The Spanish surname Lara is derived from Lara de los Infantes, in the Burgos province of Spain, and in some cases retains the original form, de Lara (of Lara), there are also Lara surnames in France and Romania
Adelina de Lara (1872–1961), British pianist and composerAgustín Lara (1900–1970), Mexican composerAlda Lara, poetAlexandra Maria Lara, Romanian actressAlonso Manrique de Lara, Roman Catholic bishopAntonio Lara de Gavilán, Spanish artistBernardo Gutiérrez de Lara, politicianBlanca de La Cerda y Lara, Spanish noblewomanBrian Lara (born 1969), Trinidadian cricketerBrigido Lara, Mexican artistCarlos Lara Bareiro, Paraguayan composerCatherine Lara, French violinist, composer and singerCayo Lara (born 1952), Spanish politicianChristian Lara, Ecuadorian footballerChristian Lara, Guadeloupean film directorClaude Autant-Lara, French film directorDaniel García Lara, football strikerDavid Laurent de Lara (c.1806–1876), illuminatorEduardo Lara, Colombian football managerEmilio Lara, Cuban weightlifterErislandy Lara, Cuban boxerEurico Lara (born 1897), Brazilian footballerFrancisco José Lara, Spanish professional road bicycle racerGeorgia Lara, Greek water polo playerGuillermo Lara, politicianIsidore de Lara, English composerJacinto Lara (1777–1859), Venezuelan independence leaderJerónimo Manrique de Lara, General InquisitorJoe Lara, American actor and musicianJosé Manuel Lara, Spanish golferJuan Lara, baseball playerJuan Jesús Vivas Lara, Spanish politicianJoaquin Gallegos Lara, Ecuadorian writer and poetKiki Lara, Mexican soccer playerLouis, comte de Narbonne-Lara, French soldier and diplomatLucas Martínez Lara, Roman Catholic bishopLúcio Lara, former General Secretary of the MPLAMaría Teresa Lara, a Mexican composerMartha Lara (fl. late 20th century), Mexican diplomat & politicianMartín Acosta y Lara, Uraguayan basketball playerModesto Lara (born 1973), Dominican Republic judokaNil Lara, American musicianOruno Lara, Guadeloupean poet, author and historianOsvaldo Lara (born 1955), Cuban track and field sprinterPablo Lara, Cuban weightlifterRafael Paulo de Lara Araújo, Brazilian basketball playerRaúl Lara, soccer playerRocío Lara, MuppeteerRodrigo Lara Bonilla, Colombian politicianRosalio José Castillo Lara, Roman Catholic cardinalTino de Lara, Filipino actorTito Lara, Puerto Rican singerWillian Lara (1957–2010), Venezuelan politicianVíctor Neumann-Lara, Mexican mathematicianMarlon Guillermo Lara Orellana, politicianMargrét Lára Viðarsdóttir, Icelandic footballerIn Hindi, the given name is a short form for Laranya, which means graceful.In Russian and Ukrainian , the given name is a short form for LarissaIn Turkish, the given name can stand alone or as a short form for Dilara or Alara (based on the water fairy of Turkish mythology).Lara Bingle, Australian modelLara Cardella, Italian writerLara Petusky Coger, American journalistLara Dutta, Indian actress and Miss Universe 2000Lara Fabian, the French and English-language singer whose works include the Final Fantasy soundtrack theme "The Dream Within"Lara Flynn Boyle, American actressLara Goodall, South African cricketerLara Gut, Swiss alpine skiersLara Hedberg Deam, magazine founderLara Honos-Webb, American psychologist and authorLara Logan, a television journalist for CBS News in the United StatesLara Jill Miller, American voice actressLara Molins, Irish cricketerLara Pulver, English actressLara St. John, Canadian violinistLara Sanders, born LaToya Antoinette Pringle, American-Turkish professional basketball playerLara Scandar, Egyptian/Italian singer who participated in the 6th season of Star Academy Arab WorldLara Veronin, also known as Lara Liang, is Taiwanese singer and actress and former member of the Taiwainese band, Nan Quan MamaLara (comics), the biological mother of the comic book character SupermanLarissa "Lara" Antipowa, heroine of Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago 1957, played by Julie Christie in the 1965 film)Lara Božić, titular character of the Croatian television series Larin izbor (Lara's Choice)Lara Croft, main character from the Tomb Raider seriesLara-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 (mythology), in Greek mythology, Lara is a Naiad nymph and daughter of the river Almo in Ovid's poem FastiLara, in ancient Egyptian mythology, means sun ray, coming from Ra, the god of sun