Laurence is an
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
and
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
(usually female in French and usually male in English). The English masculine name is a variant of
Lawrence
Lawrence may refer to:
Education Colleges and universities
* Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States
* Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Preparator ...
and it originates from a French form of the
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from
Laurentum
Laurentum was an ancient Roman city of Latium situated between Ostia and Lavinium, on the west coast of the Italian Peninsula southwest of Rome. Roman writers regarded it as the original capital of Italy, before Lavinium assumed that role afte ...
".
The French feminine name Laurence is a form of the masculine ''
Laurent
Laurent may refer to:
*Laurent (name), a French masculine given name and a surname
**Saint Laurence (aka: Saint ''Laurent''), the martyr Laurent
**Pierre Alphonse Laurent, mathematician
**Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, amateur astronomer, discoverer ...
'', which is derived from the Latin name.
Given name
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Laurence Broze
Laurence Broze (born 1960) is a Belgian applied mathematician specializing in statistics and econometrics and particularly in the theory of rational expectations. She is a professor of applied mathematics at the University of Lille in France. From ...
(born 1960), Belgian applied mathematician, statistician, and economist
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Laurence des Cars, French curator and art historian
* Laurence Neil Creme, known professionally as
Lol Creme, British musician
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Laurence Ekperigin (born 1988), British-American basketball player in the
Israeli National League
Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League.
Structure
There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-place ...
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Laurence Equilbey
Laurence Equilbey (born 6 March 1962) is a French conductor, known for her work in the choral repertoire, and more recently as the founder and music director of the Insula Orchestra.
Equilbey studied piano and flute in her early life. She under ...
, French conductor
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Laurence Fishburne (born 1961), American actor
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Laurence Fournier Beaudry
Laurence Fournier Beaudry (born July 18, 1992) is a Canadian ice dancer. Competing for Canada with her skating partner, Nikolaj Sørensen, she is a six-time Grand Prix medallist, including gold at the 2022 NHK Trophy and a five-time Challenger ...
, Canadian ice dancer
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Laurence Fox (born 1978), British actor
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Laurence Gayte
Laurence Gayte (born 25 September 1965) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France since 2017, where she represents the 3rd constituency of the Pyrénées-Orient ...
(born 1965), French politician
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Laurence S. Geller
Laurence Stephen Geller, CBE, (born November 1947) is a British-American real estate investor, author and philanthropist. He served as the founder, president and chief executive officer of Strategic Hotels & Resorts from 1997 to 2012. He is the ch ...
, British-born, US-based real estate investor.
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Laurence Ginnell, Irish politician
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Laurence Godfrey (archer)
Laurence Paul Godfrey (born 9 June 1976, in Bristol) is a British archer.
He studied for an HND in Mechanical Manufacturing at the University of the West of England from 1997 to 2000.
2004 Summer Olympics
Godfrey was the only British male t ...
, British athlete
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Laurence Godfrey (physics lecturer)
Dr. Laurence Godfrey (born 21 November 1952) was educated at the independent The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, at Westfield College, University of London (BSc Physics, first class honours, 1975) and at University College London ( PhD, High ...
, regular and controversial contributor to the
Usenet
Usenet () is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. It was developed from the general-purpose Unix-to-Unix Copy (UUCP) dial-up network architecture. Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the idea in 1979, and it was ...
newsgroups 'soc.culture.British' and 'soc.culture.Canada'
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Laurence Golborne
Laurence Nelson Golborne Riveros (born Lorence Nelson Golborne Riveros Santiago, July 11, 1961) is a Chilean engineer and entrepreneur. He was minister of public works until November 7, 2012, when he announced his decision to run for President o ...
, Chilean mining and energy minister
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Laurence Harvey
Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne; 1 October 192825 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born British actor and film director. He was born to Lithuanian Jewish parents and emigrated to South Africa at an early age, before later settling in th ...
, Lithuanian-born actor
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Laurence Keitt
Laurence Massillon Keitt (October 4, 1824 – June 2, 1864) was an American planter, lawyer, politician, and soldier from South Carolina. During his tenure in the United States House of Representatives, he was included in several lists of Fire- ...
, Confederate general
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Laurence "Laurie" Lee (1914–1997), British poet and novelist
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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
Laurence Roderick Llewelyn-Bowen (; born 11 March 1965) is an English interior designer and television personality best known for appearing on the BBC programme '' Changing Rooms''.
Name
He is sometimes credited as "Laurence Llewelyn", and th ...
, British television presenter and designer
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Laurence McKeown
Laurence McKeown (born 1956) is an Irish author, playwright, screenwriter, and former Volunteer (Irish republican), volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who took part in the 1981 Irish hunger strike.
Background and IRA activi ...
, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
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Laurence Myers
Laurence Eugene "Lon" Myers (February 16, 1858 – February 16, 1899) was an American sprinter and middle distance runner.
Myers won 28 national championships. He also set world records at 11 different distances, and held every American record ...
(1858–99), American world-record-setting runner
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Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the Theatre of the U ...
(1907–1989), British actor and director
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Laurence Owen, American figure skater
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Laurence J. Rittenband
Laurence James Rittenband (December 5, 1905 – December 30, 1993) was an American judge. He was a judge on the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California.
Background
The son of a New York City clothing manufacturer, he graduated at the ag ...
