Lauretta is a feminine given name, which is probably derived from the name Laura. Notable people with the name include:

People with the forename

Lauretta Bender Lauretta Bender (August 9, 1897 – January 4, 1987) was an American child neuropsychiatrist known for developing the Bender-Gestalt Test, a psychological test designed to evaluate visual-motor maturation in children. First published by Bender in ...

(1897–1987), American psychiatrist *

Lauretta Hannon Lauretta Hannon is a writer, humorist, and commentator on National Public Radio's ''All Things Considered''. She got her start in writing as a columnist for the now-defunct Creative Loafing in Savannah, Georgia. She began recording personal essa ...

(born 1968), American writer *

Lauretta Lamptey Lauretta Vivian Lamptey is a former Ghanaian Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice. She is a lawyer and an investment banker. Education Lauretta Lamptey studied law at the University of Ghana, Legon where she gained the LL. B. ...

(born 1959), Ghanaian lawyer *

Lauretta Masiero Lauretta Masiero (25 October 1927 – 23 March 2010) was an Italian actress and singer. Biography Dancing career Venetian born Lauretta Masiero debuted in the theater of varieties as a dancer with Wanda Osiris. In 1945 she debuted with Macar ...

(1929–2010), Italian actress *

Lauretta Ngcobo Lauretta Ngcobo (13 September 1931 – 3 November 2015)

(1931–2015), South African writer *

Lauretta Schimmoler Lauretta M Schimmoler (September 17, 1900 Fort Jennings, Ohio - January 1981 Glendale, California) was an aviator who was the first woman in the United States to establish an airport in the United States, the first woman to command an American L ...

(1900–1981), American aviator *

Lauretta Vinciarelli Lauretta Vinciarelli (1943 – August 3, 2011) was an artist, architect, and professor of architecture at the collegiate level. Background and education Born in Arbe, Italy, Lauretta Vinciarelli was the daughter of Alberto and Annunciata Cenci ...

(1943–2011), Italian architect *

Lauretta of Saarbrücken Lauretta of Saarbrücken (died 1271), was a sovereign countess regnant of Saarbrücken from 1233 to 1271. After the death of his son Dietrich in 1227, her father chose Lauretta as his heiress as Countess of Saarbrücken, with an official stateme ...

(died 1271), German countess

People with the surname

Dante Lauretta Dante S. Lauretta (born 1970) is a professor of planetary science and cosmochemistry at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. He is currently serving as the principal investigator on NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. Education He ...

(born 1970), American scientist

Fictional characters

*Lauretta, fictional character in the book ''

The Decameron ''The Decameron'' (; it, label=Italian, Decameron or ''Decamerone'' ), subtitled ''Prince Galehaut'' (Old it, Prencipe Galeotto, links=no ) and sometimes nicknamed ''l'Umana commedia'' ("the Human comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dan ...

'' by Giovanni Boccaccio *Lauretta, fictional character in the opera

Gianni Schicchi () is a comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, composed in 1917–18. The libretto is based on an incident mentioned in Dante's ''Divine Comedy''. The work is the third and final part of Puccin ...

by Giacomo Puccini

People with the forename

People with the surname

Fictional characters

See also