Laurie (given name)

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

Laurie is the name of:

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 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

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) (born 1923), American theoretical physicist
 * Laurie Ferguson (born 1952), Australian former politician
 * Laurie Hill (footballer, born 1942) (1942–2014), Australian rules footballer
 * Laurie London (English musician, born January 19, 1944)
 * 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