Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from

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 ...

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 ...

. It can be a shortened form of those names. Larry may refer to the following:

People

Arts and entertainment

* Larry D. Alexander, American artist/writer *

Larry Boone Larry Eugene Boone (born June 7, 1956) is an American country music artist and songwriter. Between 1985 and 1993, Boone recorded five major label studio albums, in addition to charting several singles on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles c ...

, American country singer * Larry Collins, American musician, member of the rockabilly sibling duo

The Collins Kids The Collins Kids were an American rockabilly duo featuring Lawrencine "Lorrie" Collins (May 7, 1942 – August 4, 2018) and her younger brother Lawrence "Larry" Collins (born October 4, 1944). Their hits in the 1950s as youngsters, such as "Hop, ...

Larry David Lawrence Gene David (born July 2, 1947) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and television producer. He and Jerry Seinfeld created the television sitcom ''Seinfeld'', on which David was head writer and executive producer for the first seve ...

(born 1947), Emmy-winning American actor, writer, comedian, producer and film director *

Larry Emdur Larry Emdur (born 9 December 1964) is an Australian television personality. Emdur is currently co-host of ''The Morning Show (TV program), The Morning Show'' alongside Kylie Gillies, and host of ''The Chase Australia''. The duo also hosted the ...

, Australian TV host *

Larry Feign Larry Feign (born December 5, 1955) is an American cartoonist and writer based in Hong Kong. Feign is best known for his comic strip '' The World of Lily Wong''. Education and early career Feign is from Buffalo, New York. He attended the Univ ...

, American cartoonist working in Hong Kong *

Larry Fine Louis Feinberg (October 5, 1902 – January 24, 1975), known professionally as Larry Fine, was an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is best known as a member of the comedy act the Three Stooges. Early life Fine was born to a Russian Je ...

, of the Three Stooges *

Larry Gates Lawrence Wheaton Gates (September 24, 1915December 12, 1996) was an American actor. His notable roles include H.B. Lewis on daytime's ''Guiding Light'' and Doc Baugh in the film version of ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' (1958). He played the role o ...

, American actor *

Larry Gatlin Larry Wayne Gatlin (born May 2, 1948) is an American country and Southern gospel singer and songwriter. As part of a trio with his younger brothers Steve and Rudy, he achieved considerable success within the country music genre, performing on 3 ...

, American country singer *

Larry Gelbart Larry Simon Gelbart (February 25, 1928 – September 11, 2009) was an American television writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and author, most famous as a creator and producer of the television series ''M*A*S*H'', and as co-writer of the B ...

(1928–2009), American screenwriter, playwright, director and author *

Larry Graham Larry Graham Jr. (born August 14, 1946) is an American bassist and baritone singer, both with the psychedelic soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone and as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station. In 1980, he released the single "O ...

, founder of American funk band

Graham Central Station Graham Central Station was an American funk band named after founder Larry Graham (formerly of Sly and the Family Stone). The name is a pun on New York City's Grand Central Terminal, often colloquially called Grand Central Station. History O ...

Larry Hagman Larry Martin Hagman (September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012) was an American film and television actor, director, and producer, best known for playing ruthless oil baron J. R. Ewing in the 1978–1991 primetime television soap opera, ''Dal ...

, American actor, best known for the TV series ''I Dream of Jeannie'' and ''Dallas'' *

Larry Henley Larry Joel Henley (June 30, 1937 – December 18, 2014) was an American singer and songwriter, best known for co-writing (with Jeff Silbar) the 1989 hit record "Wind Beneath My Wings". Early life Henley was born to Carl Henley and Helen Quinn in Od ...

(1937–2014), American singer and songwriter, member of The Newbeats *

Larry Hovis Larry Hovis (February 20, 1936 – September 9, 2003) was an American singer and actor best known for the 1960s television sitcom '' Hogan's Heroes''. Early life and career Hovis was born in Wapato, Washington, and moved to Houston, Texas, as a ...

, American actor and singer *

Larry June Larry Eugene Hendricks III (born April 8, 1991) is an American rapper from San Francisco, California. He is known for his EPs ''Larry'' and ''Orange Season'' and has toured with musicians such as Cousin Stizz, Berner, Curren$y, and Post Malone. ...

, American rapper *

Larry Junstrom Lawrence Edward Junstrom (June 22, 1949 – October 5, 2019) was an American bassist, best known for having been in the rock band .38 Special from 1977 until 2014. He was also one of the founding members of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd ...

