Lawrence (surname)

Lawrence is a surname, and may refer to:

Christianity

• William Lawrence (Bishop of Massachusetts), the 7th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
• William Appleton Lawrence, 3rd Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts

Politics

• Abbott Lawrence, US representative from Massachusetts
• Amos Lawrence (1786–1852), Massachusetts philanthropist and politician
• Carmen Lawrence (b. 1948), Australian politician
• Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence (1791–1861), Mayor of New York City, and US Congressman
• Edward A. Lawrence (1831–1883), New York politician
• Effingham Lawrence (1820–1878), US Congressman from Louisiana
• George Van Eman Lawrence (1818–1904), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• George P. Lawrence, former US Representative from Massachusetts
• John L. Lawrence (1785–1849), New York politician
• John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811–79), British statesman
• Joseph Lawrence (Pennsylvania) (1786–1886), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• Nathaniel Lawrence (1761–1797), New york politician
• Samuel Lawrence (1879–1959), Canadian politician
• Samuel Lawrence (congressman) (1773–1837), New York politician
• William Lawrence (35th Congress), member of the United States House of Representatives from the 17th District of Ohio
• William Lawrence (Ohio), Republican politician from Ohio

Education

• Amos Adams Lawrence (1814–1886), abolitionist and founder of the University of Kansas
• Philip Lawrence (1947–1995), murdered headmaster of St. George's Roman Catholic School

Artistry

• Don Lawrence (1928–2003), British comic book artist
• Doug Lawrence, a comic and voice talent
• Ellis F. Lawrence, architect and founder of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon
• Frederick William Lawrence (1890- ?), Canadian–American airbrush painter
• Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), painter
• Mary Lawrence (1868–1945), American sculptor
• Thomas Lawrence (painter) (1769–1830), English portrait painter

Sports

• Brian Lawrence (1976-Present), American baseball pitcher
• Davey Lawrence (1985-Present), English ice hockey goaltender
• David Lawrence (cricketer) (1964-Present), English cricketer
• Debbi Lawrence (1961-Present), American racewalker
• Henry Arnold Lawrence (1848-1902), English rugby union player
• Jim Lawrence (ice hockey), (born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player
• Tayna Lawrence (1975-Present), Jamaican athlete
• Wendell Lawrence (1967-Present), Bahamian triple jumper

Literature

• D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930), English author
• George Alfred Lawrence (1827-76), English novelist
• T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935), British soldier and author

Military

• Charles Lawrence (British Army officer) (1709-1760), British military officer and later governor of Nova Scotia
• George St. Patrick Lawrence (1804-84), English soldier
• Hal Lawrence (1920-1994), Canadian naval officer, historian and author
• Henry Montgomery Lawrence (1806-57) British soldier
• James Lawrence (1781-1813), American naval captain and hero of the War of 1812
• Major 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
• Stringer Lawrence (1697-1775), English soldier
• Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935), a British soldier, also known as Lawrence of Arabia
• William P. Lawrence (1930 - 2005), a Naval Aviator and Vice-Admiral in the United States Navy

Theatre, television and film

• Florence Lawrence (1886-1938), inventor and silent film actress from Hamilton, Ontario
• Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952), English actress and musical comedy performer
• Jennifer Lawrence (born 1990), American actress
• Joey Lawrence (born 1976), American comic actor
• Martin Lawrence (born 1965), American actor and comedian
• Mr. Lawrence, (born 1969), American actor
• Mary Lawrence (actor) (1918–1991), American film and television actress and author
• 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
• Vicki Lawrence (born 1949), American actress, singer, and comedian

Music

• Carol Lawrence, American actress most often associated with musical theatre
• Derek Lawrence, English record producer
• Doug Lawrence (jazz) (born 1956), jazz saxophonist with Count Basie Orchestra
• Douglas Lawrence, Australian organist, conductor, and choir director
• Syd Lawrence, British bandleader and founder of the Syd Lawrence Orchestra big band
• Tracy Lawrence, country singer and musician

American community founding

• Abbott Lawrence (1792-1855), a noted merchant and founder of Lawrence, Massachusetts

Business

• Gaylon Lawrence (1934-2012), American businessman and farmer
• George Newbold Lawrence (1806-1895), American businessman and amateur ornithologist
• Washington H. Lawrence (1840–1900), founder of National Carbon Company

Science and medicine

• Ernest O. Lawrence (1901–1958), Nobel Prize-winning physicist: best known for inventing the cyclotron, and his later work in the Manhattan Project
• John Hundale Lawrence, a nuclear medicine pioneer, brother of Ernest O. Lawrence
• Peter Lawrence (biologist), British biologist
• Reginald Frederick Lawrence, South African entomologist
• William Lawrence (biologist) (1783–1867), English surgeon and natural historian, a pre-Darwinian advocate of anthropoid origin of mankind

Other

• Curly Lawrence (1883-1967) British model engineer
• David Lawrence (disambiguation)
• Frances Lawrence (disambiguation)
• Francis Lawrence (disambiguation)
• Peter Lawrence (disambiguation)
• Samuel Lawrence (disambiguation)
• William Lawrence (disambiguation)
• Murder of Stephen Lawrence

See also

• Laurence
• Lawrence (given name)
• Lawrence (disambiguation)
• John Laurance (1750–1810), US Senator from New York

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