Lazarus (name)
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Lazarus is a given name
and surname
. It is derived from the Hebrew אלעזר, Elʿāzār (Eleazar
) meaning "God has helped".
Given name
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and surname
Surname
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. It is derived from the Hebrew אלעזר, Elʿāzār (Eleazar
Eleazar
Eleazar , was a priest in the Hebrew Bible, the second Kohen Gadol - succeeding his father Aaron. He was a nephew of Moses.-Life:...
) meaning "God has helped".
People with the given name Lazarus
- Lazarus of BethanyLazarus of BethanyLazarus of Bethany, also known as Saint Lazarus or Lazarus of the Four Days, is the subject of a prominent miracle attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of John, in which Jesus restores him to life four days after his death...
, a figure in the Gospel of John, which describes him being raised by Jesus from the dead - Lazarus of Persia (died 326), Persian martyr
- Saint Lazarus of AixLazarus of AixSaint Lazarus of Aix was the first verifiable bishop of Aix-en-Provence, in France. He was appointed to his bishopric by the usurper emperor Constantine III in 408, and stripped of his office after Constantine was deposed by the future Constantius II in 411...
(died 441), bishop and saint - Saint Lazarus (bishop of Milan)Lazarus (bishop of Milan)Lazarus was Archbishop of Milan from 438 to 449. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is February 11.-Life:Almost nothing is known about the life and the episcopate of Lazarus, a part that he had a stern appearance and he probably studied in Milan...
, reigned 438 to 449 - Lazarus ZographosLazarus ZographosSaint Lazarus Zographos was a monk and painter from Constantinople who opposed the iconoclasm during the reign of Theophilus. His feast day is 23 February.-External links:** at St. Patrick's Church...
(died 867), Christian saint - Lazarus Long, creator of the New UtopiaNew UtopiaThe Principality of New Utopia is a micronation project established and operated by Lazarus Long .The project was publicised by various media outlets in Europe and the United States. In an article about fake nations, Quatloos.com called "New Utopia" a "fake nation scam"...
scam
Fictional characters
- Rich man and Lazarus, a story spoken by Jesus and unrelated to the Lazarus "raised from the dead"
- Lazarus, a character in the Star Trek episode "The Alternative FactorThe Alternative Factor (TOS episode)"The Alternative Factor" is a first season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. It is episode #27, production #20, and was broadcast on March 30, 1967. The episode was written by Don Ingalls, and directed by Gerd Oswald....
" - Lazarus, a character in Black Snake Moan
- Lazarus ChurchyardLazarus ChurchyardLazarus Churchyard is a fictional character in a British comics series, created in 1991 by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Matt Brooker under the pseudonym D'Israeli...
, a character in the comic series of the same name
People with the surname Lazarus
- Bob LazarusBob LazarusBob Lazarus was an American stand-up comedian and film actor.Lazarus graduated from the University of Massachusetts....
(1956–2009), American comedian - Charles Lazarus, American businessman, founder of Toys "R" Us
- Edward LazarusEdward LazarusEdward Lazarus is a lawyer and writer who was named Chief of Staff of the Federal Communications Commission on June 29, 2009. He went to the FCC from the Los Angeles office of the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld....
(born 1959), American author and lawyer - Emma LazarusEmma LazarusLazarus began to be more interested in her Jewish ancestry after reading the George Eliot novel, Daniel Deronda, and as she heard of the Russian pogroms in the early 1880s. This led Lazarus to write articles on the subject. She also began translating the works of Jewish poets into English...
(1849–1887), American poet - Fred Lazarus, Jr.Fred Lazarus, Jr.Fred R. Lazarus, Jr. was the Jewish-American founder of Federated Department Stores . Born in Columbus, Ohio, Fred, the second of four brothers , grew up working in his family's store, F...
(1884–1973), American businessman - Glenn LazarusGlenn LazarusGlenn Patrick Lazarus is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s who has been named amongst the nation's finest of the 20th century. He primarily played at prop forward, representing Australia internationally and New South Wales in State of Origin...
(born 1965), Australian rugby league player - Henry LazarusHenry LazarusHenry Lazarus was the leading British clarinet virtuoso of the 19th century. George Bernard Shaw wrote of Henry Lazarus:...
(1815–1895), British clarinettist - John LazarusJohn LazarusJohn Lazarus, is a Canadian playwright.He is author of Babel Rap, Dreaming and Duelling, The Late Blumer, Homework & Curtains, Genuine Fakes, The Trials of Eddy Haymour, Medea's Disgust, Village of Idiots, Rough Magic Meltdown and Secrets.Lazarus is also the author of many plays for young...
(born 1947), Canadian playwright - Joseph LazarusJoseph LazarusJoseph Ashur Lazarus was an American boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born in Bayonne, New Jersey....
(1903–1943), U.S. Olympic boxer - Leon LazarusLeon LazarusLeon Lazarus was an American writer-editor for publisher Martin Goodman's Magazine Management Company, as well as for Goodman's Timely and Atlas comic book companies, the two predecessors of Marvel Comics...
(1919–2008), comics writer - M. E. LazarusM. E. LazarusDr. Marx Edgeworth Lazarus was an American individualist anarchist from Guntersville, AL where he owned a small farm. Lazarus wrote under the pseudonym "Edgeworth." He is the author of several essays and anarchist pamphlettes including Land Tenure: Anarchist View...
(1822–1895), American anarchist - Mark LazarusMark LazarusMark Lazarus is a retired English professional footballer. He played as a right winger and made over 400 league appearances, scoring over 100 goals.-Biography:Lazarus was born on 5 December 1938 in Stepney, London, into a Jewish family...
(born 1938), football player - Mell Lazarus (born 1927), cartoonist
- Moritz LazarusMoritz LazarusMoritz Lazarus , born at Filehne, in the Prussian province of Posen, was a German philosopher, psychologist, and a vocal opponent of the anti-Semitism of his time.- Life and education :...
(1824–1903), German philosopher - Richard LazarusRichard LazarusRichard S. Lazarus was a psychologist who began rising to prominence in the 1960s, when behaviorists like B. F. Skinner held sway over psychology and explanations for human behavior were often pared down to rudimentary motives like reward and punishment...
, psychologist (1922–2002), creator of the coping theory
Fictional characters
- Dr. Lazarus in the film Galaxy QuestGalaxy QuestGalaxy Quest is a 1999 science-fiction comedy parody about a troupe of human actors who defend a group of aliens against an alien warlord. It was directed by Dean Parisot and written by David Howard and Robert Gordon. Mark Johnson and Charles Newirth produced the film for DreamWorks, and David...
- Kirk Lazarus in Tropic ThunderTropic ThunderTropic Thunder is a 2008 American action satire comedy film written, produced, and directed by Ben Stiller, and starring Stiller, Robert Downey, Jr., and Jack Black. The main plot revolves around a group of prima donna actors who are making a Vietnam War film...
- Professor Richard Lazarus in the Doctor Who episode "The Lazarus ExperimentThe Lazarus Experiment"The Lazarus Experiment" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One on 5 May 2007 and is the sixth episode of Series 3 of the revived Doctor Who series. It stars David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones as his companion, played...
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