13 December: Lucy Name Day

Today is the name day for people called Lucy.

Lucy is an English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning as of light (born at dawn or daylight, maybe also shiny, or of light complexion). Here are ten famous Lucys:

1. Saint Lucy: Roman Christian martyr whose feast day is observed on 13 December. She is one of the best known virgin martyrs. She is patron of he blind; martyrs; salesmen and writers.

2. Lucy Lawless: New Zealand actress best known for her roles as Xena in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess.

3. Lucille Ball: American actress and comedian remembered for her character "Lucy".

4. Lucy Worsley: British historian, author, curator and television presenter. She is joint chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces but is best known as a presenter of BBC Television and Channel 5 series on historical topics.

5. Lucy: a collection of several hundred pieces of fossilized bone representing 40 percent of a female of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis. It was discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia.

6. Lucy O'Donnell: the subject of a drawing which is said to have inspired the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

7. Lucy Pevensie: a character in the novel series Chronicles of Narnia.

8. Lucy Liu: American actress who starred as Ling Woo in the television series Ally McBeal and Alex Munday in two Charlie's Angels films.

9. Lucy Speed: English actress best known for her television roles as Natalie Evans in EastEnders and as DS Stevie Moss in the ITV police drama series The Bill.

10. Lucy Stone: American orator, abolitionist and suffragist who was a vocal advocate for rights for women. In 1847, Stone became the first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree.

Character birthday

Micro-Man, aka Owen Graham, one of the founding members of the Freedom League. As a schoolboy, discovered his genetic variant power to shrink and developed, through his adventures, a fascination for microbiology. As a student he offered his services to the Freedom League and was a member for several years, until deciding that fighting disease rather than fighting crime, was a better use of his power. He appears in Running in the Family.

Running in the Family

An alien craft approaches Earth. The alien on board is a fugitive, fleeing from an arranged marriage to freedom on our world. She befriends James, a genetics student, and shares her knowledge about the future of the human race with him. 

A science experiment gone wrong gifts James with superhuman abilities; but they come at a price, leading him to mentor others like himself. He founds a group of amateur heroes called the Freedom League.

The Freedom League suffers a string of losses and tragedies; it seems doomed to failure; but one of its members, Peter Mayfield, has vowed to form a group of his own. He is determined to keep his vow, despite having lost Rosemary, the one person he wanted by his side to help him.

Lizzie Hopkins is a talented young athlete and dancer. Peter sees her in action and guesses her exceptional abilities are far more than they seem. He offers to train and mentor Lizzie - but her mother is violently opposed to his suggestion.

As soon as she is old enough, Lizzie takes matters into her own hands; she seeks out Peter and his group for herself. She soon makes a discovery which shakes her world at its very foundations. Her search for the truth will resolve many unanswered questions, but it will also stir up old heartbreaks dating back to the Freedom League's early days.

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