# Larry

Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names.
Larry may refer to the following:

## People
### Arts and entertainment

* Larry D. Alexander, American artist/writer
* Larry Boone, American country singer
* Larry Collins, American musician, member of the rockabilly sibling duo The Collins Kids
* Larry Carlton (born 1948), American jazz guitarist and singer
* Larry David (born 1947), Emmy-winning American actor, writer, comedian, producer and film director
* Larry Emdur, Australian television personality
* Larry Feign, American cartoonist working in Hong Kong
* Larry Fine (1902–1975), American comedian and actor, one of the Three Stooges
* Larry Gates, American actor
* Larry Gatlin, American country singer
* Larry Gayao (better known as Larry g(EE)), Filipino-American soul-pop artist
* Larry Gelbart (1928–2009), American screenwriter, playwright, director and author
* Larry Graham, founder of American funk band Graham Central Station
* Larry Hagman, American actor, best known for the TV series I Dream of Jeannie and Dallas
* Larry Heath, Australian entrepreneur and publisher, founder of the National Live Music Awards
* Larry Henley (1937–2014), American singer and songwriter, member of The Newbeats
* Larry Hovis, American actor and singer
* Larry Joyner (born 1964), American football player
* Larry June, American rapper
* Larry Junstrom (1949–2019), American bassist, founding member of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd
* Larry Kenney, American radio DJ and voice actor on Imus in the Morning
* Larry King (1933–2021), American talk show host of Larry King Live on CNN
* Larry Knechtel (1940–2009), American keyboardist and bassist
* Larry Lavender, American dancer and scholar
* Larry Lujack (1940–2013), American radio disc jockey
* Larry Mathews (born 1955), American actor
* Larry Mathews (musician), Irish musician
* Larry McMurtry, American novelist
* Larry Miller, an American guitarist from Ann Arbor, Michigan
* Larry Mullen Jr., Irish drummer and founder of the group U2
* Larry Niven, American science fiction author
* Larry Poole, American actor and film producer
* Hilario Larry Ramos (1942–2014), American musician, member of the band the Association
* Larry Sanders (born 1954), American singer aka L.V.
* Larry Shay (1897–1988), American songwriter
* Larry Storch (1923–2022), American actor and comedian, best known for his TV work in F Troop
* Larry Taylor (1942–2019), American bassist, member of the rock band Canned Heat
* Larry Verne (1936–2013), American singer
* Larry Wallis (1949–2019), English rock guitarist and songwriter, early member of the rock band Motörhead
* Larry Walters (1949–1993) American truck driver, also known as Lawn Chair Larry
* Larry Wilmore, American political satirist, and host of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
* Larry the Cable Guy, stage name of American comedian Daniel Lawrence Whitney
* 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 and law

* Larry Bakman, American attorney
* Larry Craig, former US senator from Idaho
* Larry Hogan (born 1956), former Governor of the U.S. state of Maryland
* Larry C. Johnson, former CIA intelligence officer and political commentator
* Larry Kelly (born c. 1935), American politician
* M. Larry Lawrence, U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland
* Larry Neufeld, Canadian politician
* Larry O'Brien (1917–1990), American politician and basketball commissioner
* Larry Ribstein (1946–2011), American law professor
* Larry Sanders (politician) (born 1934), American-born British academic, social worker and Green Party activist, brother of Bernie Sanders

### Sports
#### Baseball

* Larry Andersen, American baseball pitcher and analyst
* Larry Anderson (baseball), American 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 (baseball), 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, Canadian major league outfielder

#### Basketball

* Larry Bird, American Hall-of-Fame National Basketball Association player
* Larry Brown (basketball) (born 1940), American Hall-of-Fame basketball All-Star player and coach
* Larry Drew (born 1958), American basketball player and coach
* Larry Drew II (born 1990), American basketball player
* Larry Hollyfield (born 1950/1951), American basketball player
* Larry Hughes, US basketball player
* Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969), American basketball player
* Larry Nance, American National Basketball Association player
* Larry Riley (basketball), General Manager of the Golden State Warriors
* Larry Sanders (basketball) (born 1988), American National Basketball Association player
* Larry Shyatt, American basketball coach

#### Ice hockey

* Larry Dyck (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
* Larry Huras, Canadian NHL ice hockey player and coach
* Larry Murphy (ice hockey), Canadian NHL ice hockey player
* Larry Robinson Canadian NHL ice hockey player
* Larry Zeidel, Canadian NHL ice hockey player

#### Gridiron football

* Larry Allen, American football player
* Larry Barretta, American football player
* Larry Beightol (1942–2024), American football coach
* Larry Beil (American football), American football player
* Larry Borom (born 1999), American football player
* Larry Critchfield, American football player
* Larry Csonka, American football player
* Larry DeGraw, (born c. 1941), Canadian football player
* Larry Dick, American football player
* Larry Fitzgerald, American football player
* Larry Ford (American football), American football player
* Larry Johnson (running back), American football player
* Larry Jusdanis, Canadian football player
* Larry Keller, American football player
* Larry Knorr, (1917–1996), American football player
* Larry Linne, American football player
* Larry Mallory (born 1952), American football player
* Larry Ogunjobi, American football player
* Larry Peace, American football player
* Larry Plancke (born c. 1947), Canadian football player
* Larry Rentz, American football player
* Larry Rose III, American football player
* Larry Rountree III (born 1998), American football player
* Larry Seivers, American football player
* Larry Sherrer, American football player
* Larry Steinbach, American football player
* Larry Walbridge, American football player

