Lara can be a

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or a surname in several languages. It can be used as a short form of the name Larissa or derived from the Latin word ''lūcēre'', meaning "to shine".

Given name

Lara Abdallat Lara Abdallat (born 1981 or 1982) is a Jordanian activist, hacker, and former beauty queen. She was crowned Miss Jordan in 2010 and was the first runner-up in the Miss Arab beauty contest in 2011. Her online activism began following the releas ...

(born 1982), Jordanian hacker * Lara Aharonian (born 1972), Armenian Canadian human rights activist * Lara Aknin, Canadian social psychologist *

Lara Alcock Lara Alcock is a British mathematics educator. She is a reader in mathematics education at Loughborough University, head of the Mathematics Education Centre at Loughborough, and the author of several books on mathematics. Alcock won the Selden P ...

, British mathematics educator * Lara Amersey (born 1984), Canadian actress *

Lara Arruabarrena Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (; born 20 March 1992) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. On 3 July 2017, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 52, and her best doubles ranking is world No. 28, set on 22 February 2016. Arr ...

(born 1992), Spanish tennis player * Lara-B (born 1979), Slovenian singer * Lara Baars (born 1996), Dutch athlete * Lara Bahlawan (born 1994), Lebanese footballer * Lara Baladi (born 1969), Egyptian-Lebanese photographer * Lara Barbieri (born 1986), Italian football player * Lara Belmont (born 1980), English actress * Lara Berman (born 1980), Israeli correspondent * Lara Bianconi (born 1974), Italian swimmer * Lara Bitter (born 1975), Dutch tennis player * Lara Larramendi Blakely, American mayor * Lara Bloom (born 1980), patient expert and advocate *

Lara Flynn Boyle Lara Flynn Boyle (born March 24, 1970) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Donna Hayward in the television series ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991). After portraying Stacy in Penelope Spheeris's comedy ''Wayne's World'' (1992), ...

(born 1970), American actress *

Lara Breay Lara Breay is a feature film producer whose credits include ''Tropic Thunder'', ''Penguins of Madagascar'', ''Blades of Glory'', ''Megamind ''Megamind'' is a 2010 American computer-animated superhero comedy film produced by DreamWorks ...

, British film producer *

Lara Briden Lara Briden (née Grinevitch, born 1969) is a naturopathic doctor, women’s health speaker, and author of the books ''Period Repair Manual'' and ''Hormone Repair Manual'', published by Pan Macmillan. She has consulting rooms in Christchurch, New Z ...

(born 1969), author * Lara Brown, American political scientist * Lara Butler (born 1994), Caymanian swimmer * Lara Cardella (born 1969), Italian writer * Lara Carroll (born 1986), English swimmer * Lara Casanova (born 1996), Swiss snowboarder * Lara Cazalet (born 1973), English actress * Lara Habib Chamat (born 1980), Lebanese news presenter *

Lara Jean Chorostecki Lara Jean Chorostecki is a Canadian actress known for her role as Fredricka "Freddie" Lounds in the American psychological thriller–horror television series ''Hannibal'', and as Sergeant Krystina Breeland on the critically acclaimed Canadian se ...

(born 1984), Canadian actress * Lara Christen (born 2002), Swiss ice hockey player *

Lara Cody Lara Cody is an American voice actress. She also goes under the name Deanna Morris and is best known for voicing Rosemary in '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'' and '' Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots''. Roles Anime *''A Little S ...

(born 1957), American voice actress * Lara Petusky Coger (born 1970), American journalist * Lara Comi (born 1983), Italian politician *

Lara Cox Lara Jane Cox (born 1978) is an Australian actress, known for a variety of roles. Cox played the role of Anita Scheppers in ''Heartbreak High'', Doctor Denman in ''H2O: Just Add Water'', and has appeared in ''Voodoo Lagoon'' and ''Kangaroo Ja ...

(born 1978), Australian actress * Lara Custance (born 1992), New Zealand actress * Lara Davenport (born 1983), Australian Olympic athlete * Lara Hedberg Deam (born 1967), American publisher * Lara Debbana (born 1994), Egyptian model * Lara Defour (born 1997), Belgian professional racing cyclist * Lara Denis (born 1969), American philosopher *

Lara Dickenmann Lara Joy Dickenmann (born 27 November 1985) is a Swiss footballer. She played for German club VfL Wolfsburg and with French club Olympique Lyonnais. She is a versatile footballer who can play as a midfielder or a full-back on either side of the ...

