Lázaro is a Spanish or Portuguese-based given name or surname. Notable people with the name include:

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Lazaro (footballer) Lazaro Paulo de Sousa (born 1977) is a Brazilian former Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), striker. Early life Lazaro was born in 1977 in Brazil. He worked as a coffee picker as a child. Career In ...

(born 1977), Lazaro Paulo de Sousa, Brazilian football striker *

Lázaro (footballer, born 1990) Lázaro Vinícius Alves Martins (born 28 June 1990), or Lázaro is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Botafogo-PB as a centre-back. Career Born in Minas Gerais, he began his career in football acting for the basic categories ...

, full name Lázaro Vinícius Alves Martins, Brazilian footballer * Lázaro (footballer, born 2002), full name Lázaro Vinícius Marques, Brazilian footballer *

Lázaro Álvarez Lázaro Jorge Álvarez Estrada (born 28 January 1991) is a Cuban professional and amateur boxer. As an amateur, Álvarez won the world title in 2011, 2013 and 2015. He also won gold medals at the 2011, 2015, and 2019 Pan American Games and bron ...

, Cuban boxer *

Lázaro Báez Lázaro Báez (born 11 February 1951) is an Argentine businessman. Báez is a central figure in the so-called corruption scandal known as The Route of the K-Money, surrounding former Argentine presidents Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández ...

, Argentine entrepreneur * Lázaro Barbosa de Sousa, Brazilian serial killer and family annihilator * Lázaro Betancourt, Cuban triple jumper * Lázaro Blanco, Mexican photographer * Lázaro Borges, Cuban pole vaulter * Lázaro Botelho, Brazilian politician *

Lázaro Bruzón Lázaro Bruzón Batista (born 2 May 1982 in Holguín) is a Cuban-American chess grandmaster. He is a former World Junior Champion, two-times American Continental champion, two-time Iberoamerican champion and six-time Cuban champion. Bruzón ...

, Cuban chess player * Lázaro Darcourt, Cuban footballer * Lázaro Francisco, Filipino novelist * Lázaro Garza Ayala, Mexican politician * Lázaro Macapagal, Filipino colonel * Lázaro Medina, Cuban pitcher * Lázaro Navarro, Cuban tennis player *

Lázaro Oliveira Lázaro Fonseca Costa Oliveira (born 27 August 1967), known simply as Lázaro in his playing days, is an Angolan retired Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Central midfielder, central midfielder, and the previous head c ...

, Angolan footballer *

Lázaro Ramos Luís Lázaro Sacramento de Araújo Ramos (born 1 November 1978) is a Brazilian actor, television presenter, director, writer, and voice actor. He started his acting career with the Flock of Olodum Theater group, in Salvador, and is best known ...

, Brazilian actor *

Lázaro Ruiz Lázaro Maikel Ruiz (born October 12, 1984) is a Cuban weightlifter. At the 2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships he won bronze in the 62 kg category, lifting a total of 284 kg. He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer ...

, Cuban weightlifter * Lázaro Reinoso, Cuban wrestler *

Lázaro Rivas Lázaro Rivas Scull (4 April 1975 – 22 December 2013)Muere astro olímpico por mal servicio urgencias (Lázaro Rivas' obituary). ''CubaNet''. 27 December 2013. /translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=https://www.cubanet.org/destacados/m ...

, Cuban wrestler

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Andrea Lázaro García Andrea Lázaro García (born 4 November 1994) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Lázaro García has career-high WTA rankings of 174 in singles, achieved on 9 June 2025, and 162 in doubles, set on 31 October 2022. She has won 10 singles a ...

, Spanish tennis player *

Borja Lázaro Luis Borja Lázaro Fernández (born 5 April 1988) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker for CD Cayón. Football career Born in Madrid, Lázaro finished his graduation with Scottish club Rangers F.C.'s youth setup. He moved to Sporti ...

, Spanish footballer *

Carlos Lázaro Carlos Lázaro Vallejo (born 13 November 1990) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Although born in Medina del Campo, Lázaro grew up in Olmedo (also located in Valladolid), where he began to play football. A ...

, Spanish footballer *

Cheche Lazaro Cecilia "Cheche" Aldaba Lim-Lázaro (born September 8, 1945, in Los Angeles, California), is a Filipino people, Filipino broadcast journalist and the founding President of Probe Productions Inc. as well as an Editor-at-Large of online news we ...

, Filipino journalist *

David Lázaro David Lázaro Alonso (born 1 June 1985) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play a ...

, Spanish footballer *

Emilio Martínez-Lázaro Emilio Martínez-Lázaro Torre (born 1945) is a Spanish filmmaker known for directing box office hits such as ''The Other Side of the Bed'' (2002) and ''Spanish Affair (2014 film), Spanish Affair'' (2014). Biography Emilio Martínez-Lázaro wa ...

, Spanish film director *

Ezequiel Lázaro Ezequiel Alejandro Lázaro (born 4 December 1981) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primari ...

, Argentine footballer *

Fernando Lázaro Fernando Lázaro Rodrigues Alves (born June 1981) is a Brazilian football coach and performance analyst. He is the current performance coordinator of Grêmio. Career Born in São Paulo, Lázaro started working at Corinthians in 1999 at the ...

, Brazilian performance analyst *

Fernando Lázaro Fernández Fernando Lázaro Fernández (15 April 1966 – 14 June 2025) was a Spanish journalist and university professor, specializing in investigative journalism, and focused on security, terrorism, and defense. Biography Lázaro was born on 15 April 19 ...

(1966–2025), Spanish investigative journalist *

Francisco Lázaro Francisco Lázaro (21 January 1888 – 15 July 1912) was a Portuguese Olympic marathon runner and Portugal's standard-bearer in their first-ever participation at the Olympic Games, the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Career Like a ...

, Portuguese athlete * Hipólito Lázaro (1887–1974), Spanish singer * Irmão Lázaro, born Antonio Lázaro da Silva, Brazilian singer * José Lázaro Galdiano, Spanish financier, journalist, publisher and art collector * José Lázaro Robles (1924–1996), commonly known as ''Pinga'', Brazilian footballer * Josué Lázaro, Mexican footballer *

Paloma Lázaro Paloma Lázaro Torres del Molino (born 28 September 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger who plays for Servette. Club career At Rayo Vallecano, Lázaro was part of the squad that won the team's third consecut ...

, Spanish footballer *

Paola Lázaro Paola Lázaro (/pao-lah/ born October 24) is a Puerto Rican actress. She is best known for portraying Juanita "Princess" Sanchez on the AMC apocalyptic drama television series '' The Walking Dead'' (2020-2022) and Angela Gomez in the Netflix ...

, Puerto Rican actress * Rosalía Lázaro, Spanish paralympic athlete * Valentino Lazaro, Austrian footballer

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