Laurent is a French masculine

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origin. It is used in

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. The name was derived from the Roman surname

Laurentius 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'' ("laurel"). People with the name include: In Early Christian ...

, which meant "from Laurentum". It can also be derived from the

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word Lavrenti, meaning "the bright one, shining one". Laurentum was an ancient Roman city of Latium situated between Ostia and

Lavinium Lavinium was a port city of Latium, to the south of Rome, midway between the Tiber river at Ostia and Antium. The coastline then, as now, was a long strip of beach. Lavinium was on a hill at the southernmost edge of the ''Silva Laurentina'', a ...

, on the west coast of the Italian peninsula southwest of

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. The feminine form of Laurent is

Laurence Laurence is an English and French given name (usually female in French and usually male in English). 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 ...

Politics

Charles François Laurent Charles François Laurent (12 November 1856 – 16 February 1939) was a French senior civil servant, specializing in finance. He was president of the Cour des comptes (Court of Audit). After taking early retirement at the age of 53 he became a busi ...

(1856–1939), French senior public official and diplomat * Claude de Roux de Saint-Laurent (died 1689), French soldier, governor of Saint Christophe * Louis St. Laurent (1882–1973), twelfth Prime Minister of Canada *

Jean-Luc Laurent Jean-Luc Laurent (born 23 June 1957) is a French politician formerly of the Citizen and Republican Movement. He was Member of Parliament for Val-de-Marne's 10th constituency from 2012 to 2017. Political career He was elected to Parliament in ...

(born 1957), French politician * Jeanne St. Laurent (1886–1966), wife of Louis St. Laurent *

Laurent-Désiré Kabila Laurent-Désiré Kabila () (27 November 1939 – 18 January 2001) or simply Laurent Kabila ( US: ), was a Congolese revolutionary and politician who was the third President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1997 until his assassinatio ...

(1939–2001), former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo *

Laurent Gbagbo Koudou Laurent Gbagbo
, FPI website . ( Laurent Grandguillaume Laurent Grandguillaume (born 20 January 1978) is a French politician. He served as a member of the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both ...

(born 1978), former member of the French Parliament

Mathematics

Laurent Schwartz Laurent-Moïse Schwartz (; 5 March 1915 – 4 July 2002) was a French mathematician. He pioneered the theory of distributions, which gives a well-defined meaning to objects such as the Dirac delta function. He was awarded the Fields Medal in ...

, French mathematician *

Paul Matthieu Hermann Laurent Paul Matthieu Hermann Laurent (2 September 1841, in Luxembourg City – 19 February 1908, in Paris, France) was a French mathematician. Despite his large body of works, Laurent series expansions for complex functions were ''not'' named after him, ...

, French mathematician *

Pierre Alphonse Laurent Pierre Alphonse Laurent (18 July 1813 – 2 September 1854) was a French mathematician, engineer, and Military Officer best known for discovering the Laurent series, an expansion of a function into an infinite power series, generalizing the Ta ...

, French mathematician best known as the discoverer of the Laurent series

Royalty

Laurent, Prince of Belgium nl, Laurens Benedikt Boudewijn Maria ger, Laurentius Benedikt Balduin Maria , image = Prince Laurent of Belgium (2015 F).jpg , caption = Prince Laurent in 2015 , birth_date = , birth_place = Belvédère Castle, Laeken, Brussels ...

, 12th in line to the Belgian throne

Science

* Auguste Laurent (1807-1853), French chemist *

Christian Laurent Christian Laurent is an electrical engineer with the National Center for Scientific Research in Toulouse, France. Laurent was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2015 for his research into electrical a ...

, French engineer *

Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent (or Joseph Laurent) (died 1900) was a French amateur astronomer and chemist who discovered the asteroid 51 Nemausa in 1858, for which he was a recipient of the Lalande Prize awarded by the French Academ ...

, a French astronomer *

Laurent Lantieri Laurent Lantieri is a French plastic surgeon who is a pioneer in the field of face transplant A face transplant is a medical procedure to replace all or part of a person's face using tissue from a donor. Part of a field called "Vascularized ...

