Laporte
Encyclopedia
Places
Canada- Laporte (electoral district)Laporte (electoral district)Laporte is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding was named after former Liberal Minister Pierre Laporte who was kidnapped and killed by militants of the Front de libération du Québec during the October Crisis in 1970...
, a provincial electoral district in Quebec
United States
- La Porte, CaliforniaLa Porte, CaliforniaLa Porte is a census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States. The population was 26 at the 2010 census, down from 43 at the 2000 census.-Geography:La Porte is located at ....
- Laporte, ColoradoLaporte, ColoradoLaporte is a census-designated place in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The population was 2,691 at the 2000 census...
- La Porte, Indiana
- LaPorte County, IndianaLaPorte County, IndianaLaPorte County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 111,467. The county seat is the city of La Porte. This county is part of the Chicago metropolitan area, Northwest Indiana and Michiana. The largest city is Michigan City...
- La Porte City, IowaLa Porte City, IowaLa Porte City is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,275 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:La Porte City is located at ....
- Laporte, Michigan
- Laporte, MinnesotaLaporte, MinnesotaLaporte is a city in Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 111 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
- Laporte, PennsylvaniaLaporte, PennsylvaniaLaporte is a borough in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 316 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Sullivan County. Laporte is surrounded by Laporte Township. It was named for John Laporte...
- Laporte Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
- La Porte, TexasLa Porte, TexasLa Porte is a city in Harris County, Texas within the Bay Area of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 31,880...
People
- André LaporteAndré LaporteAndré Laporte is a Belgian composer.-Biography:Laporte studied music with Edgard de Laet, Flor Peeters, and Marinus De Jong at the Lemmens Institute in Mechelen, and musicology and philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven from 1953 to 1957...
(b. 1931), Belgian composer - Bernard LaporteBernard LaporteBernard Laporte is a rugby union coach and former French Secretary of State for Sport. He is currently the head coach at Toulon, having taken over in 2011 from Philippe Saint-André, who had been named the new head coach of the France national team. Laporte himself is a former head coach of France,...
(b. 1964), former coach of the France national rugby union team and Secretary of State of sports and youth in the French government - Éric LaporteÉric LaporteÉric Laporte is a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of L'Assomption from 2007 to 2008....
(b. 1976), Canadian politician - François Louis de la Porte, comte de CastelnauFrançois Louis de la Porte, comte de CastelnauFrançois Louis Nompar de Caumont LaPorte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau.-Life:Born in London, he studied natural history in Paris...
(1812–1880), French naturalist - Leo LaporteLeo LaporteLéo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry....
, radio and television host - Leon J. LaPorteLeon J. LaPorteLeon J. LaPorte is a retired United States Army General who served as Commander, United States Forces Korea until 2006.-Military career:...
, United States Army General - Otto LaporteOtto LaporteOtto Laporte was a German-born American physicist who made contributions to quantum mechanics, electromagnetic wave propagation theory, spectroscopy, and fluid dynamics...
(1902-1971), German-born American physicist- Laporte ruleLaporte ruleThe Laporte rule is a spectroscopic selection rule. It states that electronic transitions that conserve either symmetry or asymmetry with respect to an inversion center — i.e., g → g, or u → u respectively—are forbidden...
, a selection rule in spectroscopy, named after Otto Laporte
- Laporte rule
- Pierre LaportePierre LaportePierre Laporte was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician who was the Deputy Premier and Minister of Labour of the province of Quebec before being kidnapped and killed by members of the group Front de libération du Québec during the October Crisis. Mr...
, Canadian politician - Stéphane LaporteStéphane LaporteStéphane Laporte is a retired track and field athlete from France, who competed in the men's javelin throw event during his career. He represented France at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he didn't reach the final after throwing 69.40 metres in the qualification...
(b. 1966), French javelin thrower