Lucas (name)
Lucas is a male given name and a family name .
Origin and meaning
The name is a variant of Luke , see there Etymology and name bearers. The name Lucas means something like 'The Shining One'.
First name
As a first name, the spelling Lucas is particularly common in Europe in the English, French, Belgian and Dutch-speaking areas in the respective pronunciation. But you can also meet him in this form in German-speaking regions.
Name bearer
family name
A.
- Aaron Lucas (* 1979), American basketball player
- Adolf Lucas (1862–1945), German district administrator
- Agustín Lucas (* 1985), Uruguayan football player
- Al Lucas (1916–1983), Canadian jazz bassist
- Alexander Lucas (politician) (1857–1920), German lawyer, industrialist and politician
- Andreas Lucas (writer) (1528–1590), German pastor and writer
- Andreas Lucas (musician) (* 1963), German musician, composer, music producer and filmmaker
- Anthony Lucas (* 1965), Australian director, animator and film producer
- Anthony Francis Lucas (1855–1921), Croatian-American oil explorer
- Arthur Henry Lucas (1853–1936), British-Australian naturalist
- August Lucas (1803–1863), German graphic artist and painter
B.
- Billy Lucas (1918-1998), Welsh football player
- Botho Lucas (1923–2012), German accordionist, composer and choir director
- Bryan Lucas (* 1978), American basketball player
- Buddy Lucas (1914–1983), American musician
C.
- Caio Lucas Fernandes (* 1994), Brazilian soccer player
- Carlos Lucas (* 1930), Chilean boxer
- Caroline Lucas (* 1960), British politician (Green Party)
- Clarence Lucas (1866–1947), Canadian composer, conductor and music teacher
- Clyde Lucas , American musician and band leader
- Cornel Lucas (1920–2012), British photographer
- Craig Lucas (* 1951), American dramaturge, screenwriter and film director
- Curt Lucas (1888–1960), German actor
D.
- Dan Lucas (* 1954), German rock singer and guitarist
- Daniel Lucas Segovia (* 1985), Spanish soccer player, see Daniel Segovia
- Danny Lucas ( Daniel Kenneth Lucas ; * 1958), Canadian ice hockey player
- Denis Vrain-Lucas (1818–1881), French forger
- Donald William Lucas (1905–1985), British Graecist
E.
- Ed Lucas (* 1939), American sports reporter
- Eddie Lucas (* 1975), American basketball player
- Édouard Lucas (1842-1891), French mathematician
- Eduard Lucas (1816–1882), German fruit grower
- Edward Lucas (Politician, 1780) (1780-1858) American politician (Virginia)
- Edward Lucas (politician, 1787) (1787–1871), Irish politician
- Edward Lucas (politician, 1857) (1857–1950), Australian politician
- Edward Lucas (journalist) (born 1962), British journalist
- Edward V. Lucas (1868–1938), British writer
- Enrique de Lucas (* 1979), Spanish football player
- Erhard Lucas (1937–1993), German historian
- Éric Lucas (* 1971), Canadian boxer
- Ernst Lucas (1867–1961), German printer and publisher
F.
- Fernando Romeo Lucas García (1924–2006), Guatemalan general and politician, President 1978 to 1982
- Fielding Lucas (1781–1854), American cartographer, publisher, and artist
- Frank Lucas (gangster) (1930-2019), American gangster and drug dealer
- Frank Lucas (politician) (* 1960), American politician
- Frank E. Lucas (1876–1948), American politician
- Franz Lucas (doctor) (1911–1994), German doctor and SS-Obersturmführer
- Franz D. Lucas (1921–1998), German historian
- Frederic Lucas (1852–1929), American biologist and museum director
- Friedrich J. Lucas (1927–1974), German historian and history educator
G
- Gary Lucas (* 1952), American musician
- Georg Lucas (1865–1930), German lawyer and politician, MdR
- Georg Edmund Lucas (1853–1931), German civil engineer
- George Lucas (* 1944), American film producer, screenwriter and director
- George Lucas Coser (* 1984), Brazilian soccer player
- George Joseph Lucas (* 1949), American clergyman, Archbishop of Omaha
- Geralyn Lucas (* 1963), American author
- Gernot Lucas (* 1938), German architect
- Guido Lucas (1964–2017), German music producer and musician
H
- Hans Lucas (1865–1939), German classical philologist and high school teacher
- Hans-Dieter Lucas (* 1959), German diplomat
- Heinz Lucas (1920–2016), German football coach
- Henry Lucas (1610–1663), British politician and professor
- Henry Lee Lucas (1936-2001), American serial killer
- Hippolyte Lucas (writer) (1807–1878), French writer
- Hippolyte Lucas (entomologist) (1814–1899), French entomologist and arachnologist
- Hippolyte Lucas (1854–1925), French painter, see Marie-Félix Hippolyte Lucas
- Howard J. Lucas (1885–1963), American chemist
I.