(born 1985), Swiss footballer * Lara Elena Donnelly (born 1990), American author * Lara Dunkley (born 1995), Australian netball player *

Lara Dutta Lara Dutta (born 16 April 1978) is an Indian actress, entrepreneur and the winner of the Miss Universe 2000 pageant. She was previously crowned as Miss Intercontinental 1997. In her career, she has primarily worked in Hindi films. She is the ...

(born 1978), Indian actress *

Lara Escauriza Lara Escauriza (born 14 October 1998) is a Paraguayan tennis player. Escauriza has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 778, achieved on 9 March 2020. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of 513, reached ...

(born 1998), Paraguayan tennis player * Lara Escudero (born 1993), French ice hockey player *

Lara Fabian Lara Sophie Katy Crokaert (born January 9, 1970), better known as Lara Fabian, is a Belgian-Canadian pop singer and songwriter. She has sold over 20 million records worldwide as of 2021Broadway World (2017)"Lara Fabian annule finalement sa tourn ...

(born 1970), Belgian-Canadian singer * Lara Falk (born 1997), Australian skier *

Lara Favaretto Lara Favaretto (born 1973 in Treviso) is an Italian artist. Favaretto lives and works in Turin, Italy. Favaretto is known for her paintings, installations and research based sculptural works. She has staged interventions that she calls "momenta ...

(born 1973), Italian artist *

Lara Fernandez Lara Fernandez (born 1996) is a Spanish kickboxing and Muay thai. She is the reigning WBC Muaythai World Flyweight champion and the reigning ISKA World Super Featherweight champion. Biography Early career Fernadez began training in kickboxing w ...

(born 1996), Spanish kickboxer * Lara Filocamo (born 1990), Australian rules footballer * Lara George, Nigerian artist *

Lara Giddings Larissa Tahireh "Lara" Giddings (born 14 November 1972) is a former Australian politician who was the 44th Premier of Tasmania from 24 January 2011 until 31 March 2014, the first woman to hold the position. Born in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, she ...

(born 1972), Australian politician * Lara Gilchrist (born 1982), Canadian actress * Lara Gillespie (born 2001), Irish professional racing cyclist * Lara Goodall (born 1996), South African cricketer *

Lara Goodison Lara Goodison (born 1989 or 1990) is an English actress. Goodison is from Oxshott, Surrey, and was educated at St Teresa's School Effingham and Hurtwood House. She first gained public attention when she became a contestant on '' Shipwrecked'' i ...

(born 1989), English actress * Lara González (rhythmic gymnast) (born 1986), Spanish rhythmic gymnast *

Lara Grangeon Lara Grangeon (born 21 September 1991) is a French swimmer from the territory of New Caledonia who competes in the individual medley and butterfly events. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she finished 18th overall in the heats in the 400 metre individ ...

(born 1991), French swimmer *

Lara Grice Lara Grice (born August 11, 1971) is an American actress, who has appeared in more than 50 movies, notable ''The Reaping'' (2007), ''The Final Destination'' (2009), '' Girls Trip'' (2017) and '' Body Cam'' (2020). On television, Grice had a recu ...

(born 1971), American actress * Lara Gut-Behrami (born 1991), Swiss alpine ski racer * Lara Naki Gutmann (born 2002), Italian figure skater *

Lara Harris Lara Harris is an American model and actress. Harris studied French in Paris and began her career there as a model. She was the face of Armani fragrance ''Gio'', appearing in their TV commercial directed by David Lynch, and also of ''Ultima ...

(born 1962), American model * Lara Heinz (born 1981), Luxembourgian swimmer * Lara Hoffmann (born 1991), German Olympic athlete * Lara Hooiveld (born 1971), Australian swimmer * Lara Ivanuša (born 1997), Slovenian footballer * Lara Jackson (born 1986), American freestyle swimmer * Lara Jakes (born 1973), American journalist * Lara St. John (born 1971), Canadian violinist *

Lara Johnson-Wheeler Lara Lettice Johnson-Wheeler (born 12 June 1993) is a British arts and fashion journalist. She is the daughter of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his second wife Marina Wheeler. Early life and education Johnson-Wheeler was bor ...

