List of Eponyms (L-Z) - L

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  • Rudolf Laban — choreographer, created labanotation.
  • Ferruccio Lamborghini — founder, Lamborghini
  • Vincenzo Lancia - founder, Lancia
  • Francesco Landini — Landini cadence, might be described in its most characteristic form as a variation on the harmonic progression in which an unstable sixth (usually major) expands to a stable octave.
  • Paul Langerhans — Islets of Langerhans, Langerhans cell, Langerhans cell histiocytosis
  • Samuel Pierpont Langley — langley a measurement of solar radiation.
  • Lev Davidovich Landau — Landau pole, Landau damping
  • Chris Langton — Langton's ant
  • Bent Larsen — Larsen's Opening
  • Ernest Lawrence — lawrencium, chemical element
  • Peter Lee — Peterlee, a town in County Durham
  • Alfredo di Lelio — Alfredo sauce
  • Vladimir Ilyich Lenin — Leninism, Lenin's Testament, for various places see Lenino and List of places named after Lenin
  • John Lennard-Jones — Lennard-Jones potential
  • Jules Léotard—leotard
  • Leudonus — Lothian
  • Lars Levi Læstadius — Laestadianism
  • Abraham Lincoln — Lincoln Records; ships USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602), USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72); Lincoln is a slang term for the United States five dollar bill
  • Charles Lindbergh, pilot — Lindbergh Law anti-kidnapping law
  • Lisa, sister of Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons — Lisa Simpson, character in The Simpsons animated TV series
  • David Livingstone - Livingstone daisy, Livingstone, Zambia
  • Ignacio de la Llave — Veracruz-Llave
  • Veronica Lodge, fictional character in Archie Comics - the Veronica search engine
  • Fritz London — London force
  • Huey Pierce Long, American politician — Huey, one of "Huey, Dewey and Louie", animated cartoon characters
  • Ruy López de Segura, Spanish monk — Ruy Lopez opening in chess
  • John De Lorean — De Lorean
  • Hendrik Lorentz — Lorentz force, Lorentz transformation
  • Lothar — Lorraine, French province
  • Allan Haines Loughead - Lockheed Corporation later to become Lockheed Martin in 1995
  • King Louis XIV of France — Louisiana
  • Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria — Alberta
  • H. P. Lovecraft, Among the most famous horror authors. Inspired the term Lovecraftian.
  • Hubert von Luschka — foramina of Luschka (outlets for cerebrospinal fluid in the brain); Luschka's crypts; Luschka's joints
  • Saint Lucy of Syracuse — Saint Lucia
  • Martin Luther — the Lutheran Christian denomination
  • Alois Lutz — Lutz, Figure skating jump
  • Charles Lynch — lynching, lynch law
  • Trofim Lysenko — Lysenkoism

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