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William Paul Mitchell (born March 21, 1972), better known by the stage name of Large Professor (also Extra P. and Large Pro), is an American rapper and record producer. Based in New York City, he is a founding member of the underground hip-hop group Main…
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Larnell Lewis (born March 22, 1984) is a Canadian drummer, composer, producer, and educator. He is best known for playing drums with the Denton, TX-based jazz fusion band Snarky Puppy.
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Larry Jeffery "Mutt" Black (July 20, 1951 – February 8, 2006) was an American sprinter, winner of the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay and silver medal in the 200 m at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Black was born in Miami, Florida, and graduated…
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Larry Clark (born January 19, 1948) is an American filmmaker, known as one of the leading directors of the L.A. Rebellion (also known as the Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers). He directed the feature films Passing Through (1977) and Cutting Horse…
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Lawrence Eugene Doby (December 13, 1923 – June 18, 2003) was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball (MLB) who was the second black player to break baseball's color barrier and the first black player in the…
1953–
Larry Darnnell Dorsey (born August 15, 1953) is an American former football player and coach. He played professionally as a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). Dorsey played college football for the Tennessee State Tigers before playing in…
1950–
Larry Eugene Rivers (born 1950) is an American academic administrator, former college president, history professor, and author. He served as President of Fort Valley State University.
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Larry Farmer (born January 31, 1951) is an American basketball coach and former player. Farmer served as the head basketball coach at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1981 to 1984, Weber State University from 1985 to 1988, and Loyola…
1980–
Lawrence Edward Foote Jr. (born June 12, 1980) is an American professional football coach and former player who is currently the run game coordinator and outside linebackers coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He…
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Larry Donnie Gladney (born 1957) is an American experimental particle physicist and cosmologist. He serves as a professor of physics at Yale University and the divisional dean for science in the Yale Faculty of Arts and Sciences. At Yale, he also served as…
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Larry James Grant (born February 16, 1985) is an American former professional football linebacker who is currently the linebackers coach for the Columbus Aviators of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes…
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Larry Demetric Johnson (born March 14, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for ten seasons as a power forward with the Charlotte Hornets and the New York Knicks. An NCAA…
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Larry A. Johnson (born c. 1952) is an American football defensive line and associate head coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. Prior to joining Ohio State, he served as an assistant football coach at Pennsylvania State University from 1996 to…
1950–2013
Larry Doby Johnson (August 17, 1950 – May 26, 2013) was an American professional baseball player. A catcher, he appeared in 12 games over five Major League seasons for the Cleveland Indians (1972; 1974), Montreal Expos (1975–76), and Chicago White Sox…
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Larry Kirksey (born January 6, 1951) is an American former football coach. He has 17 years' experience coaching in the NFL and an additional 22 years of coaching experience in the college ranks.
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Larry Chatmon Little (born November 2, 1945) is a former American professional football player who was a guard in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Bethune–Cookman Wildcats. He…
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Larry Moseley Bell Sr. (born August 18, 1939) is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-first House district, including Sampson and Wayne counties. A retired school superintendent from Clinton,…
1937–1981
Larry Neal or Lawrence Neal (September 5, 1937 – January 6, 1981) was an American writer, poet, critic and academic. He was a notable scholar of African-American theater, well known for his contributions to the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.…
1972–
Larry Porter (born April 28, 1972) is an American college football coach. He currently serves as the running backs coach at Auburn University. Porter is a former head coach of the Memphis Tigers football team. He was named to the position on November 29,…
1957–
Larry Robinson is an American professor and academic administrator, who served as president of Florida A&M University from 2017 to 2024.
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Lawrence “Larry” Sass (born 1964) is an American architectural designer, researcher and educator. His work at MIT connects design computation, digital fabrication and the construction of buildings.
1977–
Larry Scott (born January 2, 1977) is an American college football coach. He is the tight ends coach for the Auburn Tigers. Scott played college football at the University of South Florida. He returned to South Florida in 2006 as a coach. He joined Miami…
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Larry Smith (born January 18, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'8" power forward from Alcorn State University, Smith spent 13 seasons (1980–1993) in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for the Golden State…
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Larry Dean Thompson (born November 15, 1945) is an American lawyer and law professor, who served as Deputy Attorney General of the United States under United States President George W. Bush until August 2003.
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