Famous People with Name Lawrence

Lawrence J. Simon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence J. Simon: was an American professional wrestler who wrestled for the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the father of retired professional wrestlers Dean Malenko and Joe Malenko. On July 19, 196

Lawrence Michael Rotunda            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence Michael Rotunda: is a former American professional wrestler, perhaps best known under the name Irwin R. Schyster or I.R.S. for short. He is currently signed with World Wrestling Entertainment working as a road agent and making occasional appearances on WWE shows as Irwin

Lawrence "Larry" Whistler            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence "Larry" Whistler: is a professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Larry Zbyszko. Zbyszko is perhaps best known for his feud with his mentor, wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino during the early 1980s.Zbyszko's ring name has in the past been misspelled Zbysko or Zy

Lawrence Robert "Larry" Shreve            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence Robert "Larry" Shreve: best known as Abdullah the Butcher, and also at times The Madman from The Sudan, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler known as one of the most brutal or "hardcore" professional wrestlers of all-time. He debuted in the late 1950's. The scars in

Lawrence ("Bruce") Hayes            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence ("Bruce") Hayes: is a retired American freestyle and individual medley swimmer in the early 1980s. Hayes is best known for anchoring the U.S. men’s 4 x 200-metre freestyle relay team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

George Newbold Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Newbold Lawrence: was an American businessman and amateur ornithologist.Lawrence conducted Pacific bird surveys for Spencer Fullerton Baird and John Cassin, and the three men co-authored Birds of North America in 1858.Lawrence left his collection of 8,000 bird skins to the American Museum of Natural History. Lawrence's Goldfinch Carduelis lawrencei was named for him by Cassin.

Jacob Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacob Lawrence: was an African American painter; he was married to fellow artist Gwendolyn Knight. Lawrence referred to his style as "dynamic cubism", though by his own account the primary influence was not so much French art as the shapes and colors of Harlem.[1]Lawrence is among the best-known twentieth century African American painters, a distinction shared with Romare Bearden. Lawrence was only in his twenties when his "Migration Series" made him nationally famous. The series of paintings was featured in a 1941 issue of Fortune magazine. The series depicted the epic Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North.

Wendy Barrien Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Wendy Barrien Lawrence: is a Captain in the U.S. Navy, a helicopter pilot, an engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. She was the first female graduate of the US Naval Academy to fly in space and she has also visited the Russian Space Station Mir. She was a mission specialist on

Richard Webster Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Webster Lawrence: as an American bobsledder who competed in the 1930s.

Paige Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paige Lawrence: is a Canadian pair skater with partner Rudi Swiegers.