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, 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 Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ...

, 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), ''Laura'' (novel), detective novel by Vera Caspary * Laura, muse of Petrarch's poetry * ''Laura: A Novel You Will Never Forget'', a novel by Irish Minister for Justice Alan Shatter *''Laura, Voyage dans le cristal'', an 1864 novel by George Sand

Music

Bands

* Laura (band), an Australian post-rock band * Oh Laura, a Swedish indie band formerly known as Laura

Albums

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

Songs

* Laura (1945 song), "Laura" (1945 song), a song by David Raksin and Johnny Mercer adapted from the 1944 film's theme * Laura (Bat for Lashes song), "Laura" (Bat for Lashes song) * Laura (Billy Joel song), "Laura" (Billy Joel song), a song by Billy Joel from the 1982 album ''The Nylon Curtain'' * Laura (Scissor Sisters song), "Laura" (Scissor Sisters song), 2003 * Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got), "Laura" (What's He Got That I Ain't Got), a 1976 song by Kenny Rogers * "Laura non c'è", a song by the Italian singer Nek in 1997 * "Laura", a 1977 song by the Catalan singer-songwriter Lluís Llach * "Laura", a 1987 song by Fields of the Nephilim * "Laura", a song by the Celtic-Punk band Flogging Molly * "Laura", a song by indie rock group Girls (band), Girls * "Laura", a 1986 song composed by Jean-Jacques Goldman * "Laura", a song by Nick Heyward from Haircut 100 in 1985 * "Laura", a song performed by Billy Joel on his album ''The Nylon Curtain'' * "Laura", a song by the British shoegazing band Lush (band), Lush * "Laura", a song by the tejano band Mazz * "Laura", a song by Jimmy Nail in 1992 * "Laura," a parody of the 1945 song performed by Spike Jones#Spike Jones and His Other Orchestra, Spike Jones and His Other Orchestra

Television

* Laura (Fear the Walking Dead), "Laura" (''Fear the Walking Dead''), an episode of the American television series ''Fear the Walking Dead'' * Laura (TV series), ''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.'', guest starring Frank Sinatra * Laura Carrot, a character in the direct-to-video series ''VeggieTales''

Transportation

* Aichi E11A, Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat code-named "Laura" by the allies * Laura (1835 steamboat), ''Laura'' (1835 steamboat), 1835 steamboat built in Louisville, Kentucky, United States * Škoda Laura, a small family car * , a number of steamships with this name

Other

* 467 Laura, an asteroid * Laura Airport, Laura, Queensland, Australia * Laura (clothing retailer), a chain of Canadian women's fashions * Laura (crustacean), ''Laura'' (crustacean), a genus of maxillopoda * Laura potato, a cultivar of potato * Laura or lavra (Greek: Λαύρα, Cyrillic: Лавра), a cluster of cells or caves used by hermits, loosely connected into a community * List of storms named Laura, a list of tropical cyclones designated as Laura ** Hurricane Laura, a destructive Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in Louisiana in 2020