People and Peoples (I-M)

People and Peoples (I-M)


Iban

Iban is a replacement term for Dyak.

Ibo

The Ibo are a west African culture group occupying south east Nigeria and numbering about 18,000,000. Primarily cultivators, they inhabit the richly forested tableland, bounded by the river Niger to the west and the river Cross to the east. They are divided into five main groups, and their languages belong to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family.

Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen was a Norwegian dramatist. He was born in 1828 at Skien and died in 1906.

Ifugao

The Ifugao are an indigenous people of north Luzon in the Philippines, numbering approximately 70,000. In addition to practising shifting cultivation on highland slopes, they build elaborate terraced rice fields. Their language belongs to the Austronesian family. The Ifugao live in scattered hamlets and traditionally recognise a class of nobles, kadangya, who are obliged to provide expensive feasts on particular social occasions. Although indigenous beliefs remain, many Ifugao have adopted Christianity.

Ina

Ina was King of the West Saxons. He ascended to the throne in 689. In 728 he resigned his crown and went on pilgramage to Rome.

Inca

The Inca were an Indian tribe of Peru.

Indulf

Indulf was King of Scotland from 954 to 962.

Ingres

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres was a French painter. He was born in 1780 at Montauban and died in 1867. He drew fine pencil portraits.

Inuit

The Innuit are a people inhabiting the Arctic coasts of North America, the east islands of the Canadian Arctic, and the ice-free coasts of Greenland. Inuktitut, their language, has about 60,000 speakers; it belongs to the Eskimo-Aleut group. The Inuit object to the name Eskimos given them by the Algonquin Indians.

Ireland

John Ireland was an English composer. He was born in 1879 at Bowden and died in 1962. He wrote a lot of music for the piano.

Irish

The Irish are people of Irish culture from Ireland or person of Irish descent. The Irish mainly speak English, though there are approximately 30,000-100,000 speakers of Irish Gaelic (see Gaelic language), a Celtic language belonging to the Indo-European family. Celtic tribes, the ancestors of the Irish, migrated to Ireland about 300 BC. Later known as Gaels (Irishmen), they settled on the Isle of Man and south west Scotland, and established colonies in west Wales, Devon, and Cornwall.

Iroquois

The Iroquois were a confederacy of 6 north American Indian tribes including the Mohawks, Oneidas and Senecas. They lived on the shores of the Mohawk river, and spread through to the Mississippi. Their expansion was checked by white settlers who wiped out several of the tribes and imprisoned others on squalid reservations.

Irving

Sir Henry Irving was a British actor, and the first to be knighted. He was born in 1838 and died in 1905. Washington Irving was an American writer. He was born in 1783 at New York and died in 1859.

Isherwood

Christopher Isherwood is an Anglo-American novelist and playwright. He was born in 1904.

Israeli

An Israeli is an inhabitant of Israel.

Jackson

Thomas Jonathan Jackson was an American Confederate general. He was born in 1824 and died in 1863. He was nicknamed "stonewall".

Jacobites

The Jacobites were people who wanted the return of the Stuart monarchy after the expulsion of James II by William III.

James

James was King of Scotland from 1424 to 1437. James was King of England from 1603 to 1625. Henry James was an american writer. He was born in 1843 and died in 1916. William James was an American psychologist. He was born in 1842 and died in 1910.

James II

James II was King of Scotland from 1437 to 1460. James II was King of England from 1685 to 1688.

James III

James III was King of Scotland from 1460 to 1488.

James IV

James IV was King of Scotland from 1488 to 1513.

James V

James V was King of Scotland from 1513 to 1542.

James VI

James VI was King of Scotland from 1567 to 1625.

Janszoon

William Janszoon was a Dutch explorer. He discovered Australia in 1606.

Jat

The Jat are an ethnic group living in Pakistan and north India, and numbering about 11 million; they are the largest group in north India. The Jat are predominantly farmers. They speak Punjabi, a language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-European family. They are thought to be related to the Romany people.

