John or Johnny Lawrence may refer to:

Politicians

John Lawrence (lord mayor) Sir John Lawrence (born c. 1621-1628, died 26 Jan., buried 29 Jan. 1691/2 O.S.) was an English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London from 1664 to 1665. He was therefore Lord Mayor during the period of the Great Plague of London. Lawrence was wid ...

(died 1692), lord mayor of London *

John Lawrence (New York politician) John Lawrence (1618–1699) was Mayor of New York City from 1672 to 1674, and again in 1691. Life Thomas Lawrence, the first known Lawrence to arrive in the US landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1635, and later removed to Ipswich, Massachusett ...

(1618–1699), mayor of New York City *

John Lawrence (Pennsylvania politician) John Adda Lawrence is an American politician and businessman, and member of the Republican Party. In 2010, he was elected to represent the 13th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He serves on the Agriculture & Rural Affairs'' ...

(born 1978), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives *

John W. Lawrence John Watson Lawrence (August 19, 1800 – December 20, 1888) was an American banker and politician who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York from 1845 to 1847. Biography Born in Flushing ...

(1800–1888), U.S. Representative from New York *

John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Lawrence John Hamilton Lawrence, 2nd Baron Lawrence (1 October 1846 – 22 August 1913) was a British peer and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. Lawrence was the son of John Laird Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, Viceroy of India, and Harriett ...

(1846–1913), British peer and Conservative politician *

John L. Lawrence John L. Lawrence (October 2, 1785 – July 24, 1849) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician from New York. Early life John was born in New York City. He was the son of Jonathan Lawrence (1737–1812), a merchant and New York State Se ...

(1785–1849), American lawyer, diplomat and politician from New York

Others

*John Lawrence (1609–1667), early settler of

Watertown, Massachusetts Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and is part of Greater Boston. The population was 35,329 in the 2020 census. Its neighborhoods include Bemis, Coolidge Square, East Watertown, Watertown Square, and the West End. Watertown ...

in 1630, later Selectman of

Groton, Massachusetts Groton is a town in northwestern Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, within the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The population was 11,315 at the 2020 census. It is home to two prep schools: Lawrence Academy at Groton, founded in 17 ...

*John Lawrence, colonial Surveyor-General, drew the

Lawrence Line The Lawrence Line was a boundary line or partition line drawn through the Province of New Jersey during the colonial period, dividing it into the Province of West Jersey and the Province of East Jersey. The line was created by surveyor John Lawre ...

(1743) dividing Provinces of East Jersey and West Jersey (New Jersey) *

John Lawrence (illustrator) John Lawrence (born 15 September 1933 in Hastingshttp://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/l/10346/John+Wilfred.aspx Debrett’s People of Today, John Lawrence, Esq Profile) is an English illustrator and wood engraver. He has twice won the ...

(born 1933), English illustrator and wood engraver *

John Lawrence (martyr) John Lawrence was a sixteenth-century English Protestant martyr. His story was recorded in ''Foxe's Book of Martyrs''. He was executed in Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 ...

(died 1555), English Protestant martyr *John Lawrence, Irish landowner, owner of

Ballymore Castle Ballymore Castle in Lawrencetown, County Galway, Ireland was originally a 15th-century tower house belonging to O'Madden. A house was added in 1620, and the castle has been much altered since then. Early history The castle was built in 1585 b ...

John Lawrence (musician) John Lawrence (born 17 July 1975) is a Welsh musician. He was a founding member of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, but left the band in 1999, prior to the release of the band's sixth album ''Spanish Dance Troupe''. As a solo artist, he has sometimes gone ...

a.k.a. Infinity Chimps, Welsh musician *

John Lawrence (writer) John Lawrence (22 January 1753 – 17 January 1839) was an English writer on political and agricultural subjects and an early advocate of animal welfare and rights. Early life Lawrence was born 22 January 1753 in or near Colchester, the son an ...

(1753–1839), British writer on horses who was an early advocate of animal rights *

John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, (4 March 1811 – 27 June 1879), known as Sir John Lawrence, Baronet, Bt., between 1858 and 1869, was an English-born Ulsterman who became a prominent British Imperial statesman who served as ...

(1811–1879), Viceroy of India *

John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Oaksey John Geoffrey Tristram Lawrence, 4th Baron Trevethin and 2nd Baron Oaksey (21 March 1929 – 5 September 2012) was a British aristocrat, horse racing journalist, television commentator and former amateur jockey. He was twice British Champi ...

(1929–2012), British aristocrat, amateur jockey and horse racing commentator and journalist *John

Craig Lawrence Major General John Craig Lawrence (born 18 October 1963), known as Craig Lawrence or J. C. Lawrence, is a retired British Army officer whose last appointment was as the Director of Joint Warfare at the Directorate of Joint Warfare. He is now a ...

(born 1963), British Army officer *

John Lawrence (political activist) John Gordon Michael Lawrence (29 September 1915 – 14 November 2002) was a leading far-left activist in a wide variety of groups in Britain. Early life Born in Sandhurst, Berkshire, Lawrence entered the British Army at the age of fourteen, befo ...

(1915–2002), British socialist activist *

John Lawrence (priest) John Lawrence was an English Anglican priest in the 16th century. A Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, he was Archdeacon of Wilts The Archdeacon of Wilts (or Wiltshire) is a senior cleric in the Diocese of Salisbury, England. The archdeacon ...

, English Anglican priest *

John H. Lawrence John Hundale Lawrence (January 7, 1904 – September 7, 1991) was an American physicist and physician best known for pioneering the field of nuclear medicine. Background John Hundale Lawrence was born in Canton, South Dakota. His parents, Carl Gu ...

(1904–1991), American physicist and pioneer in nuclear medicine *

John Lawrence (cricketer) John Lawrence (born 23 November 1957) is a South African cricketer. He played in one List A and eight first-class matches for Border in 1981/82 and 1982/83. See also * List of Border representative cricketers This is a list of all cricketers ...

(born 1957), South African cricketer *

John Shelton Lawrence John Shelton Lawrence is an emeritus professor of philosophy at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. His initial major publication, '' The American Monomyth'', written with Robert Jewett, was published in 1977. Career The ma ...

, American professor of philosophy and non-fiction writer *

Johnny Lawrence (cricketer) John Lawrence (29 March 1911 – 10 December 1988) was a diminutive Yorkshire-born cricketing all-rounder whose middle or lower order batting and leg-break and googly bowling were of great importance to Somerset in the 10 cricket seasons immedi ...

(1911–1988), English cricketer *John Geddes Lawrence, Jr., American medical technologist and co-plaintiff in United States Supreme Court case ''

Lawrence v. Texas ''Lawrence v. Texas'', 539 U.S. 558 (2003), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that most sanctions of criminal punishment for consensual, adult non- procreative sexual activity (commonly referred to as so ...

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Johnny Lawrence (character) Johnny Lawrence is a fictional character of the '' Karate Kid'' media franchise. Played by William Zabka, he appears in the films ''The Karate Kid'', ''The Karate Kid Part II'', ''The Karate Kid Part III'', and the sequel television series ''C ...

, fictional character from ''The Karate Kid'' franchise