Laura may refer to:

People and fictional characters

Laura (given name) Laura is a traditionally feminine given name in Europe and the Americas, of Latin language, Latin origin, whose meaning ("bay laurel") is a metonym for a victor, and an early hypocorism from Laurel (given name), Laurel and Lauren. Origin and usa ...

, including lists of people and fictional characters with the name * Laura, muse of

Petrarch Francis Petrarch (; 20 July 1304 – 19 July 1374; ; modern ), born Francesco di Petracco, was a scholar from Arezzo and poet of the early Italian Renaissance, as well as one of the earliest Renaissance humanism, humanists. Petrarch's redis ...

's poetry * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy

Marthe Cnockaert Marthe Mathilde Cnockaert (28 October 1892 – 8 January 1966), later Marthe McKenna, was a Belgian nurse who became a spy for the United Kingdom and Allies of World War I, its allies during the World War I, First World War. She later became a n ...

Places

Australia

* Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia, a town * Laura Bay, a bay on Eyre Peninsula * Laura River (Queensland) * Laura River (Western Australia)

Italy

* Laura (Capaccio), a village of the municipality of Capaccio, Campania * Laura, Crespina Lorenzana, a village in Tuscany

United States

Laura, Illinois Laura is an unincorporated community in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. Laura is located along a railroad line, east of Williamsfield. Laura has a post office with ZIP code 61451. History Laura was plat In the United States, a ...

, an unincorporated community *

Laura, Kentucky Laura is an unincorporated community in Martin County, Kentucky, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic ...

, an unincorporated community * Laura, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Laura, Ohio, a village

Elsewhere

* Laura, Saskatchewan, Canada, a hamlet * Laura, Marshall Islands, a town * Laura, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, a village *

Laura River (Romania) The Caraula () is a left tributary of the river Suceava. Its source is located in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. The river then crosses the border into Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europ ...

* 467 Laura, an asteroid

Arts and entertainment

Art

* ''Laura'' (Giorgione), a 1506 painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giorgione

Films

* ''Laura'' (1944 film), an American film noir directed by Otto Preminger and starring Gene Tierney * ''Laura'' (1955 film), an American television film for ''The 20th Century-Fox Hour'' * ''Laura'' (1968 film), an American television film * ''Laura'' (1979 film), a French romantic drama film * ''Laura'' (2024 film), a Indonesian drama film

Literature

* ''Laura'' (novel), a detective novel by Vera Caspary * ''Laura: A Novel You Will Never Forget'', a novel by Irish Minister for Justice

Alan Shatter Alan Joseph Shatter (born 14 February 1951) is an Irish lawyer, author and former Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Justice and Equality and Minister for Defence from 2011 to 2014. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin S ...

*''Laura, Voyage dans le cristal'', an 1864

George Sand Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand (), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. Being more renowned than either Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balz ...

novel

Music

Bands

Laura (band) Laura is a post-rock band from Melbourne, Australia. History Laura formed in 2001 and released their debut EP - ''Photographs...'' in 2002. Although it received positive reviews on the whole, it failed to gain the band a significant followi ...

, an Australian post-rock band *

Oh Laura Oh Laura, formerly known as Laura, is a Swedish Indie-pop band from Stockholm consisting of Frida Öhrn on vocals, Jocke Olovsson and Jörgen Kjellgren on guitars, Rikard Lidhamn on bass and Magnus Olsson on drums. The band's debut record, ''A ...

