Lara
Lara stands for:
- Lara (given name) , a female given name
- Lara (state) , a state in Venezuela
- Lara (Monção) , a municipality in Portugal
- Lara Award , an award for computer and video games
- House Lara , a family from Castile in the Middle Ages
- Alfoz de Lara , a community association, power center of the House of Lara
- Lara , a district of Antalya (Turkey)
- Lara (2019) , a feature film by Jan-Ole Gerster
- Lara Croft , a fictional female video game character
- Lara's Theme , the name of a leitmotif that the composer Maurice Jarre wrote for the film " Doctor Schiwago " (1965)
Lara is the family name of the following people:
- Adriana Lara (* 1978), Mexican artist
- Agustín Lara (1897–1970), Mexican composer and singer
- Alda Lara (1930–1962), Angolan poet
- Alexandra Maria Lara (actually Alexandra Maria Riley ; * 1978), German actress
- Alfonso Lara (1946–2013), Chilean football player
- André Lara Resende (* 1951), Brazilian banker, entrepreneur and racing car driver
- Braulio Lara (1988-2019), Dominican baseball player
- Brian Lara (* 1969), cricketer from Trinidad
- Carlos Armando Lara (* 1934), Mexican soccer player
- Carlos Lara Bareiro (1914–1987), Paraguayan composer
- Carmencita Lara (1926-2018), Peruvian singer of the Vals Criollo
- Cayo Lara Moya (* 1952), Spanish politician of the Partido Comunista de España (PCE) and head of the Izquierda Unida (IU) party alliance
- Christian Lara (director) (* 1939), French film director, screenwriter and producer
- Christian Lara (singer) (born 1946), French opera singer (tenor)
- Christian Lara (soccer player) (* 1980), Ecuadorian soccer player
- Claude Autant-Lara (1901–2000), French director and costume designer
- Daniel García Lara ( Dani ; * 1974), Spanish football player
- Diego Lara (* 1979), Ecuadorian football referee
- Dimas Lara Barbosa (* 1956), Brazilian clergyman, Archbishop of Campo Grande
- Diógenes Lara († 1971), Bolivian football player
- Domingo Antonio de Lara , Salvadoran aviation pioneer and politician
- Erislandy Lara (born 1983), Cuban boxer
- Felipe Lara (singer) (* 1945), Spanish flamenco singer
- Felipe Lara (composer) (* 1979), Brazilian composer
- Francisco José Lara (* 1977), Spanish cyclist
- Georgia Lara (* 1980), Greek water polo player
- Guillermo Rodríguez Lara (* 1924), Ecuadorian military and state president
- Isidore de Lara (1858–1935), English singer and composer
- Jean Lara (1922-2010), French actor and filmmaker
- Jorge Salvador Lara (1926–2012), Ecuadorian politician and historian
- José Carlos Lara (* 1988), Spanish cyclist
- José Gregorio Salazar Lara (1773–1838), liberal politician in Central America
- José Manuel Lara (* 1977), Spanish golfer
- José Manuel Lara Bosch († 2015), Spanish media entrepreneur
- José Maria Parreira Lara (1886–1936), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Caratinga
- Juan José Lara Arias († 1856), President of Costa Rica
- Lélis Lara CSsR (1925–2016), Brazilian religious, Roman Catholic Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano
- Leopoldo Lara y Torres (1874–1939), Mexican clergyman, Bishop of Tacámbaro
- Louis Marie de Narbonne-Lara (1755–1813), French general, minister of war and diplomat
- Lucas Martínez Lara (1943–2016), Mexican clergyman, Bishop of Matehuala
- Lúcio Lara (1929–2016), Angolan politician
- María Teresa Lara (1904–1984), Mexican songwriter and composer
- Nelly Mele Lara (1922–1993), Venezuelan composer
- Nil Lara (* 1964), American musician
- Olga Lara (* 1953), Dominican singer and composer
- Osvaldo Lara (* 1955), Cuban sprinter
- Pablo Lara (* 1968), Cuban weightlifter
- Raúl Lara (* 1973), Mexican soccer player
- Ricardo Ojeda Lara (* 1993), Spanish tennis player
- Ricardo Lara (politician) (* 1974), American politician
- Rodrigo Lara Bonilla (1946–1984), Colombian lawyer and politician
- Róger Cordero Lara (* 1957), Venezuelan military and MP
- Rosalio José Castillo Lara (1922–2007), Venezuelan Curia Cardinal
- Salvador Lara Zamora (1839–1912), President of Costa Rica
- Santiago Lara (* 1984), Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Tito Lara (1932–1987), Puerto Rican singer and actor
- Vicente López Lara (1945-2010), Nicaraguan baseball player, see Vicente López (baseball player)
- Víctor Lara Vásquez (1924–2018), Peruvian composer and accordionist
- Willian Lara (1957–2010), Venezuelan politician
