Larry

Larry is as a short form of Laurence, a variant of the Latin Laurentius, an English masculine first name, which occurs particularly in the USA.

Bearers of the name

First name

• Larry Bird ( b. 1956 ), American basketball player
• Larry Brown ( born 1940 ), American basketball coach
• Larry Bunker (1928-2005), American jazz musician
• Larry Carlton ( born 1948 ), American jazz musician and producer
• Larry Christiansen ( born 1956 ), American chess master
• Larry Clark ( born 1943 ), American director and photographer
• Larry Cohen ( born 1938 ), American director and writer
• Larry Coryell ( born 1943 ), American jazz musician
• Larry David ( born 1947 ), American comedian and author
• Larry Donn (1941-2012), American rockabilly musician
• Larry Drake ( born 1951 ), American actor
• Larry Ellison ( born 1944 ), American billionaire founder of Oracle
• Larry Flynt ( born 1942 ), American publisher and journalist
• Larry Gatlin ( born 1948 ), American country singer
• Larry Gelbart (1928-2009), American screenwriter and director
• Larry Hagman (1931-2012), American actor
• Larry Holmes ( born 1949 ), American boxer
• Larry King ( born 1933), American journalist and presenter
• Larry McMurtry ( b. 1936 ), American writer
• Larry Miller ( born 1953 ), American actor
• Larry Morris (1933-2012), U.S. American football player
• Larry Norman (1947-2008), American singer
• Larry Page (born 1973 ), American computer scientist, developer of Google
• Larry Rice (1949-2006), American bluegrass musician
• Larry Robinson ( born 1951 ), Canadian ice hockey player
• Larry Wall (born 1954 ), American linguist and programmer
• Larry Young ( jazz musician ) ( 1940-1978 ), American jazz musician

Family name

• Lionel Larry ( born 1986 ), American track and field athlete

Art figures

• Larry Brent, title and main character of a novel series
• Larry the bird, the emblem of the micro-blogging platform Twitter

Animals

• Larry ( hangover )