, a Swedish indie band formerly known as Laura

Albums

* ''Laura'' (Laura Pausini album), 1994 * ''Laura'' (Menudo album), 1978 * ''Laura'', a 2004 album by Troy Gregory

Songs

* "Laura" (1945 song), a song by David Raksin and Johnny Mercer adapted from the 1944 film's theme * "Laura" (Bat for Lashes song) * "Laura" (Billy Joel song), a song by Billy Joel from the 1982 album ''The Nylon Curtain'' * "Laura" (Scissor Sisters song), 2003 * " Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)", a 1976 song by Kenny Rogers * "Laura", a 1977 song by the Catalan singer-songwriter Lluís Llach * "Laura", a 1987 song by

Fields of the Nephilim Fields of the Nephilim are an English gothic rock band formed in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in 1984. The band's name refers to a biblical race of angel-human hybrids known as the Nephilim. Career Early years (1984–1991) The band's debut 1 ...

* "Laura", a song by the Celtic-Punk band

Flogging Molly Flogging Molly is an Irish-American seven-piece Celtic punk band formed in Los Angeles in 1997, led by Irish vocalist Dave King, formerly of the hard rock band Fastway. They are signed to their own record label, Borstal Beat Records. Histor ...

* "Laura", a song by indie rock group Girls * "Laura", a 1986 song composed by

Jean-Jacques Goldman Jean-Jacques Goldman (; born 11 October 1951) is a retired French singer-songwriter and record producer whose work remains hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday in 2017, he has been the highest-grossing ...

* "Laura", a song by

Nick Heyward Nicholas Heyward (born 20 May 1961) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He came to international attention in the early 1980s as the lead singer and songwriter for Haircut One Hundred. He and the band parted ways after their first al ...

from Haircut 100 in 1985 * "Laura", a song performed by Billy Joel on his album ''

The Nylon Curtain ''The Nylon Curtain'' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on September 23, 1982, and produced by Phil Ramone. ''The Nylon Curtain'' peaked at on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Billboard charts ...

'' * "Laura", a song by the British shoegazing band Lush * "Laura", a song by the tejano band Mazz * "Laura", a song by

Jimmy Nail James Michael Aloysius Bradford (born 16 March 1954), known as Jimmy Nail, is an English singer-songwriter, actor, film producer, and television writer. He played the role of Leonard "Oz" Osborne in the television show ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' ( ...

in 1992 * "Laura", a song by Ween from the 1991 album ''

The Pod ''The Pod'' is the second studio album by American rock band Ween. It was released on September 20, 1991, by Shimmy-Disc. Production The album was recorded from January to October 1990, at the Pod on Van Sant Road in Solebury Township, Pennsylva ...

'' * "Laura," a parody of the 1945 song performed by Spike Jones and His Other Orchestra

Television

* "Laura" (''Fear the Walking Dead''), an episode of the American television series ''Fear the Walking Dead'' * ''Laura'' (TV series), a TV program hosted by Laura Bozzo (also known as ''Laura en América'', ''Laura sin censura'', ''Laura en acción'', and ''Laura de todos'') * "Laura", an episode of the television show '' Magnum, P.I.'', guest starring Frank Sinatra

Ships

* , a number of steamships with this name * , a Royal Navy schooner * ''Laura'' (1835 steamboat), an American steamboat

Other

* List of storms named Laura, various tropical cyclones * Aichi E11A, World War II Japanese Navy flying boat codenamed "Laura" by the Allies * Škoda Laura, a small family car * Laura Airport, Laura, Queensland, Australia *

Laura (clothing retailer) Laura's Shoppe Inc. is a Canadian women’s wear boutique chain founded in 1930 by Laura Wolstein, the first Laura store was located on St. Hubert Street, Montreal. Laura Canada remained a one-store operation until 1973 when Kalman Fisher, gran ...

, a chain of Canadian women's fashions * ''Laura'' (crustacean), a genus of maxillopoda * Laura potato, a cultivar of potato * Laura or

lavra A lavra or laura (; Cyrillic: Ла́вра) is a type of monastery consisting of a cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the center. Lavra monasteries operate within the Orthodox and other Eastern Chri ...

(Greek: Λαύρα, Cyrillic: Лавра), a cluster of cells or caves used by hermits, loosely connected into a community * ''Laura'' (magazine), a German women's weekly magazine