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
- Allan Lawrence (politician) (1925-2008), Ontario provincial MPP and federal MP
- Amos Lawrence (1786–1852), Massachusetts philanthropist and politician
- Bert Lawrence (1923-2007), Ontario provincial MPP
- Carmen Lawrence (b. 1948), Australian politician
- Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence (1791–1861), Mayor of New York City, and US Congressman
- Dorothy Bell Lawrence (1911–1973), New York assemblywoman
- 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
Art
- 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 (sculptor) (1868–1945), American sculptor
- Thomas Lawrence (painter) (1769–1830), English portrait painter
Sports
- Alonzo Lawrence (born 1989), America football player
- Brenton Lawrence (born 1984), Australian Rugby League player
- Brian Lawrence (born 1976), American baseball pitcher
- Chris Lawrence (rugby league) (born 1988), Australian Rugby League player
- Davey Lawrence (born 1985), English ice hockey goaltender
- David Lawrence (cricketer) (born 1964), English cricketer
- Debbi Lawrence (born 1961), American racewalker
- Eugene Lawrence (born 1986), American basketball player
- James Lawrence (born 1992), English footballer
- Henry Arnold Lawrence (1848-1902), English rugby union player
- Liam Lawrence (born 1981), English-born Irish footballer
- Matthew Lawrence, (born 1974), English footballer
- Mike Lawrence (bridge) (born 1940), American bridge player
- Tayna Lawrence (born 1975), Jamaican athlete
- Wendell Lawrence (born 1967), 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
- Bruno Lawrence (1941-1995), New Zealand actor and musician
- 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
- Josie Lawrence (born 1959), English actress and comedian
- 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)
- Michael Lawrence (disambiguation)
- Peter Lawrence (disambiguation)
- Samuel Lawrence (disambiguation)
- William Lawrence (disambiguation)
- Murder of Stephen Lawrence
See also
- Laurence
- Lawrance (disambiguation)
- Lawrence (given name)
- Lawrence (disambiguation)
- John Laurance (1750–1810), US Senator from New York