Lazarus

Lazarus is a given name and surname (family name). The pronunciation of the name is [ laz-er-uhs ]. It is derived from the Hebrew אלעזר, Elʿāzār (Eleazar) meaning "God has helped".William Barclay, The Parables of Jesus, Westminster John Knox Press, 1999, , pp. 92-98. This is a unique name (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021).

People with the given name Lazarus
 Lazarus (rapper), U. S. rapper, songwriter and physician from Detroit
 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 Zographos (died 867), Christian saint
 Lazarus Chakwera (born  1955), Malawi religious figure and politician
 Lazarus Ekwueme, Nigerian musician

People with the surname Lazarus
 Abraham Lazarus (1911–1967), British politician
 Bob Lazarus (1956–2009), comedian from the USA
 Celestine Lazarus (born 1992), Nigerian footballer
 Charles Lazarus, businessman, founder of Toys "R" Us
 Edward Lazarus (born 1959), author and lawyer from the USA
 Emma Lazarus (1849–87), poet from the USA
 Fred Lazarus, Jr. (1884–1973), businessman from the USA
 Glenn Lazarus (born 1965), Australian politician and former rugby league footballer
 Henry Lazarus (1815–95), British clarinettist
 John Lazarus (born 1947), Canadian writer of dramas
 Joseph Lazarus (1903–43), U.S. Olympic boxer
 Leon Lazarus (1919–2008), comics writer
 M. E. Lazarus (1822–95), anarchist from the USA
 Mark Lazarus (born 1938), football player
 Mell Lazarus (1927-2016), 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), U.S. police officer convicted of murdering a romantic rival

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