Lawrence

Lawrence may refer to:

Education

Colleges and universities

• Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States
• Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

Preparatory & high schools

• Lawrence Academy at Groton, a preparatory school in Groton, Massachusetts, United States
• Lawrence College, Ghora Gali, a high school in Pakistan
• Lawrence School, Lovedale, a high school in India
• The Lawrence School, Sanawar, a high school in India

Research laboratories

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States

People

As a given name

Christianity

• Saint Lawrence (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 (band), an American soul-pop group
• 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
• Lawrence A. Tabak, American dentist and biomedical scientist

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 A. Conner, Sr., American politician
• 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
• Lawrence wong (1970-present), Singapore 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 Hardy, (born 1913), English footballer
• Lawrence Naesen (born 1992), Belgian cyclist
• 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 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
• Lawrence Nassar also known as Larry Nassar, a US Lebanese criminal and former medical professional

As a surname

• Abbott Lawrence (1792–1855), a noted merchant and founder of Lawrence, Massachusetts
• Abbott Lawrence, US representative from Massachusetts
• Abraham Riker Lawrence (1832–1917), New York Supreme Court Justice
• Allan Lawrence (politician) (1925–2008), Ontario provincial MPP and federal MP
• Alonzo Lawrence (born 1989), American football player
• Amos Adams Lawrence (1814–1886), abolitionist and founder of the University of Kansas
• Amos Lawrence (1786–1852), Massachusetts philanthropist and politician
• Andrew Lawrence (disambiguation)
• Bert Lawrence (1923–2007), Ontario provincial MPP
• Bill Lawrence (TV producer), American screenwriter and the creator of Scrubs
• Brenton Lawrence (born 1984), Australian Rugby League player
• Brian Lawrence (born 1976), American baseball pitcher
• Bruno Lawrence (1941–1995), New Zealand actor and musician
• Carmen Lawrence (b. 1948), Australian politician
• Carol Lawrence, American actress most often associated with musical theatre
• Carolyn Lawrence (born 1967), American voice actress
• Casey Lawrence (born 1987), American baseball pitcher
• Charles Lawrence (British Army officer) (1709–1760), British military officer and later governor of Nova Scotia
• Chris Lawrence (rugby league) (born 1988), Australian Rugby League player
• Christopher Lawrence (disambiguation)
• Claudia Lawrence, disappeared in York, England in 2009
• Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence (1791–1861), Mayor of New York City, and US Congressman
• Curly Lawrence (1883–1967), British model engineer
• Cyril Lawrence (1920–2020), English footballer
• D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), English author
• Davey Lawrence (born 1985), English ice hockey goaltender
• David Lawrence (disambiguation)
• David Lawrence (cricketer) (born 1964), English cricketer
• Debbi Lawrence (born 1961), American racewalker
• Derek Lawrence, English record producer
• Dexter Lawrence (born 1997), American football player
• Don Lawrence (1928–2003), British comic book artist
• Dorothy Bell Lawrence (1911–1973), New York assemblywoman
• Doug Lawrence (jazz) (born 1956), jazz saxophonist with Count Basie Orchestra
• Doug Lawrence, a comic and voice talent
• Douglas Lawrence, Australian organist, conductor, and choir director
• Edith Lawrence (1890–1973), British artist
• Edward A. Lawrence (1831–1883), New York politician
• Effingham Lawrence (1820–1878), US Congressman from Louisiana
• Ellis F. Lawrence, architect and founder of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon
• Ernest O. Lawrence (1901–1958), Nobel Prize-winning physicist: best known for inventing the cyclotron, and his later work in the Manhattan Project
• Eugene Lawrence (born 1986), American basketball player
• Fenda Lawrence, 18th-century slave trader
• Florence Lawrence (1886–1938), inventor and silent film actress from Hamilton, Ontario
• Frances Lawrence (disambiguation)
• Francis Lawrence (disambiguation)
• Frederick William Lawrence (1892–1974), Canadian–American airbrush painter
• Frederick Newbold Lawrence (1834–1916), American president of the New York Stock Exchange
• Gaylon Lawrence (1934–2012), American businessman and farmer
• Geoffrey Lawrence (disambiguation)
• George Alfred Lawrence (1827–1876), English novelist
• George Newbold Lawrence (1806–1895), American businessman and amateur ornithologist
• George P. Lawrence, former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
• George St. Patrick Lawrence (1804–1884), English soldier
• George Van Eman Lawrence (1818–1904), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• Gertrude Lawrence (1898–1952), English actress and musical comedy performer
• Hal Lawrence (1920–1994), Canadian naval officer, historian and author
• Henry Arnold Lawrence (1848–1902), English rugby union player
• Henry Montgomery Lawrence (1806–1857) British soldier
• Herbert Lawrence (1861–1943) British soldier
• Holly Lawrence (born 1990), British triathlete
• Iain Lawrence (born 1978), British film director and screenwriter
• Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), American painter known for "dynamic cubism" style
• Jacqueline Lawrence (canoeist), (born 1982), Australian slalom canoeist
• James Lawrence (born 1992), English footballer
• James Lawrence (1781–1813), American naval captain and hero of the War of 1812
• Jennifer Lawrence (born 1990), American actress
• Joey Lawrence (born 1976), American comic actor
• John Hundale Lawrence, a nuclear medicine pioneer, brother of Ernest O. Lawrence
• John L. Lawrence (1785–1849), New York politician
• John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811–79), British statesman
• Joseph Lawrence (Pennsylvania politician) (1786–1886), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• Josie Lawrence (born 1959), English actress and comedian
• Katrina Lawrence, (born 1983), Australian slalom canoeist
• Lawrence (1831 cricketer), an English cricketer whose first name is not known
• Liam Lawrence (born 1981), English-born Irish footballer
• Liz Lawrence, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• Margaret Morgan Lawrence (1914-2019), American psychiatrist
• Martin Lawrence (born 1965), American actor and comedian
• Mary Lawrence (actor) (1918–1991), American film and television actress and author
• Mary Lawrence (sculptor) (1868–1945), American sculptor
• Matthew Lawrence, (born 1974), English footballer
• Michael Lawrence (disambiguation)
• Mike Lawrence (bridge) (born 1940), American bridge player
• Mr. Lawrence, (born 1969), American actor
• Nathaniel Lawrence (1761–1797), New York politician
• Patrice Lawrence, British writer and journalist
• Peter Lawrence (disambiguation), several people
• Philip Lawrence (1947–1995), murdered headmaster of St. George's Roman Catholic School
• Rashard Lawrence (born 1998), American football player
• R. D. Lawrence, Canadian naturalist and writer
• Reginald Frederick Lawrence, South African entomologist
• Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (1935–1967) the first Black American astronaut and member of the proposed Manned Orbiting Laboratory program of the U.S. Air Force
• Rosalyn Lawrence, (born 1989), Australian slalom canoeist
• Sally Ward Lawrence Hunt Armstrong Downs, also known as Sallie Ward, (1827–1896), American socialite.
• Samuel Lawrence (disambiguation)
• Samuel Lawrence (congressman) (1773–1837), New York politician
• Samuel Lawrence (Canadian politician) (1879–1959), Canadian politician
• Scott Lawrence (born 1963), American film and television actor and voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars video games
• Sharon Lawrence (born 1961), American television actress
• Murder of Stephen Lawrence
• Stringer Lawrence (1697–1775), English soldier
• Syd Lawrence, British bandleader and founder of the Syd Lawrence Orchestra big band
• T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935), British soldier and author ("Lawrence of Arabia")
• Tayna Lawrence (born 1975), Jamaican athlete
• Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830), English portrait painter
• Tommy Lawrence (1940–2018), Scottish footballer
• Toni Lawrence (born 1976), convicted of criminal confinement in the torture-murder of Shanda Sharer
• Tracy Lawrence, country singer and musician
• Trevor Lawrence (born 1999), American football player
• Trevor Lawrence (disambiguation), several other people
• Vicki Lawrence (born 1949), American actress, singer, and comedian
• Washington H. Lawrence (1840–1900), founder of National Carbon Company
• Wendell Lawrence (born 1967), Bahamian triple jumper
• William Lawrence (disambiguation)
• William Appleton Lawrence, 3rd Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts
• William Lawrence (biologist) (1783–1867), English surgeon and natural historian, a pre-Darwinian advocate of anthropoid origin of mankind
• William Lawrence (bishop), the 7th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
• William Lawrence (Ohio Democrat), member of the United States House of Representatives from the 17th District of Ohio
• William Lawrence (Ohio Republican), Republican politician from Ohio
• William P. Lawrence (1930–2005), United States naval officer
• William Witherle Lawrence (1876–1936), American philologist

