John Lawrence

John Lawrence may refer to:

  • John Lawrence (illustrator), English illustrator and wood engraver
  • John Lawrence (martyr)
  • John Lawrence (Irish landowner), Irish landowner, owner of Ballymore Castle
  • John Lawrence (musician) a.k.a. Infinity Chimps, Welsh musician
  • John Lawrence (New York), mayor of New York City from 1673 to 1675, and again from 1691 to 1692
  • John Lawrence (Philadelphia), mayor of Philadelphia from 1765 to 1767
  • John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811–1879), Irish nobleman
  • John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Oaksey, British aristocrat, amateur jockey and horse racing commentator and journalist
  • John Geddes Lawrence, American medical technologist
  • John G. M. Lawrence (1915 - 2001), British socialist activist
  • John H. Lawrence (1904 - 1991), American physicist and pioneer in nuclear medicine
  • John Shelton Lawrence, American professor of philosophy and non-fiction writer
  • John W. Lawrence (1800 - 1888), U.S. Representative from New York
  • Johnny Lawrence (1911 - 1988), English cricketer who played for Somerset
  • John Lawrence (Pennsylvania), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  • John Lawrence, co-plaintiff in United States Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas

Famous quotes containing the words john and/or lawrence:

    “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal palaces. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Matthew 11:7-9.

    Jesus speaking about John the Baptist.

    “Isn’t it remarkable how everyone who knew Lawrence has felt compelled to write about him? Why, he’s had more books written about him than any writer since Byron!”
    —Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)