Lucas (surname)

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.

People with the surname Lucas

• Andrea Lucas, blonde
• 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 (musician), British cellist, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music
• Charles Lucas (politician) (1713–1771), British politician and physician
• 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 (baseball player), 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 (see Lucas Brothers, Builders), builder of St Pancras railway station
• Jean Jacques Etienne Lucas, noted French naval officer
• 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:
  • John Lucas (comics), American comic book artist
  • John Lucas (philosopher)
  • Sir John Lucas (royalist)
  • John Lucas (VC), recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • John Lucas II, American basketball player, NBA
  • John Lucas III, American basketball player, son of John Lucas II
  • John Meredyth Lucas, screenwriter, director
  • John P. Lucas, American general in World War II
  • 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 (director)
  • Michael Lucas (political activist), artist, designer and political activist
• Nathaniel Lucas, convict transported to Australia
• Ray Lucas, American football player
• Reggie Lucas, American songwriter and producer
• Robert Lucas (governor), 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 (musician), founding member of Local H
• Spencer G. Lucas, American paleontologist
• Steve Lucas, commander of Canadian Forces Air Command
• 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, Countess of Kent, 1st Baroness Lucas of Crudwell (d. 1702)
• Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, 2nd Baron Lucas of Crudwell (1671-1740)
• Anthony Grey, Earl of Harold, 3rd Baron Lucas of Crudwell (1695-1723)
• Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey, 4th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell (1722-1797)
• Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, 6th Baron Lucas of Crudwell (1781-1859)
• Anne Florence Cowper, 7th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell (1806-1880)
• Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper, 8th Baron Lucas of Crudwell (1834-1905)
• Auberon 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 Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas of Crudwell (b. 1951)

See also

• Luca
• Lucas
• Lukas
• Luke