Lőrinc () is a Hungarian

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. It is a

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of English '' Laurence'', a name derived from a form of the

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'' Laurentius''. Lőrinc may refer to: * Lőrinc Galgóczi (born 1911, date of death unknown), Hungarian field handball player, competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics * Lőrinc Szabó (1900–1957), Hungarian poet and literary translator * Lőrinc Wathay (died 1573), Hungarian nobleman and castellan of Csesznek

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