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词条 Lawrence (given name)
释义

  1. Aviation

  2. Christianity

  3. Education

  4. Exploration

  5. Sports

  6. Military

  7. Television, film and stage

  8. Music

  9. Business

  10. Arts

  11. Fictional characters

  12. Inventor

  13. Politics

  14. See also

  15. References

{{Infobox given name
|gender = Masculine
|language = English
|meaning = "man from Laurentum"
|petname = Larry, Lawrie
}}Lawrence is a masculine given name. It is an Anglicisation of the French Laurent,[1] which is in turn derived from the Latin Laurentius.[2] Pet forms of Lawrence include Larry and Lawrie.[1]

Aviation

  • Sir Lawrence Wackett (1896–1982), the father of the Australian aircraft industry.

Christianity

  • Saint Lawrence of Rome (died 258), Deacon and Roman Catholic saint, born in Spain.
  • Lawrence I, bishop of Milan from 490 to c. 511, Roman Catholic saint
  • Brother Lawrence de la Résurrection (died 1691), a Carmelite monk.

Education

  • Lawrence S. Bacow, former president of Tufts University
  • Lawrence M. Krauss, professor of physics and director of the Origins Initiative at Arizona State University.
  • Lawrence Scafuri, professor of physics at Cornell University

Exploration

  • Lawrence Oates (1880–1912), member of the ill-fated Scott expedition to the South Pole.

Sports

  • Lawrence Chimezie Akandu (born 1974), a Nigerian-born Hong Kong football player
  • Lawrence Dallaglio (born 1972), former English rugby union player
  • Lawrence Okoye (born 1991), British-born American football player & Olympian
  • Lawrence Peckham (born 1944), Australian high jumper
  • Lawrence Sampleton (born 1959), former American football player
  • Lawrence Taylor (born 1959), nicknamed LT, former Hall of Fame American football player who played for the New York Giants
  • Lawrence Thomas (born 1992), Australian footballer
  • Lawrence Virgil (born 1990), American football player
  • Edward Lawrence Levy (1851–1932), English world champion weightlifter

Military

  • Lawrence Joel (1928–1984), American war hero

Television, film and stage

  • Lawrence Gray (1898–1970), American actor
  • Lawrence Ng, Hong Kong actor
  • Lawrence Raghavendra, a South Indian film actor

Music

  • Lawrence, mononymous singer with Felt, Denim and Go Kart Mozart
  • Lawrence Welk, band leader, accordion player, and television host

Business

  • Lawrence Bossidy, former chairman of Honeywell, former CEO and chairman of AlliedSignal, current chairman of Merck & Co.
  • Lawrence Hunt, internet entrepreneur and CEO of Silverjet
  • Lawrence E. Page (born 1973), co-founder of Google Inc.

Arts

  • Lawrence Saint (1885–1961), an American stained glass artist
  • Lawrence Brownlee (born 1972), American opera singer

Fictional characters

  • Lawrence, a minor character from Mona the Vampire
  • Lawrence, a character from School of Rock
  • Lawrence Fletcher, Ferb's dad and Phineas's stepdad in the Disney animated series Phineas and Ferb
  • Lawrence Alamain, a character from Days of Our Lives

Inventor

  • Lawrence Hargrave (1850-1915), Australian inventor, explorer, astronomer, engineer and aeronautical pioneer

Politics

  • Lawrence M. Baskir (born 1938), American federal judge
  • Lawrence T. Fuglaar (1895-1972), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Rapides Parish from 1948 to 1952
  • Lawrence Gonzi, Maltese politician and former Prime Minister (2004-2013)
  • Lawrence M. Rulison (1917–1966), New York

See also

  • {{lookfrom|Lawrence}}
  • Larry (disambiguation)
  • Laurence
  • Lawrence (surname)
  • Lawrence (disambiguation)

References

1. ^{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=P |author1-link=Patrick Hanks |last2=Hardcastle |first2=K |last3=Hodges |first3=F |year=2006 |origyear=1990 |title=A Dictionary of First Names |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |edition=2nd |publisher=Oxford University Press |publication-place=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |page=165 }}
2. ^{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=P |author1-link=Patrick Hanks |last2=Hardcastle |first2=K |last3=Hodges |first3=F |year=2006 |origyear=1990 |title=A Dictionary of First Names |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |edition=2nd |publisher=Oxford University Press |publication-place=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |page=164 }}
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