(born 1992/93), British arts and fashion journalist *

Lara Jones Lara Kate Jones (1975 – 26 March 2010) was a British artist, children's author and illustrator. She is best remembered for her '' Poppy Cat'' series of children's books, which have been published in 20 languages and sold over two and a half ...

(1975–2010), British artist * Lara Käpplein (born 1995), German badminton player * Lara Keller (born 1991), Swiss football striker * Lara Knutson (born 1974), American artist * Lara Kramer, Canadian dancer * Lara Landon (born 1985), American musician *

Lara Lewington Lara Lewington (born 10 May 1979) is a British television presenter, journalist and former weather presenter. She co-presents the BBC's technology programme '' Click''. Early life Lewington attended Surbiton High School, an independent school i ...

(born 1979), British television presenter *

Lara Logan Lara Logan (born 29 March 1971) is a South African television and radio journalist and war correspondent. Logan's career began in South Africa with various news organizations in the 1990s. Her profile rose due to reporting around the American ...

(born 1971), American television journalist for CBS News * Lara Magoni (born 1969), Italian alpine skier and politician *

Lara Mahal Lara K. Mahal is an American chemist who is the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Glycomics at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She is also a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Alberta. She is notable both for h ...

, American professor *

Lara Maigue Lara Marie Moscardon Maigue (born June 7, 1991) is a Filipina singer and songwriter who won the 2017 Aliw Awards for Best Classical Performer and the 2018 Aliw Awards for Best Female Crossover Performer. Early life Lara was born to Filipino ...

(born 1991), Filipino singer *

Lara Maiklem Lara Maiklem FSA (born 1971) is a British author, editor and publishing consultant, known for her writing and speaking on mudlarking. She was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2022. Personal life Maiklem grew up o ...

(born 1971), British author * Lara Malsiner (born 2000), Italian ski jumper * Lara Mandić (born 1974), Serbian basketball player *

Lara Maritz Lara Maritz (born 7 January 2001) is a South African-born Irish cricketer. She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut against India in the 2017 South Africa Quadrangular Series on 7 May 2017. She made her Women's Twenty20 In ...

(born 2001), Irish cricketer * Lara Marlowe (born 1967), American journalist * Lara Jean Marshall (born 1988), Australian-English actress * Lara Martin, English musician *

Lara Mazur Lara Mazur is a Canadian film and television editor known for her work on films like ''Bordertown Café'', ''Cadillac Girls'', and '' The Burning Season.'' Biography Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mazur attended the University of Manitoba and aft ...

, Canadian film editor *

Lara McAllen Lara McAllen is an English singer, songwriter and vocal producer. Biography McAllen is the singer for the dance-pop music project Angel City. She began dancing at the age of five, and briefly pursued a modelling career before becoming a back ...

(born 1983), British vocalist *

Lara McDonnell Lara McDonnell (born 7 November 2003) is an Irish actress. She starred as the alternating titular role in the West End production of '' Matilda the Musical'' from 2015 to 2016. She has since landed roles in a number of films. McDonnell appeared ...

(born 2003), Irish actress * Lara McSpadden (born 1999), Australian basketball player * Lara Della Mea (born 1999), Italian alpine ski racer * Lara Melda (born 1993), Turkish pianist *

Lara Merrett Lara Merrett (born 1971) is an Australian visual artist who lives and works in Melbourne, Australia Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, ...

(born 1971), Australian visual artist *

Lara Meyerratken Lara Meyerratken is an Australian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer who currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Meyerratken is most commonly associated with her longtime collaborator Ben Lee. Meyerratken is a notable session musici ...

, Australian instrumentalist *

Lara Michel Lara Michel (born 24 December 1991) is a Swiss tennis player. Michel has won six singles and two doubles titles on the International Tennis Federation, ITF Circuit in her career. On 13 October 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world ...

(born 1991), Swiss tennis player *

Lara Jill Miller Lara Jill Miller (born April 20, 1967) is an American actress. She plays Samantha "Sam" Kanisky on the 1980s sitcom ''Gimme a Break!'' and as Kathy on ''The Amanda Show''. She voices the title characters in ''Clifford's Puppy Days'', ''The Life ...

