Lawrence is a masculine given name. It is an Anglicisation of the French Laurent,[1] which is in turn derived from the Latin Laurentius or Old Greek Lavrenti (which in modern Greek became Lavrentis).[2] Pet forms of Lawrence include Larry, Lawrie and, less commonly, Law.[1]
People
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Arts and entertainment
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Lawrence Brownlee (born 1972), American opera singer
Lawrence Cheng (born 1954), Hong Kong film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and master of ceremonies
Lawrence Chou (born 1979), Hong Kong-Canadian singer and actor
Lawrence David (born 1947), American comedian, actor, writer, and television producer
Lawrence Gray (1898–1970), American actor
Lawrence (musician) (born 1961), English singer, songwriter and guitarist Lawrence Hayward
Lawrence Simon (1933–1994), better known by the ring name Boris Malenko, American professional wrestler
Lawrence Ng, Hong Kong actor
Lawrence Raghavendra, South Indian film actor
Lawrence Saint (1885–1961), American stained glass artist
Lawrence Weingarten (1897–1975), American film producer
Lawrence Welk (1903–1992), American band leader, accordion player, and television host
Lawrence Wong Guan Yi (born 1988), Singaporean actor
Business
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Lawrence Bossidy, former chairman of Honeywell, former CEO and chairman of AlliedSignal
Lawrence Ellison (born 1944), American businessman and entrepreneur, co-founded Oracle Corporation
Lawrence Ho (born 1977), Chinese-Canadian businessman
Laurence Moskowitz, communications executive
Lawrence E. Page (born 1973), American co-founder of Google Inc.
Lawrence Stroll (born 1959), Canadian businessman, part-owner of Racing Point F1 Team
Lawrence Wackett (1896–1982), airplane designer, entrepreneur and manager, the father of the Australian aircraft industry
Lawrence Yu (born 1946), Hong Kong businessman
Christianity
[edit]St. Lawrence in stained glass window by Franz Mayer & Co. .
Lawrence of Rome (died 258), deacon and Roman Catholic saint, born in Spain
Lawrence I (bishop of Milan), bishop of Milan from 490 to c. 511, Roman Catholic saint
Lawrence (archbishop of Split) (died 1099), Benedictine monk and Archbishop of Split 1060–1099
Brother Lawrence de la Résurrection (died 1691), Carmelite friar
Criminals
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Lawrence Grecco (born 1959), known as Larry Ray, American criminal
Lawrence Nassar (born 1963), also known as Larry Nassar, US Lebanese criminal and former physician
Lawrence Singleton (1927–2001), American criminal
Education
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Lawrence S. Bacow, American former president of Tufts University
Lawrence Klein (1920–2013), American economist, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Lawrence Krauss (born 1954), Canadian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist, professor of physics, and President of The Origins Project Foundation
Lawrence C. Levy (born 1950), executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, and journalist
Lawrence Lessig, professor of physics at Cornell University
Lawrence Solan (1952–2024), American professor of law at Brooklyn Law School
Lawrence A. Tabak (born 1951), American dentist and biomedical scientist
Lawrence Schiffman (born 1948), American professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at NYU
Lawrence Summers (born 1954), American economist, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, president of Harvard University
Lawrence Zalcman (1943–2022), professor of Mathematics at Bar-Ilan University
Politics
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Lawrence (judge royal) (died after 1180), Hungarian nobleman, Judge royal 1164–1172
Lavrentiy Beria (1899–1953), Soviet politician
Lawrence Cartwright (born 1948), Bahamian politician
Lawrence A. Conner, Sr. (1899–1964), American politician
Lawrence T. Fuglaar (1895-1972), American politician
Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go (born 1974), Filipino politician
Lawrence Gonzi, Maltese politician and former Prime Minister (2004-13)
Lawrence Hislop, Trinidad and Tobago politician
Lawrence M. Rulison (1917–1966), American lawyer and politician
Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai (born 1972), Singaporean economist and politician, fourth Prime Minister of Singapore (from 2024)
Lawrence Xu-Nan, New Zealand politician
Sports
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Lawrence Akandu (born 1974), Nigerian-born Hong Kong football player
Lawrence Harvey Brown, known as Larry Brown (born 1940), American basketball player and coach
Lawrence Cager (born 1997), American football player
Lawrence Chimezie Akandu (born 1974), Nigerian-born Hong Kong football player
Lawrence Dallaglio (born 1972), English former rugby union player
Lawrence Demmy (1931–2016), British ice dancer
Lawrence Hardy (1913–?), English footballer
Lawrence Jacquelin (1923–1992), American NASCAR driver
Lawrence Lemieux (born 1955), Canadian sailor
Laurence McGivern (born 1992), Irish Paralympic swimmer
Lawrence Morgan (1915–1997), Australian sportsman
Lawrence Moten (1972–2025), American basketball player
Laurence Myers, known as Lon Myers (1858–1899), American sprinter and middle distance runner
Lawrence Naesen (born 1992), Belgian cyclist
Lawrence Ng (fencer) (born 1999), Hong Kong fencer
Lawrence Okoye (born 1991), British-born American football player and Olympian
Lawrence Peckham (born 1944), Australian high jumper
Lawrence Sampleton (born 1959), American former football player
Lawrence Sapp (born 2001), American Paralympic swimmer
Lawrence Sherry (1935–2006), American Major League Baseball player and coach
Lawrence Taylor (born 1959), American Hall-of-Fame football player
Lawrence Thomas (footballer) (born 1992), Australian footballer
Lawrence Virgil (born 1990), American football player
Laurence Whiteley, (born 1991), British parasport rower
Lawrence Woods (born 1998), American football player
Writers
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Lawrence Hill (born 1957), Canadian writer
Lawrence O'Toole (journalist), Canadian journalist
Lawrence Wright (born 1947), American writer and journalist
Other
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Lawrence Baskir (born 1938), American federal judge
Lawrence Hargrave (1850-1915), Australian inventor, explorer, astronomer, engineer and aeronautical pioneer
Lawrence Joel (1928–1984), U.S. Army medic awarded the Medal of Honor
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen (born 1965), English interior designer and television personality
Lawrence Oates (1880–1912), member of ill-fated Scott expedition to the South Pole
Fictional characters
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Lawrence, character in the 1995 American coming-of-age teen comedy movie Clueless
Lawrence Alamain, character from the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
Lawrence Fletcher, Ferb's dad and Phineas's stepdad in the Disney animated series Phineas and Ferb
Lawrence, minor character from animated children's television series Mona the Vampire
Lawrence, character from 2003 comedy film School of Rock
Lawrence, character from comedy-drama television series Insecure
Dr. Lawrence Gordon, character from the Saw franchise
Lawrence John Wargrave, character from Agatha Christie's novel And Then There Were None
See also
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All pages with titles beginning with Lawrence
Larry (disambiguation)
Laurence
Lawrence (surname)
Lawrence (disambiguation)
Lawrie, including a list of people with the given name, many of them named Lawrence
References
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^ abHanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
^Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
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