List of Famous people named Lauro

Lauro Júnior Batista da Cruz, simply known as Lauro, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Joinville Esporte Clube.

Lauro Ayestarán was a Uruguayan musicologist.

Lauro Escorel Filho, most known as Lauro Escorel, is an American-born Brazilian cinematographer and film director. He was born during his father, a Ministry of External Relations, stay in Washington, DC. He first worked as an assistant to Dib Lutfi and Affonso Beato, and made his debut in 1971 on Leon Hirszman's São Bernardo, which won Gramado Film Festival Best Cinematography Award. He directed the short film Libertários, winner of Margarida de Prata Award from the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, in 1976. In 1978, he would win again the Gramado Film Festival Best Cinematography Award for his work on Héctor Babenco's Lúcio Flávio, o Passageiro da Agonia. His first feature film, Sonho sem Fim, won the Jury Special Award at the 1986 Gramado Film Festival. Ironweed (1987), another Babenco's film, would make him more known internationally.

Lauro Fred Cavazos Jr. is an American educator and politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Education, and was the first Hispanic to serve in the United States Cabinet.

Lauro Gazzolo was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Lauro Bordin was an Italian racing cyclist. He won the 1914 edition of the Giro di Lombardia.