William Lawrence or Bill Lawrence may refer to:

Public officials and noblemen

English

• William Lawrence (Ripon MP) (ca. 1723–1798), Tory Member of Parliament who represented Ripon (1781–98)
• Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet (1783–1867), physician; prolific author and philosopher; Serjeant Surgeon to the Queen
• William Lawrence (London MP) (1818–1897), Liberal Member of Parliament who represented City of London (1865–74 and 1880–85)
• William Lawrence (Liverpool MP) (1844–1895), Conservative Member of Parliament who represented Liverpool Abercromby (1885–1906)
• Sir William Lawrence, 3rd Baronet (1870–1934), horticulturalist, hospital administrator and collector; grandson of Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet
• Sir William Lawrence, 4th Baronet (1913–1986), member of noble family; businessman; served as major in World War II; longtime corporate executive
• Sir William Lawrence, 5th Baronet (born 1954), member of noble family; has served on Stratford-upon-Avon District Council since 1982; OBE 2003 for promotion of tourism

American

• William T. Lawrence (1788–1859), Whig from New York; represented 26th congressional district from March 1847 to March 1849
• William Beach Lawrence (1800–1881), lawyer, diplomat, historian and political figure; Rhode Island's lieutenant governor and acting governor in 1851–52
• William Lawrence (Ohio 17th district) (1814–1895), Democrat; served in U.S. Congress from March 1857 to March 1859
• William Lawrence (Ohio 4th and 8th district) (1819–1899), Republican; served in U.S. Congress during 1865–71 and 1873–77

Australian

• William Lawrence (Wimmera) (1906–2004), Liberal member of House of Representatives; represented Wimmera from 1949 to 1958

Clergymen

• William Lawrence (Bishop of Massachusetts) (1850–1941), American leading figure of the Episcopalian Church; served the Diocese as 7th Bishop from 1893 to 1927
• William Appleton Lawrence (1889–1969), American Episcopalian bishop, son of William Lawrence, the 7th Bishop; at the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts from 1937 to 1957

Film and television personalities

• William E. Lawrence (1896–1947), American supporting actor in silents; bit player in sound films; in 120 shorts and features between 1912 and 1947
• Bill Lawrence (news personality) (1915–1972), American journalist who worked for The New York Times and served as ABC News chief political analyst from 1961 to 1972
• Bill Lawrence (producer) (born 1969), American television producer, director, writer and program creator (Spin City, Clone High, Scrubs)
• William Matthew Lawrence (born 1980), American television and film actor who has been performing since early childhood; numerous TV roles (Boy Meets World); best known as Matthew Lawrence

Others

• William Effingham Lawrence (1781–1841), English-Australian landowner; in Tasmania since 1823; leader in social and educational endeavours
• William Lawrence (botanist) (1807–1833), English-Australian botanical enthusiast; sent samples of Tasmanian flora to England; son of William Effingham Lawrence
• William Van Duzer Lawrence (1842–1927), American entrepreneur; pharmaceutical and real estate mogul; philanthropist and arts patron
• William Frederick Lawrence (1890–after 1942), Canadian-American spray-paint artist who gained brief fame in late 1930s for skill in quickly creating portraits and landscapes
• Bill Lawrence (baseball) (1906–1997), American sports personality who played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball
• William P. Lawrence (1930–2005), American naval aviator who reached the rank of vice-admiral; superintendent of U.S. Naval Academy
• Bill Lawrence (guitar maker) (born 1931), German-American recording artist whose appellation also represents brand name in designing and manufacturing guitars

See also

• Billy Lawrence (born 1971), American female singer, songwriter, record producer and arranger specializing in rhythm and blues, soul and hip hop soul
• Lawrence (surname)
• William Lawrence Scott (1828–1891), American political figure; Democrat from Pennsylvania; Mayor of Erie; represented 27th district in U.S. Congress (1885–89)
• William Lawrence Baillieu (1859–1936), Australian financier, philanthropist and political figure based in Melbourne; Victorian Legislative Council (1901–22)
• William Lawrence Tower (1872–after 1912), American zoologist and educator; associate professor at University of Chicago; experimental studies in beetle heredity
• William Lawrence Balls (1882–1960), English botanist known for his research into cotton technology; spent decades in Egypt; Fellow of the Royal Society (1928)
• William Lawrence Bottomley (1883–1951), American architect famed for designing residential buildings in the Colonial Revival style
• William Lawrence Adrian (1883–1972), American clergyman who served as the Roman Catholic bishop of Nashville from 1936 to 1969
• William Lawrence Bragg (1890–1971), English physicist who, along with his father, William Henry Bragg, was awarded the 1915 Nobel Prize
• William Lawrence James (1892–1971), American baseball pitcher in National League; played with 1914 Boston Braves championship team; best known as Seattle Bill James
• William Lawrence Cramer (1897–1978), American educator and government administrator who served as civilian governor of U.S. Virgin Islands from 1935 to 1941
• William Lawrence Stribling (1904–1933), American heavyweight boxer who won 256 (128 by KO) of his 289 fights; died following motorcycle crash; best known as Young Stribling
• William Lawrence Shirer (1904–1993), American journalist, historian and broadcaster; author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich; best known as William L. Shirer
• William Lawrence Evans (1919–1983), American right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball; played for Chicago White Sox (1949) and Boston Red Sox (1951); best known as Bill Evans
• William Lawrence Cullen (1920–1990), American radio and television personality who, between 1946 and 1989, hosted numerous programs, primarily game shows; best known as Bill Cullen
• William Lawrence Creaghan (1922–2008), Canadian political figure; Progressive Conservative from New Brunswick; represented Westmoreland in House of Commons (1958–62)
• William Lawrence Sauder (1926–2007), Canadian business executive who was a longtime benefactor, later chancellor, of the University of British Columbia
• William Lawrence Morrison (born 1928), Australian Labor Party political figure and diplomat from New South Wales; represented St. George (1969–75) and (1980–84); best known as Bill Morrison
• William Lawrence Hicke (1938–2005), Canadian ice hockey player; right wing for teams in Canada and U.S. from 1954 to 1969; coach and manager in 1990s; best known as Bill Hicke
• William Lawrence Kocay (born 1954), Canadian educator and author of books, articles and papers in his specialty of mathematics and computer science; professor at University of Manitoba
• William Lawrence Grimmett (born 1956), Canadian political figure; Progressive Conservative from Ontario; provincial legislature (1995–99); best known as Bill Grimmett
• William Lawrence Allen (born 1962), American film and television actor whose best-known role was that of BMX racer Cru Jones in the 1986 feature, Rad
• Laurence (surname)
• William Laurence Brown (1755–1830), Scottish theologian (On the Existence of the Supreme Creator, 1826)
• William Laurence Sullivan (1872–1935), American Unitarian clergyman; author of a critical 1910 Letter to His Holiness, Pope Pius X
• William L. Laurence (1888–1977), Lithuanian-American science journalist for The New York Times (1930–64); winner of two Pulitzer Prizes
• Laurent (surname)

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