# Laurence

Laurence is an English masculine and a French feminine given name. The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin Laurentius, a name meaning "man from Laurentum".
The French feminine name Laurence is a form of the masculine Laurent, which is derived from the Latin name.
In other languages: Lorenzo (Italian, Spanish), Lorenz (German).

## Given name

* Laurence Broze (born 1960), Belgian applied mathematician, statistician, and economist
* Laurence des Cars, French curator and art historian
* Laurence Neil Creme, known professionally as Lol Creme, British musician
* Laurence Ekperigin (born 1988), British-American basketball player in the Israeli National League
* Laurence Equilbey, French conductor
* Laurence Fishburne (born 1961), American actor
* Laurence Fournier Beaudry, Canadian ice dancer
* Laurence Fox (born 1978), British actor
* Laurence Gayte (born 1965), French politician
* Laurence Leboeuf (born 1985), Canadian actress
* Laurence S. Geller, British-born, US-based real estate investor.
* Laurence Ginnell, Irish politician
* Laurence Godfrey (archer), British athlete
* Laurence Godfrey (physics lecturer), regular and controversial contributor to the Usenet newsgroups 'soc.culture.British' and 'soc.culture.Canada'
* Laurence Golborne, Chilean mining and energy minister
* Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor
* Laurence Keitt, Confederate general
* Laurence "Laurie" Lee (1914–1997), British poet and novelist
* Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, British television presenter and designer
* Laurence McKeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
* Laurence Myers (1858–99), American world-record-setting runner
* Laurence Olivier (1907–1989), British actor and director
* Laurence Owen, American figure skater
* Laurence Platt (born 1950), American writer
* Laurence "Larry" Rickard (born 1975), British actor, writer and comedian; one half of the duo 'Larry & George' and one sixth of the comedy troupe Them There
* Laurence J. Rittenband (1905–1993), American judge
* Laurence Rochat, Swiss cross-country skier who has competed since 1996
* Laurence Sailliet (born 1973), French politician
* Laurence Sullivan, British writer
* Laurence Andrew Tolhurst, known professionally as Lol Tolhurst, British musician
* Laurence Tribe, American professor of constitutional law
* Laurence Tureaud (born 1952), known professionally as Mr. T, American actor and wrestler
* St Laurence O'Toole, or Lorcán Ua Tuathail, Irish Roman Catholic Saint
* Laurence of Canterbury, the second Archbishop of Canterbury
* Laurence Tubiana, French Ambassador responsible for COP21
* Laurence Vichnievsky (born 1955), French politician and magistrate
* Laurence Wachowski (born 1965), known as Lana Wachowski since the 2000s, American film director

## Surname

* Ashley Laurence (born 1966), American actress and visual artist
* Christopher Laurence (1929-2025), British Anglican priest
* Duncan Laurence (born 1994), Dutch singer, representing Netherlands in Eurovision Song Contest 2019
* Elizabeth Laurence (born 1949), English classical mezzo-soprano singer
* Frederic Laurence (1896-1982), British air ace
* Frederick Laurence (1884-1942), British composer and orchestral manager
* French Laurence (1757–1809), English lawyer and politician, brother of Richard
* Henry Laurence, multiple people
* Jacqueline Laurence (1932–2024), French-born Brazilian actress and theatre director
* John Zachariah Laurence (1829–70), English ophthalmologist
* Margaret Laurence (1926-1987), Canadian novelist and short story writer
* Oona Laurence (born 2002), American actress
* Richard Laurence (1760–1838), English Hebraist and Anglican churchman, brother of French
* Samuel Laurence (1812–84), British portrait painter
* Stephen Laurence (born before 1998), American philosopher
* Timothy Laurence (born 1955) retired British Royal Navy officer and second husband of Anne, Princess Royal
* William L. Laurence (1888–1977), Lithuanian-American science journalist for The New York Times (1930–64)