Javanese

The Javanese are the largest ethnic group in the Republic of Indonesia. There are more than 50 million speakers of Javanese, which belongs to the western branch of the Austronesian family. Although the Javanese have a Hindu-Buddhist heritage, they are today predominantly Muslim, practising a branch of Islam known as Islam Jawa, which contains many Sufi features In pre-independence Indonesia, Javanese society was divided into hierarchical classes ruled by sultans, and differences in status were reflected by strict codes of dress. Arts and crafts flourished at the court. Although the majority of Javanese depend on the cultivation of rice in irrigated fields, there are many large urban centers with developing industries.

Jeans

Sir James Jeans wrote many popular books on astronomy. He was born in 1877 at Ormskirk and died in 1946.

Jefferies

John Richard Jefferies was an English essayist and naturalist. He was born in 1848 near Swindown and died in 1883.

Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the USA. He was born in 1743 and died in 1826.

Jenner

Sir Edward Jenner was an English physician. He was born in 1749 at Berkeley and died in 1823. He developed a vaccine for smallpox from cowpox, and thus created the concept of innoculation through mild infection to allow the body's immune system to develope strength against a particular virus.

Jew

The Jews are a Semitic race of people also known as the Hebrews and Israelites. Their early history is identified with Palestine, now Israel. The Jewish history is recorded in the Old Testament.

Jewish

see "Jew"

Jews

see "Jew"

Jivaro

The jivaro are a tribe of east Ecuador and north Peru.

John

John was King of England from 1199 to 1216. Augustus Edwin John was a British portrait painter. He was born in 1878 at Tenby and died in 1961.

Johnny Rotten

see "Lydon"

Johnson

Samuel Johnson was an English writer. He was born in 1709 and died in 1784. He was twice imprisoned for debt.

John Baliol

John Baliol was King of Scotland from 1292 to 1296.

Jones

Inigo Jones was an English architect. He was born in 1573 and died in 1652.

Jongkind

Johan Barthold Jongkind was a Dutch artist. He was born in 1819 at Latrop and died in 1891.

Jonson

Benjamin Jonson was a rival poet and dramatist to Shakespeare. He was born in 1572 and died in 1637.

Jordaens

Jacob Jordaens was a Dutch artist. He was born in 1593 at Antwerp and died in 1678.

Joule

James Prescott Joule was an English scientist. He was born in 1818 at Salford and died in 1889. He studied the relationship between heat and mechanical work.

Joyce

James Joyce was an Irish writer. He was born in 1882 at Dublin and died in 1941. He wrote Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake.

Ju

The Ju are the bushmen people of Botswana.

Jung

Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss scientist. He was born at Basle in 1875. He died in 1961. He is famous for developing a school of analytical psychology.

Justice Of The Peace

A Justice Of The Peace or JP is an unpaid magistrate who is not a lawyer. The office dates back to Edward I.

Justinian

Justinian was Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, Byzantium. He was born in 483 and died in 565.

Jutes

The Jutes were a Germanic tribe which settled in Kent and the Isle of Wight, England in AD 449.

Juvenal

Juvenal was a Roman satirist. He was born in 60 and died in 140.

Kabyle

The Kabyle are a group of Berber peoples of Algeria and Tunisia. They served as Zouave in the colonial French forces. Many Kabyles were notable in the fight for Algerian independence 1954-62. Their language belongs to the Afro-Asiatic family.

Kafka

Franz Kafka was a Czech writer. He was born in 1883 at Prague and died in 1924.

Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian artist. He was born in 1866 at Moscow and died in 1944.

Kant

Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher. He was born at Konigsberg in 1724 and died in 1804. He wrote "Critique of Pure Reason" and "Critique of Practical Reason".

Karen

The Karen are a group of south east Asian peoples, numbering 1.9 million. They live in east Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, and the Irrawaddy delta. Their language belongs to the Thai division of the Sino-Tibetan family.

Kashmiri

The Kashmiri are native to the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Kauffman

Angelica Kauffman was a Swiss painter. She was born in 1741 and died in 1807.

Kazakh

The Kazakh are a pastoral Kyrgyz people of Kazakhstan. Kazakhs also live in China (Xinjiang, Gansu, and Qinghai), Mongolia, and Afghanistan. There are 5-7 million speakers of Kazakh, a Turkic language belonging to the Altaic family. They are predominantly Sunni Muslim, although pre-Islamic customs have survived. Kazakhs herd horses and make use of camels; they also keep cattle. Traditionally the Kazakhs lived in tents and embarked on seasonal migrations in search of fresh pastures. Collectivized herds were established in the 1920s and 1930s.

