| Liebens, Marc | Marc Liebens | Director | 1975 - 1977 | 10 | 1 |
| Liljeberg, Jorg | Jorg Liljeberg | Director | 1986 | 1 | |
| Linden, Gustaf | Gustaf Linden | Director | 1914 - 1925 | 5 | 1 |
| Linke, Sybille | Sybille Linke | Director | 1998 | 1 | |
| Lloyd, Matthew | Matthew Lloyd | Director | 2005 - 2006 | 3 | 1 |
| Löffler, Peter | Peter Löffler | Director | 1961 - 1972 | 2 | |
| Lowrey, Sara | Sara Lowrey | Director | 1928 | 2 | 1 |
| Lynn, Jack | Jack Lynn | Director | 1950 - 1953 | 2 | |
| Lyon, Marianne | Marianne Lyon | Director | 2005 | 1 | |
| Lindsley, Charles F. | Charles F. Lindsley | Director | 1951 | 1 | |
| Lasoń, Władysław | Władysław Lasoń | Director | 1955 | 1 | |
| Larsen, Johannes Anker | Johannes Anker Larsen | Director | 1936 - 1943 | 3 | |
| Lacina, František | František Lacina | Director | 1902 - 1936 | 2 | |
| Leicester, Emilie | Emilie Leicester | Director | 1891 | 1 | |
| Lehmann, Hans Dieter | Hans Dieter Lehmann | Director | 1973 | 1 | 1 |
| Levick, Jemima | Jemima Levick | Director | 2010 | 1 | |
| Loy, Frances | Frances Loy | Director | 2011 | 1 | |
| Laading, Herman | Herman Laading | Director | 1853 - 1861 | 4 | 2 |
| Lebrun, Theodor | Theodor Lebrun | Director | 1888 | 1 | |
| Léon, Viktor | Viktor Léon | Director | 1898 | 1 | |
| Lehmann, Julius | Julius Lehmann | Director | 1899 - 1900 | 2 | |
| Lewinger, Ernst | Ernst Lewinger | Director | 1897 - 1920 | 24 | |
| Linsemann, Paul | Paul Linsemann | Director | 1903 - 1913 | 16 | |
| Lert, Dr. Ernst | Ernst Lert (Dr. Ernst Lert) | Director | 1920 | 2 | |
| Litten, Dr. Heinz Wolfgang | Heinz Wolfgang Litten (Dr. Heinz Wolfgang Litten) | Director | 1930 - 1932 | 2 | |
| Lietzau, Hans | Hans Lietzau | Director | 1949 - 1989 | 2 | 1 |
| Lier, František | František Lier | Director | 1906 | 1 | |
| Lindberg, Per | Per Lindberg | Director | 1918 - 1943 | 9 | |
| Lepre, Gianni | Gianni Lepre | Director | 1978 | 2 | 1 |
| Lengyel, György | György Lengyel | Director | 1965 - 1994 | 6 | 1 |
| Lynn, Heery | Heery Lynn | Director | 1978 | 1 | 1 |
| Larson, Philip | Philip Larson | Director | 1973 - 1983 | 2 | |
| Lau, Patrick | Patrick Lau | Director | 1979 | 2 | |
| Loy, John | John Loy | Director | 1975 | 1 | |
| Linins, Arnolds | Arnolds Linins | Director | 1975 | 1 | |
| Langer, Günter | Günter Langer | Director | 1979 | 2 | |
| Lukas-Kindermann, Heinz | Heinz Lukas-Kindermann | Director | 1981 | 1 | |
| Lewis, Leo, R. | Leo R. Lewis | Director | 1913 | 1 | |
| Lahdensuo, Jalmari | Jalmari Lahdensuo | Director | 1916 | 1 | 1 |
| Lichtenstein, Wolfgang | Wolfgang Lichtenstein | Director | 1981 | 1 | |
| Lhotzky, Georg | Georg Lhotzky | Director | 1961 | 1 | |
| Lüdi, Peter | Peter Lüdi | Director | 1972 | 1 | |
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