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Laura T. Swain
Laura Taylor Swain, born 1958 in Brooklyn, is a federal district judge in New York since 2000, appointed by Bill Clinton, and the court's chief judge since 2021.
Laura Tadvalkar
Laura Tadvalkar is a Managing Director on the Venture Team at RA Capital Management, a life-science investment firm, where she works on new company creation and early-stage investments.
Laura Tesoro
Laura Tesoro, Belgian singer, actress, and presenter born 1996 in Antwerp; The Voice van Vlaanderen 2014 runner-up; represented Belgium at Eurovision 2016 with "What's The Pressure", finishing tenth.
Laura Tingle
Laura Tingle, Australian journalist and ABC Global Affairs Editor since May 2025, formerly 7.30 political editor, former Australian Financial Review political editor, two Walkley Awards, National Press Club president 2020-2025, ABC staff-elected director 2023-2028.
Laura Tobin
Laura Tobin is an English broadcast meteorologist who trained with the Met Office and has presented the weather on ITV's Good Morning Britain since 2014.
Laura Traets
Laura Traets (Лаура Траатс), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast born 1998 in Sofia; group all-around gold at Tokyo 2020 (92.100), world all-around silver 2017 and bronzes 2018-2019, 5 hoops world champion 2018.
Laura Trott (politician)
Laura Trott (born 1984), Conservative MP for Sevenoaks since 2019; former Chief Secretary to the Treasury (2023-24) and Minister for Pensions; Shadow Education Secretary since November 2024, distinguishing her from the Olympic cyclist of the same name.
Laura Unsworth
Laura Unsworth (Laura Emma Unsworth-Roper), English field hockey defender born 1988 in Sutton Coldfield; three Olympic medals for Great Britain (bronze 2012, gold 2016, bronze 2020), 300+ England/GB caps, MBE, retired after Paris 2024.
Laura Vandervoort
Laura Vandervoort (born 1984, Toronto) is a Canadian actress and producer known as Kara Zor-El/Supergirl on Smallville, Elena Michaels on Bitten, and Lisa on V; she also produces indies via Lava Works Entertainment.
Laura Veroneau
Laura Veroneau is a managing partner and founding team member of Optum Ventures, a healthcare venture firm launched in 2017 in partnership with UnitedHealth Group.
Laura Wade
Laura Wade (born 1977) is a British playwright and screenwriter from Sheffield, author of Posh, Home I'm Darling (2019 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy), and The Watsons; also wrote The Riot Club film and Disney+'s Rivals.
Laura Whitmore
Laura Whitmore (born 1985, Dublin) is an Irish TV and radio presenter, writer, and actress based in London, known for MTV News Europe (2008–2015), hosting Love Island (2020–2022), I'm a Celebrity...NOW!, 2:22 A Ghost Story, and Laura Whitmore Investigates.
Laura Wilkinson
Laura Wilkinson (Laura Ann Wilkinson, born 1977, Houston, Texas) is the American diver who won 10m platform gold at Sydney 2000 on a broken foot, the first US woman to do so since 1964, and later won the 2004 World Cup and 2005 Worlds.
Laura Wilson (photographer)
Laura Wilson, also known as Laura Cunningham Wilson, is an American documentary photographer in Dallas, Texas, known for portraits of the American West and Mexico; she began as Richard Avedon's assistant in 1979.
Laura Woods (English presenter)
Laura Woods is an English sports broadcaster, known for her lead coverage of UEFA Champions League on TNT Sports since 2023 and her radio work.
Laura Wright
Laura Wright (born Laura Alice Sisk, 1970) is an American actress; since November 4, 2005 she has played Carly on General Hospital, after roles on Loving, The City, and Guiding Light, winning a 2011 Daytime Emmy.
Laura Ziskin
Laura Ziskin (1950–2011), American film producer and studio executive, produced the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, Pretty Woman, and As Good as It Gets, led Fox 2000 Pictures, was the first woman to solo-produce the Oscars telecast, and co-founded Stand Up To Cancer.
Lauraceae
Lauraceae, the laurel family (laurels), is a magnoliid family in Laurales with 45–58 genera and 2,000–3,500 tropical and subtropical woody species, source of cinnamon, camphor, avocado, and aromatic essential oils.
Laurales
Laurales: magnoliid order of flowering plants, sister to Magnoliales, with seven families including Lauraceae (laurel, cinnamon, avocado, camphor), Calycanthaceae, Monimiaceae, Hernandiaceae, and a Cretaceous fossil record.
Laurance Rockefeller
Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910–2004) was an American financier, venture capital pioneer, and conservationist, son of John D. Rockefeller, who backed aviation firms and helped create several national parks.
Laurasia
Laurasia: northern supercontinent of Pangaea, comprising North America, Greenland, Europe, and Asia minus India; split from Gondwana about 200 Ma, named from Laurentia plus Eurasia.
Laurasiatheria
Laurasiatheria is a placental mammal superorder containing bats, carnivorans, pangolins, horses, whales, and shrews. One of four placental clades, sister to Euarchontoglires in Boreoeutheria, it diversified rapidly in the late Cretaceous.
Laure Manaudou
Laure Manaudou, French swimmer (born 1986, Villeurbanne), 2004 Athens Olympic champion in the 400 m freestyle, first Frenchwoman to win Olympic swimming gold; also world record holder and three-time world champion.
Laure Saint-Raymond
Laure Saint-Raymond (born 1975) is a French mathematician known for proving hydrodynamic limits of the Boltzmann equation, work answering part of Hilbert's sixth problem; she holds a chair at the Collège de France.
Laureano Gómez
Laureano Gómez, in full Laureano Eleuterio Gómez Castro, was a Colombian Conservative politician and newspaper publisher who served as president from 1950 until a military coup deposed him on 13 June 1953.
Laureion (region)
Laureion (Laurion, Lavrion, Λαύριον) is the ancient silver-mining district of southeastern Attica near Cape Sounion, worked from the 4th millennium BC, whose third-contact ores funded Athens' fleet and owl coinage.
Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy: comedy team of Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892–1957), teamed officially in 1927 at Hal Roach, 107 films, Oscar for The Music Box (1932), final film Atoll K (1951).
Laurel and Hardy filmography
Laurel and Hardy filmography: 107 team films by Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, 32 silent shorts, 40 sound shorts, 23 features, 12 cameos, from The Lucky Dog (1921) to Utopia (1951), including Oscar winner The Music Box.
Laurel Bowden
Laurel Bowden is a London-based venture capital partner at 83North, the firm's first European partner, ranked No. 4 on the Forbes Midas List Europe in 2022.
Laurel Broten
Laurel C. Broten, Canadian lawyer and former Ontario Liberal MPP for Etobicoke—Lakeshore (2003–2013), cabinet minister of Environment, Education, Children and Youth Services, and Intergovernmental Affairs; later CEO of Nova Scotia Business Inc. and Invest in Canada.