(born 1967), American actress * Lara Molins (born 1980), Irish cricketer * Lara Morgan (born 1967), British entrepreneur *

Lara Mori Lara Mori (born 26 July 1998) is an Italian artistic gymnast who represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is the 2018 Mediterranean Games champion in the all-around, on the floor exercise, and with the Italian team. She is the 2019 Summ ...

(born 1998), Italian artistic gymnast * Lara Mullen (born 1994), British fashion model * Lara Nielsen (born 1992), Australian athlete *

Lara González Ortega Lara González Ortega (born 22 February 1992) is a Spanish handball player for Romanian club CS Rapid București Clubul Sportiv Rapid București is a Romanian multi-sport club based in Bucharest, Romania. History The club was founded as '' ...

(born 1992), Spanish handball player *

Lara Oviedo Lara Oviedo (born 12 April 1988) is an Argentine-Italian field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey b ...

(born 1988), Argentine-Italian field hockey player * Lara Pampín (born 1995), Spanish field hockey player *

Lara Parker Mary Lamar Rickey (born October 27, 1938), better known as Lara Parker, is an American television, stage, and film actress known for her role as Angelique on the ABC-TV serial ''Dark Shadows'' which aired from 1966 to 1971. Early life Parker ...

(born 1938), American television actress *

Lara Saint Paul Silvana Savorelli (30 April 1945 – 8 May 2018), professionally known as Lara Saint Paul, was an Italian Eritrean singer, entertainer, impresario and record producer. Sanremo Music Festival Saint Paul's first public performance was in 1962 at ...

(1945–2018), Eritrean-Italian singer * Lara Pavlović (born 1998), Croatian handball player * Lara Peake (born 1998), English actress *

Lara Petera Lara Heta ( née Petera, born 21 December 1978) is a New Zealand professional squash player. In 2004, Petera finished runner-up in the women's doubles event at the World Doubles Squash Championships, partnering Louise Crome Louise Crome (bo ...

(born 1978), New Zealand professional squash player * Lara Peyrot (born 1975), Italian cross-country skier *

Lara Pitt Lara Pitt (born 11 November 1981) is an Australian television presenter and sports journalist, mainly known for reporting for Fox Sports on their NRL coverage and Monday Night with Matty Johns. Early life Pitt completed a Bachelor of Commerce ...

(born 1981), Australian television presenter * Lara Porzak (born 1967), American fine art photographer *

Lara Prašnikar Lara Prašnikar (born 8 August 1998) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a striker for the German Frauen Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. I ...

(born 1998), Slovenian striker * Lara Preacco (born 1971), Swiss swimmer * Lara Prescott, American author * Lara Prior-Palmer (born 1994), British writer and athlete *

Lara Pulver Lara Pulver (born 1 September 1980) is an English actress. She has played Erin Watts in the BBC spy drama '' Spooks'' and Irene Adler on BBC's TV adaptation '' Sherlock''. She won the 2016 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical i ...

(born 1980), English actress *

Lara Rabal Lara Rabal Bosch (born 2 April 1983) is a Spanish former football midfielder, who spent her entire playing career with RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Es ...

(born 1983), Spanish football player * Lara Rae (born 1963), Canadian comedian * Lara Jo Regan (born 1962), American photographer * Lara-Isabelle Rentinck (born 1986), German film actress *

Lara Robinson Lara Robinson (born 1 January 1998) is an Australian actress who has appeared in films, television series, and theatre productions. Career Robinson has appeared in a remake of a 1978 Australian thriller ''Long Weekend'' starring Claudia Karvan ...

(born 1998), Australian actress * Lara Rodrigues (born 1990), Brazilian actress * Lara Rose, British singer *

Lara Rossi Lara Rossi is a British actress. She is known for her role as Arabela Seeger in the German-French-Italian-American television series ''Crossing Lines'' as well as the Finnish sci-fi movie '' Iron Sky: The Coming Race''. She also played the part ...

, British actress *

Lara Roxx Lara Roxx is a Canadian woman who, in March 2004, became the first of three known individuals in four years to contract HIV while making a U.S. pornographic video. Career Roxx became famous in 2004 at age 21, after being exposed to HIV while d ...

