Top Celebrity Names Starting With Louis

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   Louis Gossett, Jr.

   Age 76 Male
   

   Basketball Player

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   Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr. is an American actor famous for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman and Fiddler in the 1970s television miniseries Roots. Gossett has also starred in numerous film productions including The Deep, Jaws 3-D (as SeaWorld manager Calvin Bouchard), Wolfgang Peterson's Enemy Mine, the Iron Eagle series, Toy Soldiers and The Punisher.… read more

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   Louis Lesser

   Age 96 Male
   

   Developer, President

   
   

   Louis Lesser is an American business magnate. He received frequent press coverage in the 1950s and 1960s for his ability to earn money and for his various business operations. He sold the Taj Mahal to New York real estate developer Donald Trump. Trump called Lesser "The Legend" as the historic biggest developer in the history of the western US, developing over 60,000 properties in the Western United States.… read more

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   Louis Farrakhan

   Age 79 Male
   

   Musician

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   Louis XIV of France

   1768 - 1715 Male
   

   King of France and of Navarre

   
   

   Louis XIV, known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. He holds the distinction of being the longest-reigning king in European history, reigning for 72 years and 110 days. Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661 after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin.… read more

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   Louis H. Carpenter

   1839 - 1916 Male
   

   Civil War, Indian Wars, Cuban-american War Medal of Honor Recipient

   
   

   Louis Henry Carpenter was a United States Army brigadier general and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the American Indian Wars. He dropped out of college to enlist in the Union Army at the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861, first as an enlisted soldier before being commissioned as an officer the following year. During the American Civil War, he participated in at least fourteen campaigns primarily with the 6th U.S.… read more

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   Louis Brandeis

   1856 - 1941 Male
   

   Supreme Court Justice

   
   

   Louis Dembitz Brandeis was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1939. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Jewish immigrant parents who raised him in a secular mode. He enrolled at Harvard Law School, graduating at the age of twenty with the highest grade average in the college’s history. Brandeis settled in Boston where he became a recognized lawyer through his work on progressive social causes.… read more

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   Louis XV of France

   1710 - 1774 Male
   

   Monarch

   
   

   Louis XV was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-grandfather at the age of five, though Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, his first cousin twice removed, served as Regent of the kingdom until Louis's majority in 1723. Cardinal de Fleury was his chief minister from 1726 until the Cardinal's death in 1743, at which time the young king took over control of the Kingdom.… read more

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   Louis C.K.

   Age 44 Male
   

   Comedian

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   Louis Szekely, known professionally as Louis C.K. , is an Emmy and Grammy award winning Mexican-American stand-up comedian, television and film writer, actor and director. He is the star of the FX comedy series Louie, which he also writes, directs, and edits.… read more

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   Louis Freeh

   Age 62 Male
   

   Politician, Assistant, Agent

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   Louis Joseph Freeh was the 5th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, serving from September 1993 to June 2001. Freeh began his career as an agent of the FBI, and was later an assistant United States Attorney and a United States district court judge, the position he held when appointed FBI director. He is now a lawyer and consultant in the private sector. He acquired Italian citizenship on October 23, 2009.… read more

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    Louis Riel

    1844 - 1885 Male
    

    Politician

    
    

    Louis David Riel was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political and spiritual leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies. He led two resistance movements against the Canadian government and its first post-Confederation Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. Riel sought to preserve Métis rights and culture as their homelands in the Northwest came progressively under the Canadian sphere of influence. He is regarded by many as a Canadian folk hero today.… read more

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    Louis Armstrong

    1901 - 1971 Male
    

    Jazz Trumpeter and Singer

    
    

    Louis Armstrong, nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performance.… read more

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    Louis XVIII of France

    1755 - 1824 Male
    

    Politician, King, Prince

    
    

    Louis XVIII, known as "the Unavoidable", was King of France and of Navarre from 1814 to 1824, omitting the Hundred Days in 1815. Louis XVIII spent twenty-three years in exile, from 1791 to 1814, during the French Revolution and the First French Empire, and again in 1815, for 111 days, upon the return of Napoleon from Elba. While in exile, he lived in Prussia, the United Kingdom and Russia.… read more

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    Louis Leakey

    1903 - 1972 Male
    

    Archeologist, Naturalist, Social Scientist

    
    

    Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (7 August 1903 – 1 October 1972) was a British archaeologist and naturalist whose work was important in establishing human evolutionary development in Africa. He also played a major role in creating organizations for future research in Africa and for protecting wildlife there.… read more

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    Louis Plamondon

    Age 68 Male
    

    Politician

    
    

    Not to be confused with Louis Plamondon Louis Plamondon Parliamentary leader of the Bloc Québécois (interim) Incumbent Assumed office June 2, 2011 Preceded by Pierre Paquette Dean of the Canadian House of Commons Incumbent Assumed office October 14, 2008 Preceded by Bill Blaikie Member of the Canadian House of Commons for Bas-Richelieu-Nicolet-Bécancour Incumbent Assumed office September 4, 1984 Preceded by Jean-Louis Leduc Born July 31, 1943 (1943-07-31) (age 68)Template:Safesubst:Saint-Raymond, Quebec, CanadaTemplate:Safesubst: Political party Bloc Québécois Other politicalaffiliations Progressive Conservative Party Alma mater Laval UniversityUniversity of Montreal Profession BusinesspersonProfessor Louis Plamondon (born July 31, 1943) is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec and the current interim parliamentary leader of the Bloc Québécois (BQ). … read more

