Laura

Laura may refer to:

Australia

• Laura, Queensland, a town
• Laura, South Australia
• Laura Bay, a bay on Eyre Peninsula
  • Laura Bay, South Australia, a locality
  • Laura Bay Conservation Park, a protected area
• Laura River (Queensland)
• Laura River (Western Australia)

Canada

• Laura, Saskatchewan

Italy

• Laura (Capaccio), a village of the municipality of Capaccio, Campania
• Laura, Crespina Lorenzana, a village in Tuscany

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

United States

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

• Laura (given name)
• Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert

Arts

• Laura (Giorgione), a 1506 painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giorgione

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

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
• Laura, del cielo llega la noche [es], a 1987 Spanish film

Literature

• 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), 1994
• Laura (Menudo album), 1978
• Laura, a 2004 album by Troy Gregory

Songs

• "Laura" (1945 song), a song by David Raksin and Johnny Mercer adapted from the 1944 film's theme
• "Laura" (Bat for Lashes song)
• "Laura" (Billy Joel song), a song by Billy Joel from the 1982 album The Nylon Curtain
• "Laura" (Scissor Sisters song), 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 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
• "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
• "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 and His Other Orchestra

Television

• "Laura" (Fear the Walking Dead), an episode of the American television series Fear the Walking Dead
• 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

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

• 467 Laura, an asteroid
• Laura Airport, Laura, Queensland, Australia
• Laura (clothing retailer), a chain of Canadian women's fashions
• Laura potato, a cultivar of potato
• Laura or Lavra (Greek: Λαύρα, Cyrillic: Лавра), a cluster of cells or caves used by hermits