Lucas (surname)

Lucas as a surname may refer to:

  • Albert Lucas, American juggler
  • Anthony Francis Lucas (1855–1921), Croatian-born oil-field engineer
  • Antoinette Lucas (born 1968), American field hockey player
    • Al Lucas (1978–2005), American football player
    • Al Lucas (musician) (1916–1983), Canadian jazz double-bassist
  • A. P. Lucas (1857–1923), English cricketer
  • Baron Lucas, aristocratic family name - see below
    • Arthur Lucas, one of the last two people to be executed in Canada
    • Arthur Lucas (academic), 18th Principal of King's College London
    • Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas (1853-1936), English-born Australian schoolmaster and scientist
  • Buddy Lucas, New Zealand swimmer
  • Caroline Lucas (born 1960), British politician
    • Charles Lucas (1613–1648), English soldier
    • Charles Lucas (musician) (1808–1869), British cellist
    • Charles Lucas (politician) (1713–1771), Irish politician and physician
    • Charles Davis Lucas (1834–1914), Anglo-Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient
  • Charlotte Lucas (born 1976), British actress
  • Clarence Lucas (1866–1947), Canadian composer
  • Colin Lucas (born 1940), British historian
  • Craig Lucas (born 1951), American playwright
  • David Lucas (born 1937), American music producer and jingle writer
  • David Lucas, pseudonym of Steven Blum (born 1965), American voice actor
  • Dick Lucas (minister) (born 1925), British evangelical speaker
  • Dick Lucas, British vocalist
  • E. V. Lucas (1868–1938), British writer
  • Édouard Lucas (1842–1891), French mathematician
    • Edward Lucas, one of several people including:
    • Edward Lucas (director), American film director
    • Edward Lucas (journalist), British journalist
  • Eliza Lucas (c.1722–1793), Antiguan-born plantation manager
  • Francis Lucas, various including:
    • Francis Lucas (Royal Navy officer) (c.1741–1770), naval officer and merchant trader born in Clontibret, Ireland
    • Francis Lucas (Irish politician) (1669–1746), Member of Parliament for Monaghan Borough 1713–1746 and Monaghan County
    • Francis Lucas (English politician) (1850–1918), British company director and Conservative Member of Parliament for Lowestoft 1900–1906
  • François Édouard Anatole Lucas, mathematician who studied Lucas numbers and the closely related Fibonacci numbers (both of which are examples of a Lucas sequence)
    • Frank E. Lucas (1876–1948), American politician
    • Frank Lucas (1894–1967), English literary critic
    • Frank Lucas (drug lord) (born 1930), American drug dealer
    • Frank Lucas (politician) (born 1960), American politician
    • Frederick Lucas (1812-1855) was a British journalist.

Frederick Lucas is also the name of:

