Lloyd
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Welsh Legend. Llwyd.
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Harold (Clayton) 1894–1971, U.S. actor.
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(John) Selwyn (Brooke) 1904–78, British statesman.
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a male given name: from a Welsh word meaning “gray.”
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Clive ( Hubert ). born 1944, West Indian (Guyanese) cricketer; played in 110 tests (1966–84), scoring 7,515 runs; captained the West Indies in 74 tests and to two World Cup wins (1975, 1979)
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Harold ( Clayton ). 1893–1971, US comic film actor
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Marie, real name Matilda Alice Victoria Wood. 1870–1922, English music-hall entertainer
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The award-winner was a key writer and actress on the 1996 show, and later helped to bring Bollywood to the West End, by co-writing Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams in 2002.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
When Charles Lloyd rose to stardom with his 1967 album “Forest Flower,” the saxophonist and flutist was a young renegade who seemed wise beyond his years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, the modern house suspended above a waterfall, is invariably photographed from the same angle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Pond maintenance expert Daniel Lloyd recently said the situation had worsened, stressing the States "needs to think hard about what they need to do" and "act quickly".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
I changed the subject, and then me and Lloyd voiced our hopes that they’d shut down Hominy Ridge School.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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