Lalonde or LaLonde (US spelling) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Amy Lalonde Amy Ciupak Lalonde (born August 6, 1975) is a Canadian-born television and film actress from Pelham, Ontario. She holds a degree in drama and history from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Lalonde appears on the television channel SCREA ...

(born 1975), Canadian television personality *

Bob LaLonde Robert F. "Bob" LaLonde (December 1, 1922 – November 11, 2015) was a Republican Party member of the Wyoming State Senate. He attended the University of Oregon and was an airport manager, former United States Air Force The United Stat ...

(1922–2015), American politician *

Brice Lalonde Brice Lalonde (; born 10 February 1946) is a former green party leader in France, who ran for President of France in the Presidential elections, 1981. In 1988 he was named Minister of the Environment, and in 1990 founded the green Ecology Gener ...

(born 1946), French politician *

Catherine Lalonde Catherine Lalonde (born 1974) is a Quebec poet and journalist. She was born in Montreal and studied theatre and contemporary dance. At the age of 16, she published her first collection of poems ''Jeux de brume''. She has worked in media and commun ...

(born 1974), Canadian poet and journalist *

Daniel Lalonde Daniel Lalonde (born 1963) is a Canadian businessperson

(born 1963), Canadian businessman, CEO of brands in France *

Derek Lalonde Derek Lalonde (born August 18, 1972) is an American ice hockey coach who is the head coach of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Lalonde played college hockey for State University of New York College at Cort ...

(born 1972), National Hockey League head coach *

Donny Lalonde Donny Lalonde (born March 12, 1960) is a retired professional boxer. His nickname is "Golden Boy," after the Golden Boy statue atop the Manitoba Legislative Building in his boxing home town of Winnipeg. Lalonde held the WBC Light Heavyweight Ch ...

(born 1960), Canadian boxer *

Francine Lalonde Francine Lalonde (August 24, 1940 – January 17, 2014) was a Canadian politician who served on both the provincial and federal levels. Prior to being elected, she was a lecturer, teacher, and unionist. She was minister responsible for the st ...

(1940–2014), Canadian politician, MP for La Pointe-de-l'Île *

François Lalonde François Lalonde (born 17 September 1955 in Montréal) is a Canadian mathematician, specializing in symplectic geometry and symplectic topology. Lalonde received from the Université de Montréal in 1976, at the age of 20, his bachelor's degree ...

(born 1955), Canadian mathematician *

Gisèle Lalonde Gisèle Lalonde, (; June 28, 1933 – July 26 or 27, 2022) was a Canadian politician and community activist, who served as the mayor of Vanier, Ontario from 1985 to 1991. Biography She was born in Eastview (later renamed Vanier in 1969). S ...

(1933–2022), Canadian politician, mayor of Vanier from 1985 to 1991 *

Jean-Marc Lalonde Jean-Marc Lalonde (born August 19, 1935) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2011 who represented the riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell. He was mayor of Rockland, ...

(born 1935), Canadian politician, member of Legislative Assembly of Ontario *

Jeremy Lalonde Jeremy LaLonde (born January 7, 1981) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is known for his work in Canadian film and television. Early life LaLonde grew up in Cayuga, Ontario. After graduating from Niagara College, LaLonde moved to Toronto to begin ...

(born 1981), Canadian filmmaker *

Larry LaLonde Reid Laurence "Larry" LaLonde (born September 12, 1968), also known as Ler LaLonde, is an American musician best known as the guitarist for Primus, a position that he has served since 1989, where he is known for his experimental accompaniment t ...

(born 1968), guitarist for rock group Primus *

Marc Lalonde Marc Lalonde (; born July 26, 1929) is a retired Canadian politician and cabinet minister. Life and career Lalonde was born in Île Perrot, Quebec, and obtained a Master of Laws degree from the Université de Montréal, a master's degree from O ...

(1929–2023), Canadian politician, author of the Lalonde report *

Marie-France Lalonde Marie-France Lalonde (born ) is a Franco-Ontarian politician in Ontario, Canada who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Orléans as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada since 2019. She also served as the Liberal ...

(born 1971), Canadian politician, former member of Legislative Assembly of Ontario, MP for Orleans *

Michèle Lalonde Michèle Lalonde (July 28, 1937 – July 22, 2021) was a Canadian dramatist, essayist, playwright and poet for print and radio. She began her career as a writer and publisher while studying for a Bachelor of Arts degree at the Université de Montr ...

(1937–2021), French Canadian writer *

Newsy Lalonde Édouard Cyrille "Newsy" Lalonde (October 31, 1887 – November 21, 1970) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward in the National Hockey League (NHL) and a professional lacrosse player. Lalonde is regarded as one of hockey's and lacrosse's ...

(1887–1970), Canadian ice hockey player *

Pierre Lalonde Pierre Lalonde (January 20, 1941 – June 21, 2016) was a Canadian singer and television host. The son of Jean Lalonde, a popular singer in the 1940s, Lalonde attended high school in the United States but returned to Canada in 1960, where he wo ...

(1941–2016), Canadian singer and television host * Raymond "Lala" Lalonde (1940–2022), American politician and educator *

Robert Lalonde Robert John LaLonde (1958–2018) was an American economist who specialized in the fields of labor economics and econometrics. He grew up in Syracuse, NY and attended Westhill High School. He received his A.B. degree from the University of Chicago ...

(born 1947), Canadian actor and writer * Robert LaLonde (economist) (1958–2018), American economist * Ron Lalonde (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey player *

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and

Roxy Lalonde ''Homestuck'' is a webcomic written, illustrated, and animated by Andrew Hussie as part of ''MS Paint Adventures'' (''MSPA''). The webcomic centers on a group of teenagers who unwittingly bring about the end of the world through the installati ...

, fictional characters in the webcomic ''Homestuck'' *

Shawn Lalonde Shawn Beauchamp-Lalonde (born March 10, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with HC Dinamo Minsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Playing career As a youth, Lalonde played in the 2003 Quebec In ...

(born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player

Origin of the name

It means literally "from a place called La Londe". There are more or less 100 places called La Londe in Normandy, France, including the commune

La Londe La Londe () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. It was first mentioned in historical records in 1170. Geography A forestry and farming village situated some southwest of Rouen, at the junction ...

in the

Seine-Maritime Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inféri ...

department. In Old Norman(-French) it meant "grove, wood", itself from Old Norse ''lundr'' (accusative ''lund'') "grove" + French feminine

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''la''. Variant forms include Delalonde, Delalondre. The French surnames

Delalande Delalande is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Michel Richard Delalande (1657–1726), French Baroque composer and organist * Pierre Antoine Delalande Pierre Antoine Delalande (27 March 1787 – 27 June 1823) was a French nat ...

, Lalande (Gasconic Lalanne) are unrelated to it, but from one of the numerous French place-names called La Lande, ''lande'' being a French word that means "moor", itself from Gaulish (Celtic) ''*landa''.CNRTL : Etymology of ''lande'' (read online)
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Origin of the name

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