Lou
As a first name, Lou is the short form of Louis or Louise , which is worn by both men and women:
male
- Lou Ambers (1913-1995), American boxer
- Lou Banach (* 1960), former American wrestler
- Lou Barlow (born 1966), American musician
- Lou Bega (* 1975), German Latin pop singer
- Lou Blackburn (1922–1990), American modern jazz trombonist
- Lou van Burg (1917–1986), Dutch-German showmaster and entertainer
- Lou Boudreau (1917-2001), American baseball player and manager
- Lou Castel (* 1943), Swedish-Italian actor
- Lou Christie (born 1943), American singer and songwriter
- Lou Colombo (1927–2012), American musician (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn) in the field of swing and mainstream jazz
- Lou Condo (1948-2014), Australian snooker and pool player
- Lou Costello (1906–1959), American actor, producer and comedian
- Lou Creekmur (1927–2009), American football player
- Lou DiBella (* 1960), American boxing promoter
- Lou Dobbs (* 1945), American journalist
- Lou Donaldson (* 1926), American jazz alto saxophonist and composer
- Lou Ferrigno (born 1951), American actor and bodybuilder of Italian descent
- Lou Gehrig (1903–1941), one of the most successful baseball players in history
- Lou Geniuz (* 1977), Swiss Latin rapper, singer, music producer and percussionist of Italian descent
- Lou Graham (1929–1999), American country and rockabilly musician
- Lou Gramm (born 1950), American rock singer
- Lou Grassi (born 1947), American jazz drummer
- Lou Groza (1924–2000), American football player and coach
- Lou Harrison (1917–2003), American composer
- Lou Jacobi (1913–2009), Canadian film and stage actor
- Lou Levy (1928–2001), American jazz musician and pianist
- Lou Lichtveld (1903–1996), Dutch-Surinamese writer
- Lou Lamoriello (* 1942), American ice hockey official of Italian descent
- Lou Macari (* 1949), former Scottish football player and manager
- Lou Mallozzi (* 1957), American audio artist
- Lou Marini (* 1945), American musician (saxophone, flute, clarinet)
- Lou McGarity (1917–1971), American jazz trombonist, violinist and singer
- Lou Myers (1935-2013), American actor
- Lou Pearlman (1954–2016), American businessman and music manager
- Lou Diamond Phillips (* 1962), American actor, director, screenwriter and film producer
- Lou Taylor Pucci (born 1985), American actor
- Lou Reed (1942–2013), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Lou Richter (* 1960), German presenter, comedian, author and musician
- Lou Stein (1922–2002), American jazz pianist and studio musician
- Lou Tellegen (1883–1934), Dutch theater and silent film actor and director
- Lou Thesz (1916-2002), American wrestler
Female
- Lou Albert-Lasard (1885–1969), German-French modern painter
- Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861–1937), German writer, storyteller and essayist
- Lou Doillon (* 1982), French actress and singer
- Lou Seitz (1899–1985), German actress
Lou is a family name for the following people:
- Ah Yue Lou (1923-2005), German actor
- Alice Phoebe Lou (* 1993), South African singer
- Lou Hok Man (* 1997), badminton player from Macau
- Lou Jiwei (* 1950), Chinese politician
- Marie-Josée Ta Lou (* 1988), Ivorian sprinter
- Lou Yangsheng (* 1959), Chinese politician and current governor of Shanxi Province
- Lou Ye (* 1965), Chinese film director
- Lou Yun (* 1964), Chinese gymnast and Olympic champion
Lou is the stage name of the following people:
- Lou (singer) (* 1963), stage name of the German singer Marie-Luise Steinle
- Bonnie Lou ( Mary Joan Okum ; 1924-2015), American singer
- Miss Lou (1919-2006), Jamaican writer, see Louise Bennett-Coverley
- Tiger Lou (* 1980), Swedish musician
Lou also means:
- Lou (short film) , American short film by Dave Mullins (2017)
- in Chinese a multi-storey building:
- Deng Guanque Lou , a Chinese poem
- Xiyang Lou , Beijing Historical Garden
- Lou & the Hollywood Bananas , Belgian music project
- Lou! , a Franco-Belgian comic by Julien Neel
- Bertha Lou , a rockabilly song
- Lou Grant , American television series
- Lou Marsh Trophy , trophy given annually to the best athletes in Canada
- Lou , a character from the television series The Simpsons, see characters from The Simpsons # Officer Lou
- Lou (Island) , an island in Papua New Guinea
- Lou (Selaru) , a village on the Indonesian island of Selaru
LOU stands for:
- Abbreviation for the French sports club Lyon Olympique Universitaire
See also: