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Early Origins of the Lauro family

The surname Lauro was first found in Catalonia, in northeastern Spain.

Early History of the Lauro family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lauro research. Another 154 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1245, 1305, 1469, 1534 and 1583 are included under the topic Early Lauro History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lauro Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: De Laura, Lauria, Lauri, Lauro, Lauriano, Lauriello, Laurini, Luarino and many more.

Early Notables of the Lauro family

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Migration of the Lauro family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Emanuel Lauria who immigrated to New York in 1867.


Contemporary Notables of the name Lauro (post 1700) +

  • Thomas Di Lauro, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964 1
  • Augusto Lauro (1923-2023), Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea
  • Lauro Fred Cavazos Jr. (1927-2022), American educator and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Education (1988-1990), the first Hispanic to serve in the United States Cabinet
  • Lauro António de Carvalho Torres Corado (1942-2022), Portuguese film director, his 1980 film Morning Undersea was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Diploma
  • Lauro Zavala (b. 1954), Mexican scholarly researcher
  • Lauro Zarate Alcala (1926-2002), well-known editorial cartoonist and illustrator in the Philippines
  • Lauro Salas (b. 1928), Mexican former world lightweight boxing champion
  • Lauro A. Bustamante, American Democratic Party politician, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas 28th District, 1997, 1998 2
  • Lauro Cuellar, American Republican politician, Candidate for Texas State House of Representatives 33rd District, 2002 3


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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