#### Other sports

* Larry Holmes, American boxer
* Larry L'Estrange MBE, Irish rugby player
* Larry Mann (1930–1952), American racing driver
* Larry Matthews, Canadian Paralympic volleyball player
* Larry Nixon (born 1950), American professional fisherman
* Larry Olsen (jockey), American jockey and reporter
* Larry Zbyszko, American professional wrestler and commentator

### Criminals

* Larry Gene Ashbrook, mass murderer
* Larry Gene Bell, American murderer and possible serial killer
* Larry Eyler, American serial killer and kidnapper
* Larry Dewayne Hall (born 1962), American murderer, rapist, and possible serial killer
* Larry Hoover, gang leader
* Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr., bank robber and leader of the High Incident Bandits
* Larry Lawton, American author and ex-convict
* Larry Nassar (born 1963), American serial child molester
* Larry Pusateri, American fugitive
* Larry Ralston (born 1949), American serial killer and rapist
* Larry Ray (born 1959), American criminal convicted of sex trafficking, extortion, forced labor, and other offenses, sentenced to 60 years in prison
* Larry Singleton, rapist and mutilator
* Larry Slack, American child abuser

### Multiple individuals

* Larry Brown (disambiguation)
* Larry Gordon (disambiguation)
* Larry Harris (disambiguation)
* Larry Johnson (disambiguation)
* Larry Miller (disambiguation)
* Larry Murphy (disambiguation)
* Larry Phillips (disambiguation)
* Larry Scott (disambiguation)
* Larry Smith (disambiguation)

### Other

* Larry Wu-Tai Chin, Chinese double agent who worked in the CIA
* Larry Dossey (born 1940), Texas internist and author
* Larry Flynt (1942–2021), American publisher
* Larry Gbevlo-Lartey, Ghanaian soldier and businessman
* Larry L. Greenfield, educator
* Larry Gene Heien (1937–1991), American linguist
* Larry Huggins, (born c. 1950), president of Riteway-Huggins Construction Services
* Larry Koroloff (born 1951), Bulgarian historian and educator
* Larry Kosilla, American businessman and YouTuber
* Larry Lemanski, director of the Biomedical Institute for Regenerative Research
* Larry A. Nagahara, American physicist, member of the National Cancer Institute
* Larry Reed, American shadow puppeteer
* Larry Sass, architectural designer
* Larry J. Seidman (1950–2017), American neuropsychologist
* Larry Stylinson, a name blended fandomship of musicians Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson
* Larry Thibos, American scientist and academic
* Larry Wijeratne (1950–1998), Sri Lankan Sinhala army major general
* Lost Boy Larry, nickname for a presumed missing boy in Albuquerque, New Mexico, whose cries for help were broadcast over CB radio for several days in August 1973 (later deemed a hoax by state authorities)

## Animals

* Larry (cat), 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 Larryboy
* Larry the Lobster, a fictional lifeguard on SpongeBob SquarePants
* Larry Palaroncini, character from Homestar Runner that plays in the band Limozeen
* Larry, an anaconda from the 2006 Disney animated film The Wild
* Larry Burns (The Simpsons), the son of Mr. Burns, portrayed by Rodney Dangerfield in The Simpsons
* Larry, a white mouse who appeared in two episodes of Pinky and the Brain
* Lawrence "Larry", an idiotic crocodile who appears in the Pearls Before Swine comic strip

### Movies and television

* Doctor Laurence Erhardt, one of the original mad scientists from Mystery Science Theater 3000 TV series
* Larry, a character in the 1986 American science fiction movie Howard the Duck
* Larry, a character in the 1990 American action comedy movie Kindergarten Cop
* Larry, a character played by Christopher Lloyd in the 1983 American comedy movie Mr. Mom
* Larry, a character in the 2012 American comedy film This Is 40
* Larry, a character in the 2002 monster comedy action film Eight Legged Freaks
* Larry, a character on the American sitcom television series Newhart
* Larry Appleton, a character on the American sitcom television series Perfect Strangers, often referred to as Cousin Larry (1986–1993)
* Larry Blaisdell, character played by Larry Bagby III on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
* Lawrence "Larry" Buckman, a character in the 1989 American family comedy-drama movie Parenthood
* Larry Dallas, Jack Tripper's best friend from the ABC sitcom Three's Company (1977–1984)
* Larry Donner, a character played by Billy Crystal in the 1987 movie Throw Momma from the Train
* Larry Emdur, a host on the Morning Show, Channel 7, Australia
* Larry Fleinhardt, a character who is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and CalSci professor in the CBS crime drama NUMB3RS, played by Peter MacNicol
* Larry Howard, a character in the 1986 American science fiction adventure movie Flight of the Navigator
* Larry "Bud" Melman, recurring character on David Letterman shows
* Larry Potter, a character from the American TV sitcom Get a Life (1990–1992)
* Larry Sanders, titular character on the American sitcom The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1998)
* Larry Tate, on the TV series Bewitched
* Larry the Barista, a minor character in the 2014 movie The Lego Movie
* Larry the cameraman, a character played Chris Elliott by in the 1993 American fantasy comedy Groundhog Day

### Video games

* Larry Butz, the friend of Phoenix Wright in the Ace Attorney series
* Larry "Pixy" Foulke, a fictional character in Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
* Larry Laffer, the fictional character from the Leisure Suit Larry adult video game series
* Larry Koopa, one of the Koopalings in the Super Mario Bros. series
* Larry, a Gym Leader and Elite Four member from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet