Lucas (surname)
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Lucas is a surname. It is probably a contraction of Latin Lucanus, lit. "of Lucania". Lucania itself took its name from the Lucani who came to dominate the area for a time.
[edit] People with the surname Lucas
- Albert Lucas, American juggler
- Anthony Francis Lucas, Texan oilman
- Antoinette Lucas, American field hockey player
- Al Lucas, American footballer
- A. P. Lucas, English cricketer
- Caroline Lucas, British politician
- Charles Lucas, Royalist general in the English Civil War
- Charles Lucas (1713–1771), British politician and physician
- Charles Lucas, British cellist, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music
- Charles Davis Lucas, Irish soldier
- Charlotte Lucas, British actress
- Clarence Lucas, Canadian composer
- Colin Renshaw Lucas, British historian
- Craig Lucas, American playwright
- David Lucas, pseudonym of American voice actor Steven Blum
- Dick Lucas, British singer
- E. V. Lucas, British essayist
- Edouard Lucas, French number theorist
- Edward Lucas, one of several people including
- Edward Lucas (director), American film director
- Edward Lucas (journalist), British journalist
- Eliza Lucas, introduced silk cultivation in South Carolina
- F. L. Lucas, British literary critic
- Frank Lucas, American politician
- Frederic Augustus Lucas, American anatomist
- Gary Lucas, American musician.
- Gary Lucas, an American former baseball player.
- George Lucas, American film maker
- George W. Lucas, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- Henry Lucas, British politician, for whom the Lucasian Chair is named
- Henry Lee Lucas, American convicted murderer
- Ian Lucas, British politician
- Isaac Benson Lucas, Canadian politician
- Isabel Lucas, Australian actress
- Isabelle Lucas (1927–1997), British actress and singer
- James Lucas, Builder of St Pancras railway station
- Jean Lucas, French racing driver
- Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, American politician
- Jerry Lucas, American basketball player
- Jett Lucas, American actor, son of George Lucas
- John Lucas, one of several people including
- Sir John Lucas (royalist)
- John Lucas, philosopher
- John Lucas II, American basketball player, NBA
- John Lucas III, American basketball player, son of John Lucas II
- John Meredyth Lucas, screenwriter, director
- John Lucas, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John P. Lucas, American general in World War II
- John Lucas, American comic book artist
- John Seymour Lucas, British artist
- Joseph Lucas, British automotive electrical components manufacturer - Lucas Automotive, LucasVarity
- Josh Lucas, American actor
- Ken Lucas, American politician
- Malcolm M Lucas, American judge
- Matt Lucas, British comedian
- Maurice Lucas, American basketball player
- Michael Lucas, one of several people including
- Michael Lucas, artist, designer and political activist
- Michael Lucas, porn star
- Nathaniel Lucas, convict transported to Australia
- Ray Lucas, American football player
- Reggie Lucas, American songwriter and producer
- Robert Lucas, American politician
- Robert Lucas (21st Century Ohio politician), American politician
- Robert Lucas, Jr., American economist (Lucas critique)
- Sam Lucas, American actor
- Sarah Lucas, British artist
- Scott Lucas, one of several people including
- Scott W. Lucas (1892–1968), U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader from Illinois
- Scott Lucas (footballer) (born 1977), Australian footballer
- Scott Lucas (Dream Team), fictional character in the TV series Dream Team
- Scott Lucas (musician), founding member of Local H
- Spencer G. Lucas, American paleontologist
- Steve Lucas, commander of Canadian Forces Air Command
- Steve Lucas (potter), Hopi-Tewa potter and nephew of Dextra Quotskuyva
- Trevor Lucas, Australian folk-rock musician
- Victor Lucas, Canadian writer and TV show director
- Vrain Denis-Lucas, French forger
- Werner Lucas, German pilot
- Wilfred Lucas, Canadian film actor and director
As an aristocratic family name, for Baron Lucas of Crudwell
- Mary Grey, 1st Baroness Lucas of Crudwell (d. 1702)
- Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, 2nd Baron Lucas of Crudwell (1671-1740)
- Anthony Grey, 3rd Baron Lucas of Crudwell (1695-1723)
- Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey, 4th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell (1722-1797)
- Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, 6th Baron Lucas of Crudwell (1781-1859)
- Anne Florence Cowper, 7th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell (1806-1880)
- Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper, 8th Baron Lucas of Crudwell (1834-1905)
- Auberon Thomas Herbert, 9th Baron Lucas of Crudwell (1876-1916)
- Nan Ino Cooper, 10th Baron Lucas of Crudwell (1880-1958)
- Anne Rosemary Palmer, 11th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell (1919-1991)
- Ralph Matthew Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas of Crudwell (b. 1951)