Kean

Edmund Kean was an English actor. He was born in 1789 at London and died in 1833.

Keats

John Keats was an English poet. He was born in London in 1795 and died in 1821.

Kekule

Kekule was a German scientist. He was born in 1829 at Darmstadt and died in 1896. He worked on the structure of carbon compounds.

Kelvin

William Thomson Kelvin was a professor of Natural Philosophy at Glasgow. He was born in 1824 at Belfast and died in 1907. He determined the absolute zero of temperature.

Kenneth

Kenneth was King of Scotland from 843 to 860.

Kenneth II

Kenneth II was King of Scotland from 971 to 995.

Kenneth III

Kenneth III was King of Scotland from 997 to 1005.

Kepler

Johann Kepler was a German astronomer. He was born in 1571 near Stuttgart and died in 1630. He studied the motion of planets and proved that planets move in an elliptical path with the sun at one focus.

Khachaturyan

Aram Khachaturyan is a Soviet composer. He was born in 1904 at Tiflis.

Khmer

The Khmer are the largest ethnic group in Cambodia, numbering about 7 million. Khmer minorities also live in east Thailand and south Vietnam. The Khmer language belongs to the Mon-Khmer family of Austro-Asiatic languages. The Khmers live mainly in agricultural and fishing villages under a chief. They practise Theravada Buddhism and trace descent through both male and female lines. Traditionally, Khmer society was divided into six groups: the royal family, the Brahmans (who officiated at royal festivals), Buddhist monks, officials, commoners, and slaves.

Khoikhoi

The Khoikhoi (formerly Hottentot) are a people living in Namibia and the Cape Province of South Africa, and numbering about 30,000. Their language is related to San (spoken by the Kung) and belongs to the Khoisan family. Like the Kung, the Khoikhoi once inhabited a wider area, but were driven into the Kalahari Desert by invading Bantu peoples and Dutch colonists in the 18th century. They live as nomadic hunter-gatherers, in family groups, and have animist beliefs.

Kierkegaard

Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher. He was born in 1813 at Copenhagen and died in 1855.

Kikuyu

The Kikuyu are an aboriginal people of central Kenya.

Kim Philby

Harold "Kim" Philby was a high-level British diplomat and a senior intelligence officer. He defected to the Russians in 1963.

King

A King is a male sovereign ruler of an independent state.

Kingsley

Charles Kingsley was an English writer. He was born in 1819 at Holme and died in 1875. He wrote Westward Ho! and The Water Babies.

Kipling

Rudyard Kipling was an Indian writer. He was born in 1865 at Bombay of Britsh parents. He died in 1936. He wrote The Jungle Book.

Kirghiz

The Kirghiz are a pastoral people numbering approximately 1.5 million. They inhabit the central Asian region bounded by the Hindu Kush, the Himalayas, and the Tian Shan mountains. The Kirghiz are Sunni Muslims, and their Turkic language belongs to the Altaic family. The Kirghiz live in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China (Xinjiang), and Afghanistan (Wakhan corridor). The highest political authority is traditionally entitled khan. During the winter the Kirghiz live in individual family yurts. In summer they come together in larger settlements of up to 20 yurts. They herd sheep, goats, and yaks, and use Bactrian camels for transporting their possessions.

Kitchener

Horatio Herbert Kitchener was a British military leader. He was born in 1850 and died in 1916 on board the HMS Hampshire when the ship struck a mine and sank. He was commander-in-chief during the Boer war. He was secretary for war during the Great War.

Klee

Paul Klee was a Swiss painter. He was born in 1879 near Berne and died in 1940.

Kneller

Sir Godfrey Kneller was an Anglo-German artist. He was born in 1646 at Lubeck and died in 1723. He settled in England in 1674.

Knox

John Knox was a Scottish reformer and preacher. He was born in 1505 at Giffordgate and died in 1572.

