Lau (surname)

For other uses, see Lau.

Lau

Pronunciation	/ˈlaʊ/
Origin
Derivation	Surname of the Han Dynasty's ruling family
Meaning	"one who came from the Lion" (German) It's an archaic word for a type of axe (Chinese)
Region of origin	Chinese-speaking countries Korean-speaking countries Vietnamese-speaking countries German-speaking countries
Other names
Variant form(s)	Liu (surname)

Lau is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Andy Lau (born 1961), Hong Kong singer and actor
• Andrew Lau (born 1960), Hong Kong director and producer
• Carina Lau (born 1965), Hong Kong-Canadian actress and director
• Chak Sing Lau, Hong Kong professor of rheumatology
• Charley Lau (1933–1984), American catcher and hitting coach in Major League Baseball
• Christel Lau (born 1944), German field hockey player
• Constance Lau, Singaporean actress and model
• David Lau (born 1966), Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
• Emma Lau (born 1991), British actress
• Evelyn Lau (born 1971), Canadian writer
• Finn Lau (born 1993), Hong Kong political activist
• Frederick Lau (born 1989), German actor
• Fritz Lau (1872–1966), Low German writer, playwright and lyricist
• Gordon Lau (1941–1998), American politician
• Hans E. Lau (1879–1918), Danish astronomer
• Hawick Lau (born 1974), Hong Kong actor
• Henry Lau (born 1989), Chinese singer in South Korean subgroup Super Junior-M
• Jean Marie du Lau (1738–1792), Archbishop of Arles, killed during the French Revolution
• Jer Lau (born 1992), member of Hong Kong boy band MIRROR
• Laurence Lau (born 1954), American actor
• Lau Lee Peng (1952-2000), Singaporean killer
• Sean Lau (born 1964), Hong Kong actor
• Susanna Lau (born 1983), aka "Susie Bubble", British fashion blogger and journalist
• Wesley Lau (1921–1984), American film and television actor
• Yisrael Meir Lau (born 1937), former Orthodox Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel

See also

• Liu (劉), a common Chinese family name transliterated Lau in Cantonese
• Lau clan, one of the Saraswat Brahmin clans of Punjab