Lazarus

The name Lazarus can refer to a number of people and things. It is most commonly known as the name of the Biblical Lazarus of Bethany, raised from the dead in the New Testament. The derivation of the name itself is from Greek Lazaros, which was taken from the Aramaic Lazar, which in turn was a form of the Hebrew name Eleazar.

Lazarus may refer to:

Religious

• Lazarus of Bethany, a character in a Bible story which describes him being raised by Jesus "from the dead".
• Mary, sister of Lazarus, the sister of the previously-named Lazarus.
• Order of Saint Lazarus, a religious/military order which picked Lazarus as their patron saint.
• St. Lazarus Parish, a parish in Macau.
• Lazarus and Dives, a story spoken by Jesus and unrelated to the Lazarus "raised from the dead".
• Dives and Lazarus (ballad), a Christmas carol based on this parable.
• Lazarus Zographos, a Christian saint
• Zanitas and Lazarus of Persia, a Persian martyr

Software

• Lazarus (software), a Rapid Application Development environment for Free Pascal compatible with Borland Delphi.
• Lazarus: Form Recovery, Mozilla Firefox add-on.

People

• Bob Lazarus, American comedian
• Charles Lazarus, American businessman
• Edward Lazarus, American author and lawyer
• Emma Lazarus, an American poet.
• Fred Lazarus, Jr., American businessman
• Glenn Lazarus, Australian rugby league player
• Henry Lazarus, British clarinettist
• John Lazarus, Canadian playwright
• Leon Lazarus, comics writer
• M. E. Lazarus, American anarchist
• Mark Lazarus, football player
• Mel Lazarus, cartoonist
• Moritz Lazarus (1824-1903), German philosopher
• Richard Lazarus, psychologist, creator of the coping theory
• Lazarus Long (micronationalist), creator of the New Utopia scam

Science

• Lazarus taxon, a taxon that disappears from one or more periods of the fossil record, only to appear again later, thus giving the impression of life coming back from the dead.
• Lazarus effect, the phenomenon of seeing an unusable (dead) semiconductor detector fix itself (comes back to life) at cryogenic temperatures.
• Lazarus phenomenon, the unexpected return of spontaneous circulation after resuscitation has been abandoned.

Fiction

In comics

• Lazarus Churchyard, an immortal character in the comic series of the same name
• Lazarus Pit, a device in the Batman comics that extends the life of its user

In fiction and literature

• Lazarus Long, an unusually long-lived character featured in a number of science fiction novels by Robert A. Heinlein.
  • See also The Notebooks of Lazarus Long, a selection of quotes from Lazarus Long.
• "Lady Lazarus", a poem by Sylvia Plath, in which the protagonist imagines herself coming back from the dead and eating "men like air"
• The Lazarus Effect, a 1983 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom.
• Archbishop Lazarus, a fictional character in the computer game Diablo
• Lazarus (novel) ,a 1924 novel by Henri Béraud .

In music

• "Lazarus", a song by the jam band moe.
• "Lazarus", a song by the band Porcupine Tree
• "Lazarus", a song by the Groove metal band Chimaira
• "Lazarus", a song by the band Fozzy
• "Lazarus", a song by the Progressive metal band Hacride
• "Lazarus", a song by the band Placebo
• "Lazarus Heart", a song by the band The 69 Eyes
• "The Lazarus Heart", a song by Sting
• Lazarus (band), 1970's folk band fronted by Billie Hughes
• Lazarus A.D. (band), a thrash metal band from Wisconsin
• Dig Lazarus!, a rock band from the UK
• Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, a studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• Lazarus Bird, a studio album by the Progressive metal band Burst

In television

• Cold Lazarus, a television play written by Dennis Potter about scientists who extract the memories of a long-dead man.
• "Cold Lazarus" (Stargate SG-1), a Stargate SG-1 episode where a main character's dead relative seemingly returns to life
• "Lazarus" (The X-Files episode), an episode of The X-Files
• "Project Lazarus", a Doctor Who audio adventure in which human scientists clone the Doctor in an effort to master the Time Lords' regenerative ability.
• "The Lazarus Experiment", an episode of series 3 of Doctor Who in which a Dr. Lazarus attempts to reverse aging via a similar if savage version of Time Lord regeneration.
• Lazarus, a fictional character in the Star Trek episode "The Alternative Factor".
• 'Lazarus Rising' is the name of the first episode of the fourth season of "Supernatural"
• The Lazarus Chamber, part 3 of a 4 part episode titled "Beyond Good And Evil" ending season 4 in "X-Men (TV series)."

In films

• The Lazarus Child, a 2004 thriller movie starring Andy Garcia, Francis O'Connor and Angela Bassett.
• The Lazarus Project, a 2008 drama/thriller film starring Paul Walker as a former criminal who gets a second chance at life and mysteriously ends up working at a psychiatric hospital.
• Lazarus, the name of a machine which brought ghosts back to life in the 1995 film, Casper
• Lazarus, the name of a blues player played by Samuel L. Jackson in the film Black Snake Moan
• Kirk Lazarus, the name of an eccentric award winning actor portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. in 2008 comedy film Tropic Thunder.
• Dr. Lazarus of Tev'Meck, a character played by fictional actor Sir Alexander Dane in the fictional Galaxy Quest television show, who is in turn played by Alan Rickman in real life in the (real) film Galaxy Quest

Other uses

• Ultima V: Lazarus, a fan remake of the RPG Ultima V using the Dungeon Siege engine
• Lazarus (department store), a defunct department store chain now branded as Macy's
• Lazaretto, a quarantine station for maritime travelers
• Lazarus (dog), famous San Franciscian dog, first reported in the Alta California on Jan 18, 1861 when he became friends with Bummer (dog).
• Lazarus Sign, a reflex movement in brain-dead patients, which causes them to briefly raise their arms and drop them crossed on their chests.

See also

• Saint-Lazare

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