Laelius is a name that can refer to:
People
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Gaius Laelius, a Roman statesman, who was consul in 190 BC and friend of Scipio Africanus
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Gaius Laelius Sapiens
Gaius Laelius Sapiens (born c. 188 BC), was a Roman statesman, best known for his friendship with the Roman general and statesman Scipio Aemilianus (Scipio the Younger) (d. 129 BC). He was consul of 140 BC, elected with the help of his friend, by t ...
(consul of 140 BC), a Roman statesman, son of the above, who was consul in 140 BC, and was friend to Scipio's adoptive grandson Scipio Aemilianus
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Decimus Laelius (tribune of the ''plebs'' 54 BC), one of the prosecutors Cicero opposed in the defense speech ''Pro Flacco''
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Laelius Socinus
Lelio Francesco Maria Sozzini, or simply Lelio Sozzini (Latin: ''Laelius Socinus''; 29 January 1525 – 4 May 1562), was an Italian Renaissance humanist and theologian and, alongside his nephew Fausto Sozzini, founder of the Non-trinitarian Chri ...
, a 16th-century humanist and reformer
Literature
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Laelius de Amicitia'', a philosophical dialog by Cicero on friendship, which is based on the second Gaius Laelius and his relationships with various great men
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Robert Pipon Marett, a Jersey poet who used the pen name ''Laelius''
Biology
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''Laelius'' (wasp), genus of wasp from the subfamily Epyrinae, family Bethylidae
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