Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Joanna Lumley
British actress
Dame Joanna Lamond Lumleyis a British actress, presenter, former model, author, television producer and activist. She has won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom Absolute...
Mark (Baz) Lunhrmann
Australian film director
Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmannis an Australian film director, producer, writer and actor. With projects spanning film, television, opera, theatre, music and recording industries, he is regarded by some a...
Joe Lycett
English comedian
Joe Harry Lycett, also known by the self-given moniker Mummy, and briefly legally known as Hugo Boss, is an English comedian, painter and television presenter. Known for his sardonically camp style, w...
Kevin Lygo
Director of Television at ITV
Kevin Lygois a British television executive, presently Director of Television at ITV. Career After August 1981 he was one of three trainees to join the BBC, alongside Peter Salmon (former BBC head of ...
Mick Lynch
Trade unionist
Mick Lynch(born 1962) is a British trade unionist. Born in London, to parents from Ireland, Lynch grew up in Paddington. He left school at the age of 16, and qualified as an electrician. He later move...
Michael Lynch
British technology entrepreneur
Michael Richard Lynchis a British technology entrepreneur, known as the co-founder of Autonomy Corporation and the founder of Invoke Capital. Lynch additionally became a co-founder, alongside Invoke C...
Stanley Lynch
American musician
Stanley Joseph "Stan" Lynchis an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He was the original drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for 18 years until his departure in 1994. Early year...
Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad
Swedish singer
Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad, also known simply asFrida, is a Norwegian-born Swedish singer who is best known as one of the founding members and lead singers of the pop band ABBA. Courtesy titles Princess...
Gerard Lyons
British economist
Gerard Patrick Lyonsis a British economist. Gerard Lyons belongs to an immigrant Irish Catholic family from Kilburn, North West London. Lyons attended St Mary's Primary School in Kilburn and Cardinal ...