(1905–1993), American judge
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Laurence Rochat
Laurence Rochat (born 1 August 1979) is a Swiss cross-country skier who has competed since 1996. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a 15th place ...
, Swiss cross-country skier who has competed since 1996
*
Laurence Sullivan
Laurence Sullivan (born 1992) is an English author of short stories, flash fiction, and haiku poetry. He grew up in Malvern, Worcestershire, and acquired his bachelor's degree from University of Kent and his master's degree from the Shakespeare I ...
, British writer
* Laurence Andrew Tolhurst, known professionally as
Lol Tolhurst
Laurence Andrew "Lol" Tolhurst (born 3 February 1959) is a founding member and the former drummer and keyboardist of English band The Cure - he left the Cure in 1989 and was later involved in the band Presence and his current project, Levinhurs ...
, British musician
*
Laurence Tribe
Laurence Henry Tribe (born October 10, 1941) is an American legal scholar who is a University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. He previously served as the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard Law School.
A constitutional law sc ...
, American professor of constitutional law
* Laurence Tureaud (born 1952), known professionally as
Mr. T, American actor and wrestler
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St Laurence O'Toole
ST, St, or St. may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Stanza, in poetry
* Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band
* Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise
* Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...
, or
Lorcán Ua Tuathail, Irish Roman Catholic Saint
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Laurence of Canterbury
Laurence (died 2 February 619) was the second Archbishop of Canterbury, serving from about 604 to 619. He was a member of the Gregorian mission sent from Italy to England to Christianization, Christianise the Anglo-Saxons from their native An ...
, the second
Archbishop of Canterbury
The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...
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Laurence Tubiana
Laurence Tubiana (born 1951) is a French economist, academic and diplomat. She served as France's Climate Change Ambassador and Special Representative for the 2015 COP21 Climate Change Conference in Paris, and is recognised as a key architect of ...
, French Ambassador responsible for
COP21
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Laurence Vichnievsky (born 1955), French politician and magistrate
Surname
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Duncan Laurence
Duncan de Moor (; born 11 April 1994), known professionally as Duncan Laurence, is a Dutch singer and songwriter. He represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with his song "Arcade" and went on to win the competition, giv ...
(born 1994), Dutch singer, representing Netherlands in Eurovision Song Contest 2019
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Elizabeth Laurence
Elizabeth Laurence (born Elizabeth Jane Scott, 22 November 1949, Harrogate, England) is a classical mezzo-soprano singer. She is best known for her performances of 20th century operatic repertoire, and has created several operatic roles.
Biogr ...
(born 1949), English classical mezzo-soprano singer
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French Laurence (17571809), English lawyer and politician, brother of Richard
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John Zachariah Laurence
John Zachariah Laurence (1829 – 18 July 1870) was an English ophthalmologist who practiced medicine in London. He was the founder of the South London Ophthalmic Hospital in 1857, later to become known as the Royal Eye Hospital.
He was bo ...
(182970), English ophthalmologist
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Richard Laurence
Richard Laurence (13 May 1760 – 28 December 1838) was an English Hebraist and Anglican churchman. He was made Regius Professor of Hebrew and canon of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1814, and Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland, in 1822.
Laurence, youn ...
(17601838), English Hebraist and Anglican churchman, brother of French
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Samuel Laurence (181284), British portrait painter
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Stephen Laurence
Stephen Laurence is a scientist and philosopher, currently at the University of Sheffield, whose primary areas of research interest are the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of language, and cognitive science.
He is Director of the ''Innaten ...
(born before 1998), American philosopher
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Timothy Laurence (born 1955) retired British
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
officer and second husband of
Anne, Princess Royal
Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of ...
*
William L. Laurence
William Leonard Laurence (March 7, 1888 – March 19, 1977) was a Jewish American science journalist best known for his work at ''The New York Times''. Born in the Russian Empire, he won two Pulitzer Prizes. As the official historian of the Ma ...
(18881977), Lithuanian-American science journalist for The New York Times (193064)
See also
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Larry (disambiguation) Larry is a masculine given name. It may also refer to:
* Cyclone Larry, a cyclone that caused extensive damage in Australia in 2006
* Tropical Storm Larry (2003), which struck Mexico
* Lionel Larry (born 1986), American sprinter
* Wendy Larry (born ...
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Lars
Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries.
Origin
''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel".
A homonymous Etruscan name was borne ...
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Laurent (disambiguation)
Laurent may refer to:
*Laurent (name), a French masculine given name and a surname
**Saint Laurence (aka: Saint ''Laurent''), the martyr Laurent
**Pierre Alphonse Laurent, mathematician
**Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, amateur astronomer, discoverer ...
*
Laurentius (disambiguation)
Laurentius is a Latin given name and surname that means "''From Laurentum''" (a city near Rome).
It is possible that the place name ''Laurentum'' is derived from the Latin ''laurus'' ("Lauraceae, laurel").
People with the name include:
In Early ...
*
Laura
Laura may refer to:
People
* Laura (given name)
* Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert
Places Australia
* Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula
* Laura, South Australia
* Laura Bay, a bay on ...
and
Lauren
Lauren may be a given name or surname.The name's meaning may be "laurel tree", "sweet of honor", or "wisdom". It is derived from the French name Laurence, a feminine version of Laurent, which is in turn derived from the Roman surname Laurentius. ...
, feminine derivatives
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Laurance (name)
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