Laura may refer to:

People

Laura (given name) Laura is a traditionally feminine given name in Europe and the Americas, of Latin origin, whose meaning ("bay laurel") is a metonym for a victor, and an early hypocorism from Laurel and Lauren. Origin and usage The name Laura is the feminized ...

* Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy

Marthe Cnockaert Marthe Mathilde Cnockaert (28 October 1892 – 8 January 1966), later Marthe McKenna, was a Belgian spy for the United Kingdom and its allies during the First World War. She later became a novelist, and is credited with writing over a dozen spy ...

Places

Australia

Laura, Queensland Laura is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Laura had a population of 228 people. It is the centre for the largest collection of prehistoric rock art in the world, including Quinkan ...

, a town on the Cape York Peninsula *

Laura, South Australia Laura is a rural town in the Mid North region of South Australia, 12 km north of Gladstone on the Horrocks Highway and 40 km east of Port Pirie. The first European to explore the district was Thomas Burr Thomas Burr (1813–1866), ...

Laura Bay Laura Bay is a bay in the Australian state of South Australia on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula, about southeast of Ceduna. Laura Bay is an inlet that opens into the northern end of the larger Smoky Bay, and which is about northeast of the ...

, a bay on Eyre Peninsula **

Laura Bay, South Australia Laura Bay is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula overlooking the Great Australian Bight about north-west of the Adelaide city centre and about south east of the town centre of C ...

, a locality **

Laura Bay Conservation Park Laura Bay Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula adjoining the headland of Laura Bay Point in the gazetted locality of Laura Bay about south east of the town ...

, a protected area *

Laura River (Queensland) The Laura River is a river located in the Cape York Peninsula region of Far North Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Laura River rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range below Mount Murray. The river flows general ...

Laura River (Western Australia) Laura River is a river in the east Kimberley region of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise in the Bailey Range, approximately 20 km south of Halls Creek; the river then flows in a south-westerly direction crossing the Gre ...

Canada

Laura, Saskatchewan Laura is a hamlet in Montrose Rural Municipality 315, Saskatchewan, Canada. It previously held the status of village until December 31, 1954 and again at an unknown date but was restructured back to hamlet status on December 28, 1978. The hamle ...

Italy

Laura (Capaccio) Laura is a southern Italy, Italian village and hamlet (''frazione'') of Capaccio, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. As of 2001 its population was of 1,301. History On September 9, 1943, the beaches of Laura and Paestum were the ...

, a village of the municipality of Capaccio, Campania *

Laura, Crespina Lorenzana Laura is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Crespina Lorenzana, province of Pisa. Laura lies at the slopes of the hill of Lorenzana. It is about 24 km from Pisa and 8 km from the municipal ...

, a village in Tuscany

Marshall Islands

Laura, Marshall Islands Laura ( Marshallese: , ) is an island town situated in Marshall Islands. It is located in the west of Majuro Atoll. At approximately above sea level, Laura has the highest elevation of any islands in the Majuro Atoll. Marshall Islands Internationa ...

, an island town in the Majuro Atoll of the Marshall Islands

Poland

Laura, Silesian Voivodeship Laura is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice ...

, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland

United States

* Laura, Illinois * Laura, Indiana * Laura, Kentucky, a city *

Laura, Missouri Laura is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area ...

Laura, Ohio Laura is a village in Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 474 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Laura was laid out around 1840. A post office called Laura has been in operation ...

, a small village

Arts, media, and entertainment

Arts

* ''Laura'' (Giorgione), a 1506 painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giorgione
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Laura I.Art Gallery , the first art contemporary gallery in Barking and Dagenham, London, UK inaugurated in 2016.

Characters

* Laura, a character on the U.K. television show ''Hollyoaks'' * Laura, a character in the video game ''Street Fighter'' * Laura, a character in the American television series ''The Walking Dead'' *

Laura Palmer Laura Palmer is a fictional character in the ''Twin Peaks'' franchise. She is portrayed by Sheryl Lee and was created by the series creators David Lynch and Mark Frost. She first appears in the ABC original series ''Twin Peaks''. A high schoo ...

, a character in the American television series ''

Twin Peaks ''Twin Peaks'' is an American Mystery fiction, mystery serial drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It premiered on American Broadcasting Company, ABC on April 8, 1990, and originally ran for two seasons until its cance ...