Places

Australia

• Lawrence, New South Wales
• Lawrence Rocks, Victoria, Australia

United States

• Lawrence, Illinois
• Lawrence, Indiana
• Lawrence, Kansas
• Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, formerly known as Lawrence
• Lawrence, Massachusetts
• Lawrence, Michigan
• Lawrence, Minnesota
• Lawrence, Mississippi
• Lawrence, Nebraska
• Lawrence Brook, New Jersey
• Lawrence, Nassau County, New York, a village
• Lawrence, St. Lawrence County, New York, a town
• Lawrence, Pennsylvania
• Lawrence, Texas
• Lawrence, Utah
• Lawrence, Washington
• Lawrence, Brown County, Wisconsin, a town
• Lawrence, Marquette County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Lawrence, Rusk County, Wisconsin, a town

Other places

• Lawrence (electoral district), Ontario, Canada
• Lawrence Pond, a community in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland, Canada
• Lawrence, New Zealand

Ships

• USS Lawrence (1813), a brig which acted as Commodore Oliver Perry's flagship
• USS Lawrence (1843), a brig decommissioned in 1846
• USS Lawrence (DD-8), a 400-ton Bainbridge-class destroyer commissioned in 1903 and serving until 1920
• USS Lawrence (DD-250), a Clemson-class destroyer, serving from 1921 to 1945
• USS Lawrence (DDG-4), a Charles F. Adams-class destroyer commissioned in 1962, and serving through 1994
• Lawrence (schooner), a schooner launched in 1756

Transport

• Lawrence (Amtrak station), Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
• Lawrence (Caltrain station) in Santa Clara, California, U.S.
• Lawrence (MBTA station) in Lawrence (near Boston), Massachusetts, U.S.
• Lawrence Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Lawrence station (Toronto), a Lawrence Avenue subway station
  • Lawrence West station, a Lawrence Avenue subway station
  • Lawrence East station, a Lawrence Avenue subway station
• Lawrence station (CTA), a rapid transit station in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Other uses

• Lawrence (crater), a lunar impact crater
• The Lawrence, a newspaper founded 1881

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Lawrence
• Laurence
• Laurance
• Larry (disambiguation)
• Laurence, a given name and surname
• Laurens (disambiguation)
• Lawrance
• Lawrence Academy (disambiguation)
• Lawrence County (disambiguation)
• Lawrence Station (disambiguation)
• Lawrence Township (disambiguation)
• Lawrie (name)
• Lawrenceburg (disambiguation)
• Lawrenceville (disambiguation)
• Saint Lawrence (disambiguation)