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Lothar Klein

Klein, Lothar. Composer, teacher, b Hanover, Germany, 27 Jan 1932; naturalized Canadian 1985, d Toronto 3 January 2004; BA (Minnesota) 1954, MA (Minnesota) 1956, PH D (Minnesota) 1961.
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Lotta Hitschmanova

Lotta Hitschmanova (née Hitschmann), CC, humanitarian, founder of the Unitarian Service Committee of Canada (born 28 November 1909 in Prague, Bohemia, now the Czech Republic; died 1 August 1990 in Ottawa, ON).
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Lotte Brott

Lotte (b Charlotte) Brott (b Goetzel). Cellist, administrator, b Mannheim, Germany, 8 Feb 1922, naturalized Canadian 1943, d Montreal 6 Jan 1998. Her parents were entrepreneurs who encouraged her to begin studying the cello at eight.
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Lou Hooper

Louis Stanley Hooper, jazz pianist, composer, teacher (born 18 May 1894 in North Buxton, ON; died 17 September 1977 in Charlottetown, PE).
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Lou Jacobi

Louis Harold Jacobovitch, actor, comedian (born 28 December 1913 in Toronto, ON; died 23 October 2009 in New York, New York). Lou Jacobi was a Jewish Canadian character actor whose career spanned 70 years, from 1924 to 1994. He began acting while still a child, appearing in theatrical productions in Toronto before moving on to London’s West End and Broadway. He also appeared in more than 70 films and TV series in both comedic and dramatic roles. An avuncular actor with excellent comic timing, he once described himself as having “the look of everybody's favourite Uncle Max.” He was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame in 1999.
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Lou Snider

Lou (Louis) Snider (b Sniderman). Organist, pianist, composer, b Toronto 13 Jun 1918, d there 26 Jun 1982. At 10 he began playing piano at the B.F. Keith Theatre in Ottawa. In Toronto he made his radio debut in 1931 on CKCL and also played with the Mountaineers.
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Louie Palu

Louie Palu, photographer (born 29 September 1968, in Toronto, ON).
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Louis-Adélard Senécal

Louis-Adélard Senécal, businessman, politician (b at Varennes, LC 10 July 1829; d at Montréal 11 Oct 1887).
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Louis-Adolphe Paquet

Louis-Adolphe Paquet, priest, theologian (b at St Nicolas, Canada E 4 Aug 1859; d at Québec C 24 Feb 1942).
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Louis-Amable Quévillon

Louis-Amable Quévillon, woodworker, sculptor, architect (b at St-Vincent-de-Paul [Laval, Qué] 14 Oct 1749; d there 11 Mar 1823). He began his career as a woodworker in St-Vincent-de-Paul in the early 1770s.
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Louis-Antoine de Bougainville

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, Comte de Bougainville, soldier, sailor (born 12 November 1729 in Paris, France; died 20 August 1811).
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Louis Applebaum

Louis Applebaum, CC, OOnt, composer, conductor, administrator (born 3 April 1918 in Toronto, ON; died 20 April 2000 in Toronto). One of Canada’s most prodigious composers, Louis Applebaum wrote and conducted hundreds of scores for film, theatre, and radio and TV drama. His frequently commissioned concert pieces, ballets and fanfares were widely admired. In addition to his busy career as a composer, Applebaum’s administrative skills made him a consultant and administrator for such organizations as the National Film Board, the Canada Council for the Arts and the CBC. Applebaum established the music wing of the Stratford Festival in 1955. In 1965, he chaired a government-commissioned committee whose report led to the formation of the National Arts Centre Orchestra. He was also the founding president of SOCAN. Applebaum was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1976 and was promoted to Companion in 1995.
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Louis Archambault

Louis Archambault, OC, sculptor (born 4 April 1915 in Montréal, QC; died 27 January 2003 in Montréal, QC).
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Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce, Baron Lahontan

Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce Lahontan, baron, officer, author (b at Lahontan, France 9 Jun 1666; d at Hanover 21 Apr 1716).
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Louis B. Mayer

Louis Burt Mayer (born Eliezer Mayer), studio executive (born 12 July 1884 in Dymer, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]; died 29 October 1957 in Los Angeles, California). Louis B. Mayer was one of the first Hollywood movie moguls, and arguably the most powerful. After running a successful chain of movie theatres, Mayer founded his own production company in 1917. In 1924, it merged with two other companies to become Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Mayer served as head of MGM until 1951, presiding over the biggest and most prestigious studio of Hollywood’s golden age. He was also instrumental in creating the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which administers the Academy Awards.
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