Lucas (surname)

Lucas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Academics and science

• Alfred Lucas (chemist) (1867–1945), English analytical chemist, known for his part in the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb
• Arthur Lucas (academic) (born 1941), Australian academic who served as the 18th Principal of King's College London
• Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas (1853–1936), English-born Australian schoolmaster and scientist
• Colin Lucas (born 1940), British historian
• Deborah J. Lucas, American economist
• Édouard Lucas (1842–1891), French mathematician who studied Lucas numbers and the closely related Fibonacci numbers (both of which are examples of a Lucas sequence)
• Hippolyte Lucas (1814–1899), French entomologist
• John Lucas (philosopher) (1929–2020), British philosopher
• Robert Lucas Jr. (1937–2023), American economist (Lucas critique)
• Spencer G. Lucas, American paleontologist

Aristocracy

Lucas as an aristocratic family name, Baron Lucas of Crudwell, may refer to:

• Mary Grey, Countess of Kent, 1st Baroness Lucas of Crudwell (died 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 of Crudwell (1919–1991)
• Ralph Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas of Crudwell (born 1951)

Arts

• Buddy Lucas (musician) (1914-1983), American jazz saxophonist and bandleader
• Caroline Byng Lucas (1886–1967), English artist
• Charles Lucas (architect) (1838–1905), French architect
• Charles Lucas (musician) (1808–1869), English cellist
• Charlotte Lucas (born 1976), English actress
• Clarence Lucas (1866–1947), Canadian composer
• Craig Lucas (born 1951), American playwright
• Crystal Lucas-Perry, American stage actress
• David Lucas (born 1937), American music producer and jingle writer
• David Lucas, pseudonym of Steven Blum (born 1965), American voice actor
• Dick Lucas (singer), British vocalist
• E. V. Lucas (1868–1938), British writer
• Frank Lucas (1894–1967), English literary critic
• Gary Lucas, American musician
• Geoffry Lucas (1872–1947), English architect (often mis-spelt Geoffrey)
• George Lucas (born 1944), American filmmaker
• Helen Lucas (born 1931), Canadian artist
• Hippolyte-Julien-Joseph Lucas (1807–1878), French writer and critic
• Isabel Lucas (born 1985), Australian actress
• Isabelle Lucas (1927–1997), British actress and singer
• Jett Lucas (born 1993), American actor, son of George Lucas
• St. John Lucas (1879–1934), English poet and anthologist
• John Lucas (comics), American comic book artist
• John Meredyth Lucas (1919–2002), American screenwriter and director
• John Seymour Lucas (1849–1923), British artist
• Josh Lucas (born 1971), American actor
• Joyner Lucas (born 1988), American rapper
• Michael Lucas (director) (born 1972), Russian-Israeli-American pornographic film actor, director, and LGBT activist
• Michael Lucas (political activist) (1926–2020), Canadian artist, designer, and political activist
• Nick Lucas (1897–1982), American jazz guitarist and singer
• Peter J. Lucas (born 1962), Polish and American actor
• Reggie Lucas (1953–2018), American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• Richard Cockle Lucas (1800–1883), English sculptor
• Sam Lucas (1848–1916), American actor and minstrel performer
• Sarah Lucas (born 1962), British artist
• Scott Lucas (musician), founding member of Local H
• Shannon Lucas, American extreme metal drummer
• Thomas Geoffry Lucas (1872–1947), English architect
• Trevor Lucas, Australian folk-rock musician
• Victor Lucas (television producer), Canadian writer and TV show director
• Vinka Lucas , New Zealand fashion and bridalwear designer
• Wilfred Lucas, Canadian film actor and director

Law and politics

• Allen T. Lucas (1917–1973), American lawyer and politician
• Caroline Lucas (born 1960), English politician
• Charles Lucas (politician) (1713–1771), Irish politician and physician
• Francis Lucas (English politician) (1850–1918), British company director and Conservative Member of Parliament for Lowestoft 1900–1906
• Frank Lucas (Oklahoma politician) (born 1960), American politician
• Frank E. Lucas (1876–1948), American politician
• Sir Frederick Cook, 2nd Baronet (Frederick Lucas Cook, 1844–1920), British politician
• Henry Lucas (politician) (c.1610–1663), British politician and benefactor
• Ian Lucas (born 1960), British politician
• Isaac Benson Lucas (1867–1940), Canadian politician
• Jeanne Hopkins Lucas (c. 1936–2007), American politician
• Louise Lucas (born 1944), Virginia politician
• Malcolm Lucas (1927–2016), American judge
• Michael William George Lucas (1926–2001), British politician, 2nd Lord Lucas of Chilworth
• Raymond B. Lucas (1890–1966), Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri
• Richard Lucas (politician) (1837–1916), Tasmanian politician
• Robert Lucas (governor) (1781–1853), American politician
• Scott W. Lucas (1892–1968), U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader from Illinois

