Human beings, each considered as a single actor within society
Featured Individuals
- La Boétie, Étienne de (1530-1563) - Sixteenth century French judge and poet, author of Discourse on Voluntary Servitude
- Lǎozǐ (老子) - Ancient Chinese philosopher, author of the Dào Dé Jīng
- Locke, John (1632-1704) - 17th century English philosopher
Notable Individuals
- Lachmann, Ludwig (1906-1990) - 20th century German-born economist of the Austrian School
- Lawyers - Members of the legal profession
- LeFevre, Robert (1911-1986) - Founder of the Freedom School (later known as Rampart College) in Colorado Springs
- Libertarian Candidates - Libertarian Party candidates for President and other offices
- Liggio, Leonard (1933-2014) - Executive Vice President of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation
- Lilburne, John (1614-1657) - 17th century English activist, advocate of "freeborn" rights and of a written constitution
- Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) - Sixteenth president of the United States
- Long, Roderick T. (1964- ) - Professor of philosophy at Auburn University, president of the Molinari Institute
Other Individuals
- Labedz, Leopold (Leopold Łabędź; 1920-1993) - Anglo-polish journalist
- Ladejinsky, Wolf (1899-1975) - Ukrainian-born American agricultural economist involved in federal government controversy in 1955
- La Follette, Suzanne (1893-1983) - American journalist, editor of both the 1920s and 1950s versions of The Freeman
- Lail, Leah (1965- ) - TV and film actress, played Kay Simmons in the TV series "V.I.P."
- Laing, R. D. (1927-1989) - British psychiatrist, author of The Divided Self (1960)
- Lamartine, Alphonse de (1790-1869) - French poet, historian and politician
- Lamb, Brian (1941- ) - Founder and chief executive of the C-SPAN television network
- L'Amour, Louis (1908-1988) - American novelist
- Landfield, Harold J. (1925-2011) - American World War II veteran, technical writer
- Langer, William (1886-1959) - Politician, United States senator from North Dakota (1941-1959)
- Langguth, A. J. (1933-2014) - American journalist and professor
- La Piana, George (1878-1971) - Italian-born professor of church history at Harvard Divinity School
- Larroquette, John (1947- ) - Television actor, winner of Emmy awards for "Night Court"
- Laski, Harold (1893-1950) - English political theorist, chairman of Labour Party (1945-1946)
- Lassalle, Ferdinand (1825-1864) - German politician, co-founder of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein
- Lean, David (1908-1991) - Oscar-winning English film director and producer best known for several epic movies
- Leary, Denis (1957- ) - Stand-up comedian, TV and film actor, producer
- Leef, George C. (1951- ) - Director of research at the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, former professor at Northwood University
- Lee, Geddy (1953- ) - Bass player and lead vocalist of the band Rush
- Lee, J. Bracken (1899-1996) - Politician, governor of Utah (1949-1957)
- Lee, Richard Henry (1732-1794) - Signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, sixth president of the Continental Congress
- Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870) - Commander of the Confederate forces during the American War Between the States
- Legge, James (1815-1897) - Scottish missionary and sinologist, translator of several Chinese classic texts
- Leggett, William (1801-1839) - Poet and journalist
- Leigh, Vivien (1913-1967) - Hollywood actress, winner of Oscars for Gone with the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire
- Lenin, Vladimir (Владимир Ленин; 1870-1924) - Russian revolutionary, leader of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union
- Leonidas (Λεωνίδας; -480 BCE) - King and military leader of Sparta who defended, with 300 Spartan soldiers, the narrow pass of Thermopylae against the Persian forces of Xerxes I, dying in the attempt
- Lepeletier, Louis-Michel (1760-1793) - French lawyer and politician, assassinated just before the execution of Louis XVI
- Letterman, David (1947- ) - American comedian, host of "The Late Show with David Letterman"
- Levy, Robert A. (1941- ) - Chairman of the board of directors of the Cato Institute (2008-2022)
- Lewis, Chris (1957- ) - New Zealander tennis player, coach to Ivan Lendl, 1983 Wimbledon finalist
- Lewis, W. David (1931-2007) - American professor of history
- Liberman, Evsei (Овсій Ліберман; 1897-1981) - Ukrainian economist, proponent of measures leading to the Soviet economic reforms of 1965
- Lifeson, Alex (1953- ) - Guitarist and founding member of the band Rush
- Linaweaver, Brad (1952-2019) - American science fiction writer, winner of the 1989 Prometheus Award
- Lippmann, Walter (1889-1974) - American journalist and nationally syndicated political columnist
- Liú Xiàng (劉向; 77-6 BCE) - Chinese bibliographer and historian
- London, Jack (1876-1916) - American novelist, author of The Call of the Wild (1903)
- Longa, Guillaume de Lur de - Counselor at the Parlement de Bourdeaux (an appellate court), who preceded La Boétie in the office, and is mentioned twice in the Discourse
- Longoria, Sam (1956- ) - Independent filmmaker and visual effects engineer
- Lott, John (1958- ) - Economist, author of More Guns, Less Crime (1998)
- Louis, Joe (1914-1981) - American boxer, world heavyweight boxing champion (1937-1949)
- Louis XIV (1638-1715) - King of France (1643-1715), known as le Roi Soleil (Sun King)
- Lucas, George (1944- ) - American screenwriter and director, famous for the Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies
- Lù Démíng (陸德明; 556-630) - Chinese scholar
- Lù Diàn (陸佃; 1042-1102) - Compiler of the Chinese dictionary Píyǎ (埤雅), courtesy name Nóng Shī (农师)
- Ludlow, Lawrence M. - Freelance writer, lecturer on manuscripts, early printing and art history
- Lǚ Dòngbīn (呂洞賓; 796-1016) - Courtesy name of Daoist scholar Lǚ Yán (呂巖), also called Lǚ Zǔ (呂祖)
- Lǔ Xī Gōng (魯僖公; -627 BCE) - Ruler of the state of Lǔ from 659 to 627 BCE
- Lycurgus (Λυκοῦργος) - Semi-legendary political figure of Lacedaemon (Sparta), reputed author of its constitution, in the ninth century BCE
- Lyman, Isabel - Homeschooling parent, author of The Homeschooling Revolution (2000)
- Lysenko, Trofim (Трофи́м Дени́сович Лысе́нко; 1898-1976) - Soviet agronomist and biologist, director of the Institute of Genetics (1940-1965)