Lela may refer to:

People

Lela (footballer) Reinaldo Felisbino, a.k.a. Lela (born 17 April 1962) was a Brazilian football player. Felisbino was born in Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil. He played as a Midfielder#Winger, right-winger, beginning and ending his career with Esporte Clube Noroeste i ...

(born 1962), Brazilian football player * Lela Alston (born 1942), American politician * Lela Autio (1927-2016), American modernist painter and sculptor * Lela B. Njatin (born 1963), Slovene writer and visual artist *

Lela Bliss Lela Bliss (May 11, 1896 – May 15, 1980) was an American actress. She made her first silent film, '' Pretty Mrs. Smith'', in 1915 and appeared in at least over 40 movies until the 1960s. Career Bliss appeared in supporting roles and bit par ...

(1896-1980), American actress * Lela Brooks (1908-1990), Canadian speed skater *

Lela Chichinadze Lela Chichinadze ( ka, ლელა ჭიჭინაძე, also transliterated via , born December 22, 1988) is a Georgian football striker. She is a member of the Georgian national team. She played in the Turkish Women's First Football Lea ...

(born 1988), Georgian footballer * Lela Cole Kitson (1891-1970), American freelance writer * Lela E. Buis, American writer, playwright, poet, and artist * Lela E. Rogers (1891-1977), American journalist, film producer, film editor, and screenwriter *

Lela Evans Lela Margaret Ann Evans is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2019 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Torngat Mountains as a Progressive Conservative. Hav ...

, Canadian politician *

Lela Javakhishvili Lela Javakhishvili (; born 23 April 1984) is a Georgian chess player who holds the titles of International master and Woman Grandmaster. She has won the Georgian women's chess championship twice, and competed in the Women's World Chess Champion ...

(born 1984), Georgian chess player *

Lela Karagianni Eleni "Lela" Karagianni ( ; 1898 – 8 September 1944), also written Karayanni, was a Greek resistance leader during World War II who worked to coordinate Greek resistance cells and their activities against the occupying Axis forces. Captured a ...

(1898-1944), Greek resistance leader * Lela Keburia (born 1976), Georgian politician and philologist *

Lela Lee Lela Lee (born in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress and cartoonist, television writer, and the creator of the animated cartoon '' Angry Little Asian Girl'' and the related comic strip '' Angry Little Girls''. Career Acting career ...

, American actress and cartoonist *

Lela Loren Lela Loren (born 7 May 1980) is an American television and film actress. Known for her leading role as Angela Valdes on the Starz television series, ''Power'', Loren notes in interview that it took time to land her first audition, and that he ...

(born 1980), American television and film actress * Lela Mevorah (1898-1972), Serbian librarian and medicine professor *

Lela Murray Lela Murray (June 12, 1887 – March 18, 1949) was a prominent black businesswoman, community leader, and advocate for civil rights in Los Angeles during the first half of the 20th century. She co-founded Murray's Ranch, billed by the press as " ...

(1887-1949), American businesswoman, community leader, and civil rights advocate *

Lela Pandak Lam Dato Maharaja Lela or Lela Pandak Lam (died on 20 January 1877) was a tribal chief from Perak, who is known for his assassination of James W. W. Birch, the British Resident of Perak, on 2 November 1875. He was a local leader who later led the ...

(died 1877), current ruler of Rembau *

Lela Rochon Lela Rochon Fuqua (born Lela Rochon Staples; April 17, 1964) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Robin Stokes in the 1995 romantic drama film ''Waiting to Exhale''. Rochon also had roles in the films ''Harlem Nights' ...

(born 1964), American actress *

Lela Rose Lela Rose is an American fashion designer. Lela grew up in Dallas, Texas. She attended the University of Colorado where she was a painting and sculpture major and graduated in 1991. She had a business in college making vests from vintage scarv ...

, American fashion designer *

Lela Swift Lela Swift (born Lillian Siwoff; February 1, 1919 – August 4, 2015) was a television director and producer, best known for her work on ''Dark Shadows'', which she also produced from 1970–71, and ''Ryan's Hope''. Early life She was born in ...

(1919-2015), television director and producer *

Lela Tsurtsumia Lela Tsurtsumia ( ka, ლელა წურწუმია) (born 12 February 1969) is a Georgian singer and actress. Born and raised in Tbilisi, she graduated from Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University. She sings in Georgian, Megreli ...

(born 1969), Georgian pop folk singer *

Lela Viola Barton Lela Viola Barton (1901–1967) was an American botanist who specialized in seed germination and storage. Early life Lela Barton was born in Farmington, Washington County, Arkansas, on 14 November 1901, the third of five children born to Gas ...

(1901-1967), American botanist *

Lela Violão Lela Violão, born Manuel Tomás da Cruz (January 18, 1929 – April 5, 2009) was a Cape Verdean singer and composer. Lela Violão was born on the island of São Vicente, his father was Tomás Manuel da Cruz and his mother was Isabel Ana Oliveir ...

(1929-2009), Cape Verdean singer and composer

Places

Leľa Leľa () is a village and municipality in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1262. Geography The village lies at an altitude of 124 metres and ...

, a village and municipality in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia *

Lela, Kenya Lela is a small town in western Kenya near Lake Victoria. Elevation 1454m. Transport It is located 20 km northwest of Kisumu and 5 km south of Maseno, off the B1 road between Kisumu and Busia.Rough Guide Map of Kenya It is serve ...

, a small town in western Kenya near Lake Victoria

Other uses

* Lela language, a Kainji language of Nigeria *

Lela (cannon) Lela or lila is a type of Malays (ethnic group), Malay cannon, used widely in the Nusantara (archipelago), Nusantara archipelago. They are similar to a lantaka but longer and had larger bore. Lela can be configured as swivel gun, fixed gun, or mo ...

, Malay cannon {{disambiguation, geo, given name