Laws (surname)

Laws is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Bolitha James Laws (1891–1958), United States federal judge
• Brian Laws, (born 1961) English football manager and former player
• David Laws (born 1965), British politician
• David Laws (rugby league), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1980s in Great Britain
• Don Laws (1929-2014), American figure skater and coach
• Eloise Laws (born 1943), American jazz and R&B singer
• George Malcolm Laws (1919–1994), American folklorist
• Gilbert L. Laws (1838–1907), American politician, newspaper publisher and businessman
• John Laws (born 1935), Australian radio presenter
• John Laws (judge) (born 1945), British retired judge
• Maury Laws (born 1923), American television and film score composer
• Michael Laws (born 1957), New Zealand politician, broadcaster, writer and columnist
• Richard Laws (1926–2014), British marine biologist, Master of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
• Robert Laws (1851–1934), Scottish missionary in the Nyasaland Protectorate (now Malawi)
• Robert E. Laws (1921-1990), American World War II soldier awarded the Medal of Honor
• Sharon Laws (1974–2017), British cyclist and environmental consultant
• Stephen Laws, British lawyer and civil servant, First Parliamentary Counsel (2006-2012)
• Stuart Laws (born 1950), British racing driver