(1949–2019), American bassist, founding member of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd *

Larry Kenney Larry Kenney (born August 5, 1947) is an American voice actor and radio personality. Early life Larry Kenney was born August 5, 1947 in Pekin, Illinois, the son of George and Joyce Kenney. He has a brother, Steven, and a sister, Jody. He graduat ...

, American radio DJ and voice actor on ''Imus in the Morning'' *

Larry King Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021) was an American television and radio host, whose awards included 2 Peabodys The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program ...

, American talk show host of ''Larry King Live'' on CNN *

Larry Knechtel Lawrence William Knechtel (August 4, 1940 – August 20, 2009) was an American keyboard player and bassist who was a member of the Wrecking Crew, a collection of Los Angeles-based session musicians who worked with such renowned artists as Simon ...

(1940–2009), American keyboardist and bassist *

Larry Lavender Larry Lavender is an American dancer and dance scholar. He is the author of the book ''Dancers Talking Dance: Critical Evaluation in the Choreography Class''. Biography Lavender did not begin training in dance until he was a college student. He ...

, American dancer and scholar *

Larry Lujack Larry Lujack (born Larry Lee Blankenburg; June 6, 1940 – December 18, 2013), also called Superjock, Lawrence of Chicago, Uncle Lar, and King of the Corn Belt, was a Top 40 music radio disc jockey who was well known for his world-weary sarcastic ...

(1940–2013), American radio disc jockey *

Larry Mathews Larry Mathews (born Larry Mazzeo August 15, 1955, in Burbank, California) is an American actor known for his role as Ritchie Petrie on ''The Dick Van Dyke Show''. After the series ended in 1966, Larry Mathews left acting to pursue a more conve ...

, Irish musician *

Larry McMurtry Larry Jeff McMurtry (June 3, 1936March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas.

, American novelist * Larry Miller, American actor and stand-up comedian *

Larry Mullen Jr. Laurence Joseph Mullen Jr. (; born 31 October 1961) is an Irish musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band U2. Mullen was born in Dublin, where he attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School. In 1976, he co-founded U2 ...

, Irish drummer and founder of the group U2 *

Larry Niven Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His best-known works are ''Ringworld'' (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards, and, with Jerry Pournelle, ''The Mote in God's Eye'' ...

, American science fiction author * Hilario

Larry Ramos Hilario D. "Larry" Ramos Jr. (April 19, 1942 – April 30, 2014) was a guitarist, banjo player, and vocalist with the 1960s American pop band the Association. In 1963, he won a Grammy with The New Christy Minstrels. Early years Ramos was of F ...

(1942–2014), American musician, member of the band the Association * Larry Sanders (born 1954), American singer aka L.V. *

Larry Storch Lawrence Samuel Storch (January 8, 1923 – July 8, 2022) was an American actor and comedian best known for his comic television roles, including voice-over work for cartoon shows such as Mr. Whoopee on ''Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales'' and hi ...

(1923–2022), American actor and comedian, best known for his TV work in ''F Troop'' *

Larry Taylor Samuel Lawrence Taylor (June 26, 1942 – August 19, 2019) was an American bass guitarist, best known for his work as a member of Canned Heat from 1967. Before joining Canned Heat he had been a session bassist for The Monkees and Jerry Lee Le ...

(1942–2019), American bassist, member of the rock band Canned Heat *

Larry Verne Larry Vern Erickson (February 8, 1936 – October 8, 2013) was an American novelty song vocalist. Biography Verne recorded two U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart hit singles in 1960, "Mister Livingston" (No. 75) and "Mr. Custer" (No. 1, and No. ...

(1936–2013), American singer *

Larry Wallis Larry Wallis (19 May 1949 – 19 September 2019) was an English guitarist, songwriter and producer. He was best known as a member of the Pink Fairies and an early member of Motörhead. Biography and career Early bands In 1968, he formed a ban ...

(1949–2019), English rock guitarist and songwriter, early member of the rock band Motörhead * Larry Walters (1949–1993) American truck driver, also known as Lawn Chair Larry *

Larry Wilmore Elister Larry WilmoreThe name Elister L. Wilmore is given at This matches the birth date and birthplace for "Larry Wilmore" at (born October 30, 1961) is an American comedian, writer, producer, and actor. He served as the "Senior Black Correspo ...

, American political satirist, and host of ''The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore'' *

Larry the Cable Guy Daniel Lawrence Whitney (born February 17, 1963), known professionally by his persona Larry the Cable Guy, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, country music artist, and former radio personality. He was one of the members of the ...

