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of the

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''Lavrenti''.

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s of ''Lawrence'' include ''

Larry Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names. Larry may refer to the following: People Arts and entertainment * Larry D. Alexander, American artist/writer * Larry Boo ...

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Lawrie Lawrie is a (patronymic or paternal) family name of Scottish origin which means "crafty." Variants of which include: Laurie, Lorrie, Larry, Laury, Lawry and Lowrie. It is also used as a given name, often a short form of Lawrence. Surname * Alla ...

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People

Arts and entertainment

Lawrence Brownlee Lawrence Brownlee (born November 24, 1972) is an American operatic tenor particularly associated with the bel canto repertoire. Describing his voice, Speight Jenkins, general director of the Seattle Opera, said: "There are other singers that sing ...

(born 1972), American opera singer *

Lawrence Cheng Lawrence Cheng Tan-shui (born 28 December 1954) is a Hong Kong film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and master of ceremonies. He was a Hong Kong DJ and radio channel executive. Cheng became famous after he created the radio drama se ...

(born 1954), Hong Kong film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and master of ceremonies *

Lawrence Chou Lawrence Chou () is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Profile Music Born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver, Chou developed a strong passion for music since he was a little kid. With his exceptional vocal talent, Chou won numerous singing contes ...

(born 1979), Hong Kong-Canadian singer and actor * Lawrence David (born 1947), American comedian, actor, writer, and television producer *

Lawrence Gray Lawrence Gray (July 27, 1898 – February 2, 1970) was an American actor of the 1920s and 1930s. Early life and career Born on July 27, 1898, in San Francisco, Gray attended schools there and worked in Standard Oil Company's export depar ...

(1898–1970), American actor *

Lawrence (musician) Lawrence Hayward, known mononymously as Lawrence, is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is known as the frontman in the English indie pop bands Felt, Denim, and Mozart Estate (formerly Go-Kart Mozart). Music career Felt Felt r ...

(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 Lawrence Ng Kai-wah (, ; born 19 May 1964) is a popular TV actor in Hong Kong. His more famous works include the television series '' Healing Hands'' and the films '' Fate Twisters'' and ''Sex and Zen''. Ng's older brother is former Charlie ...

, Hong Kong actor * Lawrence Raghavendra, South Indian film actor *

Lawrence Saint Lawrence Bradford Saint (January 30, 1885 – June 22, 1961) was an American stained glass artist. His work is most notably featured in the Washington National Cathedral where he served as the head of the stained glass department. Early life L ...

(1885–1961), American stained glass artist *

Lawrence Weingarten Lawrence Weingarten (December 30, 1897 – February 5, 1975) was an American film producer. He was best known for working for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and producing some of the studio's most prestigious films such as '' Adam's Rib'' (1949), ''I'll Cr ...

(1897–1975), American film producer *

Lawrence Welk Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' from 1951 to 1982. The program was known for its light and family-friendly style, and the ...

(1903–1992), American band leader, accordion player, and television host * Lawrence Wong Guan Yi (born 1988), Singaporean actor

Business

* Lawrence Bossidy, former chairman of Honeywell, former CEO and chairman of AlliedSignal *

Lawrence Ellison Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American businessman and entrepreneur who co-founded software company Oracle Corporation. He was Oracle's chief executive officer from 1977 to 2014 and is now its chief technology officer a ...

(born 1944), American businessman and entrepreneur, co-founded

Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation is an American Multinational corporation, multinational computer technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Co-founded in 1977 in Santa Clara, California, by Larry Ellison, who remains executive chairman, Oracle was ...

Lawrence Ho Lawrence Ho Yau-lung (; born 1977) is a Canadian businessman. Starting his career as an investment banker at Jardine Fleming and Citibank, in 2001 he took over operations at Melco International. Later named chairman and CEO, Ho refocused th ...

(born 1977), Chinese-Canadian businessman * Laurence Moskowitz, communications executive *

Lawrence E. Page Lawrence Edward Page (born March 26, 1973) is an American businessman, computer engineer and computer scientist best known for co-founding Google with Sergey Brin. Page was chief executive officer of Google from 1997 until August 2001 when h ...

(born 1973), American co-founder of Google Inc. *

Lawrence Stroll Lawrence Sheldon Strulović (born 11 July 1959), commonly known as Lawrence Stroll, is a Canadian businessman who is part-owner and executive chairman of Aston Martin, as well as the owner of their Formula One team. According to ''Forbes'', he ...

(born 1959), Canadian businessman, part-owner of

Racing Point F1 Team Racing Point F1 Team, which competed as BWT Racing Point F1 Team and commonly known as Racing Point, was a British motor racing team and constructor that Racing Point UK entered into the Formula One, Formula One World Championship. The team ...