(born 1982), Canadian pornographic film actress *

Lara van Ruijven Lara Victoria van Ruijven (; 28 December 1992 10 July 2020) was a Dutch short track speed skater. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she was part of the Dutch 3000 metres relay team that won a bronze medal. She won gold at the World Championships ...

(1992–2020), Dutch short track speed skater * Lara Juliette Sanders, German director * Lara Sanders (born 1986), American-Turkish basketball player * Lara Mussell Savage, English athlete *

Lara Scandar Lara Scandar ( ar, لارا إسكندر; born 18 December 1990) is an Egyptian-Lebanese singer and songwriter who rose to fame in 2009 after winning the finals in the Pan Arab talent show, Star Academy. Life and career Early life Scandar was bo ...

(born 1990), Egyptian singer-songwriter *

Lara Schmidt Lara Schmidt (born 13 October 1999) is a German tennis player. Schmidt has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 838, achieved on 22 April 2019. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 Nürnberger Versicherungscup in the d ...

(born 1999), German tennis player * Lara Schnitger (born 1969), American-Dutch painter * Lara M. Schwartz (born 1970), American music video director * Lara Setrakian (born 1982), American journalist *

Lara Spencer Lara Christine Von Seelen (known professionally as Lara Spencer; born June 19, 1969) is an American television presenter. She is best known for being the co-anchor for ABC's ''Good Morning America''. She is also a correspondent for ''Nightline ...

(born 1969), American television presenter *

Lara Stalder Lara Stalder (born 15 May 1994) is a Swiss ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward and member of the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team, Swiss national ice hockey team, currently playing with Brynäs IF Dam of the Swedish Women's Hock ...

(born 1994), Swiss ice hockey player * Lara Stein (born 1966), American executive * Lara Stephen (born 1992), Welsh beauty pageant titleholder *

Lara Stock Lara Stock (born 26 May 1992 in Freiburg, Germany) is a Croatian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the World Youth Chess Championship in the girls under-10 section in 2002 and the European Youth Chess Champ ...

(born 1992), Croatian chess player * Lara Stone (born 1983), Dutch fashion model * Lara Sullivan (born 1969), Australian judoka * Lara Teeter (born 1955), American dancer * Lara Teixeira (born 1987), Brazilian Olympic athlete *

Lara Trump Lara Lea Trump ( Yunaska; born October 12, 1982) is an American former television producer who is married to Eric Trump, third child of Donald Trump. She was the producer and host of Trump Productions' '' Real News Update'' and a producer of '' ...

(born 1982), American television producer * Lara Vadlau (born 1994), Austrian sailor *

Lara Vapnyar Lara Vapnyar (born 1975) is a Russian-American writer currently living in the United States. She studied comparative literature at CUNY and worked with André Aciman and Louis Menand. Vapnyar has published four novels and two collections of shor ...

(born 1971), American author *

Lara Veronin Lara Veronin, also known as Lara Liang (Chinese:), is a Taiwanese singer. Career Nan Quan Mama Lara was born in California, United States in 1988, and she moved back to Taipei, Taiwan with her older sister, Esther Veronin, and her parents in ...

(born 1988), Taiwanese singer * Lara Vieceli (born 1993), Italian racing cyclist * Lara Villata (born 1967), Italian equestrian * Lara Vukasović (born 1994), Croatian volleyball player *

Lara Wendel Lara may refer to: Places * Lara (state), a state in Venezuela *Electoral district of Lara, an electoral district in Victoria, Australia * Lara, Antalya, an urban district in Turkey * Lara, Victoria, a township in Australia * Lara de los In ...

(born 1965), German actress *

Lara de Wit Lara de Wit (born 6 June 1983) is a South African Australian pianist, violinist, arranger, composer and music teacher. She had been employed by Opera Australia until 2015, where she also worked as a répétiteur. de Wit is also widely known for ...

(born 1983), Australian pianist * Lara Wolf (born 2000), Austrian freestyle skier * Lara Wollington (born 2003), British actress * Lara Wolters (born 1986), Dutch politician * Lara Worthington (born 1987), Australian model *

Lara Yan Larissa Petrosyan ( ka, ლარისა პეტროსიანი; hy, Լարիսա Պետրոսյան; born 5 April 1993), known professionally as Lara Yan ( ka, ლარა იანი), is a Georgian beauty pageant titleholder and m ...

