Liz is a female name of Hebrew origin, meaning "God's Promise". It is also a short form of Elizabeth, Elisabeth, Lisbeth, Lizanne, Liszbeth, Lizbeth, Lizabeth, Lyzbeth, Lisa, Lizette, Alyssa, and

Eliza ELIZA is an early natural language processing computer program created from 1964 to 1966 at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory by Joseph Weizenbaum. Created to demonstrate the superficiality of communication between humans and machines, ...

People

* Liz Balmaseda (born 1959), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist *

Liz Bonnin Elizabeth Bonnin (born 16 September 1976) is a French science, wildlife and natural history presenter, who has worked on television in both Ireland and the United Kingdom. She presented morning show '' RI:SE'' and music show ''Top of the Pops'' ...

(born 1976), Irish television presenter * Liz Brown (politician), American politician first elected to the Indiana Senate in 2014 * Liz Brown, backing vocalist for Wheatus *

Liz Claiborne (fashion designer) Anne Elisabeth Jane Claiborne (March 31, 1929 – June 26, 2007) was an American fashion designer and businesswoman. Her success was built upon stylish yet affordable apparel for career women featuring colorfully tailored separates that cou ...

(1929–2007) *

Liz Fraser Elizabeth Joan Winch (14 August 1930 – 6 September 2018), known professionally as Liz Fraser, was a British film actress, best known for being cast in provocative comedy roles. Early life Fraser was born in Southwark, London. Her year of bi ...

, stage name of English actress Elizabeth Joan Winch (1930–2018) *

Liz Friedman Liz Friedman is an American television producer and television writer known especially for her work on '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', '' Young Hercules'', ''House'' and ''Jessica Jones''. In 2014, she was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writin ...

, American television producer and television writer * Liz Hyder, English author * Liz Kershaw (born 1958), English radio broadcaster *

Liz Kendall Elizabeth Louise Kendall (born 11 June 1971) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester West since 2010. Kendall was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, where she read history. From 2011 to 2 ...

(born 1971), British politician *

Liz Krueger Elizabeth Krueger (born November 20, 1957) is a member of the New York State Senate, representing District 28 on the East Side of Manhattan. First elected in a special election in 2002, Krueger is a Democrat. Background Krueger was born in New ...

(born 1957), American politician, member of the New York State Senate since 2002 *

Liz Lochhead Liz Lochhead Hon FRSE (born 26 December 1947) is a Scottish poet, playwright, translator and broadcaster. Between 2011 and 2016 she was the Makar, or National Poet of Scotland, and served as Poet Laureate for Glasgow between 2005 and 2011. E ...

(born 1947), Scottish poet, playwright, translator and broadcaster * Liz Mace, half of the American country/pop duo

Megan and Liz Megan and Liz (commonly stylized as Megan & Liz) are an American pop duo composed of fraternal twin sisters Megan and Liz Mace from Edwardsburg, Michigan. They are both songwriters, and Megan is their guitarist. As of November 2020, they have 990 ...

* Liz McClarnon (born 1981), English pop singer, dancer and television presenter *

Liz Mills Liz Mills is an Australian basketball coach who has coached elite level men's club, national university and national men's basketball teams in Africa since 2011, Mills is currently the head coach of ABC Fighters of the Basketball Africa League (BA ...

, Australian basketball coach * Liz Phair (born 1967), American singer, songwriter and guitarist * Liz Sandals (born c. 1947), Canadian politician elected in 2003 *

Liz Saville Roberts Elizabeth Saville Roberts (' Saville; born 16 December 1964) is a Welsh politician, currently serving as the group leader of Plaid Cymru in the House of Commons. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dwyfor Meirionnydd since the gene ...

(born 1965), Welsh politician and Member of Parliament * Elizabeth Sharman (born 1957), British former slalom and sprint canoeist *

Liz Smith (actress) Betty Gleadle (11 December 1921 – 24 December 2016), known by the stage name Liz Smith, was an English character actress, known for her roles in BBC sitcoms, including as Annie Brandon in '' I Didn't Know You Cared'' (1975–1979), the si ...

(1921–2016) English character actress * Liz Smith (journalist) (1923–2017), American gossip columnist *

Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. ...

(1932–2011), American actress, also known as Liz Taylor * Liz Torres (born 1947), American actress, singer and comedian *

Liz Truss Mary Elizabeth Truss (born 26 July 1975) is a British politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth day in office, she stepped dow ...

(born 1975),

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern p ...

for 50 days in 2022 * Liz White (actress) (born 1979), English actress *

Liz White (animal rights) Elizabeth White (born c. 1950) is a Canadian animal rights activist and politician. Early life White was born in Toronto, to parents who both were teachers. She earned a nursing degree at McGill University, and then worked in Kitchener, before ...

(born c. 1950), Canadian animal rights activist *

Liz Mitchell Liz is a female name of Hebrew origin, meaning "God's Promise". It is also a short form of Elizabeth, Elisabeth, Lisbeth, Lizanne, Liszbeth, Lizbeth, Lizabeth, Lyzbeth, Lisa, Lizette, Alyssa, and Eliza. People * Liz Balmaseda (born 1959), P ...

(born 1952), former

Boney M Boney M. was a German-Caribbean vocal group that specialized in disco and funk created by German record producer Frank Farian, who was the group's primary songwriter. Originally based in West Germany, the four original members of the group's o ...

Lead singer and vocalist *

Liz (musician) Elizabeth Abrams, better known as Liz (stylized as LIZ) or Liz Y2K, is an American singer and actress from Tarzana, Los Angeles, California. Her music is described by herself as "Sailor Moon R&B" and "future pop". and her music has been continuou ...

(born 1987), American singer and actress

Fictional characters

Liz Adams Elizabeth "Liz" Adams is a fictional character that appeared in the later seasons of the popular American television series ''Dallas'', played by actress Barbara Stock from 1990 to 1991. She first appeared in the season 13 episode " The Southfork ...

, on the American television series ''Dallas'' *

Liz Allan Elizabeth "Liz" Allan, also known as Elizabeth Allan-Osborn and commonly misspelled as "Liz Allen", is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. In t ...

, a Marvel Comics character * Liz Burton, on the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * Liz Chandler, on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' *

Liz Lemon Elizabeth Miervaldis Lemon is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television series ''30 Rock''. She created and writes for the fictional comedy-sketch show ''The Girlie Show'' and later ''TGS with Tracy Jordan''. She is po ...

, main character of the American television series ''30 Rock'' * Liz McDonald, on the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' *

Liz Shaw Elizabeth "Liz" Shaw is a fictional character played by Caroline John in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs. A civilian member of UNIT, an international organisation that defends Earth fr ...

, on the British science fiction television series ''Dr. Who'' * Liz, a character from the video games series ''

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