Lela may refer to:
People
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Lela (footballer) (born 1962), Brazilian football player
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Lela Alston
Lela Alston (born June 26, 1942) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Arizona State Senate representing District 24 since January 14, 2019. She previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019, a ...
(born 1942), American politician
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Lela Autio
Lela Autio (April 12, 1927 – January 23, 2016) was a modernist painter and sculptor from Great Falls, Montana notable as a co-founder of the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana and of the Missoula Art Museum
Background
Following her m ...
(1927-2016), American modernist painter and sculptor
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Lela B. Njatin (born 1963), Slovene writer and visual artist
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Lela Bliss (1896-1980), American actress
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Lela Brooks
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Lela Alene Brooks (February 7, 1908 – September 11, 1990) was a Canadian speed skater and multiple world-record holder. She specialized in short track skating.
Biography
Born in Toronto, Brooks was the first female member of the Old ...
(1908-1990), Canadian speed skater
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Lela Chichinadze (born 1988), Georgian footballer
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Lela Cole Kitson (1891-1970), American freelance writer
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Lela E. Buis
Lela E. Buis is a speculative fiction writer, playwright, poet and artist who was born in Middlesboro, KY. She graduated from Florida State University (FSU) and the Florida Institute of Technology, and worked in engineering for a number of year ...
, American writer, playwright, poet, and artist
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Lela E. Rogers (1891-1977), American journalist, film producer, film editor, and screenwriter
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Lela Evans
Lela Margaret Ann Evans is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2019 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Torngat Mountains as a New Democrat, having previou ...
, Canadian politician
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Lela Javakhishvili (born 1984), Georgian chess player
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Lela Karagianni (1898-1944), Greek resistance leader
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Lela Keburia
Lela Keburia (birth 21 September 1976, Zugdidi, Georgian SSR, USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagsh ...
(born 1976), Georgian politician and philologist
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Lela Lee
Lela Lee (born in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles, California) is an American actress and cartoonist, television writer, and the creator of the Animation, animated cartoon ''Angry Little Asian Girl'' and the related comic strip ''Angry Little ...
, American actress and cartoonist
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Lela Loren
Lela Loren (born 7 May 1980) is an American television and film actress. Known for her leading role as Angela Valdes on the Starz television series, ''Power'',
Loren notes in interview that it took time to land her first audition, and that h ...
(born 1980), American television and film actress
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Lela Mevorah (1898-1972), Serbian librarian and medicine professor
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Lela Murray (1887-1949), American businesswoman, community leader, and civil rights advocate
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Lela Pandak Lam (died 1877), current ruler of Rembau
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Lela Rochon
Lela Rochon Staples (born April 17, 1964) is an American actress, best known for her starring role as Robin Stokes in the 1995 romantic drama film ''Waiting to Exhale''. She also had notable roles in the films ''Harlem Nights'' (1989), ''Boomerang ...
(born 1964), American actress
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Lela Rose
Lela Rose (born in Texas) is an American fashion designer.
Lela grew up in Dallas, Texas. She attended the University of Colorado where she was a painting and sculpture major and graduated in 1991. She had a business in college making vests from ...
, American fashion designer
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Lela Swift (1919-2015), television director and producer
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Lela Tsurtsumia
Lela Tsurtsumia ( ka, ლელა წურწუმია) (born 12 February 1969) is a Georgian pop singer and actress. Born and raised in Tbilisi, she graduated in Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University. She sings in native Georgian, ...
(born 1969), Georgian pop folk singer
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Lela Viola Barton (1901-1967), American botanist
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Lela Violão (1929-2009), Cape Verdean singer and composer
Places
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Leľa, a village and municipality in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia
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Lela, Kenya, a small town in western Kenya near Lake Victoria
Other uses
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Lela language
Lela or C'lela (Clela) is a Kainji language of Nigeria. It is known as Chilela in Hausa, and it is also known as Dakarkari, because it is spoken by the Dakarkari people Location
The Lela live mostly in Kebbi State and Niger State. However, there ar ...
, a Kainji language of Nigeria
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Lela (cannon)
Lela or lila is a type of Malay cannon, used widely in the Nusantara archipelago. They are similar to a lantaka but longer and had larger bore. Lela can be configured as swivel gun, fixed gun, or mounted in a gun carriage. It is the equivalent of ...
, Malay cannon
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