Lawrence (surname)

Lawrence is an English, French, and Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Christianity

William Lawrence (Bishop of Massachusetts), the 7th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
William Appleton Lawrence, 3rd Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts

Politics

Abbott Lawrence, US representative from Massachusetts
Allan Lawrence (politician) (1925-2008), Ontario provincial MPP and federal MP
Amos Lawrence (1786–1852), Massachusetts philanthropist and politician
Bert Lawrence (1923-2007), Ontario provincial MPP
Carmen Lawrence (b. 1948), Australian politician
Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence (1791–1861), Mayor of New York City, and US Congressman
Dorothy Bell Lawrence (1911–1973), New York assemblywoman
Edward A. Lawrence (1831–1883), New York politician
Effingham Lawrence (1820–1878), US Congressman from Louisiana
George Van Eman Lawrence (1818–1904), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
George P. Lawrence, former US Representative from Massachusetts
John L. Lawrence (1785–1849), New York politician
John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811–79), British statesman
Joseph Lawrence (Pennsylvania) (1786–1886), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Nathaniel Lawrence (1761–1797), New York politician
Samuel Lawrence (1879–1959), Canadian politician
Samuel Lawrence (congressman) (1773–1837), New York politician
William Lawrence (35th Congress), member of the United States House of Representatives from the 17th District of Ohio
William Lawrence (Ohio), Republican politician from Ohio

Education

Amos Adams Lawrence (1814–1886), abolitionist and founder of the University of Kansas
Philip Lawrence (1947–1995), murdered headmaster of St. George's Roman Catholic School

Art

Don Lawrence (1928–2003), British comic book artist
Doug Lawrence, a comic and voice talent
Ellis F. Lawrence, architect and founder of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon
Frederick William Lawrence (1890- ?), Canadian–American airbrush painter
Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), painter
Mary Lawrence (sculptor) (1868–1945), American sculptor
Thomas Lawrence (painter) (1769–1830), English portrait painter

Sports

Lawrence (1831 cricketer), an English cricketer whose first name is not known
Alonzo Lawrence (born 1989), America football player
Brenton Lawrence (born 1984), Australian Rugby League player
Brian Lawrence (born 1976), American baseball pitcher
Casey Lawrence (born 1987), American baseball pitcher
Chris Lawrence (rugby league) (born 1988), Australian Rugby League player
Davey Lawrence (born 1985), English ice hockey goaltender
David Lawrence (cricketer) (born 1964), English cricketer
Debbi Lawrence (born 1961), American racewalker
Eugene Lawrence (born 1986), American basketball player
James Lawrence (born 1992), English footballer
Henry Arnold Lawrence (1848-1902), English rugby union player
Liam Lawrence (born 1981), English-born Irish footballer
Matthew Lawrence, (born 1974), English footballer
Mike Lawrence (bridge) (born 1940), American bridge player
Tayna Lawrence (born 1975), Jamaican athlete
Tommy Lawrence (1940–2018), Scottish footballer
Wendell Lawrence (born 1967), Bahamian triple jumper

Literature

D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), English author
George Alfred Lawrence (1827–76), English novelist
Patrice Lawrence, British writer and journalist
R. D. Lawrence, Canadian naturalist and writer
T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935), British soldier and author

Military

Charles Lawrence (British Army officer) (1709-1760), British military officer and later governor of Nova Scotia
George St. Patrick Lawrence (1804–84), English soldier
Hal Lawrence (1920-1994), Canadian naval officer, historian and author
Henry Montgomery Lawrence (1806–57) British soldier
James Lawrence (1781-1813), American naval captain and hero of the War of 1812
Major Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. (1935-1967) the first Black American astronaut and member of the proposed Manned Orbiting Laboratory program of the U.S. Air Force
Stringer Lawrence (1697-1775), English soldier
Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935), a British soldier, also known as Lawrence of Arabia
William P. Lawrence (1930 - 2005), a Naval Aviator and Vice-Admiral in the United States Navy

Theatre, television and film

Bruno Lawrence (1941-1995), New Zealand actor and musician
Florence Lawrence (1886-1938), inventor and silent film actress from Hamilton, Ontario
Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952), English actress and musical comedy performer
Jennifer Lawrence (born 1990), American actress
Joey Lawrence (born 1976), American comic actor
Josie Lawrence (born 1959), English actress and comedian
Martin Lawrence (born 1965), American actor and comedian
Mr. Lawrence, (born 1969), American actor
Mary Lawrence (actor) (1918–1991), American film and television actress and author
Scott Lawrence (born 1963), American film and television actor and voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars video games
Sharon Lawrence (born 1961), American television actress
Vicki Lawrence (born 1949), American actress, singer, and comedian

Music

Carol Lawrence, American actress most often associated with musical theatre
Derek Lawrence, English record producer
Doug Lawrence (jazz) (born 1956), jazz saxophonist with Count Basie Orchestra
Douglas Lawrence, Australian organist, conductor, and choir director
Liz Lawrence, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Syd Lawrence, British bandleader and founder of the Syd Lawrence Orchestra big band
Tracy Lawrence, country singer and musician

American community founding

Abbott Lawrence (1792-1855), a noted merchant and founder of Lawrence, Massachusetts

Business

Fenda Lawrence, 18th-century slave trader
Gaylon Lawrence (1934-2012), American businessman and farmer
George Newbold Lawrence (1806-1895), American businessman and amateur ornithologist
Washington H. Lawrence (1840–1900), founder of National Carbon Company

Science and medicine

Ernest O. Lawrence (1901–1958), Nobel Prize-winning physicist: best known for inventing the cyclotron, and his later work in the Manhattan Project
George Newbold Lawrence (1806-1895), American businessman and amateur ornithologist
John Hundale Lawrence, a nuclear medicine pioneer, brother of Ernest O. Lawrence
Peter Lawrence (biologist), British biologist
Reginald Frederick Lawrence, South African entomologist
William Lawrence (biologist) (1783–1867), English surgeon and natural historian, a pre-Darwinian advocate of anthropoid origin of mankind

Crime

Toni Lawrence (born 1976), convicted of criminal confinement in the torture-murder of Shanda Sharer

Distribution

As a surname, Lawrence is the 142nd most common surname in Great Britain, with 53,575 bearers. It has the highest concentration in Poole, where it is the second most common surname, with 3,281 bearers, and is the most prevalent in Surrey, where it is the 14th most common surname, with 8,055 bearers. Other concentrations include, Orkney, (19th,1,709), Powys, (34th,1,613), County Durham, (43rd,3,295), Stirling, (52nd,1,693), Hampshire, (53rd,4,879), Kent, (87th,4,773), Essex, (100th,4,783), Aberdeenshire, (160th,1,619), City of Leeds, (241st,1,667), North Yorkshire, (269th,1,719), Tyne and Wear, (376th,1,717), Cambridgeshire, (421st,1,667), South Yorkshire, (500th,1,613), West Midlands, (897th,1,673), Greater London, (1,250th,1,717), and Lancashire.

Other

Andrew Lawrence (disambiguation)
Claudia Lawrence, disappeared in York, England in 2009
Curly Lawrence (1883-1967), British model engineer
David Lawrence (disambiguation)
Frances Lawrence (disambiguation)
Francis Lawrence (disambiguation)
Michael Lawrence (disambiguation)
Peter Lawrence (disambiguation)
Sally Ward Lawrence Hunt Armstrong Downs, also known as Sallie Ward, (1827-1896), American socialite.
Samuel Lawrence (disambiguation)
William Lawrence (disambiguation)
Murder of Stephen Lawrence