Lazarus (name)

Lazarus is a given name and surname. It is derived from the Hebrew אלעזר, Elʿāzār (Eleazar) meaning "God has helped".^[1]

People named Lazarus

Lazarus (rapper), Detroit-based American rapper, songwriter and physician
Lazarus of Bethany, a figure in the Gospel of John, which describes him being raised by Jesus from the dead
Rich man and Lazarus, a parable of Jesus which is unrelated to the Lazarus raised from the dead
Lazarus of Persia (died 326), Persian martyr
Saint Lazarus of Aix (died 441), bishop and saint
Saint Lazarus (bishop of Milan), reigned 438 to 449
Lazarus "Larry" Zeidel (1928–2014), Canadian ice hockey player
Lazarus Zographos (died 867), Christian saint
Lazarus Chigwandali, Malawian musician

Abraham Lazarus (1911–1967), British politician
Arnold Lazarus (1932–2013), South African-born clinical psychologist
Bob Lazarus (1956–2009), American comedian
Celestine Lazarus (born 1992), Nigerian footballer
Charles Lazarus (1923–2018), American businessman, founder of Toys "R" Us
Edward Lazarus (born 1959), American author and lawyer
Emma Lazarus (1849–1887), American poet
Fred Lazarus Jr. (1884–1973), American businessman
Glenn Lazarus (born 1965), Australian politician and former rugby league footballer
Henry Lazarus (1815–1895), British clarinettist
John Lazarus (born 1947), Canadian playwright
Joseph Lazarus (1903–1943), US Olympic boxer
Leon Lazarus (1919–2008), comics writer
M. E. Lazarus (1822–1895), American anarchist
Mark Lazarus (born 1938), English football player
Mell Lazarus (1927–2016), American cartoonist
Moritz Lazarus (1824–1903), German philosopher
Richard Lazarus (1922–2002), psychologist and creator of the coping theory
Richard Lazarus, professor of law at the Harvard Law School
Stephanie Lazarus (born 1960), American police officer convicted of murdering a romantic rival

Lazarus, a character in the film Black Snake Moan
Lazarus, a fictional machine in the film Casper
Lazarus, a character in video game Evolve
Lazarus, a fictional virus in the TV series Sanctuary
Lazarus, a character in the Star Trek TOS episode "The Alternative Factor" (1967)
Lazarus Churchyard, a character in the comic series of the same name
Archbishop Lazarus in video game Diablo
Dr. Lazarus, a character in the film Galaxy Quest
Kirk Lazarus in the film Tropic Thunder
Dr. Marian Lazarus, a character in the film Outland
Sister Mary Lazarus in the musical Sister Act
Professor Richard Lazarus in the Doctor Who episode "The Lazarus Experiment"
Lazarus Long, creator of the New Utopia scam
Lazarus Long, a character created by Robert Heinlein
Robert MacNichol (Lazarus) from Blair Witch Volume II: The Legend of Coffin Rock

^ Barclay, William (1999). The Parables of Jesus. Westminster John Knox Press. pp. 92–98. ISBN 0-664-25828-X.