  • Buddy Lucas (Frederick Ross Lucas, 1931–2002), New Zealand swimmer
  • Fred Lucas (Frederick Warrington Lucas, 1903–1987), American Major League Baseball player
  • Sir Frederick Cook, 2nd Baronet (Frederick Lucas Cook, 1844–1920), British politician
  • Frederic Augustus Lucas (1852–1929), American anatomist and museum director
    • Gary Lucas, American musician
    • Gary Lucas (baseball player) (born 1954), American baseball player
  • Geoffry Lucas (1872–1947), English architect (often mis-spelt Geoffrey)
    • George Lucas (born 1944), American film maker
    • George W. Lucas (1845–1921), American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
  • Henry Lucas (politician) (c.1610-1663), British politician and benefactor
    • Henry Lee Lucas (1936–2001), American convicted murderer
  • Ian Lucas (born 1960), British politician
    • Hippolyte Lucas (1814-1899), French entomologist.
    • Hippolyte-Julien-Joseph Lucas (1807-1878), French writer and critic
  • Isaac Benson Lucas (1867–1940), Canadian politician
  • Isabel Lucas (born 1985), Australian actress
  • Isabelle Lucas (1927–1997), British actress and singer
  • James Lucas (1792-1865), see Lucas Brothers, Builders, British builder
    • Jean Jacques Étienne Lucas (1764–1819), French naval officer
    • Jean Lucas (1917–2003), French racing driver
  • Jeanne Hopkins Lucas (c.1936–2007), American politician
  • Jerry Lucas (born 1940), American basketball player
  • Jett Lucas (born 1993), American actor, son of George Lucas
  • Jim G. Lucas (1914–1970), American journalist
  • John Lucas, one of several people including:
    • John Lucas (comics), American comic book artist
    • John Lucas (philosopher)
    • Sir John Lucas (royalist) (1606-1671) 1st Lord Lucas of Shenfield, brother of Charles Lucas
    • John Lucas (VC) (1827-1892), Irish soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross after action in New Zealand
    • John Lucas II, American basketball player, NBA
    • John Lucas III, American basketball player, son of John Lucas II
    • John Meredyth Lucas, screenwriter, director
    • John P. Lucas, American general in World War II
    • John Seymour Lucas, British artist
  • Joseph Lucas (1834-1902), founder of the British automotive electrical components manufacturer - Lucas Automotive, LucasVarity
  • Josh Lucas, American actor
  • Ken Lucas, American politician
  • Malcolm M. Lucas, American judge
  • Matt Lucas (born 1974), British comedian
  • Maurice Lucas, American basketball player
  • Michael Lucas, one of several people including:
    • Michael Lucas (director)
    • Michael Lucas (political activist), artist, designer and political activist
    • Michael William George Lucas (1926-2001), British politician, 2nd Lord Lucas of Chilworth
  • Nathaniel Lucas, convict transported to Australia
  • Nick Lucas, American jazz troubadour
  • Ray Lucas, American football player
  • Reggie Lucas, American songwriter and producer
  • Richard Lucas, one of several people including:
    • Richard Lucas (clergyman) (c. 1640–1715), Welsh clergyman
    • Richard Lucas (politician)
    • Richard Lucas (rower) (1886–1968), British rower
    • Richie Lucas (born 1938), American footballer
    • Richard Cockle Lucas (1800–1883), English sculptor
  • Robert Lucas, one of several people including:
    • Robert Lucas (governor), American politician
    • Robert Lucas (21st Century Ohio politician), American politician
    • Robert Lucas, Jr., American economist (Lucas critique)
  • Sam Lucas, American actor
  • Samuel Lucas, abolitionist and newspaper editor
  • Samuel Lucas (1805-1870), 'Senior" - brewer and painter
  • Sarah Lucas, British artist
  • Scott Lucas, one of several people including:
    • Scott W. Lucas (1892–1968), U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader from Illinois
    • Scott Lucas (footballer) (born 1977), Australian footballer
    • Scott Lucas (musician), founding member of Local H
  • Spencer G. Lucas, American paleontologist
  • Steve Lucas, commander of Canadian Forces Air Command
    • Thomas Lucas (royalist) (d. 1649), English Cavalier, brother of and John and Charles
    • Thomas Lucas (c. 1720-1784), English MP and West Indies merchant
    • Thomas Geoffry Lucas (1872–1947), English architect
    • Thomas Pennington Lucas (1843-1917), Scottish-born Australian medical practitioner
    • Tommy Lucas (1895-1953), English footballer
  • Trevor Lucas, Australian folk-rock musician
  • Victor Lucas, Canadian writer and TV show director
  • Vrain Denis-Lucas, French forger
  • Werner Lucas, German pilot
  • Wilfred Lucas, Canadian film actor and director

Lucas as an aristocratic family name, Baron Lucas of Crudwell, may refer to:

  • Mary Grey, Countess of Kent, 1st Baroness Lucas of Crudwell (died 1702)
  • Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, 2nd Baron Lucas of Crudwell (1671–1740)
  • Anthony Grey, Earl of Harold, 3rd Baron Lucas of Crudwell (1695–1723)
  • Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey, 4th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell (1722–1797)
  • Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, 6th Baron Lucas of Crudwell (1781–1859)
  • Anne Florence Cowper, 7th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell (1806–1880)
  • Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper, 8th Baron Lucas of Crudwell (1834–1905)
  • Auberon Herbert, 9th Baron Lucas of Crudwell (1876–1916)
  • Nan Ino Cooper, 10th Baron Lucas of Crudwell (1880–1958)
  • Anne Rosemary Palmer, 11th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell (1919–1991)
  • Ralph Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas of Crudwell (born 1951)

Famous quotes containing the word lucas:

    May the Force be with you!
    —George Lucas (b. 1944)