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:

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 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 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

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, 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 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 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, murderer and possible serial killer
 * Larry Eyler, 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, 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 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 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 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

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