Namesakes
Bishops of Rome and the Popes:
1 antipope
Laurentius (a.k.a. Lawrence) 498-506 
Fictional Characters from Television:
8 characters
Lawrence Alamain 1965 Days of Our Lives
Larry Zito 1984 Miami Vice
Larry Kubiac 1990 Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Larry Finkelstein 1997 Dharma & Greg
Cade Foster (middle name Lawrence) 1998 First Wave
Lawrence Kutner 2004 House
D. L. Hawkins (middle name Lawrence) 2006 Heroes
Larry Harvey 2011 American Horror Story: Murder House
Hall-of-Famers:
3 baseball, 2 basketball, 1 football, 1 ice hockey
(baseball) Yogi Berra (a.k.a. Lawrence) 1972
(baseball) Larry Doby 1998
(football) Lawrence Taylor 1999
(basketball) Larry Brown 2002
(ice hockey) Larry Murphy 2004
(baseball) Pat Gillick (a.k.a. Lawrence) 2011
(basketball) Larry Costello 2022
Most Valuable Players:
3 winners
Yogi Berra (a.k.a. Lawrence) 1951; 1954; 1955 baseball
Larry Brown 1972 football
Lawrence Taylor 1986 football
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 chemistry, 1 economics, 1 physics
(physics) William Lawrence Bragg 1915
(economics) Lawrence Klein 1980
(chemistry) Paul L. Modrich (middle name Lawrence) 2015
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries:
1 activist
(activist) Lawrence Lessig 1961-
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
12 actors, 1 comedian, 1 presenter
Larry Parks 1914-1975
Lawrence Tierney 1919-2002
Neville Brand (a.k.a. Lawrence) 1920-1992
Larry King (a.k.a. Lawrence) 1933-2021
Peter Boyle (middle name Lawrence) 1935-2006
Vonetta McGee (middle name Lawrence) 1945-2010
Richard Hatch (middle name Lawrence) 1945-2017
Peter Strauss (middle name Lawrence) 1947-
Larry David 1947-
Albert Brooks (middle name Lawrence) 1947-
Larry Miller 1953-
Robert Sean Leonard (middle name Lawrence) 1969-
Lawrence Gilliard Jr. 1971-
Joey Lawrence (middle name Lawrence) 1976-
Notable Athletes:
2 baseball, 1 football, 1 ice hockey, 1 rugby
(baseball) Larry Doby 1923-2003
(baseball) Yogi Berra (a.k.a. Lawrence) 1925-2015
(football) Lawrence Taylor 1959-
(ice hockey) Larry Murphy 1961-
(rugby) Sam Whitelock (middle name Lawrence) 1988-
Notable Businesspeople:
2 businesspersons
Larry Ellison 1944-
Larry Page 1973-
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director, 1 director/screenwriter
James L. Brooks (middle name Lawrence) 1940-
Lawrence Kasdan 1949-
Notable Musicians:
1 musician
Bob Welch (middle name Lawrence) 1945-2012
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 physicist
William Lawrence Bragg 1890-1971
Notable Writers:
3 authors, 1 poet
Amy Lowell (middle name Lawrence) 1874-1925
Lawrence Durrell 1912-1990
E. L. Doctorow (middle name Lawrence) 1931-2015
R. L. Stine (middle name Lawrence) 1943-
Olympic Medalists:
7 bronze, 4 gold, 2 silver, 2 silver/gold, 1 gold/silver
(bronze) Lawrence Feuerbach 1904 shot put
(silver) Herbert Trube (middle name Lawrence) 1908 3 mile team
(bronze) Frank Lukeman (middle name Lawrence) 1912 pentathlon
(bronze) Lawrence Whitney 1912 shot put
(bronze) Lawrence Shields 1920 1500 m
(gold) Larry Brown 1964 basketball
(bronze) Lawrence Andreasen 1964 diving - springboard
(silver/gold) Larry James 1968 400 m; 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Larry Young 1968; 1972 50 km walk
(silver/gold) Larry Black 1972 200 m; 4x100 m relay
(gold) Bruce Hayes (a.k.a. Lawrence) 1984 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) Wayman Tisdale (middle name Lawrence) 1984 basketball
(bronze) Larry Myricks 1988 long jump
(gold/silver) Michael Marsh (middle name Lawrence) 1992; 1996 200 m; 4x100 m relay
(silver) Lawrence Johnson 2000 pole vault
(gold) Sizwe Ndlovu (middle name Lawrence) 2012 rowing
Oscar Award Winners:
1 director
(director) James L. Brooks (middle name Lawrence) 1984 Terms of Endearment
Other Leaders:
1 prime minister
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi 2004-2013 Malta
Pulitzer Award Winners:
1 literature
(literature) Amy Lowell (middle name Lawrence) 1926 What's O'Clock
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
1 musician
Lawrence Payton 1990 The Four Tops
Saints:
12 blessed, 11 saints
Saint Lawrence of Rome 225-258
Saint Lawrence of Novara ?-397
Saint Laurence Majoranus (a.k.a. Lawrence) ?-546
Saint Laurence the Illuminator (a.k.a. Lawrence) ?-576
Saint Laurence of Canterbury (a.k.a. Lawrence) ?-619
Saint Laurence O'Toole (a.k.a. Lawrence) 1125-1180
Blessed Laurence Loricatus (a.k.a. Lawrence) ?-1243
Blessed Lorenzo of Ripafratta (a.k.a. Lawrence) 1359-1457
Saint Lorenzo Giustiniani (a.k.a. Lawrence) 1381-1455
Blessed Lorenzo Nerucci (a.k.a. Lawrence) ?-1420
Blessed Lorenzo of Villamagna (a.k.a. Lawrence) 1476-1535
Saint Lorenzo of Brindisi (a.k.a. Lawrence) 1559-1619
Blessed Lawrence Richardson ?-1582
Blessed Lawrence Humphrey ?-1591
Blessed Lawrence Rokuyemon ?-1622
Blessed Lawrence Jamada ?-1628
Blessed Lawrence Shizu ?-1630
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz (a.k.a. Lawrence) 1633-1637
Blessed Lorenzo Maria of Saint Francis Xavier (a.k.a. Lawrence) 1782-1856
Saint Lawrence Huong Van Nguyen 1802-1856
Blessed Lawrence Wang 1811-1858
Saint Lawrence Bai Xiaoman ?-1856
Blessed Lawrence PeMan ?-1856