Historian Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Is a British historian, cookery expert and novelist, perhaps most famous for his spy novel The IPCRE

Is a British historian, cookery expert and novelist, perhaps most famous for his spy novel The IPCRESS File, which was made into a famous film starring Michael Caine.Deighton's interest in spy stories may have been partially inspired by the arrest of Anna Wolkoff, which he witnessed as an 11-year-old boy. Wolkoff was a British citizen of Russian descent who was a Nazi spy. She was detained on May 20, 1940, and charged with violating the Official Secrets Act for attempting to pass secret documents to the Nazis.

Is an American film critic and film historian. He has authored numerous mainstream books on the cine

Is an American film critic and film historian. He has authored numerous mainstream books on the cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory. Maltin was born in New York City, the son of Jacqueline (née Gould), a singer, and Aaron Isaac Maltin, a lawyer and immigration judge. He is married to Alice Tlusty, a researcher and producer. He has one daughter, Jessie Maltin, born in 1986. Maltin is Jewish. He grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, and graduated from Teaneck High School

Was a Russian historian. His unorthodox ideas on the birth and death of ethnoses (ethnic groups) hav

Was a Russian historian. His unorthodox ideas on the birth and death of ethnoses (ethnic groups) have given rise to the political and cultural movement known as "Neo-Eurasianism".

Was a famous Georgian archaeologist and historian, an academician of the Georgian Academy of Science

Was a famous Georgian archaeologist and historian, an academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS), Meritorious Scholar of Georgia, Doctor of Historical Sciences, and Professor.

Was a Chinese historian and an official during the Chinese dynasties Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty. H

Was a Chinese historian and an official during the Chinese dynasties Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty. He was honored for his literary abilities, and he was known for completing the official history of Northern Qi, the Book of Northern Qi, which his father Li Delin had started.

Was a Chinese mathematician, astronomer, and historian who was born in today's Baoji, Shaanxi during

Was a Chinese mathematician, astronomer, and historian who was born in today's Baoji, Shaanxi during the Sui and Tang dynasties. He was first appointed to the Imperial Astronomy Bureau to help institute a calendar reform. He eventually ascended to deputy of the Imperial Astronomy Bureau and designed the Linde calendar. His father was an educated state official and also a Taoist. Li died in Chang'an in 670.

Was a Chinese historian, and an officer during the Sui and Tang dynasties. He began the History of N

Was a Chinese historian, and an officer during the Sui and Tang dynasties. He began the History of Northern Dynasties and History of Southern Dynasties, which were completed by his son, Li Yanshou.

Later changed name to Liu Xiu (??), courtesy name Zijun (??), was a Chinese astronomer and historian

Later changed name to Liu Xiu (??), courtesy name Zijun (??), was a Chinese astronomer and historian during the Xin Dynasty. The son of the Confucian scholar Liu Xiang, he created a new astronomical system, called "Triple Concordance". He published this system in the year 8 as section of his textbook. In it he provided the following periods:

Was a Chinese historian and author of the Zhengdian. He was the fourth son of Liu Zhiji, little is k

Was a Chinese historian and author of the Zhengdian. He was the fourth son of Liu Zhiji, little is known about his life, other than he was an official during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and had been deposed on several occasions until the times of Emperor Suzong of Tang before his death.

Was a Chinese historian and author of the Shitong born in present-day Xuzhou, Jiangsu during the Tan

Was a Chinese historian and author of the Shitong born in present-day Xuzhou, Jiangsu during the Tang Dynasty. Liu's father Liu Zangqi and elder brother Liu Zhirou were official, and famous for their literary composition during the 7th century. He received his Imperial Examination degree in 680, and began working on several compilations with others in the court in 699. In 708, he decided to resign himself and started compiling the Shitong.

Is an American author, historian, actor, and broadcaster based in Chicago.Terkel was born in New Yor

Is an American author, historian, actor, and broadcaster based in Chicago.Terkel was born in New York, New York to Russian Jewish parents, but at the age of eight, he moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois, where he has spent most of his life. His father, Robert, was a tailor and his mother, Anna (Finkel) was a circus performer. He had two brothers Ben and Meyer. From 1926 to 1936, his parents ran a rooming house that was a collecting point for people of all types. Terkel credits his knowledge of the world to the tenants who gathered in the lobby of the hotel and the people who congregated in nearby Bughouse Square. In 1939, he married Ida Goldberg and had one son, Paul (also known as Dan), named after Paul Robeson.