Lars is a common male name in Germanic-speaking countries, excluding Great Britain.
Lars is derived from the Roman name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". Lawrence and Laurence are of the same origin.
A homonymous Etruscan name was borne by several Etruscan kings. The etymology of the Etruscan name is unknown.
Lars (bishop), Archbishop of Uppsala
Lars Ahlfors, Finnish Fields Medal recipient
Lars Amble, Swedish actor and director
Lars Bak, Danish computer programmer
Lars Bender, German footballer, playing at Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga
Lars Frederiksen, American musician
Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
Lars Eller, Danish ice hockey player
Lars Gullin, Swedish jazz saxophonist
Lars Haglund, Swedish discus thrower
Lars Hjortsberg, Swedish actor
Lars Holte, Norwegian trance producer and DJ
Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and Fields Medal recipient
Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck, Swedish musician, better known as Yngwie Malmsteen
Lars Jonsson, Swedish ice hockey player
Lars Jonsson, Swedish tennis player
Lars Kleppich, Australian sailor
Lars Knudsen, Danish researcher in cryptography
Lars Lagerbäck, Swedish football manager
Lars Larson, American conservative talk radio show host
Lars Leiro, Norwegian politician
Lars Lindberg Christensen, Danish astronomer
Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Former Prime Minister of Denmark
Lars Magnus Ericsson, Swedish inventor
Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish composer and vocalist of Opeth and Bloodbath
Lars Mikkelsen, Danish actor
Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist and Nobel laureate
Lars Pensjö, creator of the LPMud software, often referred to in the MUD community solely by his first name
Lars Petrus, Rubik's Cube champion
Lars Porsena, Etruscan king of Clusium
Lars Riedel, German discus thrower
Lars Tolumnius, Etruscan king of Veii
Lars von Trier, Danish film director
Lars Ulrich, Danish drummer for the heavy metal band Metallica
Lars Unnerstall, German footballer
Lars Vilks, Swedish artist
Lars, a character in the Adult Swim television pilot Paid Programming
Lars, a character in the 1979 film Scavenger Hunt, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger
Lars, a character in the Steven Universe cartoon series
Lars, a character in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode The Gamesters of Triskelion
Lars, the unseen husband of Phyllis Lindstrom in the The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Lars Alexandersson, a character in the Tekken series
Lars Fillmore, a character in the animated movie Futurama: Bender's Big Score
Lars Lindstrom, the lead character of the 2007 film Lars and the Real Girl, as portrayed by Ryan Gosling
Lars Rodriguez, a character in the Rocket Power TV series
Lars Umlaut, a character in the Guitar Hero series
Lars, the main character (a baby polar bear) in the children's book series The Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer
Lars, a character in the 2011 film The Thing, a prequel to the 1982 film of the same name.
