Famous People with Name Laura

Laura D'Andrea Tyson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Laura D'Andrea Tyson: an American economist and former Chair of the US President's Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton Administration. She also served as Director of the National Economic Council. She is currently a professor at the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley, as well as an economic adviser to President-elect Barack Obama [1] . She is considered a potential Treasury Secretary or Secretary of Commerce in the Obama Administration [2] .

Laura L. Letinsky            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Laura L. Letinsky: a contemporary photographer, best known for her still-lives.Much of Letinsky's work alludes to human presence, without including any actual figures. For example, in the Morning and Melancholia (c. 1997-2001), and the I Did Not Remember I Had Forgotten (c. 2002-2004) series, Letinsky seems to document the aftermath of a sumptuous gathering or dinner party.[1] Faded flower petals intermingle with empty glasses and crumbs of food on partially cleared tables, often covered with a white linen that bears the mark of spilled wine. As alluded in the title Morning and Melancholia these scenes are often filled with a fresh, clear light, as though one is viewing from the perspective of the morning after, what the host failed to clean up the evening before. However, the title of the series itself is a reference to an essay by Freud,

Laura Mullen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Laura Mullen: is a contemporary American poet working in hybrid genres and traditions. As with the poetry of (among many others) Cole Swensen, her work is considered Postmodern and post-Language school, but it also takes a lot from her interests in Henry James, Edgar A

Laura Wilson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Laura Wilson: is an American photographer best known for her work documenting the creation of Richard Avedon's In the American West portfolio and as the mother of actors Luke, Andrew and Owen Wilson.

Laura Nicholls            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Laura Nicholls: is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada.She competed for her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 29th position in the 50 m freestyle. Four years later in Sydney, Australia she reached the final with the Canadian Relay Teams, in the 4x100 freestyle (7th) and in the 4x100 medley (6th).

Carlos Di Laura            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Carlos Di Laura: is a former tennis player from Peru.Di Laura participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics for his native country. The left-hander won three tour doubles titles during his profeesional career.

Dario Marinovic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Dario Marinovic: is a Croatian futsal player who plays for MNK Split Brodosplit Inženjering and the Croatia national futsal team.

Francesco Laurana            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Francesco Laurana: was a Dalmatian-born sculptor and medallist. In Croatia he was also known as Frane Vranjanin.After an apprenticeship under a sculptor, he began his solo career at Naples, where he finished the triumphal arch of Castel Nuovo for Alfonso V of Aragon. After

Ewa Mataya Laurance            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Ewa Mataya Laurance: is a Swedish professional pool player, most notably on the Women's Professional Billiard Association nine-ball tour, and more recently a sports commentator for ESPN.In 2005, Ewa Mataya Laurance bested three of her peers, WPBA tour members Allison Fisher,

John Laurance            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Laurance: was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He emigrated to the United States in 1767 and settled in New York City where he read law and entered private practice in 1772. At the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, he was a warm adherent o