Laurette is a female given name, a

diminutive A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A (abbreviated ) is a word-formati ...

of the name Laura.

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*Laurette, wife of 12th century European nobleman

Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg Henry the Blind ( – 14 August 1196; French ''Henri l'Aveugle'', Dutch ''Hendrik de Blinde''), sometimes called Henry IV of Luxembourg, was his father's heir as count of Namur from 1136 until his death, and heir of his mother's family as count ...

*Laurette, daughter of 12th century European nobleman

Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut Baldwin IV (1108 – 8 November 1171) was count of Hainaut from 1120 to his death. Baldwin IV was the son of Count Baldwin III of Hainaut and Yolande de Wassenberg.Gislebertus (of Mons), ''Chronicle of Hainaut'', transl. Laura Napran, (The Boydell ...

*Laurette, the model for Matisse painting ''

The Painter and His Model ''The Painter and His Model'' (French titles: ''Le Peintre dans son atelier'', ''Le peintre et son modèle, l'Atelier, quai Saint-Michel'') is a work by Henri Matisse painted late 1916, early 1917. It is currently in the collection of the Musée ...

'' *Laurette de Commercy, wife of 13th century European nobleman

John, Count of Chalon John (1190 – 30 September 1267), called the Old (''l'Antique''), was a French nobleman, the Count of Auxonne and Chalon-sur-Saône in his own right and regent in right of his son, Hugh III, Count of Burgundy. In contemporary documents, he wa ...

* Laurette Marcia Laura Gemser (born 1950), Indonesian-Dutch actress, model and costume designer *Laurette Goldberg (1932–2005), founder of the

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (PBO) is an American orchestra based in San Francisco. PBO is dedicated to historically informed performance of Baroque, Classical and early Romantic music on original instruments. The orchestra performs its su ...

in San Francisco * Laurette Koellner, American business executive *Laurette de Looz, wife of 12th century European nobleman

Theobald I, Count of Bar Theobald I (French: ''Thibaut or Thibauld de Bar'') (born – died 13 February 1214) was Count of Bar from 1190 until his death, and a Count of Luxemburg from 1197 until his death. He was the son of Reginald II of Bar and his wife Agnès de Cham ...

Laurette Luez Laurette Luez (born Loretta Mary Luiz; August 19, 1928 – September 12, 1999) was an American supporting actress and successful commercial model who appeared in films and on television during a 20-year career. She was a widely known Hollywood ce ...

(1928–1999), American actress and model *

Laurette Maritz Laurette Maritz (born 13 January 1964) is a South African professional golfer. She won three titles on the Ladies European Tour between 1988 and 1990, and was LET Rookie of the Year in 1988. Early life and amateur career Maritz grew up in Joh ...

(born 1964), South African professional golfer *

Laurette Onkelinx Laurette A. J. Onkelinx (born 2 October 1958) is a Belgian politician from the Francophone Socialist Party. She was the Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health in the Belgian federal government, i.e., the Di Rupo G ...

(born 1958), Belgian politician *Laurette Huggins Reviere (died 1992), American victim of serial killer

Nathaniel White Nathaniel White (born July 28, 1960) is an American serial killer. Active in the Hudson Valley region of New York during the early 1990s, White confessed to beating and stabbing six women to death while on parole. Killings White claimed to have ...

* Laurette Séjourné (1911–2003), Mexican archeologist and ethnologist *

Laurette Spang-McCook Laurette Spang-McCook (born May 16, 1951), credited as Laurette Spang, is an American television actress. She is best known for playing the character Cassiopeia on the original '' Battlestar Galactica'' (1978). Early life/family Spang was bor ...

(born 1951), American television actress * Laurette Stivers, British-based American singer-songwriter *

Laurette Taylor Laurette Taylor (born Loretta Helen Cooney; April 1, 1883Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Manhattan, New York, New York; Roll: 1119; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 859; FHL microfilm: 1241119. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 Un ...

(1883–1946), American stage and silent film star * Laurette Tuckerman (born 1956), French and American mathematical physicist

Fictional characters

*Laurette, title character in 18th-century English gothic novel ''

The Orphan of the Rhine ''The Orphan of the Rhine'' is a gothic novel by Eleanor Sleath, listed as one of the seven "horrid novels" by Jane Austen in her novel ''Northanger Abbey''. Subtitled "A Romance" it was published in four volumes by the sensationalist Minerva ...

'' *Laurette, in 19th-century French novel '' Servitude et grandeur militaires'' *Laurette, in Belgian opéra comique '' Richard Coeur-de-lion'' *Laurette, in French opéra comique ''

La chanson de Fortunio ''La chanson de Fortunio '' (''The Song of Fortunio'') is a short opéra-comique in one act by Jacques Offenbach with a French libretto by Ludovic Halévy and Hector Crémieux. The music was composed within a week, with a further week being spent ...

'' *Laurette, in Italian opéra comique ''

Le peintre amoureux de son modèle (''The Painter in Love with his Model'') is an '' opéra comique'' in two acts by the composer Egidio Duni with a libretto by Louis Anseaume. It was first performed at the Théâtre de la Foire Saint-Laurent in Paris on 26 July 1757. The Italia ...

'' (not about Matisse) *Laurette, in French opérette ''

Le docteur Miracle ''Le docteur Miracle'' (''Doctor Miracle'') is an opérette in one act by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto, by Léon Battu and Ludovic Halévy, is based on Sheridan's play ''Saint Patrick's Day''. Bizet wrote the work when he was j ...

'' *Laurette, in 1941 American novel ''

What Makes Sammy Run? ''What Makes Sammy Run?'' (1941) is a novel by Budd Schulberg inspired by the life of his father, early Hollywood mogul B. P. Schulberg. It is a rags to riches story chronicling the rise and fall of Sammy Glick, a Jewish boy born in New York's L ...

'' *Laurette Fillbrandt, in American radio soap opera '' Girl Alone'' *Laurette de Latour, in 1955 swashbuckler film '' The Purple Mask'' *Laurette Sincee, in 1946 American play ''

Another Part of the Forest ''Another Part of the Forest'' is a 1946 play by Lillian Hellman, a prequel to her 1939 drama ''The Little Foxes''. Plot synopsis Set in the fictional town of Bowden, Alabama, in June 1880, the plot focuses on the wealthy, ruthless, and innatel ...

'' *Laurette Wilder, in 1995 film '' In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy''

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