Laurent

Laurent is most commonly a French male first name, although it can sometime be a surname. The name was derived from the Roman surname Laurentius, which meant "from Laurentum". Laurentum was an ancient Roman city of Latium situated between Ostia and Lavinium, on the west coast of the Italian peninsula southwest of Rome. Lawrence of Rome (c. 225 – 258) (Latin: Laurentius, meaning "laurelled") was one of the seven deacons of ancient Rome who were martyred during the persecution of Valerian in 258.

Politics

• Louis St. Laurent, the twelfth Prime Minister of Canada
• Jeanne St. Laurent, the wife of Louis St. Laurent
• Laurent-Désiré Kabila, former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Laurent Gbagbo, former president of Côte d'Ivoire

Mathematics

• Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician
• Laurent series, representation of a complex function f(z) as a power series which includes terms of negative degree
• Paul Matthieu Hermann Laurent, French mathematician
• Pierre Alphonse Laurent, French mathematician best known as the discoverer of the Laurent series

Royalty

• Laurent, Prince of Belgium, 11th in line to the Belgian throne
• Rimond Laurent, Grand Duke of Lithuania

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Science

• A. Laurent, a French astronomer
• Auguste Laurent (1807-1853), French chemist
• Laurent Lantieri, French plastic surgeon who is a pioneer in the field of face transplantation

Sports

• Laurent Capet, French volleyball player
• Laurent Chambertin, French volleyball player
• Laurent Fignon (1960-2010), French cyclist
• 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, British racing driver

Fictional characters

• Dick Laurent, a central character in Lost Highway by David Lynch
• Laurent, one of the nomadic vampires in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series

Other

• Cégep de Saint-Laurent, Cégep located in the city of Montreal, Quebec
• Laurent Nkunda, Congolese rebel general
• Laurent Véronnez, Belgium-based trance DJ
• St. Laurent (grape), highly aromatic dark wine grape of the same family as Pinot Noir
• St. Laurent Shopping Centre, major shopping centre located in Ottawa, Ontario
• Yves Saint-Laurent (designer), French fashion designer
• Yves Saint-Laurent (brand), fashion brand
• Mélanie Laurent, French actress
• Laurent Brancowitz, guitarist for French band Phoenix (band)
• Laurent, South Dakota, a proposed town for the Deaf to be named for Laurent Clerc