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How many celebrities named Lawrence or Laurence can you think of? The famous Lawrences and Laurences below have many different professions, including notable actors named Laurence, famous musicians named Lawrence, and even athletes named Lawrence.
Laurence Fishburne is certainly one of the most famous Laurences on this list. One of the famous actors named Laurence, he is best known for playing Morpheus in The Matrix films. Boyz n the Hood, Apocalypse Now, and What's Love Got To Do With It are among his notable projects.
Another of the famous people with the first name Lawrence is Lawrence Welk. He was the bandleader and host of The Lawrence Welk Show. “Beer Barrel Polka” and “Tonight You Belong To Me” are among his popular songs.
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1961-07-30Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America
Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor, playwright, producer, screenwriter, and film director. He is known for playing Morpheus in The Matrix trilogy, Jason "Furious" ...more2
1907-05-22Birthplace: Dorking, United Kingdom
Nationality: United Kingdom, England
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, (; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and John Gielgud, dominated ...more3
1903-03-11Birthplace: Strasburg, North Dakota, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America, Germany
Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted the television program The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to ...more4
1971-09-22Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America
Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (born September 22, 1971) is an American character actor who has appeared in films, television series and theatre. He portrayed D'Angelo Barksdale on the HBO drama series The ...more5
1919-03-24Birthplace: Yonkers, New York, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America
Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, socialist activist, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. He was the author of ...more6
1949-01-14Birthplace: Area code 786, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Area code 305, Florida
Nationality: United States of America
Lawrence Edward Kasdan (born January 14, 1949) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known as co-writer of The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the ...more7
1935-05-10Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Nationality: United States of America
Lawrence Eugene Williams (May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Williams is best ...more8
1977-08-25Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Nationality: Australia
Lawrence Leung (born 25 August 1977) is an Australian comedian, writer and director from Melbourne, Victoria. He is best known for his television series Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure ...more9
1938-06-24Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America
Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York–set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar ...more10
1959-02-04Birthplace: Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America
Lawrence Julius Taylor (born February 4, 1959), nicknamed "L.T.", is an American former football player. Taylor played his entire professional career as a linebacker for the New York Giants ...more11
1928-10-01Birthplace: Joniškis, Lithuania
Nationality: Lithuania, United Kingdom, South Africa
Laurence Harvey (born Laruschka Mischa Skikne; 1 October 1928 – 25 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born British Jewish actor. In a career that spanned a quarter of a century, Harvey appeared in ...more12
1953-09-04Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Nationality: United States of America
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (born September 4, 1953) is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in a number of films and television shows, including Claudine (1974), Cooley High (1975), Roots ...more13
1907-08-03Birthplace: Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence Brown or Laurence Brown may refer to: Lawrence Benjamin Brown (1893–1972), American pianist, composer, and arranger of African-American folk songs Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) ...more14
1956-11-22Birthplace: Glasgow, United Kingdom
Nationality: Canada
Lawrence Henry Gowan (born 22 November 1956) is a Scottish Canadian musician, born in Glasgow. Gowan has been both a solo artist and the current lead vocalist and keyboardist of the band Styx since ...more15
1898-07-28Birthplace: USA, California, San Francisco
Nationality: United States of America
Lawrence Gray (July 28, 1898 – February 2, 1970) was an American actor of the 1920s and 1930s. ...more16
1937-04-03Birthplace: Masson, Quebec, Canada
Nationality: Canada
Lawrence Dane is an actor. ...more17
1965-03-11Birthplace: London, England, UK
Nationality: United Kingdom
Laurence Roderick Llewelyn-Bowen (born 11 March 1965) is a British self-styled "homestyle consultant" and television personality best known for his appearances on the BBC programme Changing Rooms ...more18
1978-05-26Birthplace: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Nationality: United Kingdom, England
Laurence Paul Fox (born 26 May 1978) is an English actor, singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his leading role as DS James Hathaway in the British TV drama series Lewis from 2006 to 2015. ...more19
1919-09-16Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Nationality: United States of America
Lawrence "Larry" Dobkin (September 16, 1919 – October 28, 2002) was an American television director, character actor and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades. Dobkin was a prolific ...more20
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1966-07-18Birthplace: Canada
Nationality: Canada
Lawrence Guterman (born July 18, 1966) is a Canadian film director known for his work in companies like DreamWorks, Warner Bros. New Line Cinema. and Universal. He directed the feature films Cats & ...more22
1934-11-21Birthplace: Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America
Laurence George Luckinbill (born November 21, 1934) is an American actor, playwright and director. He has worked in television, film, and theatre, doing triple duty in the theatre by writing, ...more23
1930-08-01Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Nationality: United States of America
Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger (August 1, 1930 – June 4, 2011) was an American statesman and career diplomat, who served briefly as the Secretary of State under President George H. W. Bush. Previously, ...more24
1947-08-20Birthplace: New Jersey, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America
Lawrence Alan Kudlow (born August 20, 1947) is an American financial analyst and former television host serving as Director of the National Economic Council under President Donald Trump since ...more25
1875-10-08Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Nationality: United Kingdom
Hugh Laurence "Laurie" Doherty (8 October 1875 – 21 August 1919) was a British tennis player and the younger brother of tennis player Reginald Doherty. He was a six-time Grand Slam champion and a ...more
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