# LaRue > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/LaRue > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/LaRue.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaRue > Source revision: 1304243037 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For other uses, see [LaRue (disambiguation)](/source/LaRue_(disambiguation)). **LaRue** is a [French](/source/French_language) topographic name for someone who lived beside a road, track, or pathway, Old French *rue* ([Latin](/source/Latin_language) ruga ‘crease’, ‘fold’), with the definite article *la*.[1] It literally means "the street" in French.[2] It is a [surname](/source/Surname) and sometime a [given name](/source/Given_name). Notable people with the name include: ## People ### Surname - [Achille Larue](/source/Achille_Larue) (1849–1922), French-Canadian politician - [Allen Larue](/source/Allen_Larue) (born 1981), footballer from Seychelles - [Bartell LaRue](/source/Bartell_LaRue) (1932–1990), American voice actor - [Brent LaRue](/source/Brent_LaRue) (born 1987), American-Slovenian athlete - [Charles W. LaRue](/source/Charles_W._LaRue) (1922–2006), American trombonist and jazz arranger - [Chi Chi LaRue](/source/Chi_Chi_LaRue) (born 1959), American pornographer - [Christian LaRue](/source/Christian_LaRue), Canadian hockey coach - [Custer LaRue](/source/Custer_LaRue) (fl. 1983–present), American soprano - [Danny La Rue](/source/Danny_La_Rue) (1927–2009), British entertainer born Daniel Patrick Carroll - [Dave LaRue](/source/Dave_LaRue), American bass guitarist - [D.C. LaRue](/source/D.C._LaRue) (born 1948), American disco artist - [Dennis LaRue](/source/Dennis_LaRue) (born 1959), American hockey referee - [Étienne-Benoît Larue](/source/%C3%89tienne-Beno%C3%AEt_Larue) (1865–1935), French Catholic missionary - [Eva LaRue](/source/Eva_LaRue) (born 1966), American actress - [Florence LaRue](/source/Florence_LaRue) (born 1944), American actress - [François-Xavier Larue](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois-Xavier_Larue) (1763–1855), French-Canadian farmer and politician - [Frank LaRue](/source/Frank_LaRue) (born 1952), UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression - [Greg laRue](/source/Greg_Lauren) (born 1956), pro titler reacher - [Fred LaRue](/source/Fred_LaRue) (1928–2004), aide to U.S. President [Richard Nixon](/source/Richard_Nixon) - [Gerald A. Larue](/source/Gerald_A._Larue) (1916–2014), American scholar of religion, former professor of gerontology, former minister, agnostic, archaeologist and humanist - [Gillie Larew](/source/Gillie_Larew) (1882–1977), American mathematician - [Grace La Rue](/source/Grace_La_Rue) (1882–1956), American actress, singer and vaudeville star - [Henri LaRue](/source/Henri_LaRue) (1892–1973), French-Canadian politician - [Jason LaRue](/source/Jason_LaRue) (born 1974), American former Major League Baseball player - [Jim LaRue](/source/Jim_LaRue) (1925–2015), American football player and coach - [Lash LaRue](/source/Lash_LaRue) (1917–1996), American actor and star of westerns - [Leonard LaRue](/source/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 - [Mitcy Larue](/source/Mitcy_Larue), politician in Seychelles, first elected in 1993 - [Natalie LaRue](/source/Natalie_LaRue) (born 1983), American musician - [Perrault LaRue](/source/Perrault_LaRue) (1925–1987), French-Canadian politician - [Phillip LaRue](/source/Phillip_LaRue), American musician - [Praxède Larue](/source/Prax%C3%A8de_Larue) (1823–1902), French-Canadian physician and politician - [Rusty LaRue](/source/Rusty_LaRue) (born 1973), American basketball coach and former National Basketball Association player - [Stoney LaRue](/source/Stoney_LaRue) (born 1977), American country music singer-songwriter born Stoney Larue Phillips - [Travis LaRue](/source/Travis_LaRue) (1913–2009), former mayor of Austin, Texas - [Vildebon-Winceslas Larue](/source/Vildebon-Winceslas_Larue) (1851–1906), French-Canadian politician - [Will Larue](/source/Will_Larue), Canadian racing driver - [LaRue family](/source/LaRue_family), a family of American pioneers ### Given name - [LaRue Kirby](/source/LaRue_Kirby) (1889–1961), American Major League Baseball outfielder - [LaRue Martin](/source/LaRue_Martin) (born 1950), American former National Basketball Association player - [LaRue Parker](/source/LaRue_Parker) (1935–2011), former Chairperson of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma - [La Rue Washington](/source/La_Rue_Washington) (born 1953), briefly a Major League Baseball player ## Fictional characters - [Clarisse LaRue](/source/Clarisse_(Percy_Jackson)), a character in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series - [J.D. LaRue](/source/J.D._LaRue), on the television series *[Hill Street Blues](/source/Hill_Street_Blues)*, played by [Kiel Martin](/source/Kiel_Martin) - [Larue Wilson](/source/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](/source/The_Invisible_Life_of_Addie_LaRue)* by [V. E. Schwab](/source/V._E._Schwab). ## See also - [Leroux (surname)](/source/Leroux_(surname)) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [http://www.ancestry.com/facts/LaRue-name-meaning.ashx](https://www.ancestry.com/facts/LaRue-name-meaning.ashx) [*[user-generated source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources#User-generated_content)*] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Surname Larue"](http://surnames.behindthename.com/surname/larue). 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