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), 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 J. Rittenband (1905–1993), American judge
 * Laurence Platt (born 1950), American writer
 * 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

 * Duncan Laurence (born 1994), Dutch singer, representing Netherlands in Eurovision Song Contest 2019
 * Elizabeth Laurence (born 1949), English classical mezzo-soprano singer
 * French Laurence (1757–1809), English lawyer and politician, brother of Richard
 * Jacqueline Laurence (1932–2024), French-born Brazilian actress and theatre director
 * John Zachariah Laurence (1829–70), English ophthalmologist
 * 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)