Laurence is an English male given name and surname. A female given name with identical spelling exists in French.

In all cases it is derived from the Roman given name, Laurentius, which can mean either "from Laurentum" or "wreathed/crowned with laurel".

Given name

• Laurence Fishburne, Academy Award-nominated American actor
• Laurence Godfrey (archer), athlete from the United Kingdom
• Laurence Godfrey (physics lecturer), regular and controversial contributor to the Usenet newsgroups 'soc.culture.british' and 'soc.culture.canada'
• Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor
• Laurence McKeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
• Laurence Olivier, prolific British stage and screen actor and director
• Laurence Rochat, Swiss cross-country skier who has competed since 1996
• Laurence Tribe, American professor of constitutional law
• Laurence Tureaud, American actor, motivational speaker, wrestler, humanitarian, and bodyguard
• St Laurence O'Toole, or Lorcán Ua Tuathail, Irish Roman Catholic Saint

Surname

• Laurence of Canterbury, the second Archbishop of Canterbury
• John Zachariah Laurence, English ophthalmologist
• Stephen Laurence, American philosopher

See also

• Larry
• Laurent
• Lawrence
• Saint-Laurent

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