Lawrence (given name)

Lawrence
Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	English
Origin
Meaning	"man from Laurentum" or "bright one, shining one"
Other names
Pet form(s)	Larry, Lawrie
Related names	Llorente\Lorente (Aragonese-Spain), Laurens (Dutch), Lorenzo (Italian, Castilian-Spain), Laurent (French), Laurentius (Latin), Laurențiu (Romanian), Lourenço (Portuguese), Laurence, Lawrence (English), Lavrentiy (Russian), Lorentz, Lorenz, Lars (Germanic), Clarence
See also	Bert, a name also meaning "bright",

Lawrence is a masculine given name. It is an Anglicisation of the French Laurent,^[1] which is in turn derived from the Latin Laurentius or Old Greek Lavrenti.^[2] Pet forms of Lawrence include Larry and Lawrie.^[1]

People

Christianity

Lawrence of Rome (died 258), deacon and Roman Catholic saint, born in Spain
Lawrence I (bishop of Milan), bishop of Milan from 490 to c. 511, Roman Catholic saint
Brother Lawrence de la Résurrection (died 1691), Carmelite monk

Arts and entertainment

Lawrence Brownlee (born 1972), American opera singer
Lawrence Gray (1898–1970), American actor
Lawrence (musician), English singer, songwriter and guitarist Lawrence Hayward (born 1961)
Lawrence Ng, Hong Kong actor
Lawrence Raghavendra, South Indian film actor
Lawrence Saint (1885–1961), American stained glass artist
Lawrence Weingarten (1897–1975), American film producer
Lawrence Welk (1903–1992), American band leader, accordion player, and television host

Business

Lawrence Bossidy, former chairman of Honeywell, former CEO and chairman of AlliedSignal, current chairman of Merck & Co.
Lawrence Hunt, internet entrepreneur and CEO of Silverjet
Lawrence E. Page (born 1973), co-founder of Google Inc.
Lawrence Wackett (1896–1982), airplane designer, entrepreneur and manager, the father of the Australian aircraft industry

Education

Lawrence S. Bacow, former president of Tufts University
Lawrence M. Krauss, professor of physics and director of the Origins Initiative at Arizona State University.
Lawrence Lessig, professor of physics at Cornell University
Lawrence Solan (born 1952), American professor of law at Brooklyn Law School

Politics

Lawrence Beria, Soviet politician, Marshal of the Soviet Union and state security administrator, chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus (NKVD) during World War II, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union, deputy premier of Soviet Union, member of the Politburo, serial killer and sexual predator, one of the leading perpetrators of the genocide Holodomor, overseer of the expansion of the Gulag labor camps, the principal organiser of Katyn Massacre
Lawrence T. Fuglaar (1895-1972), American politician
Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go (born 1974), Filipino politician
Lawrence Gonzi, Maltese politician and former Prime Minister (2004-2013)
Lawrence M. Rulison (1917–1966), American lawyer and politician

Sports

Lawrence Cager (born 1997), American football player
Lawrence Chimezie Akandu (born 1974), Nigerian-born Hong Kong football player
Lawrence Dallaglio (born 1972), English former rugby union player
Lawrence Okoye (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 Taylor (born 1959), Hall-of-Fame American retired football player
Lawrence Thomas (footballer) (born 1992), Australian footballer
Lawrence Virgil (born 1990), American football player

Other

Lawrence M. Baskir (born 1938), American federal judge
Lawrence Hargrave (1850-1915), Australian inventor, explorer, astronomer, engineer and aeronautical pioneer
Lawrence Joel (1928–1984), United States Army medic awarded the Medal of Honor
Lawrence Oates (1880–1912), member of the ill-fated Scott expedition to the South Pole

Fictional characters

Lawrence Alamain, from the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
Lawrence Fletcher, Ferb's dad and Phineas's stepdad in the Disney animated series Phineas and Ferb
Lawrence, a minor character from Mona the Vampire
Lawrence, from School of Rock

References

^ ^a ^b Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
^ Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.

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[Hanks1-1] Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.

[2] Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.

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