Lloyd Steel Lourie (September 3, 1877 – March 12, 1959) was an American orthodontist who attended Angle School of Orthodontia in St. Louis and graduated in 1900.
He also developed a wire-stretching pliers which was useful in cutting any leftover spurs on the labial arches.
He studies were interrupted in 1888 when he was called for service in Company A of 50th Regiment of the Iowa Infantry in the Spanish–American War.
He eventually moved to California and then to Peoria, Illinois, in 1958 to live with their son Lloyd S. Lourie Jr, who was a dentist in the city.
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