, stage name of American comedian Daniel Lawrence Whitney *

Larry (cartoonist) Terence "Larry" Parkes (19 November 1927 – 25 June 2003) was an English cartoonist. His work, consisting largely of single drawings featuring an absurdist view of normal life, was published in many magazines and newspapers, particularly ''Punch' ...

, British cartoonist

Information technology

Larry Ellison Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American business magnate and investor who is the co-founder, executive chairman, chief technology officer (CTO) and former chief executive officer (CEO) of the American computer technology ...

, co-founder of Oracle Corporation *

Larry Page Lawrence Edward Page (born March 26, 1973) is an American business magnate, computer scientist and internet entrepreneur. He is best known for co-founding Google with Sergey Brin. Page was the chief executive officer of Google from 1997 unt ...

, co-founder of Google *

Larry Sanger Lawrence Mark Sanger (; born July 16, 1968) is an American Internet project developer and philosopher who co-founded the online encyclopedia Wikipedia along with Jimmy Wales. Sanger coined the name and wrote much of Wikipedia's original governin ...

, co-founder of Wikipedia *

Larry Wall Larry Arnold Wall (born September 27, 1954) is an American computer programmer and author. He created the Perl programming language. Personal life Wall grew up in Los Angeles and then Bremerton, Washington, before starting higher education at S ...

, creator of the Perl computer language

Politics

Larry Craig Lawrence Edwin Craig (born July 20, 1945) is an American retired politician from the state of Idaho. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he served 18 years in the United States Senate (1991–2009), preceded by 10 years in the U.S. ...

, former US senator from Idaho *

Larry C. Johnson Larry C. Johnson is an American blogger and former analyst at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. He is the co-owner and CEO of BERG Associates, LLC (Business Exposure Reduction Group). Background Johnson worked at the CIA for four years as an ...

, former CIA intelligence officer and political commentator *Larry Kelly (born c. 1935), American politician *M. Larry Lawrence, U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland *Larry Sanders (politician) (born 1934), American-born British academic, social worker and Green Party activist, brother of Bernie Sanders

Sports

Baseball

*Larry Andersen, former baseball pitcher *Larry Anderson (baseball), former baseball pitcher for the Brewers White Sox *Larry Bowa, former shortstop for Phillies, Mets, and Cubs and former manager for Padres and Phillies *Larry Brown (infielder), major league infielder in the 1970s and 1980s, mainly with the Cleveland Indians *Larry Doby, first black baseball player in American League *Larry Hisle, major league outfielder with Philadelphia Phillies, Brewers, and Twins *Larry Jackson, major league pitcher in the 1950s and 1960s for the Cardinals, Cubs and Phillies * Larry Chipper Jones, Atlanta Braves third baseman-outfielder *Larry Sherry, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher *Larry Walker, former major league outfielder

Basketball

*Larry Bird, American Hall-of-Fame National Basketball Association player *Larry Brown (basketball) (born 1940), American Hall-of-Fame basketball All-Star player and coach *Larry Drew (born 1958), American basketball player and coach *Larry Drew II (born 1990), American basketball player *Larry Gordon (basketball), Larry Gordon, American basketball player *Larry Hollyfield (born 1950/1951), American basketball player *Larry Hughes, US basketball player *Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969), former US basketball player *Larry Nance, former National Basketball Association player *Larry Riley (basketball), General Manager of the Golden State Warriors *Larry Sanders (basketball) (born 1988), American former National Basketball Association player *Larry Shyatt, American basketball coach

Ice hockey

*Larry Huras, NHL ice hockey player and coach *Larry Murphy (ice hockey), NHL ice hockey player *Larry Robinson Canadian NHL ice hockey player *Larry Zeidel, Canadian NHL ice hockey player

Gridiron football

*Larry Allen, American football player *Larry Barretta, American football player *Larry Beil (American football), American football player *Larry Borom (born 1999), American football player *Larry Critchfield, American football player *Larry Csonka, American football player *Larry Dick, American football player *Larry Fitzgerald, American football player *Larry Ford (American football), American football player *Larry Johnson (running back), American football player *Larry Jusdanis, Canadian football player *Larry Keller, American football player *Larry Linne, American football player *Larry Ogunjobi, American football player *Larry Peace, American football player *Larry Rentz, American football player *Larry Rose III, American football player *Larry Rountree III (born 1998), American football player *Larry Seivers, American football player *Larry Sherrer, American football player *Larry Steinbach, American football player *Larry Walbridge, American football player

Other sports

*Larry Holmes, boxer *Larry L'Estrange MBE, Irish rugby player *Larry Mann (1930–1952), American racing driver *Larry Nixon (born 1950), American professional fisherman *Larry Olsen (jockey), retired jockey *Larry Zbyszko, professional wrestler and commentator

