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Lajos Kossuth was a Hungarian politican in the 19th century. He became one of the leading personalities of a revolution and war of independence (that was started in order to break away from the Austrian Empire). After the war KOssuth emigrated to the USA. Check the link as a reference.

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http://hungary.ciw.edu/kossuth/

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I'm not telling this is the origin of the name you're looking for, but the resemblence is just - breathtaking :-)

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(Lajos, BTW is the Hungarian form of Louis)