Lam Explained

Lam or LAM may refer to:

Organizations

• Laguna Art Museum, California, US
• Leather Archives & Museum (LA&M), Chicago, US
• Lam Eng Rubber, a Malaysian manufacturer
• Lam Research, American semiconductor equipment company
• LAM Mozambique Airlines, flag carrier airline of Mozambique
• Libraries, archives and museums; see GLAM (cultural heritage)
• Les Afriques dans le monde (LAM), a French academic research institute on Africa

Places

• Lam, Bavaria, Germany
• Lam Beshkest-e Pain, a village in Iran
• Lam Cốt, a village in Vietnam
• Lam, Guntur district, a village in Andhra Pradesh, India
• Lam Brook, a stream in England
• Los Alamos County Airport (IATA and FAA LID codes), US
• Monts de Lam, a department of Chad

Media

• London After Midnight (band)
• Lam saravane, a music genre
• Lam luang, a music genre
• Mor lam, an ancient Laotian form of song
• LAM (television program), Argentine entertainment program

Science and technology

• Lactational amenorrhea method, a contraceptive method
• LAM/MPI, a Message Passing Interface
• Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a lung disease
• Lipoarabinomannan, a tuberculosis virulence factor
• Laser capture microdissection or laser-assisted microdissection
• Cyclone Lam, Australia, 2015
• Lysine 2,3-aminomutase, an enzyme

People

Surnames

• Lin (surname) (林) (Cantonese: Lam)
  • Lâm, Vietnamese equivalent of Lin
• Lan (surname 蓝) (Cantonese and Hakka: Lam)

People with the surname

• Lam., botanical author abbreviation for Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829)
• Adrian Lam (born 1970), Papua New Guinean-Australian rugby footballer
• Alfonso Lam Liu (born 1969/1970), Mexican drug lord
• Lam Bun (1930–1967), Hong Kong radio commentator
• Lam Bun-Ching (born 1954), Chinese musician
• Carrie Lam (politician) (born 1958), Hong Kong politician
• Carrie Lam (actress) (born 1980), Hong Kong television presenter
• David K. Lam (born 1943), Chinese-born American technology entrepreneur
• Lam Chi-chung (born 1976), Hong Kong actor
• Lam Chih Bing (born 1976), Singaporean golfer
• Lam Ching-ying (1952–1997), Hong Kong stuntman, actor, and action director
• Lam Chiu Ying (born 1949), SBS, Hong Kong meteorologist
• Gabriel Lam (born 1933), Catholic clergyman, Hong Kong
• George Lam (born 1947), Hong Kong singer
• Hai (video gamer) (born Hai Du Lam), American
• Hai Lam (footballer), Norwegian
• Lam Hin Chung, Hong Kong fencer
• Lam Ho Ching (born 1998), Hong Kong gymnast
• Lam Hok Hei (born 1991), Hong Kong footballer
• Iris Lam Chen (born 1989), Chinese-Costa Rican arts manager and curator
• Jaffa Lam (born 1973), artist
• Lam Joi-pau (born 1950), Taiwanese actor
• Lam Jones (1958–2019), American athlete
• Jordan Lam (born 1999), Hong Kong footballer
• Lam Ka-Tung (born 1967), Hong Kong actor
• Lam Ka Wai (born 1985), Hong Kong footballer
• Lam Kam San (born 1971), Macanese racing driver
• Karena Lam (born 1978), actress in Hong Kong
• Narissapat Lam (born 1996), Thai badminton player
• Pakorn Lam (born 1979), Thai singer and actor
• Pat Lam (born 1968), Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
• Samantha Lam (singer) (born 1963), Hong Kong singer
• Sanderson Lam (born 1994), English snooker player
• Tsit Yuen Lam (born 1942), Chinese-American mathematician
• Tuan Lam (born 1966), poker player
• Wifredo Lam (1902–1982), Cuban artist
• Zhi-Gin Lam (born 1991), German footballer

People with the given name

• Lam Adesina (1939–2012), educator in Nigeria
• Lam Akol (born 1950), South Sudanese politician
• Lam Dorji (1933–2020), Royal Bhutan Army officer

Other uses

• Lām, a letter of the Arabic alphabet
• Lam Ieng, a Macau football club
• Lam, a supernatural entity according to Aleister Crowley

See also

• • • Lam Chau, a former island, now Hong Kong International Airport
• Lam Kee Ferry, Hong Kong
• Lamb (disambiguation)
• Lamm, a surname
• Lams (disambiguation)