Laura

Laura may refer to:

People

• Laura (given name)

Places

Australia

• Laura, Queensland, a town
• Laura River (Queensland), its river
• Laura, South Australia

Canada

• Laura, Saskatchewan

Marshall Islands

• Laura, Marshall Islands, an island town in the Majuro Atoll of the Marshall Islands

Poland

• Laura, Silesian Voivodeship, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland

Ukraine; Romania

• Laura River

United States

• Laura, Illinois
• Laura, Kentucky, a city
• Laura, Ohio, a small village

Films

• Laura (1944 film), an American film noir directed by Otto Preminger and starring Gene Tierney
• Laura (1979 film), a French romantic drama film written and directed by photographer David Hamilton
• Laura (1987 film) (Laura Laura, del cielo llega la noche), a Spanish film

Music

Songs

• "Laura" (1945 song), a song by David Raksin and Johnny Mercer adapted from the 1944 film's theme
• "Laura" is a 1987 song from the British band "Fields of the Nephilim"
• "Laura," a parody of the 1945 song performed by Spike Jones and His Other Orchestra
• "Laura" (Scissor Sisters song), the first charting single by American alternative band Scissor Sisters in 2003
• "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 song performed by Billy Joel on his album The Nylon Curtain
• "Laura", a song by the Celtic-Punk band Flogging Molly
• "Laura", a song by the British shoegazing band Lush
• "Laura", a song by the tejano band Mazz
• "Laura", a 1986 song composed by Jean-Jacques Goldman
• "Laura's Dream", a song by Ástor Piazzolla from the album The New Tango
• "Think of Laura", a song by the American singer/songwriter Christopher Cross in 1983
• "Tell Laura I Love Her", a song by Ricky Valance in 1960
• "Laura", a song by Jimmy Nail in 1992
• "Laura", a song by Nick Heyward from Haircut 100 in 1985
• "Laura Laurent", a song by indie rock group Bright Eyes (band)
• "Landlocked Blues", another song referencing Laura, by Bright Eyes (band)
• "Laura", a song by indie rock group Girls (band)

Albums

• Laura (Laura Pausini album), 1994 studio album by Italian singer–songwriter Laura Pausini
• Laura (Menudo album)
• Laura, a 2004 album by Troy Gregory

Bands

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

Other

• Laura or Lavra (Greek: Λαύρα, Cyrillic: Лавра), a cluster of cells or caves used by hermits
• Laura (clothing retailer), a chain of Canadian women's fashions
• Laura (novel), detective novel by Vera Caspary
• 467 Laura, an asteroid
• Škoda Laura, a small family car
• Aichi E11A Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat code-named "Laura" by the allies
• Laura (Giorgione), a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giorgione
• SS Laura, a number of steamships with this name
• Laura, muse of Petrarch's poetry
• The British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert

Television

• "Laura" is a seventh season episode of the television show Magnum, P.I., guest starring Frank Sinatra.

See also

• Lauren (disambiguation)
• Laureano (disambiguation)
• Lora (disambiguation)