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1974–
Larry Wade (born November 22, 1974) is an American former track and field athlete who specialized in the 110 metres hurdles. His personal best is a time of 13.01 seconds, achieved in July 1999 in Lausanne, which made him the seventh fastest man in the…
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Larry Whisenton (born July 3, 1956) is an American former left-handed Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Atlanta Braves from 1977 to 1979 and from 1981 to 1982. Prior to playing professionally, Whisenton attended Central High School in St.…
1954–
Larry Glenn Wright (born November 23, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for the Grambling State Tigers and was the Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year in…
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Larycia Alaine Hawkins (born August 22, 1972) is an American scholar, author, and speaker, who in 2013, became the first female African-American tenured professor at Wheaton College, a Christian Protestant liberal arts college. There she served as an…
1920–2015
Larzette Golden Hale-Wilson (June 8, 1920 – February 5, 2015) was an American accountant, educator, and former international president of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She is recognized as the first Black woman certified public accountant (CPA) to earn a…
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LaShanda Teresa James Korley is a Distinguished Professor of Materials Science at the University of Delaware and an expert in soft matter, polymers, and nature-inspired materials. On a larger scale, Korley is also working on developing strategies and…
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Lataisia Jones is an African American neuroscientist in Washington, D.C. at the National Institutes of Health. Jones was the first African American to graduate with a Ph.D. from the Department of Biomedical Sciences located within the College of Medicine…
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Latanya Sweeney is an American computer scientist. She is the Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology at the Harvard Kennedy School and in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. She is the founder and…
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LaTasha Barnes is an American dancer, educator, and choreographer. She is the creator and director of The Jazz Continuum, an African roots-based production encompassing Lindy Hop, house dance, locking, breaking, voguing, and jazz dance that connects dance…
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LaTasha Colander (born August 23, 1976, in Portsmouth, Virginia) is a retired track and field sprinter who competed internationally for the United States. In 1994, on athletic scholarship, Colander enrolled at, and later graduated from, the University of…
1977–
LaTasha Jenkins (born December 19, 1977) is an American former track and field sprinter. Having won international medals in the 200 m, she won a silver medal at the 2001 World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 2001 Outdoor Championships. Other…
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Lateefah Aaliyah Simon (born January 29, 1977) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for California's 12th congressional district since January 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first member of Congress known to be born…
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Latonia M. Harris is an American chemical engineer. Born in Selma, Alabama, and educated in Detroit Public Schools, Harris earned her bachelor's degree in chemical engineering at the University of Michigan. Harris furthered her studies in the same subject…
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LaToya M. Hobbs is an American painter and printmaker best known for her large-scale portraits of Black women. She was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. She earned her BA from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and her MFA from Purdue…
1956–
LaTraia Jones (born February 11, 1956) is an American former football player and coach. He was the 13th head football coach at Mississippi Valley State University located in Itta Bena, Mississippi and he held that position for three seasons, from 1999…
1975–
Latrell Scott (born July 17, 1975) is an American football coach who is currently the running backs coach at Maryland. He was previously the head football coach of Norfolk State University, a position he held from 2015 through 2020 season that was canceled…
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Laura Elizabeth Arabosa Izibor (born May 1987) is an Irish recording artist, musician and producer. She won the 2FM Song Contest while still in secondary school. She went on to win an award at the 2006 Meteor Music Awards.
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Laura Mae Monique Lindo (born 1976) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. She represented the electoral district of Kitchener Centre as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.…
1963–
Laura Maria Serrant, FRCN (born 1963) is a British nurse and academic. She is currently Regional Head of Nursing for North East and Yorkshire at Health Education England and Professor of at Manchester Metropolitan University, where she was previously Head…
1958–
Laura Anne Taylor Swain (née Taylor; born 1958) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She was appointed to the Southern District of New York in 2000 by…
1956–
Lauranett Lorraine Lee (born c. 1956) is an American historian, educator, curator, and author. She is a professor at the University of Richmond, and the founding curator for African American History in the Virginia Museum of History and Culture. She…
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Lauren Marie Betts (born October 15, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Super League. She played for Grandview High School in…
1987–
Lauren "Lolo" Spencer is an American actress. She is best known for playing Jocelyn in the teen comedy drama series The Sex Lives of College Girls and Daphne in the comedy drama film Bob Trevino Likes It.
1991–
Lauren Michele Jackson (born 1991) is an American culture critic and assistant professor of English and African American studies at Northwestern University. Her first book, White Negroes (2019), is a nonfiction collection of essays that explores cultural…
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