List of Freemasons - L

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• Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, French military officer who served as a general in the American Revolutionary War and a leader of the Garde Nationale during the French Revolution.
• Burt Lahr, Pacific Lodge No. 33, New York
• Joseph Lamar, US Associate Justice (1888–1893), Webb Lodge No. 166 F.& A.M., Augusta, Georgia
• Mirabeau B. Lamar, President of the Republic of Texas, Harmony Lodge #6, Galveston, TX.
• John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham
• Frank S. Land, member of the Ivanhoe Lodge #446 on June 29, 1912 in Kansas City. He was the founder of the Order of DeMolay.
• Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven (1873–1932), Afrikaans writer and member of South African parliament.
• Harry Lauder, Scottish performer and entertainer
• Tony Lauer, Australian Police officer, Grand Master of New South Wales (2002–2005)
• José P. Laurel, President of the Japanese-Sponsored Republic of the Philippines during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. Batangas Lodge No. 383 under the Gran Oriente Espanol, (renamed Batangas Lodge No. 35 under the Grand Lodge of the Philippines).
• Daniel Leavitt, inventor, manufacturer. Member of Chicopee, Massachusetts Lodge
• Scott Leavitt, United States Congressman from Montana. Member of Delta Lodge 128, Great Falls, Montana
• Thomas Leavitt, diplomat, politician, businessman, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Member of Albion Lodge No. 52, Saint John, New Brunswick
• Henry Lee III, Governor of Virginia, United States Congressman from Virginia, father of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Hiram Lodge No. 59, Westmoreland County, Virginia
• Richard Henry Lee, president of the Continental Congress, United States Senator from Virginia. Hiram Lodge No. 59, Westmoreland County, Virginia.
• William Legge, 7th Earl of Dartmouth, British peer and conservative politician. Grand superintendent of the Royal Arch, Staffordshire.
• John A. Lejeune, Major General, U.S. Marine Corps.
• Sir Charles Lemon (1784–1857),Baronet, British Member of Parliament (1809–1857), was Provincial Grand Master for the Province Cornwall (UGLE) (1844–1863)
• Leopold I, King of Belgium
• Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German writer and philosopher
• William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme(1851–1925), British peer, Founder of Lever Brothers. In 1902 he was first initiate to a lodge bearing his name, William Hesketh Lever Lodge No. 2916, he later formed Leverhulme Lodge 4438. He was a founder of the Phoenix Lodge 3236 whilst an M.P in 1907 and a founder of St. Hilary Lodge No. 3591 founded 4 May 1912, then Past Pro-Grand Warden (P.P.G.W) and Immediate Past Master (I.P.M). He was appointed Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England in 1919 and co-founded a number of lodges including the Mersey Lodge 5434. He was Provincial Senior Grand Warden of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cheshire.
• Meriwether Lewis, Explorer, Lewis and Clark expedition. Door to Virtue Lodge No. 44, Albemarle County, Virginia.
• Frank Licht, Politician. Governor of Rhode Island (1969–1973)
• Benjamin Lincoln, Major General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Member, Rising Sun Lodge, Massachusetts.
• Charles Lindbergh, US Aviator and chairman of the America First Committee, Keystone Lodge No. 243, St. Louis, Mo.
• Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres, Scottish soldier, Grand Master of Scotland (1780–1782)
• Orland Lindsay, Archbishop of the West Indies 1986-1998
• Thomas Lipton, founder of Lipton
• Pascal Lissouba, president of the Republic of the Congo, 1992–1997.
• Franz Liszt, Composer. Lodge zur Einigkeit, Frankurt.
• Harold Lloyd, silent film comedian and Imperial Potentate of the Shriners of North America, 1949-50.
• Jimmy Logan, Scottish performer and record producer
• Graciano López Jaena, Filipino writer and journalist in the Philippine Revolution. Worshipful Master at Logia Povernir No. 2.
• Trent Lott, Former majority leader of the US Senate
• Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France during the French Revolution
• Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough Grand Master of the UGLE from 1951 to 1967
• Juan Luna, Filipino painter and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the 19th century. Raised in Paris, France, under the auspices of Lodge Solidaridad 53.