Aphabetic letter pairs in words

LR = Linda Ronstadt or Lionel Richie

LS - Levi Strauss

LT = Lana Turner or Liv Tyler or Leo Tolstoy

LU - Lars Ulrich

LV- Louis Vuitton, fashion mogul

LW - Louis Wu, since apparently my mind is still in Larry Niven mode.

LX = Luqi Xia, general, Tang dynasty

LY = Loretta Young

LZ- Ludwyk Zamenhof, inventor of Esperanto

MA = Mario Andretti

MB = Mary Baker (Eddy)

MC = Marie Curie

MD - Mike Douglas

MD = Michael Dukakis

ME = Michael Eisner

MF - Michael Faraday

MG = Maxim Gorky. (Or Morris Garage, carmakers)

MH = Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

MI- Michael Ironside, movie villain/tough guy

MJ - Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan