Lazar (name)

Lazar (Russian Ла́зарь, Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian Лазар) is a male given name or a surname. This abbreviated form of Lazarus is especially common in various Slavic languages, and goes back to the Hebrew name אֶלְעָזָר (Elʿazar), which means "God has helped".^[1]

People with this given name

• Lazar (1329–1389), the Prince of Serbia 1371–1389
• Lazar of Hilandar (fl. 1404), a Serbian Orthodox monk and clockbuilder
• Lazar II, Despot of Serbia (1421–1458), Lazar's grandson and Despot of Serbia 1456–1458
• Lazar William IX, Marquess of Montferrat, Lazar II's nephew, so-called Secondo Lazzaro, also called William Lazar Palaiologos Kantakouzenos
• Lazar Baranovych (1620–1693), Russian Orthodox archbishop
• Lázár Mészáros (1796–1858), Hungarian Minister of War
• Lazar Grünhut (1850–1913), Hungarian rabbi
• Lazăr Edeleanu (1861–1941), Romanian chemist
• 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 Yazgur (1928–2000), Soviet painter
• Lazar Berman (1930–2005), Soviet classical pianist
• Lazar Mojsov (born 1920), Yugoslav politician
• Lazar Tasić (born 1931), Yugoslav footballer
• Lazar Radović (born 1937), Yugoslav footballer
• Lazăr Comănescu (born 1949), Romanian politician
• Lazar Brčić Kostić (born 1950), Serbian protest singer-songwriter ((Serbian) link)
• Lazar Ristovski (born 1952), Serbian actor
• Lázár Szentes (born 1955), Hungarian coach and former footballer
• Lazar Hayward (born 1986), American basketball player

People with this surname

• Berel Lazar, Chief Rabbi of Russia
• Bob Lazar, who claims to have worked at Area 51
• Chris Lazar, a Canadian actor
• Gracie Lazar, an American actress
• Gheorghe Lazăr, Romanian scholar
• György Lázár, Prime Minister of Hungary from 1975 to 1987
• Ingmar Lazar, (born 1993) French classical pianist
• Irving Paul Lazar, a Hollywood agent
• Marc Lazar, a professor at the Paris Institute of Political Studies

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

References