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

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
Cognomen Laurentius Laurence Oliphant (author) Sherisse Stevens Lawrence (surname) Lawson (name) Laurance
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