Lawrence Wackett Sir Lawrence James Wackett (2 January 1896 – 18 March 1982) is widely regarded as "father of the Australian aircraft industry". He has been described as "one of the towering figures in the history of Australian aviation covering, as he did, ...

(1896–1982), airplane designer, entrepreneur and manager, the father of the Australian aircraft industry * Lawrence Yu (born 1946), Hong Kong businessman

Christianity

Lawrence of Rome Saint Lawrence or Laurence (; 31 December 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman emperor Valerian ordered in 258. ...

(died 258), deacon and Roman Catholic saint, born in Spain *

Lawrence I (bishop of Milan) Lawrence I (, ) was Archbishop of Milan from 490 to c. 511. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic Church The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, ...

, bishop of Milan from 490 to c. 511, Roman Catholic saint *

Lawrence, Archbishop of Split Lawrence (Latin: ''Laurentinus''; Croatian: ''Lovro Dalmatinac''; died 8 July 1099) was a benedictine monk and Archbishop of Split (1060-1099). He first served as a bishop of Osor, but had to withdraw because of his reformist stances. In 1060, he ...

(died 1099), Benedictine monk and Archbishop of Split 1060–1099 *

Brother Lawrence Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, OCD (born Nicolas Herman; c. 1614 – 12 February 1691) was a French Catholic religious brother who served at a Discalced Carmelite monastery, what is now Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes in Paris. He is best reme ...

de la Résurrection (died 1691), Carmelite friar

Criminals

Lawrence Grecco Lawrence Grecco (born November 16, 1959), known as Larry Ray, is an American criminal who was convicted of sex trafficking, extortion, forced labor, conspiracy, money laundering, and other offenses.US Department of Justice (March 2, 2000)"19 ...

(born 1959), known as Larry Ray, American criminal * Lawrence Nassar (born 1963), also known as

Larry Nassar Lawrence Gerard Nassar (born August 16, 1963) is an American former family medicine osteopathic physician and convicted sex offender. From 1996 to 2014, he was the team doctor of the United States women's national gymnastics team, where he use ...

, US Lebanese criminal and former physician *

Lawrence Singleton Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Singleton (July 28, 1927 – December 28, 2001) was an American criminal who raped and mutilated adolescent hitchhiker Mary Vincent in California in 1978, and then attacked a woman after being released from prison eight ...

(1927–2001), American criminal

Education

Lawrence S. Bacow Lawrence Seldon Bacow (; born August 24, 1951) is an American economist and retired university administrator. Bacow served as the 12th president of Tufts University from 2001 to 2011 and as the 29th president of Harvard University from 2018 to 20 ...

, American former president of

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, with additional facilities in Boston and Grafton, as well as Talloires, France. Tufts also has several Doctor of Physical Therapy p ...

Lawrence Klein Lawrence Robert Klein (September 14, 1920 – October 20, 2013) was an American economist. For his work in creating computer models to forecast economic trends in the field of econometrics in the Department of Economics at the University of Penn ...

(1920–2013), American economist, professor at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

, awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences *

Lawrence Krauss Lawrence Maxwell Krauss (born May 27, 1954) is a Canadian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who taught at Arizona State University (ASU), Yale University, and Case Western Reserve University. He founded ASU's Origins Project in ...

(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 Hofstra University is a Private university, private research university in Hempstead, New York, United States. It originated in 1935 as an extension of New York University and became an independent college in 1939. Comprising ten schools, includ ...

, and journalist *

Lawrence Lessig Lester Lawrence "Larry" Lessig III (born June 3, 1961) is an American legal scholar and political activist. He is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the former director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvar ...

, professor of physics at Cornell University *

Lawrence Solan Lawrence M. Solan (May 7, 1952 – March 2, 2024) was an American academic who was the Don Forchelli Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law, Language and Cognition at Brooklyn Law School.

(1952–2024), American professor of law at

Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn Law School (BLS) is a Private university, private law school in New York City. Founded in 1901, it has approximately 1,100 students. Brooklyn Law School's faculty includes 60 full-time faculty, 15 emeriti faculty, and adjunct faculty. ...

* Lawrence A. Tabak (born 1951), American dentist and biomedical scientist *

Lawrence Schiffman Lawrence Harvey Schiffman born in 1948, is a professor at New York University (as of 2014); he was formerly Vice-Provost of Undergraduate Education at Yeshiva University and Professor of Jewish Studies (from early 2011 to 2014). He had previously ...

(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 Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

Lawrence Zalcman Lawrence Allen Zalcman (; June 9, 1943 – May 31, 2022) was a professor (and later a professor emeritus) of Mathematics at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. His research primarily concerned Complex analysis, potential theory, and the relations of ...

