Laporte

Laporte, LaPorte, or La Porte may refer to:

Places

Canada

• Laporte (electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Quebec

Haiti

• La Porte, Les Cayes, Haiti, a village in the Les Cayes commune of Haiti

United States

• La Porte, California
• Laporte, Colorado
• La Porte, Indiana
• LaPorte County, Indiana
• La Porte City, Iowa
• Laporte, Michigan
• Laporte, Minnesota
• Laporte, Pennsylvania
• Laporte Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
• La Porte, Texas

People

• André Laporte (b. 1931), Belgian composer
• Aymeric Laporte (b. 1994), French footballer
• Bernard Laporte (b. 1964), French rugby union coach and politician
• Éric Laporte (b. 1976), Canadian politician
• François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau (1812–1880), French naturalist
• Jamie LaPorte (b. 1992), American Food Blogger
• Joseph de La Porte (1714–1779), 18th-century French priest, literary critic, poet and playwright.
• Leo Laporte, radio and television host
• Leon J. LaPorte, United States Army General
• Louis de La Porte de Louvigné (1662 - 1725), French noble and military commander in New France
• Otto Laporte (1902-1971), German-born American physicist
  • Laporte rule, a selection rule in spectroscopy, named after Otto Laporte
• Pierre Laporte, Canadian politician, assassinated in 1970.
• Stéphane Laporte (b. 1966), French javelin thrower
• Steve La Porte, American make-up artist.

Businesses

• Laporte plc, a British chemicals business
• LaPorte CPAs and Business Advisors

Science

• Laporte rule, a spectroscopic selection rule