LaRue

LaRue is a French topographic name for someone who lived beside a road, track, or pathway, Old French rue (Latin ruga ‘crease’, ‘fold’), with the definite article la.^[1] It literally means "the street" in French.^[2]

LaRue or Larue may refer to:

People

• LaRue Kirby (1889-1961), American baseball outfielder
• LaRue Martin (born 1950), American basketball player
• LaRue Parker (1935-2011), former Chairperson of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma
• Achille Larue (1849-1922), Québécois politician
• Allen Larue (born 1981), American footballer
• Bartell LaRue (1932-1990), American voice-over actor
• Brent LaRue (born 1987), American and Slovenian athlete
• Charles W. LaRue (1922-2006), American trombonist
• Chi Chi LaRue (born 1959), American pornographer
• Christian LaRue, Canadian hockey coach
• Custer LaRue, American soprano
• Dave LaRue, American bass guitarist
• D.C. LaRue (born 1948), American disco artist
• Dennis LaRue (born 1959), American hockey referee
• Étienne-Benoît Larue (1865-1935), French Catholic missionary
• Eva LaRue (born 1966), American actress
• Florence LaRue (born 1944), American actress
• François-Xavier Larue (1763–1855), Québécois farmer and politician
• Frank LaRue (born 1952), UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression
• Fred LaRue (1928-2004), aide to President Nixon
• Henri LaRue (1892-1973), Québécois politician
• Jason LaRue (born 1974), baseball player
• Jim LaRue (born 1925), American football coach
• Lash LaRue (1917–1996), American actor
• Leonard LaRue (1914-2001), American navigator
• Mitzy Larue, politician in Seychelles
• Natalie LaRue, American musician
• Perrault LaRue (born 1925), Québécois politician
• Praxède Larue (1823–1902), Québécois physician and politician
• Rusty LaRue (born 1973), American athlete
• Stoney LaRue (born 1977), American musician
• Travis LaRue (1913-2009), former Mayor of Austin, TX
• Vildebon-Winceslas Larue (1851–1906), Québécois politician

Other

• LaRue (band), a Christian rock duo
• Larue Wilson, fictional character in Gidget
• La Roux, a British electropop synth band
• J.D. LaRue, a fictional character played by Kiel Martin on Hill Street Blues

References

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