(1943–2022), professor of Mathematics at

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, , ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic university institution. It has 20,000 ...

Politics

* Lawrence (judge royal) (died after 1180), Hungarian nobleman, Judge royal 1164–1172 *

Lavrentiy Beria Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria ka, ლავრენტი პავლეს ძე ბერია} ''Lavrenti Pavles dze Beria'' ( – 23 December 1953) was a Soviet politician and one of the longest-serving and most influential of Joseph ...

(1899–1953), Soviet politician *

Lawrence Cartwright Lawrence (Larry) Sheldon Cartwright (born January 19, 1948) is a Bahamian politician from the Free National Movement (FNM). Cartwright completed a Bachelors of Arts degree in Education Administration at the University of the West Indies. Polit ...

(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 Lawrence Gonzi (born 1 July 1953) is a Maltese politician, retired Nationalist politician and lawyer, who served for twenty-five years in various critical roles in Maltese politics. Gonzi was Prime Minister of Malta from 2004 to 2013, and lead ...

, Maltese politician and former Prime Minister (2004-13) *

Lawrence Hislop Lawrence Hislop is a Trinidad and Tobago politician from the People's National Movement. Biography Hislop hails from Tobago and was born into a Seventh-Day Adventist family. Hislop was a candidate in the December 2021 Tobago House of Assembly ...

, 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 The prime minister of Singapore, is the head of government of Singapore. The President of Singapore, president appoints the prime minister on the advice and consent of the Cabinet of Singapore. The incumbent prime minister is Lawrence Wong, ...

(from 2024) * Lawrence Xu-Nan, New Zealand politician

Sports

Lawrence Akandu Lawrence Chimezie Akandu ( ''Lawrence'', born 10 December 1974) is a former Nigerian-born Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Early career Akandu started his career and made his name as a centre forward but h ...

(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 Lorenzo Bruno Nero Dallaglio (born 10 August 1972) is an English retired rugby union player. He is a former captain of England, and a 2016 inductee of the World Rugby Hall of Fame. Dallaglio played as a flanker or number eight for London ...

(born 1972), English former rugby union player *

Lawrence Demmy Lawrence Demmy (1931 – 9 December 2016) was an English ice dancer. With partner Jean Westwood (figure skater), Jean Westwood, he was the World Figure Skating Championships, World Champion for four consecutive years, 1952 World Figure Skating Ch ...

(1931–2016), British ice dancer * Lawrence Hardy (1913–?), English footballer *

Lawrence Jacquelin Lawrence Jacquelin (July 13, 1923 – November 25, 1992) was an American NASCAR driver. Life and career Jacquelin was born on July 13, 1923, in New Haven, Connecticut. He was a fan of car racing and a stunt driver with cars and motorcycles. ...

(1923–1992), American NASCAR driver *

Lawrence Lemieux Lawrence Lemieux (born 12 November 1955, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian sailor, who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the Star class and at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the Finn class. He was recognized for his noble actions in the l ...

(born 1955), Canadian sailor * Laurence McGivern (born 1992), Irish Paralympic swimmer * Lawrence Morgan (1915–1997), Australian sportsman * Laurence Myers, known as Lon Myers (1858–1899), American sprinter and middle distance runner *

Lawrence Naesen Lawrence Naesen (born 28 August 1992 in Ostend Ostend ( ; ; ; ) is a coastal city and municipality in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke, Raversijde, Stene and Zan ...

(born 1992), Belgian cyclist * Lawrence Ng (fencer) (born 1999), Hong Kong fencer *

Lawrence Okoye Lawrence Okoye (born 6 October 1991) is a British track and field athlete and former American football defensive tackle. He is the British record holder in the discus event. Okoye became the first ever British athlete to win a medal in Discus ...

(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 Lawrence Sapp (born September 5, 2001) is an American Paralympic swimmer. He represented the United States at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics. Career Sapp made his international debut for the United States at the World Para Swimming Champ ...

(born 2001), American Paralympic swimmer *

Lawrence Sherry Lawrence Sherry (July 25, 1935 – December 17, 2006) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed relief pitcher from 1958 to 1968, most prominently as a member of the Los Angeles ...

(1935–2006), American Major League Baseball player and coach *

Lawrence Taylor Lawrence Julius Taylor (born February 4, 1959), nicknamed "L.T.", is an American former professional football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the New York Giants. He is almost universally regard ...

(born 1959), American Hall-of-Fame football player *

Lawrence Thomas (footballer) Lawrence Andrew Kingsley Thomas (born 9 May 1992) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Australian A-league club Western Sydney Wanderers and the Australia national team, having previously represented Austr ...