, French plastic surgeon who is a pioneer in the field of face transplantation *

Raymond Laurent Raymond Ferdinand Louis-Philippe Laurent (16 May 1917 – 3 February 2005) was a Belgian herpetologist, who specialized in African and South American amphibians and reptiles. He published more than 200 scientific articles and book chapters. Several ...

, Belgian herpetologist

Sports

* Emelyne Laurent (born 1998), French footballer *

Laurent Blanc Laurent Robert Blanc (born 19 November 1965) is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back, and is currently the manager of Ligue 1 club Lyon. He has the nickname ''Le Président'', which was given to him ...

, French association football manager * Laurent Capet, French volleyball player * Laurent Chambertin, French volleyball player * Laurent Desbiens, French cyclist * Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (born 1991), Canadian player of American football with the Kansas City Chiefs *

Laurent Fignon Laurent Patrick Fignon (; 12 August 1960 – 31 August 2010) was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984 and the Giro d'Italia in 1989. He is former FICP World No. 1 in 1989. He nearly captured ...

(1960–2010), French cyclist *

Laurent Koscielny Laurent Koscielny (born 10 September 1985) is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Born in Tulle, Koscielny began his football career playing for a host of youth clubs before moving to Guingamp in 2003, where he q ...

, French association football player *

Laurent Manuel Laurent Manuel (born April 27, 1986) is a former French/American soccer player, entrepreneur and tv/film producer. Career Youth and College Manuel was a member of the youth academy at famed French club Olympique de Marseille, before playing f ...

, American association football (soccer) player *

Laurent Robinson Laurent Robinson (born May 20, 1985) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons, St. Louis Rams, Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the thir ...

, American football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys *

Lucien Laurent Lucien Laurent (10 December 1907 – 11 April 2005) was a French association football player who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Playing for France national football team, France, at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, 1930 World Cup he ...

, French association football player * Roger Laurent, Belgian racing driver *

Laurent Pimond Laurent Pimond (born 6 April 1965) is a French former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Career Pimond joined the Paris Saint-Germain Academy in 1982, after spending two and ...

, French association football player

Other

Joseph Laurent Joseph Laurent ( abe, Sozap Lolô; 1839–1917), was an Abenaki chief, best known for authoring an Abenaki language dictionary. He also established a trading post in New Hampshire that is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Biog ...

(1839–1917), Abenaki chief and linguist * Laurent Bourgeois, choreographer and rapper from French dance duo Les Twins *

Laurent Brancowitz 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 ...

, guitarist for French band Phoenix *

Laurent Laplante Joseph Lucien Laurent Laplante (March 3, 1934Joseph Lucien Laurent Laplante's date of birth is taken from his baptismal certificate from the parish of Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs in Verdun, birth 57, sheet 10v of the year 1934. Baptized on March ...

(1934–2017), Canadian journalist, essayist and detective writer *

Laurent Nkunda Laurent Nkunda (or Laurent Nkundabatware Mihigo (birth name), or Laurent Nkunda Batware, or as he prefers to be called The Chairman; born February 2, 1967) is a former General in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is ...

, Congolese rebel general * Harry Laurent (1895–1987), New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Mathilde Laurent Mathilde Laurent is a French perfumer. After studying perfumery at ISIPCA in Versailles, Laurent began her career as an apprentice to Jean-Paul Guerlain. She went on to work at Guerlain for 11 years. Since 2006, she has been the in-house perfume ...

, French perfumer *

Mélanie Laurent Mélanie Laurent (; born 21 February 1983) is a French actress, filmmaker, and singer. The recipient of two César Awards and a Lumières Award, she is an accomplished actress in the French film industry. Globally, she is best known for her rol ...

, French actress * Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer * Laurent Hébert, Québecois professional ''

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Fiction

* Dick Laurent, a fictional character in Lost Highway by David Lynch *

Laurent (Twilight) The following is a list of characters in the Twilight (novel series), ''Twilight'' novel series by Stephenie Meyer, comprising the books ''Twilight (Meyer novel), Twilight'', ''New Moon (novel), New Moon'', ''Eclipse (Meyer novel), Eclipse'' an ...

, one of the nomadic vampires in Stephenie Meyer's ''Twilight'' series *Laurent of Vere, the love interest in the Captive Prince series by C. S. Pacat