Laurance is a surname or given name. Notable people with the name include:
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John Laurance
John Laurance (sometimes spelled "Lawrence" or "Laurence") (1750 – November 11, 1810) was a delegate to the 6th, 7th, and 8th Congresses of the Confederation, a United States representative and United States Senator from New York and a United ...
(1750–1810), American lawyer and politician from New York
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Matthew Laurance
Matthew Laurance is an American actor and comedian best known for starring as Ben Coleman in the Fox sitcom ''Duet'' and for his recurring role as Mel Silver on ''Beverly Hills, 90210''.
Early life, family and education
Matthew Dickoff was born ...
(born 1950), American actor
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William F. Laurance (born 1957), American-Australian biology professor
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Bill Laurance
Bill Laurance (born 2 April 1981) is an English composer, producer, and multi-instrumental musician. Laurance is a member of jazz fusion and funk band Snarky Puppy, as well as founder and CEO of London-based record label Flint Music.
Biogr ...
(born 1981), English composer, producer, and multi-instrumental musician
Given name
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Laurance Doyle
Laurance R. Doyle (born 1953) is an American scientist who received his Ph.D. from the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg.
Doyle has worked at the SETI Institute since 1987 where he is a principal investigator and astrophysicist. His main ...
(born 1953), American scientist with the SETI Institute
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Laurance Rockefeller
Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (May 26, 1910 – July 11, 2004) was an American businessman, financier, philanthropist, and conservationist. Rockefeller was the third son and fourth child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. ...
(1910–2004), American philanthropist, businessman, financier, and conservationist
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Laurance Rudic
Laurance Rudic (born 10 September 1952) is a British theatre artist best known for his long association as a leading member of the Glasgow Citizens Theatre company - 1972-1996.
For 34 years, (1969–2004) 'The Citz' as it came to be known, was ...
(born 1952), British theatre artist
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Laurance Safford
Captain, U.S.N. Laurance Frye Safford (October 22, 1893 – May 15, 1973) was a U.S. Navy cryptologist. He established the Naval cryptologic organization after World War I, and headed the effort more or less constantly until shortly after th ...
(1893–1973), U.S. Navy cryptologist
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Laurance Browning VanMeter (born 1958), Kentucky Supreme Court Justice 2017 - present
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Laurence (disambiguation)
Laurence is in modern use as an English masculine and a French feminine given name. The modern English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from Laurentum" ...
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Lawrence (disambiguation)
Lawrence may refer to:
Education Colleges and universities
* Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States
* Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
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Laura (disambiguation)
Laura may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Laura (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters with the name
* Laura, muse of Petrarch's poetry
* Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cno ...
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