(born 1992), Australian footballer * Lawrence Virgil (born 1990), American football player *

Laurence Whiteley Laurence Whiteley (born 29 August 1991) is a British parasport rower. He won gold with Lauren Rowles in the trunk-arms mixed double sculls (TAMix2x) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Background Whiteley, who is from Northallerton, North Yorks ...

, (born 1991), British parasport rower *

Lawrence Woods Lawrence Woods III (born April 9, 1998) is an American professional football wide receiver and return specialist for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Truman State. He has also been a me ...

(born 1998), American football player

Writers

Lawrence Hill Lawrence Hill (born January 24, 1957) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, and memoirist. He is known for his 2007 novel '' The Book of Negroes'', inspired by the Black Loyalists given freedom and resettled in Nova Scotia by the British after the A ...

(born 1957), Canadian writer * Lawrence O'Toole (journalist), Canadian journalist *

Lawrence Wright Lawrence Wright (born August 2, 1947) is an American writer and journalist, who is a staff writer for ''The New Yorker'' magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law. Wright is best known as ...

(born 1947), American writer and journalist

Other

Lawrence Baskir Lawrence Michael Baskir (born January 10, 1938) is a senior judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims who has served on the court since 1996. He was chief judge from 2000 to 2002 and a judge on the court from 1998 to 2013 before assumin ...

(born 1938), American federal judge *

Lawrence Hargrave Lawrence Hargrave, MRAeS, (29 January 18506 July 1915) was an Australian engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer. He was perhaps best known for inventing the box kite, which was quickly adopted by other aircraft desig ...

(1850-1915), Australian inventor, explorer, astronomer, engineer and aeronautical pioneer *

Lawrence Joel Lawrence Joel (February 22, 1928 – February 4, 1984) was a United States Army soldier who served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. While serving in South Vietnam as a medic with the rank of specialist five assigned to 1st Battalion of the 503rd ...

(1928–1984), U.S. Army medic awarded the Medal of Honor *

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Laurence Roderick Llewelyn-Bowen (born 11 March 1965) is an English interior designer and television personality best known for appearing on the BBC programme '' Changing Rooms''. Name He is sometimes credited as "Laurence Llewelyn", and the ...

(born 1965), English interior designer and television personality *

Lawrence Oates Lawrence Edward Grace "Titus" Oates (17 March 188017 March 1912) was a British army officer, and later an Antarctic explorer, who died from hypothermia

(1880–1912), member of ill-fated Scott expedition to the South Pole

Fictional characters

* Lawrence, character in the 1995 American coming-of-age teen comedy movie ''

Clueless ''Clueless'' is a 1995 American coming-of-age teen comedy film written and directed by Amy Heckerling. It stars Alicia Silverstone, and was produced by Scott Rudin and Robert Lawrence. The film is a loose adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 no ...

'' *

Lawrence Alamain A list of notable characters from the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' that significantly impacted storylines and debuted between 1990 and 1999. Stephanie Johnson Stephanie Johnson was created by head writer Richard J. Allen, and was origi ...

, character from the American soap opera ''

Days of Our Lives ''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that aired on the network NBC from November 8, 1965, to September 9, 2022; the soap has streamed n ...

'' * Lawrence Fletcher, Ferb's dad and Phineas's stepdad in the Disney animated series ''

Phineas and Ferb ''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated series, animated Musical film, musical-television comedy, comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series originally aired on t ...

'' * Lawrence, minor character from animated children's television series ''

Mona the Vampire ''Mona the Vampire'' is an animated children's television series based on the children's book of the same name written and illustrated by Sonia Holleyman (itself adapted to the novel series, itself illustrated by Holleyman and written by Hia ...

'' * Lawrence, character from 2003 comedy film ''

School of Rock ''School of Rock'' (titled on screen as ''The School of Rock'') is a 2003 comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, produced by Scott Rudin and written by Mike White (filmmaker), Mike White. The film stars Jack Black, Joan Cusack, White and Sa ...

'' * Lawrence, character from comedy-drama television series ''

Insecure Insecure may refer to: * Lack of security, in an objective sense: ** Risk ** Data security ** Computer security * Food insecurity * Insecurity (emotion), lack of confidence or self esteem Media * ''Insecure'' (TV series), a television series on ...

'' * Dr. Lawrence Gordon, character from the ''

Saw franchise ''Saw'' is a Horror fiction, horror media franchise created by Australian filmmakers James Wan and Leigh Whannell, which began with the Saw (2004 film), eponymous 2004 film and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon. The franchise ha ...

'' * Lawrence John Wargrave, character from Agatha Christie's novel ''

And Then There Were None ''And Then There Were None'' is a mystery fiction, mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, who described it as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 N ...

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