Louis Armstrong was a trumpeter, bandleader, singer, soloist, film star and comedian. Considered one of the most influential artists in jazz history, he is known for songs like "Star Dust," "La Via En Rose" and "What a Wonderful World."
Louis Bonaparte was Napoleon I's third surviving brother and was king of Holland from 1806 to 1810.
Louis Bourbon, Duke of Burgundy, was the grandson of Louis XIV. Incorrigible as a child, he grew up, married and fathered the next king of France.
Louis Braille was a French educator who developed the Braille system of printing and writing for the blind.
Louis Brandeis was the first Jew to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. His decisions affirmed individual liberty and privacy and opposed unchecked governmental power.
Louis C.K. is a comedian and star of the cable television show Louie. His comedy draws from his life as a single, aging dad.
France's Louis de Funès was a celebrated comedic actor of stage and film known for roles like Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez and La Grande Vadrouille.
Louis Farrakhan has led the Nation of Islam, an African American movement that combined elements of Islam with black nationalism since 1978.
Louis Joliet was a 17th century Canadian explorer who, aided by Native American communities, explored the origins of the Mississippi River.
Louis L'Amour was a prolific and hugely popular writer of mostly Western novels and short stories.
Louis Leakey, with wife Mary, was a famed paleoanthropologist who greatly contributed to world knowledge about humanity’s early ancestors.
King Louis XIV of France led an absolute monarchy during France’s classical age. He revoked the Edict of Nantes and is known for his aggressive foreign policy.
Louis, Grand Dauphin, was the son of Louis XIV of France and the father of Philip V of Spain, but never became king himself.
Louis B. Mayer was a film mogul and the most influential person in Hollywood from the mid-1920s to the late-1940s.
Scientist Louis Pasteur came up with the food preparing process known as pasteurization; he also developed a vaccination for anthrax and rabies.
Louis Prima was an influential jazz trumpeter, singer and composer known for songs like "Sing, Sing, Sing," "Angelina," "Buona Sera" and "Jump, Jive an' Wail."
Louis Renault was a French jurist and educator and co-winner in 1907 of the Nobel Prize for Peace.
Louis Riel was the leader of the Métis in western Canada who led his people in revolt against Canadian sovereignty.
Louis H. Sullivan was an architect dubbed the "father of modern American architecture."
Son of Tiffany & Co. founder Charles Tiffany, Louis Tiffany was an internationally renowned glass maker and a leader of the Art Nouveau movement.