People

131 BCE–101 BCE

Lucius Appuleius Saturninus was a Roman popularis politician and tribune in the late second century BC. His alliance with Marius, land legislation and violent methods made […]

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1897–1962

Lucky Luciano was an Italian-born American organised crime figure associated with the restructuring of the American Mafia in the early twentieth century. His career connects Prohibition-era […]

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1786–1868

Ludwig I was king of Bavaria from 1825 to 1848 and a major patron of architecture, painting and classical scholarship. His costly cultural projects and relationship […]

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1881–1957

Luisa Casati was an Italian aristocrat, patron and society figure who turned herself into a deliberately theatrical work of art. She commissioned portraits, staged extravagant performances […]

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d. 395 BCE

Lysander was a Spartan naval commander whose victory brought the Peloponnesian War to an end. Backed by Persian money, he rebuilt Spartan sea power and destroyed […]

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1916–1974

Lyudmila Pavlichenko was a Soviet sniper credited with 309 confirmed kills during the Second World War. She fought in the sieges of Odessa and Sevastopol before […]

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Mack Sennett is represented in the linked historical fiction through family, marriage and personal loyalty and court politics and dynastic power. These works approach the figure […]

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1640–1707

Madame de Montespan was the most prominent mistress of Louis XIV during the middle years of his reign. She became a major patron and mother of […]

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1723–1803

Maeno Ryōtaku was a physician of the Nakatsu Domain and one of the most accomplished early Japanese students of the Dutch language. After studying with Aoki […]

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1252–1309

Maffeo Polo was a Venetian merchant and the brother of Niccolò Polo. The brothers travelled through the Mongol world, reached the court of Kublai Khan and […]

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