Fritz Lang

(1890-1976). Austrian/American film director and producer. Roman Catholic. Jewish mother converted to Roman Catholicism when Lang was ten years old.. Moved to Germany, c. 1919. Fled Germany in 1934.

Meyer Lansky

(1902-1983). American gangster. Associate of Lucky Luciano and Bugsy Siegel.

Thomas Peter "Tom" Lantos

(February 1, 1928, Budapest, Hungary-February 11, 2008, Bethesda, Maryland). U.S. Representative (D-CA), 1981-2008. A holocaust survivor.

Joseph "Tomy" Lapid

(1931, Yugoslavia-June 1, 2008, Jerusalem, Israel). Born Tomislav Lampel. Israeli Journalist. Leader of the secular Shinui party, 1999-2006. Shinui Member of the Knesset, 1999-2006. Minister of Justice of Israel, 2003-2004. A Holocaust survivor.

Rabbi Daniel Lapin

(South Africa-Alive). Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and Conservative Commentator. Emigrated to the United States, 1973, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen. Studied under Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. Founder, Pacific Jewish Center, an Orthodox synagogue in Venice, California. Promoted Baal Teshuva movement. Moved to Mercer Island, Washington, 1991. Founder, Toward Tradition, 1991. Hosted weekly radio program. Opposes the Anti-Defamation League and supports alliances between Jews and evangelical Christians. He is outspoken in his criticism of secular liberalism, abortion, and homosexuality and is politically close to Tom Delay and President George W. Bush. Author of America's Real War; Buried Treasure, and Thou Shall Prosper.

Eduard Lasker

(1829-1884). A Founder, National Liberal Party of Germany. Member, German Reichstag, 1867-1884. Noted for codification of German law.

Harold Joseph Laski

(1893-1950). British political scientist. Chairman, Labour Party, 1945-1946. Professor of Political Science, London School of Economics. A Fabian socialist.

Ferdinand Lassalle

(1825-1864). German socialist. Opposed to Marx and Engles, he founded the precursor to the German Social Democratic Party. Reformed. Died in a duel with a rival suitor of his former fiance.

Louise Lasser

(1939-Alive). American actress. Former wife of Woody Allen.

Melvin Douglas Lastman

(1933-Alive). Progressive Conservative Mayor of North York, Ontario, Canada, 1972-1997. Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1998-2003. Longest serving Mayor of any major city in the world.