Lascaris or Laskaris is a Greek surname. The first recordings of the name appear in the eleventh century. It is the surname of:Byzantine royal family dynasty House of Laskaris: Theodore I Laskaris Emperor of Byzantine Empire Theodore II Laskaris Emperor of Byzantine Empire John IV Laskaris Emperor of Byzantine Empire Michael Laskaris Byzantine aristocrat and military commander Janus Lascaris Greek scholar in the Renaissance Constantine Lascaris (1434–1501) Greek scholar in the Renaissance Giovanni Paolo Lascaris (1560–1657) an Italian nobleman and Grand Master of the Knights of Malta Zoe Laskari (1942–2017) Greek actress Dimitri Lascaris (1963–) Canadian lawyer, journalist, political activist