Namesakes
Lou Andreas-Salomé
(f) 1861-1937 
Notable Writers
Lou Hoover
(f) 1874-1944
American First Ladies 1929-1933
Lou Gehrig
(m) 1903-1941
Hall-of-Famers 1939 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1927; 1936 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Lou Costello
(m) 1906-1959
Notable Actors and Entertainers (comedian)
Harriet Nelson
(middle name Lou) (f) 1909-1994
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ann Sheridan
(middle name Lou) (f) 1915-1967
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Lou Boudreau
(m) 1917-2001
Hall-of-Famers 1970 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1948 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Lassie Lou Ahern
(f) 1920-2018
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Lou Groza
(m) 1924-2000
Hall-of-Famers 1974 (football)
Lou Creekmur
(m) 1927-2009
Hall-of-Famers 1996 (football)
Lou Jones
(m) 1932-2006
Olympic Medalists 1956 4x400 m relay (gold)
Patricia Blair
(middle name Lou) (f) 1933-2013
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Lou Brock
(m) 1939-2020
Hall-of-Famers 1985 (baseball)
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Lou Reed
(m) 1942-2013
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1996; 2015 The Velvet Underground;
Lou Hudson
(m) 1944-2014
Hall-of-Famers 2022 (basketball)
Annie Leibovitz
(middle name Lou) (f) 1949-
Notable Artists
Lou Ferrigno
(m) 1951-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Wendy Boglioli
(middle name Lou) (f) 1955-
Olympic Medalists 1976 swimming - 100 m butterfly; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (bronze/gold)
Mary Lou
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1961 Hello Mary Lou
Lou Diamond Phillips
(m) 1962-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Lou Grant
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1970; 1977 The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Lou Grant
Lou Bega
(m) 1975-
Notable Musicians
Lou Rodriguez
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1984 Miami Vice
Lou Carpenter
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1985 Neighbours
Lou
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1986 Captain Lou
Lou Marson
(m) 1986-
Olympic Medalists 2008 baseball (bronze)