Lawrence (given name)
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]
| 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), Lőrinc (Hungarian), 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", |
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
- Lawrence, Archbishop of Split (died 1099), Benedictine monk and Archbishop of Split 1060–1099
- 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 Stroll (born 1959), Canadian businessman, part-owner of Racing Point F1 Team
- 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 (judge royal) (died after 1180), Hungarian nobleman, Judge royal 1164–1172
- 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
- Lawrence Singleton (1927–2001), American criminal
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
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Lawrence
- Larry (disambiguation)
- Laurence
- Lawrence (surname)
- Lawrence (disambiguation)
- Lawrie, including a list of people with the given name, many of them named Lawrence
References
- 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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