1. (noun)Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poorpeople of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
2. (noun)Lawrence, T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia Welshsoldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arabrevolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)
4. (noun)Lawrence, Gertrude Lawrence Englishactress (1898-1952)
5. (noun)Lawrence, E. O. Lawrence, Ernest Orlando Lawrence United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958)
6. (noun)Lawrence, D. H. Lawrence, David Herbert Lawrence Englishnovelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)