Larry
| Larry | |
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| Other names | |
| Related names | Ilario (or female is Ilaria) as the Italian version |
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| Larry | |
| Gender: | Male |
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| Origin: Hella | English |
| Meaning: | "Laurel crowned"
"From Laurentum, Italy" |
Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence, Laurence or Laraib. It can be a shortened form of those names.
Larry may refer to the following:
Notable people named Larry
Art
- Larry D. Alexander, artist/writer
Entertainment and media
- Larry, co-star of the Xtranormal animated series
- Larry the Cable Guy, stage name of American comedian Daniel Lawrence Whitney
- Larry Boone, country singer
- Larry Collins, member of The Collins Kids
- Larry David, Emmy-winning actor, writer, comedian, producer, and film director
- Larry Emdur, Australian TV host
- Larry Feign, American cartoonist working in Hong Kong
- Larry Fine (actor), of the Three Stooges
- Larry Flynt (born 1942), American publisher
- Larry Gates, 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 (entertainer), actor and stand-up comedian
- Larry McMurtry, novelist, best known for Lonesome Dove
- Larry Mullen, drummer and founder of the group U2
- Larry Niven, science fiction author best known for Ringworld
- Larry Storch, actor and comedian, best known for his TV work in "F Troop"
- Larry Wachowski, one half of the Wachowski siblings, directors, most famously for The Matrix series
- Larry Wilmore, American political satirist, and host of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
- Larry (cartoonist), British cartoonist
Information technology
- Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle Corporation
- Larry Page, co-founder of Google
- Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia
- Larry Wall, creator of the Perl computer language
Politics
- Larry Craig, former Republican US senator from the state of Idaho
- Larry C. Johnson, former CIA intelligence officer and political commentator
- M. Larry Lawrence, U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland
- Larry Wu-Tai Chin, Chinese double agent who worked in the CIA
Sports
Baseball
- Larry Andersen, former baseball pitcher
- Larry Anderson (baseball), former baseball pitcher for the Brewers White Sox
- Larry Bowa, former shortstop for Phillies, Mets, and Cubs and former manager for Padres and Phillies
- Larry Brown (infielder), 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 pitcher
- Larry Walker, former major league outfielder
Basketball
- Larry Bird, American Hall of Fame basketball player
- Larry Brown (basketball), American Hall of Fame basketball All Star player & coach
- Larry Hughes, US basketball player
- Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969), former US basketball player
- Larry Riley, General Manager of the Golden State Warriors
- Larry Nance, played thirteen seasons (1981–1994) in the NBA as a member of the Phoenix Suns and Cleveland Cavaliers
- Wendy Larry, American basketball coach
Ice hockey
- Larry Huras, NHL ice hockey player and coach
- Larry Murphy (ice hockey), NHL ice hockey player
- Larry Zeidel, Canadian NHL ice hockey player
Gridiron football
- Larry Barretta, American football player
- Larry Csonka, National Football League Hall of Famer
- Larry Ford (American football), American football player
- Larry Johnson (football player), American football player for the Washington Redskins
- Larry Fitzgerald, American football player for the Arizona Cardinals
- Larry Critchfield, American football player for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Larry Jusdanis, Canadian football player
- Larry Keller, American football player
- Larry Peace, American football player
- Larry Seivers, American football player
- Larry Walbridge, American football player
Other sports
- Larry Holmes, boxer
- Larry L'Estrange MBE, Irish rugby player
- Larry Olsen, retired jockey
- Larry Zbyszko, professional wrestler and commentator
Criminals
- Larry Hoover, gang leader
- Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr., bank robber and leader of the High Incident Bandits
- Larry Singleton, rapist and mutilator
Animals
- Larry, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office since February 2011
In fiction
Animation
- Larry the Cucumber, character from VeggieTales; also goes by the alter-ego of Larry Boy
- Larry the Lobster, a fictional lifeguard on SpongeBob SquarePants
- Larry Palaroncini, character from Homestar Runner that plays in the band Limozeen
- Larry Burns (The Simpsons), the son of Mr. Burns, portrayed by Rodney Dangerfield in The Simpsons
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, often referred to as Cousin Larry
- Larry "Bud" Melman, recurring character on David Letterman shows
- Doctor Laurence Erhardt, one of the original mad scientists from Mystery Science Theater 3000 TV series
- Larry Sanders, character played by Gary Shandling on the Larry Sanders Show
- Larry Blaisdell, character played by Larry Bagby III on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Larry Fleinhardt, a character who is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and CalSci professor in the CBS crime drama NUMB3RS, played by Peter MacNicol
- Larry Emdur, a host on the Morning Show, Channel 7, Australia
Video games
- List of Ace Combat characters#Larry Foulke, a fictional character from Ace Combat Zero that serves as the player's wingman and then defects to A World With No Boundaries
- Larry Koopa, the youngest of Bowser's children from Super Mario Bros. 3
- Larry Laffer, the fictional character from the Leisure Suit Larry adult video game series
- Larry Butz, the friend of Phoenix Wright in the Ace Attorney series
Other
- Cyclone Larry, a category-5 cyclone that made landfall in Australia in 2006
- The Larry shorts, early animated work from Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane, which appeared and were aired in What A Cartoon!
- Larry's Creek, New Zealand, a body of water also known as the Awarau River
- Larry's River, Nova Scotia
See also
- All pages beginning with "Larry"
- Laurence (disambiguation)
- Lawrence (disambiguation)