Laurent is a French masculine

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, and other French-speaking countries. The name was derived from the Roman surname Laurentius, which meant "from Laurentum". It can also be derived from the

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word Lavrenti, meaning "the bright one, shining one". Laurentum was an ancient Roman city of Latium situated between Ostia and

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, on the west coast of the Italian peninsula southwest of

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. The feminine form of Laurent is Laurence.

Politics

Charles François Laurent Charles François Laurent (12 November 1856 – 16 February 1939) was a French senior civil servant, specializing in finance. He was president of the Cour des comptes (Court of Audit). After taking early retirement at the age of 53 he became a busi ...

(1856–1939), French senior public official and diplomat * Claude de Roux de Saint-Laurent (died 1689), French soldier, governor of Saint Christophe * Louis St. Laurent (1882–1973), twelfth Prime Minister of Canada * Jean-Luc Laurent (born 1957), French politician * Jeanne St. Laurent (1886–1966), wife of Louis St. Laurent *

Laurent-Désiré Kabila Laurent-Désiré Kabila () (27 November 1939 – 18 January 2001) or simply Laurent Kabila ( US: ), was a Congolese revolutionary and politician who was the third President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1997 until his assassinatio ...

(1939–2001), former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Laurent Gbagbo (born 1945), former president of Côte d'Ivoire * Laurent Grandguillaume (born 1978), former member of the French Parliament

Mathematics

* Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician *

Paul Matthieu Hermann Laurent Paul Matthieu Hermann Laurent (2 September 1841, in Luxembourg City – 19 February 1908, in Paris, France) was a French mathematician. Despite his large body of works, Laurent series expansions for complex functions were ''not'' named after him, ...

, French mathematician * Pierre Alphonse Laurent, French mathematician best known as the discoverer of the Laurent series

Royalty

* Laurent, Prince of Belgium, 12th in line to the Belgian throne

Science

* Auguste Laurent (1807-1853), French chemist * Christian Laurent, French engineer * Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, a French astronomer * Laurent Lantieri, French plastic surgeon who is a pioneer in the field of face transplantation * Raymond Laurent, Belgian herpetologist

Sports

* Emelyne Laurent (born 1998), French footballer * Laurent Blanc, French association football manager * Laurent Capet, French volleyball player * Laurent Chambertin, French volleyball player * Laurent Desbiens, French cyclist * Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (born 1991), Canadian player of American football with the Kansas City Chiefs *

Laurent Fignon Laurent Patrick Fignon (; 12 August 1960 – 31 August 2010) was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984 and the Giro d'Italia in 1989. He is former FICP World No. 1 in 1989. He nearly captured ...

(1960–2010), French cyclist *

Laurent Koscielny Laurent Koscielny (born 10 September 1985) is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Born in Tulle, Koscielny began his football career playing for a host of youth clubs before moving to Guingamp in 2003, where he q ...

, French association football player * Laurent Manuel, American association football (soccer) player * Laurent Robinson, American football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys * Lucien Laurent, French association football player * Roger Laurent, Belgian racing driver *

Laurent Pimond Laurent Pimond (born 6 April 1965) is a French former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Career Pimond joined the Paris Saint-Germain Academy in 1982, after spending two and ...

, French association football player

Other

* Joseph Laurent (1839–1917), Abenaki chief and linguist * Laurent Bourgeois, choreographer and rapper from French dance duo Les Twins * Laurent Brancowitz, guitarist for French band Phoenix *

Laurent Laplante Joseph Lucien Laurent Laplante (March 3, 1934Joseph Lucien Laurent Laplante's date of birth is taken from his baptismal certificate from the parish of Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs in Verdun, birth 57, sheet 10v of the year 1934. Baptized on March ...

(1934–2017), Canadian journalist, essayist and detective writer *

Laurent Nkunda Laurent Nkunda (or Laurent Nkundabatware Mihigo (birth name), or Laurent Nkunda Batware, or as he prefers to be called The Chairman; born February 2, 1967) is a former General in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is ...

, Congolese rebel general * Harry Laurent (1895–1987), New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross * Mathilde Laurent, French perfumer * Mélanie Laurent, French actress * Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer * Laurent Hébert, Québecois professional ''

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Fiction

* Dick Laurent, a fictional character in Lost Highway by David Lynch *

Laurent (Twilight) The following is a list of characters in the Twilight (novel series), ''Twilight'' novel series by Stephenie Meyer, comprising the books ''Twilight (Meyer novel), Twilight'', ''New Moon (novel), New Moon'', ''Eclipse (Meyer novel), Eclipse'' an ...

, one of the nomadic vampires in Stephenie Meyer's ''Twilight'' series *Laurent of Vere, the love interest in the Captive Prince series by C. S. Pacat