Possible Clues:

• Lee, Getz or Musial
• Persian for "place of"
• Laugh-inducing Laurel
• One of the Shmenge brothers
• -- Laurel
• Suffix meaning "land" in some country names
• Word fragment repeated by Herman Cain when discussing foreign policy in October
• Tennis Hall of Famer Smith
• Laurel in films
• He's ''the Man''