Surname
- Adelina de Lara, British pianist and composer
- Agustín Lara (1900–1970), Mexican composer
- Alda Lara, poet
- Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian actress
- Alonso Manrique de Lara, Roman Catholic bishop
- Antonio Lara de Gavilán, Spanish artist
- Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara, politician
- Blanca de La Cerda y Lara, Spanish noblewoman
- Brian Lara (born 1969), Trinidadian cricketer
- Brigido Lara, Mexican artist
- Carlos Lara Bareiro, Paraguayan composer
- Catherine Lara, French violinist, composer and singer
- Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer
- Christian Lara, baseball player
- Christian Lara, Guadeloupean film director
- Claude Autant-Lara, French film director
- Daniel García Lara, football striker
- Denisse Lara, American singer
- Eduardo Lara, Columbian football manager
- Emilio Lara, Cuban weightlifter
- Erislandi Lara, Cuban boxer
- Eurico Lara (born 1897), Brazilian footballer
- Francisco José Lara, Spanish professional road bicycle racer
- Georgia Lara, Greek water polo player
- Guillermo Lara, politician
- Isidore de Lara, English composer
- Jacinto Lara (1777–1859), Venezuelan independence leader
- Jerónimo Manrique de Lara, General Inquisitor
- Joe Lara, American actor and musician
- José Manuel Lara, Spanish golfer
- Juan Lara, baseball player
- Juan Jesús Vivas Lara, Spanish politician
- Kiki Lara, Mexican soccer player
- Louis, comte de Narbonne-Lara, French soldier and diplomat
- Lúcio Lara, former General Secretary of the MPLA
- Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir, Icelandic footballer
- Martha Lara (fl. late 20th century), Mexican diplomat & politician
- Martín Acosta y Lara, Uraguayan basketball player
- María Teresa Lara, a Mexican composer
- Marlon Guillermo Lara Orellana, politician
- Modesto Lara (born 1973), Dominican Republic judoka
- Nil Lara, American musician
- Osvaldo Lara (born 1955), Cuban track and field sprinter
- Pablo Lara, Cuban weightlifter
- Rafael Paulo de Lara Araújo, Brazilian basketball player
- Raúl Lara, soccer player
- Rocío Lara, Muppeteer
- Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, Cuban politician
- Rosalio José Castillo Lara, Roman Catholic cardinal
- Tito Lara, Puerto Rican singer
- Tino de Lara, Filipino actor
- Víctor Neumann-Lara, Mexican mathematician
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