(born 1991), Georgian model * Lara Zara (born 1982), Assyrian politician

Surname

Cultural origins

The Spanish surname ''Lara'' is derived from Lara de los Infantes, in the

Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of ...

province of Spain, and in some cases retains the original form, ''de Lara'' ('of Lara'); there are also Lara surnames in France and Romania.

People with the surname

Adelina de Lara Adelina de Lara OBE (23 January 1872 – 25 November 1961) was a British classical pianist and composer. Early life She was born Lottie Adelina Preston in Carlisle, Cumberland on 23 January 1872 to parents George Matthew Tilbury (aka Prest ...

(1872–1961), British pianist and composer * Adriana Lara, Mexican computer scientist *

Agustín Lara Ángel Agustín María Carlos Fausto Mariano Alfonso del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Lara y Aguirre del Pino (; October 30, 1897 – November 6, 1970), known as Agustín Lara, was a Mexican composer and performer of songs and boleros. He is recogn ...

(1900–1970), Mexican composer *

Alda Lara Alda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque, known as Alda Lara (9 June 1930, Benguela, Angola – 30 January 1962, Cambambe, Angola) was a Portuguese-language Angolan poet.Margaret Busby (ed.), '' Daughters of Africa: An International Anthol ...

, poet *

Alexandra Maria Lara Alexandra Maria Lara (''née'' Plătăreanu; 12 November 1978) is a Romanian-German actress who has appeared in '' Downfall'' (2004), ''Control'' (2007), '' Youth Without Youth'' (2007), ''The Reader'' (2008), '' Rush'' (2013), and ''Geostorm' ...

, Romanian actress *

Alonso Manrique de Lara Alfonso or Alonso Manrique de Lara y Solís ( Segura de León, Badajoz, 1476 – Seville, 28 September 1538) was a Spanish churchman. Biography Manrique was born in Segura de León in Badajoz, apparently a son from the third marriage of the famou ...

, Roman Catholic bishop *

Antonio Lara de Gavilán Antonio Lara de Gavilán (22 September 1896 – 4 January 1978), mostly known by his pen name Tono, was a Spanish graphic artist, editorial cartoonist and author of comic theatre. His work was strongly influenced by Ramón Gómez de la Serna ...

, Spanish artist * Antonio Lara Zárate (1881–1956), Spanish lawyer and politician * Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara, politician * Blanca de La Cerda y Lara, Spanish noblewoman * Brian Lara (born 1969), Trinidadian cricketer * Brigido Lara, Mexican artist * Carlos Lara Bareiro, Paraguayan composer *

Catherine Lara Catherine Lara (born Catherine Bodet; 29 May 1945) is a French violinist, composer, singer, and author. Over a career spanning more than five decades, she has established herself as an icon in French pop/rock music as well as the neo-classical g ...

, French violinist, composer and singer *

Cayo Lara Cayo Lara Moya (born 1952) is a Spanish politician. He was the leader of United Left (IU) from December 2008 to July 2016. He is also a member of the leadership of the Communist Party of Spain. Early years and regional leadership Born at Argama ...

(born 1952), Spanish politician * Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer * Christian Lara, Guadeloupean film director *

Claude Autant-Lara Claude Autant-Lara (; 5 August 1901 – 5 February 2000) was a French film director and later Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Biography Born at Luzarches in Val-d'Oise, Autant-Lara was educated in France and at London's Mill Hill Sc ...

, French film director * Daniel Lara, subject of the 2016 Damn Daniel internet meme * Daniel García Lara, football striker *

David Laurent de Lara David Laurent de Lara (c.1806, Amsterdam - 1876) was a London-based, Dutch-born limner of Spanish descent. He has been described as a pioneer who helped illumination to become recognised as an artform in its own right at a time when very few had ...

(c.1806–1876), illuminator *

Dona Ivone Lara Yvonne Lara da Costa (April 13, 1921 – April 16, 2018), better known as Dona Ivone Lara, was a Brazilian singer and composer. Biography Dona Ivone Lara was born as Yvonne Lara da Costa in Rio de Janeiro. She graduated in nursing, with speci ...

