Places:

• Lara State, Venezuela
• Lara, Victoria, township in Australia
• Lara, Antalya, urban district in Turkey
• Santa Maria de Lara, church in Spain

People:

• Agustín Lara (1900-1970), Mexican composer
• Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian actress
• Martha Lara (fl. late 20th century), Mexican diplomat & politician
• Osvaldo Lara (born 1955), Cuban track and field sprinter
• Brian Lara (born 1969), Trinidadian cricketer
• Modesto Lara (born 1973), Dominican Republic judoka
• Lara Surol (born 1985), Turkish supermodel

Fictional characters:

• Lara Lor-Van, mother of Superman in comics
• Lara Croft, in video games and film
• Lara Antipova, major character in novel (and film) Doctor Zhivago

Other

• LARA, Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia, c. 1950
• Lara language
• Lara (given name)
• Lara (mythology)