'' and related media

Films

* ''Laura'' (1944 film), an American film noir directed by Otto Preminger and starring Gene Tierney * ''Laura'' (1955 film), a 1955 American television film for ''The 20th Century-Fox Hour'' * ''Laura'' (1968 film), a 1968 American television film * ''Laura, les ombres de l'été'', a French romantic drama film written and directed by photographer David Hamilton * ', a 1987 Spanish film

Literature

* ''Laura'' (novel), detective novel by Vera Caspary * Laura, muse of

Petrarch Francesco Petrarca (; 20 July 1304 – 18/19 July 1374), commonly anglicized as Petrarch (), was a scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited w ...

's poetry * ''Laura: A Novel You Will Never Forget'', a novel by Irish Minister for Justice

Alan Shatter Alan Joseph Shatter (born 14 February 1951) is an Irish lawyer, author and former Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Justice and Equality and Minister for Defence from 2011 to 2014. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Sou ...

*''Laura, Voyage dans le cristal'', an 1864 novel by

George Sand Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand (), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, bein ...

Music

Bands

Laura (band) Laura is a post-rock band from Melbourne, Australia. History Laura formed in 2001 and released their debut EP - ''Photographs...'' in 2002. Although it received positive reviews on the whole, it failed to gain the band a significant followi ...

, an Australian post-rock band *

Oh Laura Oh Laura, formerly known as Laura, is a Swedish Indie-pop band from Stockholm consisting of Frida Öhrn on vocals, Jocke Olovsson and Jörgen Kjellgren on guitars, Rikard Lidhamn on bass and Magnus Olsson on drums. The band's debut record, ''A So ...

, a Swedish indie band formerly known as Laura

Albums

* ''Laura'' (Laura Pausini album), 1994 * ''Laura'' (Menudo album), 1978 * ''Laura'', a 2004 album by

Troy Gregory Troy Gregory (born November 13, 1966) is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, filmmaker, film composer, solo artist, and member of The Dirtbombs. Since 2018 for his solo Albums he has composed, produced, and performed all instruments by hi ...

Songs

* "Laura" (1945 song), a song by David Raksin and Johnny Mercer adapted from the 1944 film's theme * "Laura" (Bat for Lashes song) * "Laura" (Billy Joel song), a song by Billy Joel from the 1982 album ''The Nylon Curtain'' * "Laura" (Scissor Sisters song), 2003 * "Laura" (What's He Got That I Ain't Got), a 1976 song by Kenny Rogers * "

Laura non c'è "Laura non c'è" ("Laura Is Not Here") is a pop-rock song written by Italian pop singer Nek. It was released as the second single from his fourth album ''Lei, gli amici e tutto il resto'' (1997) and achieved a huge success in Italy, Europe and Lat ...

", a song by the Italian singer Nek in 1997 * "Laura", a 1977 song by the Catalan singer-songwriter

Lluís Llach Lluís Llach i Grande (; born 7 May 1948) is a Catalan singer-songwriter, novelist and politician from Spain. He is one of the main representatives of the ''nova cançó'' genre and an outspoken advocate of the right to self-determination of ...

* "Laura", a 1987 song by

Fields of the Nephilim Fields of the Nephilim are an English gothic rock band formed in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in 1984. The band's name refers to a Biblical race of angel-human hybrids known as the Nephilim. Career Early years (1984–1991) Fields of the Nep ...

* "Laura", a song by the Celtic-Punk band

Flogging Molly Flogging Molly is an Irish-American seven-piece Celtic punk bandLife Is Good Out Now
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* "Laura", a song by indie rock group

Girls A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. When a girl becomes an adult, she is accurately described as a ''woman''. However, the term ''girl'' is also used for other meanings, including ''young woman'',Dictionary ...

* "Laura", a 1986 song composed by

Jean-Jacques Goldman Jean-Jacques Goldman (; born 11 October 1951) is a French singer-songwriter and music record producer. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday in 2017 he has been the highest grossing living French p ...