Koch

Robert Koch was a German scientist. He was born in 1843 and died in 1910. He won the Nobel proze for medicine for discovering the bacteria which cause TB, cholera and anthrax.

Kodaly

Zoltan Kodaly was a Hungarian composer. He was born in 1882 and died in 1967.

Kokoschka

Oskar Kokoschka was an Austrian painter. He was born in 1886.

Komi

The Komi are a Finnish people living mainly in the tundra and coniferous forests of the autonomous republic of Komi in the north west Urals, Russia. They raise livestock, grow timber, and mine coal and oil. Their language, Zyryan, belongs to the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic family.

Kreisler

Fritz Kreisler was an Austrian violinist. He was born in 1875 and died in 1962.

Kung

The Kung (formerly Bushman) are a small group of hunter-gatherer peoples of the north east Kalahari, southern Africa, still living to some extent nomadically. Their language belongs to the Khoisan family.

Kurd

The Kurds are the Kurdish culture, living mostly in the Taurus and Sagros mountains of west Iran and north Iraq in the region called Kurdistan. The Kurdish languages (Kurmanji, Sorani Kurdish, Gurano, and Zaza) are members of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family, and the Kurds are a non-Arab, non-Turkic ethnic group. The Kurds are predominantly Sunni Muslims, although there are some Shiites in Iran. Kurds traditionally owe allegiance to their families, and larger groups are brought together under an agha, or lord. They are predominantly shepherds and farmers, cultivating a wide range of crops and fruit. National dress is still worn in the more mountainous regions and there is a strong tradition of poetry and music. Kurdish professionals are found in many Middle Eastern cities.

La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine was a French poet. He was born in 1621 and died in 1695. He wrote a number of popular fables.

Labourite

A Labourite is a member of the British Labour Party.

Laennec

Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec was a French physician who invented the stethoscope. He was born in 1781 and died in 1826.

Laforgue

Jules Laforgue was a French poet. He was born in 1860 and died in 1887. He was a pioneer of free verse.

Laing

R.d. Laing was a Scottish psychoanalyst. He originated some radical methods of psychiatry.

Lamarck

Jean Baptiste Lamarck was a French naturalist. He was born in 1744 at Picardy and died in 1829. He catalogued invertebrates.

Lamb

Charles Lamb was an English poet. He was born in 1775 at London and died in 1834. He wrote essays under the name of Elia.

Landor

Walter Savage Landor was an English poet. He was born in 1775 at Warwick and died in 1864. He raised a private regiment to fight against Napoleon in Spain.

Landseer

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer was an English painter. He was born in 1802 at London and died in 1873. He was knighted in 1850. Typically he painted pictures of animals.

Langland

William Langland was probably an English priest. He was born in 1332 and died in 1400. He is remembered for his poem The Visions of Piers The Plowman which gives a detailed account of English life at the time.

Lanista

A lanista was a man who purchased and looked after gladiators.

Lansbury

George Lansbury was a British politician and leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 1931 until 1935. He was born in 1859 and died in 1940.

Lao

The Lao are a people who live along the Mekong river system in Laos (2 million) and north Thailand (9 million). The Lao language is a member of the Sino-Tibetan family. The majority of Lao live in rural villages. During the wet season, May-Oct, they grow rice in irrigated fields, though some shifting or swidden cultivation is practised on hillsides. Vegetables and other crops are grown during drier weather. The Lao are predominantly Buddhist though a belief in spirits, phi, is included in Lao devotions. There are some Christians among the minority groups.

Lao Tsze

Lao Tsze was a Chinese philosopher who wrote the Tao Te Ching. He lived around 590BC.

Laotian

The Laotian are an Indochinese people who live along the Mekong river system. There are approximately 9 million Laotians in Thailand and 2 million in Laos. The Laotian language is a Thai member of the Sino-Tibetan family.

Laplace

Pierre Simon Laplace was a French mathematician and astronomer. He was born in 1749 at Beaumont-en Auge. He argued that the whole physical universe could be explained by the law of cause and effect so that, given enough information, both the past and the future of the universe could be determined in every detail.

Latimer

Hugh Latimer was an English protestant martyr. He was born in 1485 near Leicester and died in 1555. He was burnt at the stake in Oxford for being a heretic.

