# William Lawrence

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**William** or **Bill Lawrence** may refer to:

## Arts and entertainment

- [W. E. Lawrence](/source/W._E._Lawrence) (1896–1947), American silent film actor
- [Bill Lawrence (news personality)](/source/Bill_Lawrence_(news_personality)) (1916–1972), American print and television journalist
- [Bill Lawrence (guitar maker)](/source/Bill_Lawrence_(guitar_maker)) (1931–2013), German-American recording artist and guitar maker
- [Bill Lawrence (TV producer)](/source/Bill_Lawrence_(TV_producer)) (born 1968), American television producer, director, writer and program creator

## Law and politics

### United Kingdom

- [William Lawrence (Ripon MP)](/source/William_Lawrence_(Ripon_MP)) (c. 1723–1798), British politician
- [William Lawrence (London MP)](/source/William_Lawrence_(London_MP)) (1818–1897), British MP for City of London
- [William Lawrence (Conservative politician)](/source/William_Lawrence_(Conservative_politician)) (1844–1935), British MP for Liverpool Abercromby

### United States

- [William Lawrence (1723–1780)](/source/William_Lawrence_(1723%E2%80%931780)), American Congregational minister
- [William T. Lawrence (politician)](/source/William_T._Lawrence_(politician)) (1788–1859), American congressman from New York
- [William Caldwell Anderson Lawrence](/source/William_Caldwell_Anderson_Lawrence) (died 1860), American politician in Pennsylvania
- [William Beach Lawrence](/source/William_Beach_Lawrence) (1800–1881), American lawyer, diplomat, historian and politician in Rhode Island
- [William Lawrence (Ohio Democrat)](/source/William_Lawrence_(Ohio_Democrat)) (1814–1895), U.S. congressman
- [William Lawrence (Ohio Republican)](/source/William_Lawrence_(Ohio_Republican)) (1819–1899), U.S. congressman
- [William A. Lawrence (Wisconsin politician)](/source/William_A._Lawrence_(Wisconsin_politician)) (1822–1890), American legislator in Wisconsin
- [William Miner Lawrence](/source/William_Miner_Lawrence) (1861–1935), American politician in New York
- [William T. Lawrence (judge)](/source/William_T._Lawrence_(judge)) (born 1947), United States federal judge
- [William Lawrence (Kentucky politician)](/source/William_Lawrence_(Kentucky_politician))

### Elsewhere

- [William Lawrence (Australian politician)](/source/William_Lawrence_(Australian_politician)) (1906–2004), Australian politician for Wimmera

## Nobility

- [Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_William_Lawrence,_1st_Baronet) (1783–1867), English physician, author and philosopher; Serjeant Surgeon to the Queen
- [Sir William Lawrence, 3rd Baronet](/source/Sir_William_Lawrence,_3rd_Baronet) (1870–1934), English horticulturalist, hospital administrator and collector
- [Sir William Lawrence, 4th Baronet](/source/Sir_William_Lawrence,_4th_Baronet) (1913–1986), English businessman; served as major in World War II
- [Sir William Lawrence, 5th Baronet](/source/Sir_William_Lawrence,_5th_Baronet) (1954–2015), English noble, served on Stratford-upon-Avon District Council

## Sports

- [Bill Lawrence (baseball)](/source/Bill_Lawrence_(baseball)) (1906–1997), American baseball player
- [Bill Lawrence (cricketer)](/source/Bill_Lawrence_(cricketer)) (born 1963), New Zealand cricketer
- [Trevor Lawrence](/source/Trevor_Lawrence) (William Trevor Lawrence; born 1999), American football quarterback

## Others

- [William Effingham Lawrence](/source/William_Effingham_Lawrence) (1781–1841), English-Australian landowner
- [William Dawson Lawrence](/source/William_Dawson_Lawrence) (1817–1886), Irish-Canadian shipbuilder, businessman and politician
- [William Van Duzer Lawrence](/source/William_Van_Duzer_Lawrence) (1842–1927), American pharmaceutical and real estate mogul
- [William Lawrence (bishop)](/source/William_Lawrence_(bishop)) (1850–1941), American Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts
- [William Witherle Lawrence](/source/William_Witherle_Lawrence) (1876–1936), American philologist and professor of English
- [William Appleton Lawrence](/source/William_Appleton_Lawrence) (1889–1968), American Episcopal bishop of Western Massachusetts, son of the above
- [William P. Lawrence](/source/William_P._Lawrence) (1930–2005), American naval aviator, superintendent of U.S. Naval Academy
- [William Lawrence (activist)](/source/William_Lawrence_(activist)) (born 1990), American climate activist and co-founder of Sunrise Movement
- [William Ridgway Lawrence](/source/William_Ridgway_Lawrence) (1840–1923), American judge

## Other uses

- [*William D. Lawrence* (ship)](/source/William_D._Lawrence_(ship)), an 1874 full-rigged sailing ship
- [USS William P. Lawrence](/source/USS_William_P._Lawrence), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy

## See also

- [Billy Lawrence](/source/Billy_Lawrence) (born 1971), American female singer, songwriter, record producer and arranger
- [Bill Laurance](/source/Bill_Laurance) (born 1981), English composer, producer, and musician
- [William L. Laurence](/source/William_L._Laurence) (1888–1977), Lithuanian-American science journalist for *The New York Times* (1930–64)

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