page_title: List of people from Wolverhampton
section_title: L
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Wolverhampton / L
caption_attribution_description: English: en:Richard Leveson (admiral)
context_page_description: This is a list of notable people born in or associated with the city of Wolverhampton in England.
context_section_description: Stuart Lampitt – cricketer, right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler; took 370 List A wickets in all for Worcestershire, a record for the county
  Michael Langdon (born Frank Birtles, 1920–1991) – bass opera singer
  James Langley MBE MC (1916–1983) – Lieutenant Colonel Coldstream Guards, MI9, joint commander of IS9 (WEA)
  Joanne Latham – English former glamour model
  Margery Lawrence (1889–1969) – pseudonym of Mrs. Arthur E. Towle; fantasy, horror and detective fiction author who specialized in ghost stories
  Winifred Lawson (1892–1961) – opera and concert singer
  Jim Lea – musician, member of Slade
  Margaret Lee – actress
  Joleon Lescott – footballer, centre-back; graduate of the Wolves Academy, was named in the Championship team of the 2005–06 season, also the Wolves' Player of the Year (born in Birmingham)
  Sir Richard Leveson (1570–1605) – Vice Admiral of the Fleet for Life, hero of the Battle of Cadiz, 1596
  Denise Lewis – Olympic gold medallist, born in West Bromwich and raised in Wolverhampton
  Ephraim Lewis (1968–1994) – soul/neo-soul and R & B singer and songwriter
  Bob Lilley MM BEM (1914–1981) – founding member of the British Special Air Service; member of the Coldstream Guards; one of the first four men selected by Colonel David Stirling to be a founder member of L Detachment 1st SAS in Middle East HQ Cairo 1940; took part in many special forces operations and missions behind enemy lines in Libya against Italian and German forces during World War II.
  Adrian Littlejohn – footballer, midfielder/forward
  Anita Lonsbrough – Olympic gold medallist in swimming
  Barbara "Babs" Lord – dancer in Pan's People
  Augustus Edward Hough Love (1863–1940) – often known as A. E. H. Love; mathematician famous for his work on the mathematical theory of elasticity and a mathematical model of surface waves known as Love waves
  Des Lyttle – footballer (defender), football manager and coach
caption: Vice Admiral Sir Richard Leveson (1570–1605)
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