Lazar (name)

Lazar (Russian Ла́зарь, Lázar; Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian Лазар, Lazar) which is a male given name or a surname. This abbreviated form of Lazarus is especially common in various Slavic languages. The name is derived from the Hebrew name אֶלְעָזָר (Elʿazar, or Eleazar), meaning "God has helped".^[1]

By given name

• Lazar (1329–1389), the tsar of Serbia 1371–1389
• Lazar of Hilandar (fl. 1404), a Serbian Orthodox monk and clockbuilder
• Lazar Branković (1421–1458), Lazar's grandson and Despot of Serbia 1456–1458
• Lazar Baranovych (1620–1693), Russian Orthodox archbishop
• Lazar I of Armenia, head of Armenian Apostolic Church (1737–1751)
• Lázár Mészáros (1796–1858), Hungarian Minister of War
• Lazar Grünhut (1850–1913), Hungarian rabbi
• Lazăr Șăineanu (1859-1934), Romanian philologist
• Lazăr Edeleanu (1861–1941), Romanian chemist
• Lazar Kujundžić (1880–1905), Serbian guerilla fighter
• Lazar Drljača (1882–1970), Yugoslav painter
• Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991), Soviet politician and Stalinist
• Lazar Lyusternik (1899–1981), Soviet mathematician
• Lazar Lagin (1903–1979), Soviet satirist and children's writer
• Lazar Koliševski (1914–2000), Yugoslav politician
• Lazar Mojsov (born 1920), Yugoslav politician
• Lazar Yazgur (1928–2000), Soviet painter
• Lazar Berman (1930–2005), Soviet classical pianist
• Lazar Tasić (born 1931), Yugoslav footballer
• Lazar Radović (born 1937), Yugoslav footballer
• Lazăr Comănescu (born 1949), Romanian politician
• Lazar Ristovski (born 1952), Serbian actor
• Lázár Szentes (born 1955), Hungarian coach and former footballer
• Lazar Popović (born 1983), Serbian footballer
• Lazar Hayward (born 1986), American basketball player
• Lazar Marković (born 1994), Serbian footballer

Llazar:

• Llazar Fundo, Albanian communist, journalist and writer from Korçë, (1899-1944)
• Llazar Siliqi, Albanian poet, (1924-2001)
• Llazar Treska, Albanian politician and mayor of Tirana

By surname

• A.J. Lazar, American meme lord and chaos theorist
• Alexandru Lazar, Romanian footballer
• Berel Lazar, Chief Rabbi of Russia
• Bob Lazar, who claims to have worked at Area 51
• Chris Lazar, a Canadian actor
• Costin Lazăr, Romanian footballer
• Curtis Lazar, a Canadian hockey player
• David Lazar, Romanian footballer
• Florin Lazăr, Romanian footballer
• Gheorghe Lazăr, Romanian scholar
• Gracie Lazar, an American actress
• György Lázár, Prime Minister of Hungary from 1975 to 1987
• Ilie Lazăr, Romanian politicitan
• Ingmar Lazar, French classical pianist
• Irving Paul Lazar, a Hollywood agent
• János Lázár, Hungarian politician
• John Lazar (1801–1879), theatre manager and mayor of Adelaide, South Australia
• Mitchell Lazar, Chief of Endocrinology at the University of Pennsylvania
• Mihai Lazăr, Romanian rugby union player
• Marc Lazar, a professor at the Paris Institute of Political Studies
• Samuel Lazar (1838–1883), theatre manager of Adelaide and Sydney, Australia
• Seth Lazar, Australian philosopher
• Valentin Lazăr, Romanian footballer

Fictional characters

• Lazar Wolf, wealthy butcher in Fiddler on the Roof
• Lazar, gunsmith, minor character in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun

See also

• Lazar (disambiguation)
• Tsar Lazar Guard, Serbian nationalist political organization
• Lazarević
• Lazarev
• Lazarevski

References