Laurence
Laurence is an English male given name and surname. A female given name with identical spelling exists in French.
In all cases it is derived from the Roman given name, Laurentius, which can mean either "from Laurentum" or "wreathed/crowned with laurel".
Given name
- Laurence Fishburne, Academy Award-nominated American actor
- Laurence Godfrey (archer), athlete from the United Kingdom
- Laurence Godfrey (physics lecturer), regular and controversial contributor to the Usenet newsgroups 'soc.culture.british' and 'soc.culture.canada'
- Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor
- Laurence McKeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
- Laurence Olivier, prolific British stage and screen actor and director
- Laurence Rochat, Swiss cross-country skier who has competed since 1996
- Laurence Tribe, American professor of constitutional law
- Laurence Tureaud, American actor, motivational speaker, wrestler, humanitarian, and bodyguard
- St Laurence O'Toole, or Lorcán Ua Tuathail, Irish Roman Catholic Saint
Surname
- Laurence of Canterbury, the second Archbishop of Canterbury
- John Zachariah Laurence, English ophthalmologist
- Stephen Laurence, American philosopher
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