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Brewer's: Louis

(St.) is usually represented as holding the Saviour's crown of thorns and the cross, sometimes, however, he is represented with a pilgrim's staff, and sometimes with the standard of the…

Louis Theroux

Documentary writer and star Louis Theroux is known for his nerdy, polite, non-confrontational interviews with oddballs and fringe groups. His British television series have included Louis Theroux's…

Louis Brandeis

Name at birth: Louis Dembritz BrandeisLouis Dembritz Brandeis became the first Jewish Supreme Court Justice in United States history when he was sworn in on 5 June 1916. He was the brilliant son of…

Louis Braille

Louis Braille was a French musician and educator who developed the now-famous raised-point writing system for the blind that bears his name. Braille became blind as a result of an eye injury at the…

Louis Farrakhan

Name at birth: Louis Eugene WalcottLouis Farrakhan is the longtime head of the African-American religious organization the Nation of Islam. Louis Farrakhan is known as a powerful speaker who has…

Louis C.K.

Name at birth: Louis SzekelyLouis C.K. is a writer and actor who gained his greatest fame in the cable comedy series Louie, a sitcom based on his life as a stand-up comedian and divorced father of…

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong was the most famous jazz trumpeter of the 20th century. Like Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong began playing in New Orleans clubs and saloons in his early teens. By the 1920s,…

Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton began manufacturing trunks in Paris in 1854, and the company he started went on to become one of the world's most famous makers of luxury goods. The company is now especially known for…

Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur is the 19th-century biologist and chemist whose work with germs and micro-organisms opened up new fields of scientific inquiry, aided industries (ranging from wine to silk), and made…

Louis Lumière

Louis Lumière was the son of a Antoine Lumière, a successful pioneer in photography. When Louis was a teenager he developed a photographic process that made the family business even more successful,…