Military

• Alfred Lucas (Indian Army officer) (1822–1896), English staff officer in the British Indian Army
• Benjamin Lucas (soldier), Anglo-Irish soldier of the 17th century
• Charles Lucas (1613–1648), English soldier
• Charles Davis Lucas (1834–1914), Anglo-Irish Royal Navy officer, Victoria Cross recipient
• George W. Lucas (soldier) (1845–1921), American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
• Jean Jacques Étienne Lucas (1764–1819), French naval officer
• John Lucas (VC) (1827–1892), Irish soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross after action in New Zealand
• John P. Lucas (1890–1949), American general in World War II
• Steve Lucas, commander of Canadian Forces Air Command

Sports

• Abraham Lucas (born 1998), American football player
• A. P. Lucas (1857–1923), English cricketer
• Antoinette Lucas (born 1968), American field hockey player
• Buddy Lucas (swimmer) (1931-2002), New Zealand swimmer
• Chase Lucas (born 1997), American football player
• Colin Lucas (born 1969),

Scottish Footballer

• Frederick Ross Lucas (Buddy Lucas, 1931–2002), New Zealand swimmer
• Fred Lucas (baseball) (Frederick Warrington Lucas, 1903–1987), American Major League Baseball player
• Gary Lucas (baseball) (born 1954), American baseball player
• Jean Lucas (1917–2003), French racing driver
• Jerry Lucas (born 1940), American basketball player
• John Lucas II (born 1953), American basketball player, NBA
• John Lucas III (born 1982), American basketball player, son of John Lucas II
• Kalin Lucas (born 1989), American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
• Marquis Lucas (born 1993), American football player
• Maurice Lucas (1952–2010), American basketball player
• Peter Lucas (footballer) (1929–2019), Australian rules footballer
• Ray Lucas (born 1972), American football player
• Ray Lucas (baseball) (1908–1969), American baseball pitcher and manager
• Richard Lucas (rower) (1886–1968), British rower
• Richie Lucas (born 1938), American footballer
• Scott Lucas (footballer) (born 1977), Australian footballer
• Tommy Lucas (1895–1953), English footballer

Others

• Anthony Francis Lucas (1855–1921), Croatian-born oil-field engineer
• Arthur Lucas (1907-1962), American criminal, one of the last two people to be executed in Canada
• Clorinda Low Lucas (née Elizabeth Jessemine Kauikeolani Low; 1895–1986) American Hawaiian social worker
• Colin Anderson Lucas (1906–1984), modernist architect, pioneer of reinforced concrete construction
• Dick Lucas (minister) (born 1925), British evangelical speaker
• Edward Lucas, one of several people including:
  • Edward Lucas (journalist), British journalist
• Eliza Lucas (c.1722–1793), Antiguan-born plantation manager
• Francis Lucas, one of several people including:
• Frank Lucas (drug lord) (1930–2019), American drug dealer
• Frederick Lucas (1812–1855), British journalist
• Frederic Augustus Lucas (1852–1929), American anatomist and museum director
• Henry Lee Lucas (1936–2001), American serial killer
• James Lucas, multiple people
• Jim G. Lucas (1914–1970), American journalist
• Sir John Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Shenfield (1606–1671), brother of Charles Lucas
• Joseph Lucas (1834–1902), founder of the British automotive electrical components manufacturer Lucas Automotive, LucasVarity
• Ken Lucas (disambiguation), multiple people
• Margaret Bright Lucas (1818-1890), British temperance activist and suffragist
• Martha Lucas Pate (1912–1983), American college administrator
• Matt Lucas (born 1974), British comedian
• Nathaniel Lucas (1764–1818), English convict transported to Australia
• Netley Lucas (c. 1903–1940), English confidence trickster
• Ove Lucas (born ca. 1960), Dutch curator and director
• Ralph Lucas (1876-1955), designer of early motor cars.
• Richard Lucas, one of several people including:
  • Richard Lucas (priest) (c. 1640–1715), Welsh clergyman
• Samuel Lucas (1811–1865), British abolitionist and newspaper editor
• Samuel Lucas (1805–1870), 'Senior" - British brewer and painter
• Thomas Lucas (Royalist) (d. 1649), English Cavalier, brother of and John and Charles
• Thomas Lucas (c. 1720–1784), English MP and West Indies merchant
• Thomas Pennington Lucas (1843–1917), Scottish-born Australian medical practitioner
• Vrain Denis-Lucas, French forger
• Werner Lucas, German pilot
• William John Lucas, English teacher and entomologist

Fictional characters

• Josh Lucas, a character in the 1995 American coming-of-age teen comedy movie Clueless

See also

• Luca (surname)
• Lucas (disambiguation)
• Lukas
• Luke (name)
• Lukis