- Ingo Schmidt-Lucas (* 1972), German sound engineer
- Isabel Lucas (* 1985), Australian actress
J
- James Lucas (polo player) (born around 1958), English polo player and coach
- James Lucas (film producer) , British film producer
- James Sidney Lucas (1923–2002), military historian
- Jean Lucas (1917–2003), French racing driver
- Jeanne Hopkins Lucas (1935–2007), American politician
- Jerry Lucas (* 1940), American basketball player
- Jessica Lucas (* 1985), Canadian actress
- Johann Gottfried Lucas (1685–1748), German politician, mayor of Elberfeld
- John Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Shenfield (1606–1671), English nobleman and officer
- John Lucas II (born 1953), American basketball player and coach
- John Lucas III (* 1982), American basketball player
- John Baptiste Charles Lucas (1758–1842), American politician
- John Meredyth Lucas (1919–2002), American screenwriter, film director and film producer
- John Porter Lucas (1890–1949), American general
- John Randolph Lucas (1929-2020), British philosopher
- John Seymour Lucas (1849-1923), British painter
- Jon Lucas ( Jonathan Lucas ; * 1976), American screenwriter and director
- Jonathan Lucas (film editor) , British film editor
- Josanne Lucas (* 1984), athlete from Trinidad and Tobago
- Josef Lucas (1906–1973), German architect
- Joseph Lucas (1834–1902), British company founder
- Josh Lucas (* 1971), American actor
- Joyner Lucas (* 1988), American rapper and singer
K
- Karl Lucas (* 1972), British comedian, actor and author
- Kathy Lucas , American production designer
- Kellie Lucas (* 1978), Australian badminton player
- Ken Lucas (* 1933), American politician
- Klaus Lucas (* 1943), German mechanical engineer
- Kurt Lucas (1905–1986), German trade unionist (FDGB)
- Kyle Lucas (* 1986), American rapper
L.
- Laurent Lucas (* 1965), French actor
- Leopold Lucas (1872–1943), German historian and rabbi
- Lucie Lucas (* 1986), French actress
- Ludwig Lucas (1796-1854), German teacher
M.
- Maggie Lucas (* 1991), American basketball player
- Mal Lucas (* 1938), Welsh football player
- Manfred Lucas (* 1943), German politician (SPD)
- Marc Lucas (* 1967), German psychologist and university professor
- Marcia Lucas (* 1945), American film editor
- Martin Lucas (1894–1969), Dutch clergyman, missionary and papal diplomat
- Matt Lucas (* 1974), English actor
- Maurice Lucas (1952-2010), American basketball player
- Maxwell Lucas (1910-2010), American musician
- Meriel Lucas (1877–1962), English badminton player
- Michael Lucas (* 1972), American film director
O
- Otto Lucas (physician) (1893–1976), German-Australian physician
- Otto Lucas (geographer) (1914–2005), German civil servant, geographer and historian
P
- Pablo de Lucas (* 1986), Spanish football player
- Paul Lucas (1664–1737), French merchant, explorer and antiquarian
- Peter Lucas , actual name of Lucas-Pitter (1797–1886), German city original
- Peter Lucas (rower) (1933–2001), New Zealand rower
- Peter Lucas (computer scientist) (1935–2015), Austrian computer scientist and university professor
- Peter J. Lucas (actually Piotr Józef Andrzejewski ; * 1962), Polish actor
- Philippe Lucas (* 1963), French football player
- Prosper Lucas (1805-1885), French medic
R.
- Rafael de Balbín Lucas (1910–1978), Spanish Romanist and Hispanist
- Reggie Lucas (1953–2018), American guitarist, composer and producer
- Renata Lucas (* 1971), Brazilian artist
- Ricardo Lucas (* 1974), Brazilian soccer player
- Rino Lucas (* 1980), Uruguayan football player
- Robert Lucas (Governor) (1781-1853), American politician
- Robert Lucas (writer) (actually Robert Ehrenzweig ; 1904–1984), Austrian journalist and writer
- Robert Lucas (musician) (1962–2008), American singer and guitarist
- Robert Lucas (film producer) , American filmmaker
- Robert E. Lucas (* 1937), American economist
- Rudolf Lucas (1916–1980), German lawyer and politician
- Ryan Lucas (* 1977), Barbadian football player
S.
- Sarah Lucas (* 1962), British artist
- Scott W. Lucas (1892–1968), American politician
- Sharlotte Lucas (* 1992), New Zealand cyclist
- Simon Lucas , Africa traveler
- Simone Lucas (* 1973), German artist
- Spencer G. Lucas , American paleontologist
- Stephan Lucas (* 1972), German lawyer and actor
- Sylvia Lucas (* 1964), South African politician
- Sylvia Marlene Lucas , Brazilian zoologist
T
- Tauatua Lucas (* 1994), Tahitian football player
- Theo Lucas , pop singer
- Thomas Pennington Lucas (1843-1917), British entomologist
- Tommy Lucas (1895–1953), English football player
- Trevor Lucas (1943–1989), Australian singer and guitarist
W.
- Walter Lucas (1902–1968), German architect
- Wilby Lucas (* 1956), Seychellois politician
- Wilfred Lucas (1871–1940), American actor, director, and writer
- William Lucas (politician) (1800–1877), American politician
- William Lucas (actor) (1925-2016), British actor
- William R. Lucas , US aerospace official
- William Thomas Lucas (* 1875), Canadian politician
- William V. Lucas (1835–1921), American politician
- Willy Lucas (1884–1918), German painter
- Wingate H. Lucas (1908–1989), American politician
stage name
- Lucas Gafarot (* 1994), Argentinian football player
- Lucas Leiva (* 1987), Brazilian soccer player
- Lucas Moura (* 1992), Brazilian soccer player
- Lucas Severino (* 1979), Brazilian soccer player
- Lucas Silva (* 1993), Brazilian soccer player