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Laura Nagy
Laura Karolina Nagy (Nagy Laura), Hungarian curler born 2002 in Budapest, Vasas SC; won mixed doubles gold with Canada's Nathan Young at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics and multiple Hungarian women's titles.
Laura Niklason
Laura Niklason is an American physician-scientist and biomedical engineer who co-founded Humacyte in 2004 and invented the human acellular vessel, FDA-approved as Symvess in 2024.
Laura Nolte
Laura Nolte (born 1998, Unna) is a German bobsleigh pilot who won Olympic two-woman gold in 2022 and 2026 with Deborah Levi, and is a three-time world champion.
Laura Norton
Laura Norton (Laura Jayne Norton, born 1983, Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English actress who has played Kerry Wyatt, later Kerry Pollard, on ITV's Emmerdale since July 2012; also known for Vera, Wolfblood, Byker Grove, and Royal Shakespeare Company stage work.
Laura Nunnink
Laura Maria Nunnink, Dutch field hockey midfielder (born 1995, Eindhoven), two-time Olympic gold medalist with the Netherlands (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), 2016 silver non-starter, two world titles, Den Bosch player.
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro (Laura Nigro, 1947-1997), Bronx-born American singer-songwriter and pianist of Eli and the Thirteenth Confession and New York Tendaberry; wrote hits covered by the 5th Dimension, Three Dog Night, and Blood Sweat & Tears, yet never had a Top 40 hit herself; Rock Hall inductee 2012.
Laura Osnes
Laura Osnes (born 1985) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter, a two-time Tony nominee for Bonnie & Clyde and Cinderella, who won Broadway's Sandy role via NBC's Grease: You're the One That I Want! and led Hallmark and Great American TV movies.
Laura P.W. Ranum
Laura P.W. Ranum is a neurogeneticist who directs the Center for NeuroGenetics at the University of Florida and identified mutations for SCA8, DM2, and SCA5.
Laura Palmer
Laura Palmer: fictional homecoming queen of David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks, played by Sheryl Lee, whose murder and secret life drive the series, the 1992 film Fire Walk with Me, and the 2017 revival.
Laura Pasqualucci
Laura Pasqualucci is an Italian cancer geneticist who identified KMT2D and CREBBP as tumor suppressors in B cell lymphomas, and directs a Lymphomagenesis Laboratory in Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini (born 1974, Faenza or Solarolo) is an Italian pop singer who won Sanremo 1993 with "La solitudine", records paired Italian/Spanish albums, won a 2006 Grammy and five Latin Grammys, and tours on Io Canto World Tour 2026/2027.
Laura Poitras
Laura Poitras (born 1964, Boston) is an American documentary filmmaker and journalist, director of Citizenfour (2014 Oscar, NSA/Snowden), the post-9/11 trilogy, and All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022 Venice Golden Lion).
Laura Prepon
Laura Prepon (born 1980, Watchung, New Jersey) is an American actress and director known as Donna Pinciotti on That '70s Show and Alex Vause on Orange Is the New Black, later directing That '90s Show episodes.
Laura Prugh
Laura Prugh is an American wildlife ecologist and Professor of Quantitative Wildlife Sciences at the University of Washington, known for research on carnivore community ecology and predator-prey dynamics.
Laura Ramoso
Laura Ramoso, German-Italian Toronto-based sketch comedian, plays viral characters German Mom, Italian Dad, and Chiara; BFA 2016 UVic, award-winning diane, Frances, Sit Up Straight, and the 2026 Calm Down Tour.
Laura Richardson
Laura Richardson is an American Democratic politician serving in the California State Senate since 2024, after serving on the Long Beach City Council, State Assembly, and U.S. House.
Laura Robinson (geochemist)
Laura Robinson is a geochemist and Professor at the University of Bristol who reconstructs past ocean circulation and carbon cycling using isotope dating of deep-sea corals.
Laura Robson
Laura Robson, British former tennis player, 2008 Wimbledon girls' singles champion at 14, 2012 Olympic mixed doubles silver medalist with Andy Murray, career-high WTA No. 27 in 2013, retired 2022 through injury, now a broadcaster and tournament director at Nottingham and Queen's Club.
Laura Rutledge
Laura Rutledge, née McKeeman, is an American sportscaster who hosts ESPN's NFL Live, joined the network in 2014, and became a full-time Monday Night Football sideline reporter in 2025.
Laura San Giacomo
Laura San Giacomo (born 1962) is an American actress known as Maya Gallo on Just Shoot Me!, Kit De Luca in Pretty Woman, and Cynthia in Sex, Lies, and Videotape, with later roles on NCIS, Saving Grace, Barry, and Sugar.
Laura Schlessinger
Laura Schlessinger, "Dr. Laura," American radio advice host with a Columbia PhD in physiology; KFI show 1990, national syndication 1994, Paramount TV show canceled 2001, left syndicated radio in 2010 after N-word controversy, on SiriusXM since 2011.
Laura Schulz
Laura Schulz is a cognitive scientist and professor at MIT whose research shows that young children learn like scientists, forming hypotheses, testing them against evidence, and revising them.
Laura Secord
Laura Ingersoll Secord (1775–1868), Canadian heroine of the War of 1812, walked 32 km from Queenston on 22 June 1813 to warn Lieutenant FitzGibbon of an American attack, enabling the victory at Beaver Dams; recognized with £100 by the Prince of Wales in 1860.
Laura Sharrad
Laura Sharrad (née Cassai) is an Australian chef who was twice MasterChef runner-up (2014, 2020) before winning Back To Win 2025 with 80/90 points and $250,000; co-founder of Adelaide's Nido and Fugazzi and author of two Italian cookbooks.
Laura Slivinski
Laura Slivinski is an American applied mathematician at NOAA's Physical Sciences Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, known for co-leading the 20th Century Reanalysis version 3 weather reconstruction.
Laura Spelman Rockefeller
Laura Spelman Rockefeller (1839–1915) was an American teacher, abolitionist, and wife of John D. Rockefeller Sr.; Spelman College and the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, the 1920s' leading social science funder, bear her name.
Laura Spencer (General Hospital)
Laura Spencer (now Laura Collins) is a fictional character on ABC's General Hospital, played by Genie Francis since 1976; half of supercouple Luke and Laura, whose 1981 wedding set soap ratings records, later mayor of Port Charles.
Laura Stacey
Laura Stacey, Canadian women's ice hockey forward (born 1994, Kleinburg, Ontario), three-time Olympic medalist (gold 2022), Dartmouth graduate, and Montréal Victoire forward and PWHL Players Association president.
Laura Story
Laura Story (Laura Mixon Story Elvington), American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter born September 5 in Augusta, Georgia; wrote "Indescribable" (Chris Tomlin hit) and Grammy-winning "Blessings"; worship leader at Atlanta's Perimeter Church since 2005 and author of several books.
Laura T. Starks
Laura T. Starks is an American finance scholar and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, known for research on institutional investors and sustainable finance.