People
- André Laporte (b. 1931), Belgian composer
- Bernard Laporte (b. 1964), French rugby union coach and politician
- Éric Laporte (b. 1976), Canadian politician
- François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau (1812–1880), French naturalist
- Leo Laporte, radio and television host
- Leon J. LaPorte, United States Army General
- Otto Laporte (1902-1971), German-born American physicist
- Laporte rule, a selection rule in spectroscopy, named after Otto Laporte
- Pierre Laporte, Canadian politician
- Stéphane Laporte (b. 1966), French javelin thrower
- Alberto Ricardo Laporte Osteópata Argentino
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