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    Louis de Funès

    1914 - 1983 Male
    

    Actor, Comedian

    
    

    Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel. His acting style is remembered for its high energy performance, a wide range of facial expressions and an engaging, snappy impatience. He was enormously successful in several countries for many years, but remained almost unknown in the English-speaking world.… read more

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    Louis Calabro

    1926 - 1991 Male
    

    Composer, Conductor, Percussionist

    
    

    Louis Calabro, was an Italian American orchestral composer. Calabro studied piano and composition at Juilliard School of Music. Vincent Persichetti was his principal teacher there. Louis Calabro was a music professor at Bennington College of Vermont from 1955 until his death in 1991. He was a composer, teacher, conductor and a percussionist. Calabro's original music is published by Elkan-Vogel, Theodore Presser, Tuba Press and Morningstar Music.… read more

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    Louis J. Michot

    1922 - 2012 Male
    

    Louisiana Businessman and Politician

    
    

    Louis Joseph Michot, Jr., is a prominent Lafayette, Louisiana, businessman, entrepreneur of the former Burger Chef restaurant chain, philanthropist, and a former Democratic state representative (1960–1964), member of the Louisiana Board of Education (1968–1972), and Louisiana State Education Superintendent (1972—1976). He is the Roman Catholic father of ten children, two of whom, Carolyn Rose Michot and Yvette Marie Michot, are deceased.… read more

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    Louis XVI of France

    1754 - 1793 Male
    

    Monarch

    
    

    Louis XVI was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before being executed in 1793. Succeeding Louis XV, his unpopular grandfather, Louis XVI was well aware of the growing discontent of the French population against the absolute monarchy.… read more

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    Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

    1767 - 1794 Male
    

    Politician Executed During the French Revolution

    
    

    Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just, usually known as Saint-Just, was a military and political leader during the French Revolution. The youngest of the deputies elected to the National Convention in 1792, Saint-Just rose quickly in their ranks and became a major leader of the government of the French First Republic. He spearheaded the movement to execute King Louis XVI and later drafted the radical French Constitution of 1793.… read more

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    Louis Althusser

    1918 - 1990 Male
    

    Philosopher, Author

    
    

    Louis Pierre Althusser was a French Marxist philosopher. He was born in Algeria and studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he eventually became Professor of Philosophy. Althusser was a longtime member - although sometimes a strong critic - of the French Communist Party. His arguments and theses were set against the threats that he saw attacking the theoretical foundations of Marxism.… read more

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    Louis B. Mayer

    1885 - 1957 Male
    

    Film Producer

    
    

    Louis Burt Mayer born Lazar Meir was an American film producer. He is generally cited as the creator of the "star system" within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in its golden years. Known always as Louis B. Mayer and often simply as "L.B. ", he believed in wholesome entertainment and went to great lengths so that MGM had "more stars than there are in the heavens".… read more

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    Louis I of Hungary

    1326 - 1382 Male
    

    King of Hungary and Croatia

    
    

    Louis the Great (Hungarian: I. Lajos, Croatian: Ludovik I, Polish: Ludwik Węgierski, Ukrainian: Людвік I Великий, Slovak: Ľudovít Veľký, Italian: Luigi I d'Ungheria, German: Ludwig der Große, Bulgarian: Лудвиг I, Serbian: Лајош I Анжујски, Czech: Ludvík I. Veliký, Lithuanian: Liudvikas I Vengras was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370 until his death. Louis was the head of the senior branch of the Angevin dynasty.… read more

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    Louis Dubin

    Age 49 Male
    

    Developer

    
    

    Louis Myerberg Dubin is a prominent fourth-generation New York City real estate developer notable for developing upscale condominiums, typically in large east-coast United States cities. His firm Athena often sold condominiums to middle and upper-middle class buyers by touting affordability and panoramic skyline views. In addition, his firm converted landmark buildings into luxury condominiums, some of which were bought by luminaries such as Charles Bronfman.… read more

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    Louis Ormont

    2008 Male
    

    Practitioner, Model, Scholar

    
    

    Dr. Louis Ormont, one of the earliest practitioners of group psychotherapy based on a psychoanalytic model, died on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. During his long career, Dr. Ormont was passionate about developing, practicing, teaching, and speaking and writing about Group Therapy. The context of his passion was always that of relieving suffering and fostering hope, creativity, resourcefulness and joy in his patients, students and audiences.… read more

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    Louis Philippe I

    1773 - 1850 Male
    

    Last King of France

    
    

    Louis Philippe I was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the July Monarchy. His father was a duke who supported the French Revolution but was nevertheless guillotined. Louis Philippe fled France as a young man and spent 21 years in exile, including considerable time in the United States. He was proclaimed king in 1830 after King Charles X was forced to abdicate.… read more