He was born in Karwin, which was at the time part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, but now falls in the Czech Republic and is known as Karviná.
Louis Klazinga Louis Klazinga (birthdate unknown) is a Namibian cricketer. He first played for Namibia in October 2006 as a tailender batsman, in the South African Airways Three-Day Challenge, making his Namibian debut against Limpopo.

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