List of Companies Named After People - L

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  • Lafarge – Joseph-Auguste Pavin de Lafarge
  • Laidlaw – Robert Laidlaw
  • Lamborghini – Ferruccio Lamborghini
  • Lancia – Vicenzo Lancia
  • Lane Bryant – Lena Bryant (first name misspelled by a bank officer when she opened her company's first bank account)
  • Larrousse – Gérard Larrousse
  • Lauda Air – Niki Lauda
  • Lavazza – Luigi Lavazza
  • Laverda – Pietro Laverda
  • Lazard – Alexandre Lazard, Simon Lazard, and Elie Lazard
  • LDS – Louis Douglas Serrurier
  • Lee Enterprises – A. W. Lee
  • Lagardère Group – Jean-Luc Lagardère
  • Lehman Brothers – Henry Lehman, Emanuel Lehman, and Meyer Lehman
  • Leica Camera, Leica Geosystems and Leica Microsystems – Ernst Leitz II (Leitz Camera)
  • LeMond Racing Cycles – Greg LeMond
  • Leslie – Donald Leslie
  • Lesney Products – Leslie Smith and Rodney Smith
  • Levi Strauss & Co. – Levi Strauss
  • Li Ning Company Limited – Li Ning
  • Lidl – named for Ludwig Lidl
  • Life – Ernesto Vita (surname is Italian for life)
  • Ligier – Guy Ligier
  • Lincoln National Corporation – to convey the integrity of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
  • Livingston International - Gerry Livingston
  • Liz Claiborne – Liz Claiborne
  • L.L.Bean - Leon Leonwood Bean
  • Lockheed Corporation (to Lockheed Martin) – Allan Haines Loughead and Malcolm Loughead
  • Loews Theatres and Loews Corporation – Marcus Loew
  • Lonsdale – Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
  • Lorillard Tobacco Company – Pierre Abraham Lorillard
  • Lotte – The Sorrows of Young Werther character Charlotte
  • Louis B. Mayer Pictures (to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) – Louis B. Mayer
  • Louis Vuitton – Louis Vuitton
  • Lowe Alpine and its offshoot Lowepro – Greg, Jeff, and Mike Lowe (founders)
  • Lucasfilm – George Lucas
  • LVMH – see separate entries of Louis Vuitton, Moët et Chandon, and Hennessy

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