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People

Lela (footballer) Reinaldo Felisbino, a.k.a. Lela (born 17 April 1962) was a Brazilian football player. Felisbino was born in Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil. He played as a Midfielder#Winger, right-winger, beginning and ending his career with Esporte Clube Noroeste in ...

(born 1962), Brazilian football player *

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 *

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 * Lela B. Njatin (born 1963), Slovene writer and visual artist *

Lela Bliss Lela Bliss (May 11, 1896 – May 15, 1980) was an American actress. She made her first silent film, '' Pretty Mrs. Smith'', in 1915 and appeared in at least over 40 movies until the 1960s. Career Bliss appeared in supporting roles and bit par ...

(1896-1980), American actress *

Lela Brooks __NOTOC__ 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 * Lela Chichinadze (born 1988), Georgian footballer * Lela Cole Kitson (1891-1970), American freelance writer *

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 * Lela E. Rogers (1891-1977), American journalist, film producer, film editor, and screenwriter *

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 *

Lela Javakhishvili Lela Javakhishvili (born 23 April 1984) is a Georgian chess player who holds the titles of International master and Woman Grandmaster. She has won the Georgian women's chess championship twice, and competed in the Women's World Chess Champions ...

(born 1984), Georgian chess player *

Lela Karagianni Eleni "Lela" Karagianni ( el, Λέλα Καραγιάννη ; 1898 – 8 September 1944), also written Karayanni, was a Greek resistance leader during World War II. The wife of an Attican pharmacist and the mother of seven children, Karagianni ...

(1898-1944), Greek resistance leader *

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 *

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 *

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 * Lela Mevorah (1898-1972), Serbian librarian and medicine professor *

Lela Murray Lela Murray (June 12, 1887 – March 18, 1949) was a prominent black businesswoman, community leader, and advocate for civil rights in Los Angeles during the first half of the 20th century. She co-founded Murray's Ranch, billed by the press as " ...

(1887-1949), American businesswoman, community leader, and civil rights advocate *

Lela Pandak Lam Dato Maharaja Lela (died on 20 January 1877) was a Malay nationalist from Perak. A descendant of Daeng Salili, Pandak Limo was the son of a Bugis king from Luwuk District, Sulawesi. During the reign of Sultan Muzaffar Shah III, he ca ...

(died 1877), current ruler of Rembau *

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 *

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 *

Lela Swift Lela Swift (born Lillian Siwoff; February 1, 1919 – August 4, 2015) was a television director and producer, best known for her work on ''Dark Shadows'', which she also produced from 1970–71, and '' Ryan's Hope''. Early life She was born i ...

(1919-2015), television director and producer *

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 *

Lela Viola Barton Lela Viola Barton (1901–1967) was an American botanist who specialized in seed germination and storage. Early life Lela Barton was born in Farmington, Washington County, Arkansas, on 14 November 1901, the third of five children born to Gas ...

(1901-1967), American botanist *

Lela Violão Lela Violão, born Manuel Tomás da Cruz (January 18, 1929 – April 5, 2009) was a Cape Verdean singer and composer. Lela Violão was born on the island of São Vicente, his father was Tomás Manuel da Cruz and his mother was Isabel Ana Oliveir ...

(1929-2009), Cape Verdean singer and composer

Places

Leľa Leľa ( hu, Leléd) is a village and municipality in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1262. Geography The village lies at an altitude of 124 m ...

, a village and municipality in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia *

Lela, Kenya Lela is a small town in western Kenya near Lake Victoria. Elevation 1454m. Transport It is located 20 km northwest of Kisumu and 5 km south of Maseno, off the B1 road between Kisumu and Busia.Rough Guide Map of Kenya It is served ...

, a small town in western Kenya near Lake Victoria

Other uses

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 *

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 {{disambiguation, geo, given name