Famous People with Name Lawrence

Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnso            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnso: known as Lawrie Johnson, was an Australian taxonomic botanist. He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, for the whole of his professional career, as a botanist (1948-1972), Director (1972-1985) and Honorary Research Associate (1986-1997).

Lawrence Tauasa            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Lawrence Tauasa: is a Samoan Australian professional boxer who competes in the cruiserweight division. He comes from Sydney, is a former Australian cruiserweight champion and was a contestant on the fourth season of the Contender.

Lawrence Michael Sawle            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Lawrence Michael Sawle: is a former first-class cricketer from Western Australia. Sawle played for his home state from 1954/55 to 1960/61 as an opening batsman before a distinguished career as state selector in the 1970s, then as a senior WACA administrator, director of the Australian Cricket Board and chairman of selectors for the national team from 1994 to 1997. In his state selector role, Sawle partnered with Alan Edwards and Wally Langdon during the Western Australian team's most successful years.

Lawrence Raymond James Eckhoff            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Lawrence Raymond James Eckhoff: is a former cricketer. He played one first-class and one List A cricket for Otago in the 1975-76.

Lawrence Somerville Martin Miller            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Lawrence Somerville Martin Miller: was a cricketer who played for Central Districts, Wellington and New Zealand. A tall left-handed opening batsman, Miller was a late developer who made his first class debut at 27 and was in the New Zealand Test team within three years. But though he play

Bruno Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Bruno Lawrence: a New Zealand musician and actor, born David Charles Lawrence in Worthing, West Sussex, England. His family migrated to New Zealand in 1946, settling in New Plymouth before moving to Wellington in 1948. He spent most of his life in New Zealand and also worked extensively in Australia. Bruno was a renowned jazz drummer, playing drums in many bands, including Blerta, and The Crocodiles. He also acted in many movies, including Goodbye Pork Pie (1981), Smash Palace (1981), The Quiet Earth (1985) , at the time the highest-grossing New Zealand film, and Bridge to Nowhere (1986).

George Feather Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

George Feather Lawrence: was born in Sydney, Australia and for many years was regarded as one of the foremost painters in the impressionist style. He studied under Julian Rossi Ashton and Henry C. Gibbons at the famous Sydney Art School in the old Queen Victoria Building; and later in London and Paris.[1]Lawrence was a member of the Society of Artist, Sydney and is well represented in all National and most Provincial Galleries in Australia. His work has been acquired for other National Collections including Auckland and Dunedin, New Zealand; Kuala Lumpur, Zambia, United Kingdom, France, Holland, Italy and United States of America. He has held one-man exhibitions in all Australian capitals.

Marjorie Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Marjorie Lawrence: was an Australian soprano, particularly noted as an interpreter of Richard Wagner's operas. She later served on the faculty of the School of Music at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.Lawrence was born at Deans Marsh, south of Winchelsea, Victoria. She won a number of vocal competitions when aged in her teens. In 1927, the Australian baritone John Brownlee introduced her to a famous opera teacher, Cécile Gilly, in Paris. In 1932 she made her operatic debut in Monte Carlo as Elisabeth in Wagner's Tannhäuser. On 25 February 1933, she made her first appearance at the Opera Garnier in Paris, playing Ortrud in Lohengrin, and in the same year she sang in the world premiere of Joseph Canteloube's Vercingétorix.

Anna Josephine Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Anna Josephine Lawrence: is a former field hockey midfielder from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.Lawrence, educated at Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland, moved to Christchurch in 1990. She played inside left or rig

Jacqueline Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Jacqueline Lawrence: is an Australian slalom canoer and Olympic silver medallist, from Bonalbo, New South Wales.