Criminals

*Larry Gene Ashbrook, mass murderer *Larry Gene Bell, murderer and possible serial killer *Larry Eyler, serial killer and kidnapper *Larry Hall (suspected serial killer), Larry Dewayne Hall (born 1962), American murderer, rapist, and possible serial killer *Larry Hoover, gang leader *Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr., bank robber and leader of the High Incident Bandits *Larry Lawton, author and ex-convict *Larry Nassar, serial child molester *Larry Pusateri, American fugitive *Larry Singleton, rapist and mutilator

Multiple individuals

*Larry Brown (disambiguation) *Larry Harris (disambiguation) *Larry Johnson (disambiguation) *Larry Miller (disambiguation) *Larry Murphy (disambiguation) *Larry Phillips (disambiguation) *Larry Scott (disambiguation) *Larry Smith (disambiguation)

Other

*Larry Wu-Tai Chin, Chinese double agent who worked in the CIA *Larry Flynt (1942–2021), American publisher *Larry Stylinson, a Name blending, name blended fandom "shipping (fandom), ship" of musicians Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson *Larry Wijeratne, Larry Wijeratna (1950–1998), Sri Lankan Sinhala army major general *Lost Boy Larry, nickname for a presumed missing boy in Albuquerque, New Mexico, whose cries for help were broadcast over citizens band radio, CB radio for several days in August 1973 (later deemed a hoax by state authorities)

Animals

*Larry (cat), Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office since February 2011

In fiction

Animation

*Larry the Cucumber, character from VeggieTales; also goes by the alter-ego of Larryboy *List of minor SpongeBob SquarePants characters#Larry Lobster, Larry the Lobster, a fictional lifeguard on ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' *Limozeen#Limozeen, Larry Palaroncini, character from Homestar Runner that plays in the band ''Limozeen'' *Larry, an common anaconda, anaconda from the 2006 Disney animated film ''The Wild'' *Larry Burns (The Simpsons), the son of Mr. Burns, portrayed by Rodney Dangerfield in ''The Simpsons'' *Larry, a white mouse who appeared in two episodes of ''Pinky and the Brain''

Movies and television

*Doctor Laurence Erhardt, one of the original mad scientists from ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' TV series * Larry, a character in the 1986 American science fiction movie ''Howard the Duck (film)#Cast, Howard the Duck'' * Larry, a character in the 1990 American action comedy movie ''Kindergarten Cop#Cast, Kindergarten Cop'' * Larry, a character in the 2012 American comedy film ''This Is 40#Cast, This Is 40'' * Larry, a character in the 2002 monster comedy action film ''Eight Legged Freaks#Cast, Eight Legged Freaks'' * Larry, a character on the American sitcom television series ''Newhart#Cast, Newhart'' * Perfect Strangers (TV series)#Cast, Larry Appleton, a character on the American sitcom television series ''Perfect Strangers'', often referred to as Cousin Larry (1986–1993) * Larry Blaisdell, character played by Larry Bagby III on ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' * Lawrence "Larry" Buckman, a character in the 1989 American family comedy-drama movie ''Parenthood (film)#Cast, Parenthood'' * Larry Dallas, Jack Tripper's best friend from the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom Three's Company (1977–1984) * Larry Donner, a character played by Billy Crystal in the 1987 movie ''Throw Momma from the Train#Cast, Throw Momma from the Train'' *

, a host on the Morning Show, Channel 7, Australia * Larry Fleinhardt, a character who is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and CalSci professor in the CBS crime drama ''NUMB3RS'', played by Peter MacNicol * Larry Howard, a character in the 1986 American science fiction adventure movie ''Flight of the Navigator#Cast, Flight of the Navigator'' * Larry "Bud" Melman, recurring character on David Letterman shows * Larry Potter, a character from the American TV sitcom ''Get a Life (American TV series)#Synopsis, Get a Life'' (1990–1992) * Larry Sanders, titular character on the American sitcom ''The Larry Sanders Show'' (1992-1998) * Larry Tate, on the TV series ''Bewitched'' * Larry the cameraman, a character played Chris Elliott by in the 1993 American fantasy comedy ''Groundhog Day (film)#Cast, Groundhog Day''

Video games

*Larry Butz, the friend of Phoenix Wright in the ''Ace Attorney'' series * Larry "Pixy" Foulke, a fictional character in ''Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War'' *Larry Laffer, the fictional character from the ''Leisure Suit Larry'' adult video game series *Koopalings, Larry Koopa, a video game character in the Super Mario Bros. series