Latins

The Latins were an ancient people of Latium. In very early times the Latins formed a league of thirty cities of which the town of Alba Longa became the head. As Rome was a colony of Alba Longa, the Romans spoke the language of the Latins, which was Latin.

Laud

William Laud was an English churchman. He was born in 1573 at Reading and died in 1645. He was made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633.

Lauder

Sir Harry Lauder was a Scottish variety actor. He was born in 1870 at Portobello and died in 1950.

Laval

Pierre Laval was a French statesman. He was twice Prime Minister during the 1930s. He was born in 1883 and died in 1945.

Lavoisier

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier was a French scientist. He was born in 1743 at Paris and died in 1794. He proved the modern theory of combustion.

Lawrence

David Herbert Lawrence was an English poet and novelist. He was born in 1885 at Nottinghamshire and died in 1930. Thomas Edward Lawrence was a British soldier and author. He was born in 1888 near Snowdon and died in 1935. He was known as "Lawrence of Arabia" for his exploits encouraging the Arabs to fight against the Turks durong the Great War.

Le Carre

John Le Carre is the pen name of David John Cornwell, a British author of spy novels which include "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" and "Smiley's People". He was born in 1931.

Le Corbusier

Charles Jeanneret (Le Corbusier) was a Swiss architect and artist. He was born in 1887 and died in 1965.

Le Duc Tho

Le Duc Tho is a Vietnamese diplomat. He was born in 1911. He was joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in negotiating an end to the Vietnam War in 1973.

Le Fanu

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of novels and short stories. He was born in 1814 and died in 1873.

Lear

Edward Lear was an English painter and writer of verse. He was born in 1812 at London and died in 1888. He taught drawing to Queen Victoria, but he is remembered for his work A Book of Nonsense, published in 1846.

Leavis

Frank Raymond Leavis was a British literary critic. He was born in 1895 and died in 1978.

Lebedev

Peter Nikolaievich Lebedev was a Russian physicist. he was born in 1866 and died in 1912. He demonstrated that light exherts minute pressure upon a physical body.

Leclanche

Georges Leclanche was a French engineer. he was born in 1839 and died in 1882. In 1866 he invented a primary electrical cell which still forms the basis for most dry batteries.

Leconte de Lisle

Charles Marie Rene Leconte de Lisle was a French poet. He was born in 1818 and died in 1894.

Lee

Robert E. Lee was an American Confederate General. He was born in 1807 and died in 1870.
Bruce Lee was the stage name of Lee Yuen Kam, a Chinese actor and expert in Kung Fu who popularised the martial arts in the west.

Lee Yuen Kam

Lee Yuen Kam was the real name of Bruce Lee, the actor.

Leeuwenhoek

Antony Van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch scientist. He was born in 1632 and died in 1723. He was the first person to see and describe bacteria which he did using a self-made microscope.

Leger

Fernand Leger was a French painter. He was born in 1881 and died in 1955.

Lehar

Franz Lehar was a Hungarian composer. He was born in 1870 and died in 1948.

Leibniz

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German philosopher. He was born in 1646 at Leipzig and died in 1716. He wrote Monadology and Principles Of Nature. He discovered calculus.

Leicester

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, was an Elizabethan courtier and English soldier. He was born in 1532 and died in 1588.

Leighton

Frederick Baron Leighton was an English artist. He was born in 1830 at Scarborough and died in 1896. He was president of the Royal Academy in 1878.

Lely

Sir Peter Lely was a Dutch born painter. He was born in 1618 and died in 1680. He came to England in 1641 as a portrait painter.

Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian revolutionary. He was born in 1870 at Simbirsk and died in 1924.

Lenni Lenape

see "Delaware Indians"

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian artist and scientist. He was born in 1452, dying in 1519. He recorded scientific studies in unpublished note books. He designed the first helicopter (on paper) and recorded anatomical details after carrying out dissections.

Leoncavallo

Ruggiero Leoncavallo was an Italian composer. He was born in 1858, dying in 1919. He composed the opera pagliacci.

Leonidas

Leonidas was the King of Sparta when Greece was invaded by Xerxes in 480bc. He was killed in battle at thermopylae.

