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| Larry |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Origin: |
English |
| Meaning: |
"From Laurentum, Italy" |
Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names. It is also often used as an independent name.
Larry may refer to the following:
[edit] Famous and Well-Known People Named Larry
[edit] Business
- Larry Bell, founder of the Bell Aircraft Corporation
- Larry Bossidy, former chairman of Honeywell, former chairman and CEO of AlliedSignal, current chairman of Merck
- Larry Elliott, economics expert and author
- Larry Ellison, CEO and co-founder of Oracle Corporation and one of the wealthiest people in America
- Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler pornographic magazine
- Dr. Larry Johnson, CEO of the New Media Consortium
- Larry Page, co-founder of Google
- Larry Probst, former CEO and the largest shareholder of Electronic Arts
- Larry Silverstein, American billionaire, operator and head of Silverstein Properties
- Larry Yung Chi Kin, chairman of CITIC Pacific and one of the wealthiest people in mainland China
[edit] Entertainment & Media
- Larry the Cable Guy, stage name of American comedian, Daniel Lawrence Whitney.
- Larry Boone, country singer
- Larry Collins, a member of The Collins Kids
- Larry David, an Emmy-winning actor, writer, comedian, producer, and film director
- Larry Emdur, an Australian TV host "Wheel Of Fortune" and "The Morning Show"
- Larry Feign, an American cartoonist working in Hong Kong
- Larry Fine (actor), of the Three Stooges
- Laurence Fishburne, an American actor.
- Larry Gatlin, country singer
- Larry Hagman, actor, best known for the TV drama "Dallas"
- Larry Kenney, radio DJ and voice actor on "Imus in the Morning"
- Larry King, talk show host of "Larry King Live" on CNN
- Larry Miller (actor), actor and stand-up comedian
- Larry McMurtry, novelist, best known for Lonesome Dove
- Larry Niven, science fiction author best known for Ringworld
- Laurence Olivier, a British actor.
- Larry Wachowski, one half of the Wachowski brothers, directors, most famously for The Matrix series
- Larry (cartoonist), British cartoonist.
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[edit] Sports
[edit] American Football
[edit] Baseball
- Larry Andersen, former baseball pitcher
- Larry Anderson (MLB pitcher), former baseball pitcher for the Brewers White Sox
- Yogi Berra, Baseball Hall of Fame catcher, Yankees and Mets
- Larry Bowa, former shortstop for Phillies, Mets, and Cubs. Former manager for Padres and Phillies
- Larry Brown (baseball player), major league infielder in the 1970s and 1980s, mainly with the Cleveland Indians
- Larry Doby, first black baseball player in American League
- Larry Hisle, major league outfielder with Philadelphia Phillies, Brewers, and Twins
- Larry Jackson, major league pitcher in the 1950s and 1960s for the Cardinals, Cubs and Phillies
- Larry "Chipper" Jones, Atlanta Braves third baseman-outfielder
- Larry Sherry, Los Angeles Dodgers World Series hero pitcher
- Larry Walker, former major league outfielder
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[edit] Fictional Characters
[edit] Animation
[edit] Television
- Larry, of Ed and Larry, a pair of fictional characters on the TV series The West Wing
- Larry, of TV show Newhart, part of the dirty backwoods trio Larry, Darryl, and Darryl, and the only one who could speak; played by William Sanderson
- Larry Appleton, character on Perfect Strangers (TV series), often referred to as "Cousin Larry"
- Larry "Bud" Melman, recurring character on David Letterman shows
- Dr. Larry Erhardt, one of the original mad scientists from Mystery Science Theater 3000 TV series
- Larry Sanders (character), character played by Gary Shandling on the Larry Sanders Show
- Larry Blaisdell, character played by Larry Bagby III on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Dr. Larry Fleinhardt, a character who is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and CalSci professor in the CBS crime drama NUMB3RS, played by Peter MacNicol.
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