* "Laura", a song by

Nick Heyward Nicholas Heyward (born 20 May 1961) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He came to international attention in the early 1980s as the lead singer and songwriter for Haircut One Hundred. He and the band parted ways after their first alb ...

from Haircut 100 in 1985 * "Laura", a song performed by Billy Joel on his album ''

The Nylon Curtain ''The Nylon Curtain'' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on September 23, 1982, and produced by Phil Ramone. ''The Nylon Curtain'' peaked at on the '' Billboard'' albums chart, with two million sales ...

'' * "Laura", a song by the British shoegazing band Lush * "Laura", a song by the tejano band

Mazz Mazz is a Tejano band originally from Brownsville, Texas. The band was known for their idiosyncratic and innovative form of Tejano cumbia which made them distinguishable among their counterparts. Mazz became one of the most popular Tejano music b ...

* "Laura", a song by

Jimmy Nail James Michael Aloysius Bradford (born 16 March 1954), known as Jimmy Nail, is an English singer-songwriter, actor, film producer, and television writer. He played the role of Leonard "Oz" Osborne in the television show ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' a ...

in 1992 * "Laura," a parody of the 1945 song performed by Spike Jones and His Other Orchestra

Television

* "Laura" (''Fear the Walking Dead''), an episode of the American television series ''Fear the Walking Dead'' * ''Laura'' (TV series), a TV program hosted by Laura Bozzo (also known as ''Laura en América'', ''Laura sin censura'', ''Laura en acción'', and ''Laura de todos'') * "Laura", an episode of the television show ''

Magnum, P.I. ''Magnum, P.I.'' is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980 to May 8, 1988 during its first-run broadcast on ...

'', guest starring Frank Sinatra * Laura Carrot, a character in the direct-to-video series ''

VeggieTales ''VeggieTales'' is an American Christian media, computer generated musical children's animation, and book franchise created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki under Big Idea Entertainment. The series sees fruit and vegetable characters retelling ...

Transportation

Aichi E11A The Aichi E11A (九八夜偵, ''Kyū-hachi Yatei'') was an Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat used during the first year of World War II for maritime patrol duties. The Allied reporting name for the type was "Laura"; the Japanese Navy designation ...

, Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat code-named "Laura" by the allies * ''Laura'' (1835 steamboat), 1835 steamboat built in Louisville, Kentucky, United States *

Škoda Laura Škoda means ''pity'' in the Czech and Slovak languages. It may also refer to: Czech brands and enterprises * Škoda Auto, automobile and previously bicycle manufacturer in Mladá Boleslav ** Škoda Motorsport, the division of Škoda Auto respons ...

, a small family car * , a number of steamships with this name

Other

* 467 Laura, an asteroid *

Laura Airport Laura Airport is situated in Laura, Queensland, Laura, Queensland, Australia. The airport is southeast of the locality. See also * Transport in Australia * List of airports in Queensland References

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, Laura, Queensland, Australia *

Laura (clothing retailer) Laura's Shoppe Inc. is a Canadian women’s wear boutique chain founded in 1930 by Laura Wolstein, the first Laura store was located on St. Hubert Street, Montreal and later moved to Verdun Avenue in Verdun, a suburb of Montreal. Laura Canada re ...

, a chain of Canadian women's fashions * ''Laura'' (crustacean), a genus of maxillopoda *

Laura potato Laura is a mid-season-ripening, firm-fleshed, edible potato. The Laura potato is red-skinned with a rich potato-yellow flesh color and an oval shape. It was first recognised in 1998 in Austria. The depth of the eyes is between flat and very flat. ...

, a cultivar of potato * Laura or

lavra A lavra or laura ( el, Λαύρα; Cyrillic: Ла́вра) is a type of monastery consisting of a cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the center. It is erected within the Orthodox and other Eastern Chr ...

(Greek: Λαύρα, Cyrillic: Лавра), a cluster of cells or caves used by hermits, loosely connected into a community *

List of storms named Laura The name Laura has been used for a total of five tropical cyclones worldwide: In the North Atlantic: * Tropical Storm Laura (1971) – a system that formed off Panama, looped south of western Cuba, and landed in southern Belize * Tropical Storm Lau ...

, a list of tropical cyclones designated as Laura **

Hurricane Laura Hurricane Laura was a deadly and destructive Category 4 hurricane that is tied with the 1856 Last Island hurricane and 2021's Hurricane Ida as the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana, as measur ...

, a destructive Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in Louisiana in 2020