Leper

Leper is a term given to a person suffering from the disease leprosy.

Lepers

see "Leper"

Leucippus

Leucippus was a Greek philosopher. He lived around 430BC.

Levellers

The Levellers were a Puritan group led by John Lilburne who fought for equality in social and religious matters.

Lewis

Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist. He was born in 1885 and died in 1951.

Li Po

Li Po was a Chinese poet born in 700bc. He died by drowning.

Lilienthal

Otto Lilienthal was a German inventor. He was born in 1848 at Auklam and died in 1896. He was one of the founders of the science of flight and conducted important work into gliding.

Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the USA. He was born in 1809 at Kentucky and died in 1865 when he was assassinated at a theatre by John Wilkes Booth.

Lindbergh

Charles A. Lindbergh is an American airman. He was born in 1902 at Minnesota. He made the first non-stop flight between New York and Paris in 1927.

Linnaeus

Carl von Linne Linnaeus was a Swedish naturalist. He was born in 1707 at Rashut and died in 1778. He invented the modern system of naming plants with two words, rather than long descriptive latin phrases which was previously used.

Lippi

Fra Filippo Lippi was an Italian painter. He was born at Florence in 1406. He died in 1469. He painted the frescoes in the prato cathedral.

Lister

Joseph Lister was an English doctor. He was born at Upton (Essex) in 1827. He died in 1912. He introduced carbolic acid to prevent infection.

Liszt

Franz Liszt was a Hungarian composer born at Dobr'jan in 1811. He died in 1886. He was also a pianist.

Lithuanian

A Lithuanian is a member of the majority ethnic group living in Lithuania, comprising 80% of the population.

Livingstone

David Livingstone was a Scottish explorer. Between 1852 and 1873 he discovered the course of the zambesi, victoria falls and lake nyasa.

Livy

Livy was a Roman historian. He was born in 59BC at Padua and died in 17.

Lloyd-George

David Lloyd-George was an English MP. He was born in 1863 at Manchester and died in 1945. He was elected to Parliament in 1890. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1908.

Lobachevski

Lobachevski was a Russian mathematician. He was born in 1793 and died in 1856. He pioneered the study of non-Euclidean geometry.

Locke

John Locke was an English political author. He was born in 1632 at Wrington and died in 1704.
Matthew Locke was an English composer. He was born in 1630 at
Exeter and died in 1677.

London

Jack London was an American writer. He was born in 1876 at San Francisco and died in 1916. He wrote The Call of the Wild and White Fang.

Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet. He was born in 1807 at Portland and died in 1882.

Lorca

Federico Garcia Lorca was a Spanish poet and dramatist. He was born in 1899 and died in 1936 when he was shot for supporting the Republican Government by Franco's troops.

Lorentz

Hendrick Antoon Lorentz was a Dutch scientist. He was born in 1853 and died in 1928. He shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1902.

Louis IX

Louis IX was King of France. He was born in 1214, dying in 1270 whilst on crusade.

Louis XIV

Louis XIV was King of France. He was born in 1638, dying in 1715.

Louis XV

Louis XV was King of France. He was born in 1710, dying in 1774.

Louis XVI

Louis XVI was King of France. He was born in 1754, dying in 1793 when he was executed during the French revolution.

Lovelace

Richard Lovelace was an Englsh poet and lyricist. He was born in 1618 and died in 1657.

Lucretius

Lucretius was a Roman poet. He was born in 99BC and died in 55BC.

Lully

Jean Baptiste Lully was a French composer. He was born in 1632 at Florence and died in 1687.

Luo

The Luo are the second-largest ethnic group of Kenya, living in the Lake Victoria region and in 1987 numbering some 2,650,000. The Luo traditionally live by farming livestock. The Luo language is of the Nilo-Saharan family.

Luther

Martin Luther was a German Protestant Reformer and translator of the bible. He was born in 1483 at Saxony and died in 1546.

Lydon

John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) was lead singer with the punk rock group the Sex Pistols, and then after they split up with Public Image Ltd.

Lytton

Edward George Bulwer Lytton was an English writer and statesman. He was born in 1803 at London and died in 1873. He wrote The Last Days Of Pompeii.