Lars is a common male name in Nordic and German-speaking countries. In Sweden, people named Lars are commonly nicknamed Lasse.

Lars is derived from the Roman name "Laurentius", which means ”from Laurentum” or "crowned with laurel." Lawrence and Laurence are of the same origin.

Lars was also a common Etruscan name, and several Etruscan kings bore it. The etymology of the Etruscan name is unknown.

Sara Anita Sommerfeld (born 28 October 1977) is a Swedish actress.

Sara Sommerfeld was born in Sollentuna north of Stockholm. Her parents are Polish-Jewish immigrants who came to Sweden in 1968. Sara Sommerfeld started as a child actress at the age of ten. Since she graduated from the Swedish National Theatre Academy in Gothenburg in 2001, she have starred in several feature films, TV series, radio shows and voice overs, and performed at different theatres around Sweden.

John Werner Kluge (September 21, 1914 – September 7, 2010) was a German-born American entrepreneur who was at one time the richest person in America. He was best known as a television industry mogul in the United States.

Kluge was born in Chemnitz, Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1922. He earned his B.A. degree in economics from Columbia University in 1937. Prior to attending Columbia University, Kluge went to Wayne State University for two years.

Kluge's major move into media was by purchasing stock in the Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation in the mid-1950s. The Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation was the successor of the DuMont Television Network, which was spun off from DuMont Laboratories after the television network ceased operations in 1956. Metropolitan Broadcasting consisted of two stations, WABD in New York City and WTTG in Washington, D.C., both former DuMont outlets now operating as independent stations. Kluge joined the company as its board chairman and largest stockholder in 1958, acquiring the bulk of his shares from founder Allen B. DuMont for about USD $6,000,000.