(1922 – 2018), Brazilian singer and composer *

Eduardo Lara Eduardo Lara Lozano (born 4 September 1959 in Cali) is a Colombian football manager. Lara has coached all levels of the Colombian national youth team. 2023 Alianza FC Career He led the Colombian under-20s (U20s) in 2005 to win the Sudamerica ...

, Colombian football manager * Emilio Lara, Cuban weightlifter *

Erislandy Lara Erislandy Lara Santoya (born 11 April 1983) is a Cuban-American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBA (Regular) middleweight title since 2021. Previously he held various versions ...

, Cuban boxer * Eurico Lara (1897–1935), Brazilian footballer * Francisco José Lara, Spanish professional road bicycle racer * Georgia Lara, Greek water polo player * Guillermo Lara, politician * Isidore de Lara, English composer *

Jacinto Lara Jacinto Lara ( Carora, 5 June 1777 - Barquisimeto, 25 February 1859), was a Venezuelan independence leader and hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence. His contribution included participating in Simón Bolívar's 1813 Admirable Campaign. He ...

(1777–1859), Venezuelan independence leader * Jami Porter Lara, American artist * Jerónimo Manrique de Lara, General Inquisitor *

Joe Lara William Joseph Lara (October 2, 1962 – May 29, 2021) was an American actor, martial artist, and musician, known for the role of Tarzan in the American TV series '' Tarzan: The Epic Adventures''. Career Lara played Tarzan in the 1989 TV movie ' ...

, American actor and musician * José Manuel Lara, Spanish golfer * Juan Lara, baseball player * Juan Jesús Vivas Lara, Spanish politician * Joaquin Gallegos Lara, Ecuadorian writer and poet *

Kiki Lara Ricardo "Kiki" Lara (born July 24, 1981, in Las Cruces, New Mexico) is an American former soccer player who last played for the USL First Division side Portland Timbers and currently works as head coach of the Incarnate Word Cardinals. Caree ...

, Mexican soccer player *

Louis, comte de Narbonne-Lara Louis Marie Jacques Amalric, comte de Narbonne-Lara (August 1755 - 17 November 1813) was a French nobleman, soldier and diplomat. Birth and early life He was born at Colorno, in the Duchy of Parma. His mother was Françoise de Chalus ( bap. ...

, French soldier and diplomat *

Lucas Martínez Lara Lucas Martínez Lara (13 March 1946 – 9 April 2016) was a Mexican Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1968, Martinez Lara was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Matehuala, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), ...

, Roman Catholic bishop *

Lúcio Lara Lúcio Rodrigo Leite Barreto de Lara (April 9, 1929 – February 27, 2016), also known by the pseudonym Tchiweka, was a physicist-mathematician, politician, professor, anti-colonial ideologist and one of the founding members (and president) of t ...

, former General Secretary of the MPLA * Luisa María Lara (born 1966), Spanish astrophysicist * María Teresa Lara, a Mexican composer * Maritza Lara-López, Mexican astronomer * Martha Lara (fl. late 20th century), Mexican diplomat & politician * Martín Acosta y Lara, Uruguayan basketball player * Modesto Lara (born 1973), Dominican Republic judoka *

Nil Lara Nil Lara (born 1964) is an American musician from Miami, Florida who is a singer, guitarist and songwriter, playing the tres, the six-stringed Cuban guitar, and the cuatro, a Venezuelan guitar. Biography Lara was born in Newark, New Jersey, ...

, American musician * Oruno Lara, Guadeloupean poet, author and historian * Osvaldo Lara (born 1955), Cuban track and field sprinter *

Pablo Lara Pablo Lara Rodríguez (born 30 May 1968 in Santa Clara) is a Cuban weightlifter. He won a gold medal in the ''middleweight class'' at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also know ...

, Cuban weightlifter * Rafael Paulo de Lara Araújo, Brazilian basketball player * Raúl Lara, soccer player *

Ricardo Lara Ricardo Lara (born November 5, 1974) is an American politician who is currently serving as the 8th Insurance Commissioner of California. Lara was elected during the 2018 election, defeating former California insurance commissioner Steve Poizne ...

, California politician *

Rocío Lara Rocío is a Spanish female name, literally meaning "dew". Notable people with the name include: *Rocío Banquells (1958), Mexican pop singer and actress *Rocío Carrasco, Rociíto (1977), Spanish TV presenter and business woman * Rocío Comba (1987 ...

