# LaRue

LaRue is a French topographic name for someone who lived beside a road, track, or pathway, Old French rue (Latin ruga ‘crease’, ‘fold’), with the definite article la. It literally means "the street" in French. It is a surname and sometime a given name. Notable people with the name include:

## People
### Surname

* Achille Larue (1849–1922), French-Canadian politician
* Allen Larue (born 1981), footballer from Seychelles
* Bartell LaRue (1932–1990), American voice actor
* Brent LaRue (born 1987), American-Slovenian athlete
* Charles W. LaRue (1922–2006), American trombonist and jazz arranger
* Chi Chi LaRue (born 1959), American pornographer
* Christian LaRue, Canadian hockey coach
* Custer LaRue (fl. 1983–present), American soprano
* Danny La Rue (1927–2009), British entertainer born Daniel Patrick Carroll
* Dave LaRue, American bass guitarist
* D.C. LaRue (born 1948), American disco artist
* Dennis LaRue (born 1959), American hockey referee
* Étienne-Benoît Larue (1865–1935), French Catholic missionary
* Eva LaRue (born 1966), American actress
* Florence LaRue (born 1944), American actress
* François-Xavier Larue (1763–1855), French-Canadian farmer and politician
* Frank LaRue (born 1952), UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression
* Greg laRue (born 1956), pro titler reacher
* Fred LaRue (1928–2004), aide to U.S. President Richard Nixon
* Gerald A. Larue (1916–2014), American scholar of religion, former professor of gerontology, former minister, agnostic, archaeologist and humanist
* Gillie Larew (1882–1977), American mathematician
* Grace La Rue (1882–1956), American actress, singer and vaudeville star
* Henri LaRue (1892–1973), French-Canadian politician
* Jason LaRue (born 1974), American former Major League Baseball player
* Jim LaRue (1925–2015), American football player and coach
* Lash LaRue (1917–1996), American actor and star of westerns
* Leonard LaRue (1914–2001), American freighter captain who rescued over 14,000 Korean War refugees, in the largest rescue operation by a single ship in history
* Mitzy Larue, politician in Seychelles, first elected in 1993
* Natalie LaRue, American musician
* Perrault LaRue (1925–1987), French-Canadian politician
* Phillip LaRue, American musician
* Praxède Larue (1823–1902), French-Canadian physician and politician
* Rusty LaRue (born 1973), American basketball coach and former National Basketball Association player
* Stoney LaRue (born 1977), American country music singer-songwriter born Stoney Larue Phillips
* Travis LaRue (1913–2009), former mayor of Austin, Texas
* Vildebon-Winceslas Larue (1851–1906), French-Canadian politician
* LaRue family, a family of American pioneers

### Given name

* LaRue Kirby (1889–1961), American Major League Baseball outfielder
* LaRue Martin (born 1950), American former National Basketball Association player
* LaRue Parker (1935–2011), former Chairperson of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma
* La Rue Washington (born 1953), briefly a Major League Baseball player

## Fictional characters

* Clarisse LaRue, a character in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series
* J.D. LaRue, on the television series Hill Street Blues, played by Kiel Martin
* Larue Wilson, in the novel Gidget and on the television series Gidget
* Adeline "Addie" LaRue, the main character of the novel The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab.