Laurin
Appearance
Laurin is both a surname and a given name.
Names
Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Camille Laurin (1922-1999), psychiatrist and politician in Quebec, Canada. Father of The Charter of the French Language (French: La charte de la langue française), also known as Bill 101 (Law 101 or French: Loi 101). Bill 101 is a 1977 law in the province of Quebec in Canada defining French, the language of the majority of the population, as the official language of the provincial government.
- Dan Laurin (born 1960), Swedish recorder player
- Georges-Philippe Laurin (1892-1964), Quebec politician
- Joseph Laurin (1811–1888), Quebec author and politician
- Lucien Laurin (1912-2000), French-Canadian jockey and horse trainer
- René Laurin (born 1940), Quebec politician
- Rene-Georges Laurin (died 2006), member of the World War II French Resistance and politician
- Václav Laurin (1865-1930), Czech engineer, entrepreneur and industrialist
Given name:
- Laurin Pepper (born 1931), former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Laurin Lyman Williams (1895-1975), US Army lieutenant general
- Laurin D. Woodworth (1837-1897), American politician
Literature
- Laurin or Der kleine Rosengarten (The Small Rose Garden), a Middle High German poem about Theodoric the Great