, Muppeteer *

Rodrigo Lara Bonilla Rodrigo Lara Bonilla ( es, Rodrigo Lara Bonilla; August 11, 1946 – April 30, 1984) was a Colombian lawyer and politician, who served as Minister of Justice under President Belisario Betancur, and was assassinated by orders of Pablo Escobar bec ...

, Colombian politician *

Rosalio José Castillo Lara Rosalio José Castillo Lara (4 September 1922 – 16 October 2007) was a Venezuelan prelate of the Catholic Church. He worked in the Roman Curia for almost all of his career, first with responsibility for rewriting the code of canon law and th ...

, Roman Catholic cardinal * Saúl Lara, Bolivian politician *

Tino de Lara Tino de Lara (born 1917) is a Filipino actor, also known as Tinno de Lara, who was an LVN Pictures supporting player. He made his first movie under Luis Nolasco Production in 1948's '' Apat na Panalangin'' aka ''Four Prayers''. From then, he ...

, Filipino actor * Tito Lara, Puerto Rican singer * Willian Lara (1957–2010), Venezuelan politician * Víctor Neumann-Lara, Mexican mathematician * Marlon Guillermo Lara Orellana, politician * Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir, Icelandic footballer

Fictional characters with the name

Lara (comics) Lara (née Lara Lor-Van) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She first appeared in the ''Superman'' comic strip and was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Lara is the biological mother of Superm ...

, the biological mother of the comic book character Superman * Larissa "Lara" Antipova, heroine of Boris Pasternak's novel ''

Doctor Zhivago ''Doctor Zhivago'' is the title of a novel by Boris Pasternak and its various adaptations. Description The story, in all of its forms, describes the life of the fictional Russian physician and poet Yuri Zhivago Yuri Andreievich Zhivago is the ...

'' (1957, played by

Julie Christie Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1940) is a British actress. An icon of the Swinging Sixties, Christie is the recipient of numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She ...

in the 1965 film) * Lara Božić, titular character of the Croatian television series ''

Larin izbor ''Larin izbor'' ( en, Lara's Choice) is a Croatian telenovela created by Jelena Veljača and written by Tomislav Hrpka. The series premiered on September 4, 2011 on Nova TV. Doris Pinčić and Ivan Herceg are main protagonists, while Ecija O ...

'' (''Lara's Choice'') *

Lara Croft Lara Croft is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the video game franchise ''Tomb Raider''. She is presented as a highly intelligent and athletic British archaeologist who ventures into ancient tombs and hazardous ruins around th ...

, main character from the ''

Tomb Raider ''Tomb Raider'', also known as ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' from 2001 to 2008, is a media franchise that originated with an action-adventure video game series created by British gaming company Core Design. Formerly owned by Eidos Interactive, ...

'' series * Lara-Su, Knuckle's future daughter from the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' comic series. She appears in the "Mobius 25 Years Later" storyline and in its sequel arc: "30 Years Later". Lara-Su is also the main protagonist in the upcoming Lara-Su Chronicles graphic novel series. * Lara the Black Cat Fairy, a character in ''

Rainbow Magic ''Rainbow Magic'' is a British children's fiction brand originally created by Working Partners and now owned by IoM Media Ventures. It is best known for the children's books published by Orchard Books. The books are ghostwritten by a number of ...

Mythological characters with the name

Lara (mythology) Larunda (also Larunde, Laranda, Lara) was a naiad nymph, daughter of the river Almo in Ovid's ''Fasti''.Ovid, '' Fasti 2''V. 599 Mythology The only known mythography attached to Lara is little, late and poetic, coming to us from Ovid's ''Fasti ...

, in Greek mythology, Lara is a Naiad nymph and daughter of the river Almo in

Ovid Pūblius Ovidius Nāsō (; 20 March 43 BC – 17/18 AD), known in English as Ovid ( ), was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the th ...

's poem ''

Fasti In ancient Rome, the ''fasti'' (Latin plural) were chronological or calendar-based lists, or other diachronic records or plans of official and religiously sanctioned events. After Rome's decline, the word ''fasti'' continued to be used for simil ...

'' * Lara, in ancient Egyptian mythology, means sun ray, coming from Ra, the god of sun.