Laurence
Laurence is as an English form of the Roman epithet Lawrence an English masculine first name, which is also common as a surname. In addition, Laurence occurs as a predominantly female first name in French -speaking countries. A occurring particularly in the USA diminutive of the English first name is Larry.
Bearers of the name
Male first name
- Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), English poet, dramatist and art historian
- Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), American poet and writer
- Laurence Fishburne ( b. 1961 ), American actor
- Laurence Gerrard ( born 1967), German cabaret singer, musician and actor
- Laurence Harvey (1928-1973), Lithuanian- British actor
- Laurence Oliphant (1829-1888), British travel writer, diplomat and occultist
- Laurence Olivier (1907-1989), British actor
- Laurence Picken (1909-2007), British music ethnologist, zoologist and biochemists
- Laurence Rosenthal ( born 1926 ), American film composer
- Laurence Rupp (* 1987), Austrian actor
- Laurence Saunders (1519-1555), English clergyman and Protestant Martyrs
- Laurence Steinberg ( born 1952 ), American psychologist
- Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), British writer
- Laurence Wylie (1909-1996), American anthropologist and linguist
Female first name
- Laurence Cote ( b. 1966 ), French actress
- Laurence Courtois (born 1976 ), Belgian tennis player
- Laurence Owen (1944-1961), American figure skater
Family name
- Ashley Laurence (born 1966 ), American actress
- Chris Laurence ( born 1949 ), British jazz bassist
- Douglas Laurence (1918-2012), American film producer
- Frederick Andrew Laurence (1843-1912), Canadian politician
- Jacqueline Laurence ( born 1932 ), Brazilian actress and director
- John Zachariah Laurence (1829-1870), English ophthalmologist
- Julien Laurence (born 1973 ), Swiss musician
- Lynda Laurence ( born 1944 ), American soul singer
- Margaret Laurence (1925-1987), Canadian writer
- Max Laurence (1852-1926), German actor
- Richard Laurence (1760-1838), English Hebraiker
- Samuel Laurence (1812-1884), British painter
- Sherisse Laurence, Canadian singer and presenter
- Sydney Laurence (1865-1940), American painter
- Timothy Laurence ( born 1955 ), British Vice Admiral
- Trevor Laurence ( born 1952 ), New Zealand hockey player
- William L. Laurence (1888-1977), American journalist