# Lou (given name)

Lou is a unisex given name. For males, it is frequently a short form (hypocorism) of Louis or Lewis, for females of Louise, etc. It may refer to:

## People
### Men

* Lou Adler (born 1933), American record producer, music executive, talent manager, songwriter and film director and producer
* Lou Albano (1933–2009), Italian-American professional wrestler, manager and actor
* Lou Bega (born 1975), German singer
* Lou Boudreau (1917–2001), American Hall of Fame baseball player
* Lou Brock (1939–2020), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player
* Lou Busch (1910–1979), American musician and songwriter
* Lou Costello, stage name of American actor and comedian Louis Cristillo (1906-1959)
* Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor and director born James Diamond in 1962
* Lou DiBella, American boxing promoter and television/film producer
* Lou Dobbs (born 1945), American television anchor, radio host and author
* Lou Duva, American boxing trainer and boxing promoter
* Lou Ferrigno (born 1951), American bodybuilder and actor
* Lou Ferrigno Jr. (born 1984), American actor
* Lou Frizzell (1920–1979), American actor and music director
* Lou Gehrig (1903–1941), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player
* Lou Gordon (American football) (1908–1976), American National Football League player
* Lou Gordon (journalist) (1917–1977), American radio and television commentator and newspaper reporter
* Lou Gramm, stage name of American rock singer and songwriter Louis Grammatico (b. 1950)
* Lou Groza (1924–2000), American footballer, Hall of Fame placekicker for the Cleveland Browns
* Lou Harrison (1917–2003), American composer
* Lou Hedley (born 1993), Australian American football player
* Lou Henson (1932–2020), American basketball coach
* Lou Holtz (born 1937), American former football player, coach and analyst
* Lou Jacobi (1913–2009), Canadian actor
* Lou Jacobs (1903–1992), German-American circus clown
* Lou Johnson (1934–2020), American baseball player
* Lou Johnson (pitcher) (1869–1941), American baseball pitcher
* Lou Johnson (singer) (1941–2019), American soul singer and pianist
* Lou Kenton (1908–2012), English proofreader
* Lou Kilzer (born 1951), American journalist
* Lou Kolls (1892–1941), American baseball umpire
* Lou Marini (born 1945), American saxophonist, arranger and composer
* Lou Merrill (1912–1963), American actor
* Lou Michaels (1935–2016), American football player
* Lou Pearlman (1954–2016), American record producer
* Lou Phelan (1864–1933), American baseball manager
* Lou Piniella (born 1943), American former Major League Baseball player and manager
* Lou Preager (1906–1978), British dance band leader
* Lou Rawls (1933–2006), American singer, songwriter and record producer
* Lou Reed (1942–2013), American musician, singer and songwriter
* Lou Reed (rugby player) (born 1987), Welsh rugby union footballer
* Lou Richards (1923–2017), Australian rules footballer and sports journalist
* Lou Savarese, American boxing-fighter
* Lou Silver, American-Israeli basketball player
* Lou Sullivan (1951-1991), American author and activist known for his work on behalf of trans men
* Lou Thesz (1916–2002), American professional wrestler
* Lou Vairo (born 1945), American ice hockey coach
* Lou Viglione, former NASCAR Cup Series team owner
* Lou Vincent (born 1945), New Zealand cricket player
* Lou Williams (born 1986), American National Basketball Association player

### Women

* Lou (French singer) stage name of Lou Jean (born 2004), French singer
* Lou (German singer), stage name of Louise Hoffner (born 1963), German pop singer
* Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861–1937), Russian-born psychoanalyst and author
* Lou Doillon (born 1982), French singer-songwriter, actress, and model
* Lou Fellingham (born 1974), English contemporary Christian singer and songwriter
* Lou Henry Hoover (1874–1944), wife of US President Herbert Hoover
* Louise "Lou" Lieberman (born 1977), American soccer coach and former player
* Lou Sanders, British comedian
* Lou Wotton (born 1983), Australian rules footballer

## Fictional TV characters

* Lou Beale, on the BBC soap opera EastEnders
* Lou Grant, on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Lou Grant
* Lou Solverson, on Fargo
* Lou (The Simpsons), a policeman on The Simpsons
* Lou (Ninjago), in Ninjago
* Lou, a female Flashman on Choushinsei Flashman