# Laurie (given name)

Laurie is a unisex given name. Among males, it can be a short form (hypocorism) of Lawrence, Laurence or Laurens. For females, it can be a short form of Lauren or Laura.
Laurie is the name of:

## People
### Women

* Laurie Allen, singer and musician, half of the Bobby & Laurie 1960s Australian singing duo
* Laurie Anderson (born 1947), American avant-garde artist, composer, musician and film director
* Laurie Halse Anderson (born 1961), American writer best known for children's and young adult novels
* Laurie Monnes Anderson (born 1945), American politician
* Laurie Baker (ice hockey) (born 1976), American hockey player
* Laurie Brown (broadcaster) (born 1957), Canadian television host
* Laurie Butler (born 1955), American chemist
* Laurie David (born 1958), American environmental activist
* Laurie Garrett (born 1951), American Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist and writer
* Laurie Graham (born 1960), Canadian retired downhill skier, member of several Halls of Fame
* Laurie Graham (novelist) (born 1947), English journalist, scriptwriter and novelist
* Laurie Heyer, American mathematician
* Laurie Holden (born 1969), American actress
* Laurie Hill (footballer, born 1970), American-born Mexican international soccer player
* Laurie Jussaume (born 1999), Canadian cyclist
* Laurie King (born 1952), American author
* Laurie Metcalf (born 1955), American actress
* Laurie Penny (born 1986), English feminist columnist and author
* Laurie Petrou, Canadian author
* Laurie Scott (politician) (born 1963), Canadian politician
* Laurie Gwen Shapiro (born 1966), American writer and filmmaker
* Laurie Tackett (born 1974), one of the perpetrators of the torture-murder of Shanda Sharer
* Laurie Walker (artist) (1962–2011), Canadian artist
* Laurie Wayburn (born 1954), American conservationist
* Laurie Williams (wheelchair basketball) (born 1993), British wheelchair basketball player
* Laurie Zio, Australian politician

### Men

* Laurie Allan (born 1943), English drummer
* Gerard Anderson (1889–1914), British hurdler
* Laurie Baker (1917–2007), British-born Indian architect
* Laurie Bell (footballer) (born 1992), English footballer
* Lawrence Bell (footballer) (1875–1933), Scottish footballer
* Laurie Brereton (born 1946), Australian politician
* Laurie Bristow (born 1963), British diplomat
* Laurie Brown (footballer) (1937–1998), British footballer and manager
* Laurie Brown (physicist) (1923–2019), American theoretical physicist
* Laurie Ferguson (born 1952), Australian former politician
* Laurie Hill (footballer, born 1942) (1942–2014), Australian rules footballer
* Laurie London (born 1944), English musician
* Laurie Lynd (born 1959), Canadian screenwriter and director
* Laurie Scott (footballer) (1917–1999), English footballer
* Laurie Scott (ice hockey) (1896–1977), Canadian ice hockey player
* Laurie Spina (born 1963), Australian former rugby league footballer
* Laurie Taylor (disambiguation)
* Laurie Walker (footballer), (born 1989), English football goalkeeper
* Laurie Williams (cricketer) (1968–2002), West Indian cricketer

## Fictional characters

* Laurie Forman, in the TV show That 70s Show
* The title character of the TV series Laurie Hill
* Laurie Strode, in the Halloween film series, played by Jamie Lee Curtis
* Laurie Partridge, in the TV series The Partridge Family, played by Susan Dey
* Theodore Lawrence, called Laurie, in the novel Little Women
* Laurie, from the animated reality TV show The Ridonculous Race
* Laurie, later named Laurie du Salador, in Raymond E Feist 's The Riftwar Cycle
* Annie Laurie McShane, called Laurie in Betty Smith's novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn