List of People From Brighton and Hove - L

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• Thomas Lainson, architect
• David Land, theatre producer
• Michael Langdon, opera singer, died in Hove in 1997
• George Larner, race-walker; double gold medallist at 1908 Olympics
• Walter Ledermann, mathematician, lived in Rottingdean and Hove
• Vivien Leigh, actress, Scarlet O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
• Alfred Lennon, father of John Lennon, was living in Brighton at the time of his death in 1976
• Reginald Leopold, BBC violinist, lived in Saltdean at the time of his death
• Fred Lillywhite, cricketer; organised first England overseas tour
• David Lindsay, Scottish novelist (wrote A Voyage to Arcturus), ran a boarding house in Brighton, died in Hove in 1945
• Ken Livingstone, politician; formerly Mayor of London; had a house in the Seven Dials area
• Hugh Lloyd, actor and comedian, lived in Rottingdean
• Jane Longhurst, killed by Graham Coutts; the Jane Longhurst Trust was set up to campaign for the criminalisation of what the Government labelled "extreme pornography", a move opposed by Backlash and the Consenting Adult Action Network
• Ida Lupino, actress and film-maker, c.1914 – c.1949, daughter of Stanley Lupino
• Desmond Lynam, broadcaster