Lau
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Lau may refer to:
An indigenous people that live on the Solomon Islands
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People with the German/Austrian surname:
People with the Cantonese/Hokkien surname 劉/刘 (the equivalent of the Mandarin Liu
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An indigenous people that live on the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
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People with the German/Austrian surname:
- Charlie LauCharlie LauCharles Richard Lau was an American catcher and hitting coach in Major League Baseball....
, catcher and hitting coach in Major League Baseball - Laurence LauLaurence LauLaurence Henry Lau is an American soap opera actor. He was born in Long Beach, California.One of his first roles was on the comedy/drama Eight Is Enough...
(born 1954), actor
People with the Cantonese/Hokkien surname 劉/刘 (the equivalent of the Mandarin Liu
Liu
劉 is a common Chinese family name. The transliteration Liu can represent several different surnames written in different Chinese characters:*劉 / 刘, pinyin: Liú...
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- Andrew LauAndrew LauAndrew Lau Wai-Keung is a Hong Kong cinematographer and filmmaker. Lau began his career in the 1980s and 1990s, serving as a cinematographer to filmmakers such as Ringo Lam, Wong Jing and Wong Kar-wai. In the 1990s, Lau decided to have more creative freedom as a cinematographer by becoming a film...
(born 1960), director and producer - Andy LauAndy LauAndy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...
(born 1961), singer and actor - Evelyn LauEvelyn Lau- Biography :Lau was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to Chinese-Canadian parents, who intended for her to eventually become a doctor. Her parents' ambitions for her were wholly irreconcilable with her own; consequently, her home and school lives were desperately unhappy...
(born 1971), writer - Gordon J. Lau, politician
Other people:
- Israel Meir Lau (born 1937), Orthodox Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
- Hans E. LauHans E. LauHans-Emil Lau was a Danish astronomer.He started his observational career during his studies at the Copenhagen University. After completing his degree in 1906 he worked at the Urania, the Treptow Observatory at Berlin, and finally at Horsholm Observatory in Copenhagen.He is most famous for his...
(1879–1918), Danish astronomer
Geography:
- Lau, EstoniaLau, EstoniaLau is a village in Kehtna Parish, Rapla County in northern-central Estonia....
, a village in Estonia - Lau, (Alsace) France
- Lau, Gotland, a village in GotlandGotlandGotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area...
, Sweden - Lau, NigeriaLau, NigeriaLau is a Local Government Area in Taraba State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Lau.It has an area of 1,660 km² and a population of 96,590 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 662....
, a local government area - Lau IslandsLau IslandsThe Lau Islands of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, just east of the Koro Sea. Of this chain of about one hundred islands and islets, about thirty are inhabited...
, part of the Republic of the Fiji Islands - Lau River, a tributary of the Gave d'Ossau in south west France
Others:
- A MohyalMohyalMohyal is the name of an endogamous ethnic group that originates from the Gandhara region and consists of seven Brahmin lineages of that area that left the usual priestly occupation of Brahmins long ago to serve as soldiers and in government services.The...
(Punjabi Brahmin) surname used in IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... - Lau language (disambiguation), two distinct Malayo-Polynesian languages
- Lau (band)Lau (band)Lau is a contemporary folk three-piece from Scotland, named after an Orcadian word meaning "natural light." The band is composed of Kris Drever , Martin Green and Aidan O’Rourke . To date, the band has released two studio albums and a live album.Their debut album, Lightweights and Gentlemen, was...
, a Scottish folk music group - Lẩu, Vietnamese Hot potHot potHot pot , less commonly Chinese fondue or steamboat, refers to several East Asian varieties of stew, consisting of a simmering metal pot of stock at the center of the dining table. While the hot pot is kept simmering, ingredients are placed into the pot and are cooked at the table...