Laurens (given Name)

Laurens is a masculine

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

, the equivalent of Lawrence/

Laurence 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" ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Laurens Jan Anjema Laurens Jan Anjema (born 1 December 1982 in The Hague) is a former professional squash player from the Netherlands. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9, after breaking the top 20 in January 2008. Career overview Laurens Jan An ...

(born 1982), Dutch squash player * Laurens Jacobsz Alteras (died 1622), Dutch vice admiral * Laurens Bake (1629-1702), Dutch poet * Laurens Bogtman (1900-1969), Dutch baritone singer *

Laurens Jan Brinkhorst Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 18 March 1937) is a retired Netherlands, Dutch politician and diplomat of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and jurist. Early life and education Laurens-Jan Brinkhorst was born in the city of Zwolle. His parents were ...

(born 1937), Dutch politician *

Laurens Janszoon Coster Laurens Janszoon Coster (; in Haarlem – ), or Laurens Jansz Koster, is the purported inventor of a printing press from Haarlem. He allegedly invented printing simultaneously with Johannes Gutenberg and was regarded by some in the Netherl ...

(c. 1370-c. 1440), Dutch printer * Laurens Craen (c. 1620–c. 1670), Dutch painter * Laurens ten Dam (born 1980), Dutch road racing cyclist * Laurens de Graaf (c. 1653-probably 1704), Dutch pirate, mercenary and naval officer *

Laurens Theodorus Gronovius Laurens Theodoor Gronovius (1 June 1730 – 8 August 1777), also known as Laurentius Theodorus Gronovius or as Laurens Theodoor Gronow, was a Dutch naturalist born in Leiden. He was the son of botanist Jan Frederik Gronovius (1686–1762). Throu ...

(1730-1777), Dutch naturalist *

Laurens Hammond Laurens Hammond (January 11, 1895 – July 1, 1973) was an American engineer and inventor. His inventions include the Hammond organ, the Hammond Clock Company, Hammond clock, and the world's first polyphonic musical synthesizer, the Novachor ...

(1895-1973), inventor of the Hammond organ *

Laurens ten Heuvel Laurens ten Heuvel (born 6 June 1976) is a Dutch football manager and former professional footballer who is head coach of the over-18 team at SC Buitenveldert. He played as a striker notably in the Premier League with Barnsley and in the Aust ...

(born 1976), Dutch footballer * Laurens Hull (1779-1865), American physician and politician * Laurens Perseus Hickok (1798-1888), American philosopher *

Laurens van der Post Sir Laurens Jan van der Post, (13 December 1906 – 15 December 1996) was a South African Afrikaner writer, farmer, soldier, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer and conservationist. He was noted for his interest in Jungi ...

(1906-1996), Afrikaner author, journalist, philosopher * Laurens Reael (1583-1637), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1616-1617) and an admiral of the Dutch navy (1625-1627) *

Laurens Shull Laurens Corning "Spike" Shull (January 17, 1894 – August 5, 1918) was an All-American football player who was killed in action during World War I. He played football, baseball and basketball for the University of Chicago from 1913 to 1916. He ...

(1894-1918), American football player, businessman and soldier *

Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel (19 January 1736, in Middelburg, Zeeland, Middelburg – 7 May 1800, in Lingen) was Grand Pensionary of Zeeland and, from 9 November 1787 to 4 February 1795, of Holland. He was an Orangism (Netherlands), Orangist, whic ...

(1736-1800), Grand Pensionary of Zeeland and later of Holland *

Laurens Vanthoor Laurens Vanthoor (; born 8 May 1991) is a Belgium, Belgian professional racing driver currently racing for Porsche in motorsport, Porsche Motorsport as a Factory-backed, factory driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He currently reside ...

(born 1991), Belgian auto racer *

Laurens van der Vinne Laurens Vincentsz van der Vinne (1658–1729) was an 18th-century painter from the Dutch Republic. Biography Van der Vinne was born and died in Haarlem. According to Houbraken, he was the oldest and artistically most gifted son of the pai ...

(1658-1529), painter from the Netherlands *

Laurens van Hoepen Laurens van Hoepen (; born 6 September 2005) is a Dutch racing driver who currently competes in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship with ART Grand Prix. He previously competed in the Formula Regional European Championship with the French outf ...

(born 2005), Dutch racing driver *

Laurens De Vreese Laurens De Vreese (born 29 September 1988) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTeam . De Vreese was the 2010 Belgian national champion for the road race for riders under 23 years of age, winning the title ...

(born 1988), Belgian road bicycle racer {{given name Dutch masculine given names English masculine given names Masculine given names