Famous People with Name Lawrence

Lawrence Conway Eisenhauer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence Conway Eisenhauer: was an American college and professional football defensive end. A graduate of Chaminade High School in Mineola, New York, the Boston College standout was one of several Boston-area athletes to join the American Football League's Boston Patriots, and one of many hall-of-fame calibre players in the 1961 AFL draft

Lawrence Chatmon Little            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence Chatmon Little: is a former guard in college and professional American football. He played collegiately at Bethune-Cookman College. Undrafted out of college, Little began his professional career as a free agent with the American Football League's San Diego Chargers in 1967 and 1968,

Lawrence Julius Taylor            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence Julius Taylor: nicknamed L.T., is a retired Hall of Fame American football player. Taylor played his entire professional career as a linebacker for the New York Giants in the National Football League (NFL). He is considered to be one of the greatest defensive players in the history of football, and has been called the greatest defensive player of all time by members of the media, former players, and coaches.

Lawrence Frank Wilson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence Frank Wilson: is a former American football free safety who played for the St. Louis Cardinals.Wilson attended Rigby High School, where a plaque now hangs noting his accomplishments. After high school Wilson played college football at the University of Utah, where he was a two-way starter.

Lawrence Hugh Aller            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence Hugh Aller: was an American astronomer. He was born in Tacoma, Washington. He never finished high school and worked for a time as a gold miner. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1936 and went to graduate school at Harvard in 1937. There he obtained his master's degree in 1938 and his Ph.D. in 1943. From 1943 to 1945 he worked on the Manhattan Project at the University of California Radiation Laboratory. He was an assistant professor at Indiana University from 1945 to 1948 and then an associate professor and professor at the University of Michigan until 1962. He moved to UCLA in 1962 and helped build its astronomy department. He was chair of the department from 1963 to 1968.[1]

Sherry Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sherry Lawrence: is a Canadian alpine skier. It was Lawrence's first year on the World Cup circuit when she came in 11th in downhill at Val d'Isère, France World Cup and also qualified to compete for Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Brenda L. Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brenda L. Lawrence: is the current mayor of Southfield, Michigan and was the Democratic nominee for Michigan lieutenant governor in 2010. In the early 1990s, as an active member of the Parent Teacher's Association at her children's school, she sought and earned a seat on the

Elisha Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elisha Lawrence: was an American Federalist Party politician, who represented Monmouth County in the New Jersey Legislative Council, the precursor to the New Jersey State Senate, from 1780 through 1783, from 1789 through 1792 and in 1795. He served as Vice-President of Co

Samuel Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Samuel Lawrence: was an American politician from New York. He was appointed a judge of the Marine Court of New York City. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1811, and was Clerk of New York County from 1811 to 1812. He was a presidential elector in 1816 and

Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence: was a politician from New York. He became the first popularly elected Mayor of New York City after the law was changed in 1834. Lawrence was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1833, to May 14, 1834, when he resigne