Famous People with Name Lawrence

Lawrence Joseph Bird            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence Joseph Bird: is an American retired NBA basketball player, widely considered one of the best players of all time, and one of the best clutch performers in the history of sports.[1] Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, teaming with legendary center Robert Parish and forward Kevin McHale. Due to back problems, he retired as a player from the NBA in 1992. Bird was voted to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team[1] in 1996 and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[2] in 1998. Bird served as head coach of the Indiana Pacers from 1997 to 2000. In 2003, he assumed the role of president of basketball operations for the Pacers, which he currently still holds.

Lawrence Michael Foust            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence Michael Foust: A 6'9" center from La Salle University, Foust was selected by the Chicago Stags in the 1950 NBA Draft, but the Stags franchise folded before the start of the 1950-51 NBA season, and Foust joined the Fort Wayne Pistons. On November 22, 1950, Foust scored the winning basket in a 19-18 Pistons victory over the Minneapolis Lakers, the lowest scoring game in NBA history. Foust later joined the Lakers in 1957, and he also spent two-and-a-half seasons with the St. Louis Hawks, retiring in 1962 with 11,198 career points and 8,041 career rebounds.

Lawrence Ronald Costello            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence Ronald Costello: was an American professional basketball player and coach.He was known as the National Basketball Association's last two-handed set shooter. After playing at Niagara University, he joined the Philadelphia Warriors in 1954. Two years later he was traded to the Syracuse Nationals. He retired in 1965 from the Philadelphia 76ers (the former Syracuse Nationals), but eventually came back for the 1966-67 NBA season after new head coach Alex Hannum told him he needed a veteran point guard. With 42 games into the season, Costello ripped his Achilles tendon on January 6, 1967 and was replaced by Wali Jones. He did, however, come back to participlate in the 1967 playoffs. Costello ended his career for the second and final time in 1968.

Lawrence T. Cannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence T. Cannon: is a retired American basketball player. A 6'4" (1.93 m) guard, he played collegiately for La Salle University.He played for the Miami Floridians (1969-70), Denver Rockets (1970-71), Memphis Pros (1971-72), Indiana Pacers (1971-72, 1973-74) in the ABA for 194 games and Philadelphia 76ers (1973-74) in the NBA for 19 games.

Lawrence Edward Roberts            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence Edward Roberts: is an American professional basketball player formerly in the NBA. He was a second round draft pick (55th overall) of the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2005 NBA Draft and was then traded to the Memphis Grizzlies.

Paige Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paige Lawrence: is a Canadian pair skater with partner Rudi Swiegers.

Peter Max Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Peter Max Lawrence: is a contemporary media artist working within painting, video installation, sculpture, photography and drawing.[1][2][3] He currently resides in San Francisco.[1][2][4]As an artist, Lawrence has shown his work at such venues as New Works Gallery, the River Market Brewery and the Lotus Gallery. One of his early gallery showings of his art was at the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library in February 2001.[5] It was followed later in 2001 by a showing in Montreal.[5] Lawrence has had exhibitions in galleries throughout the United States and Canada.[2] He received the CAAC fellowship in 1999 and the Garber Grant in 2001.[2] His work has been featured in publications such as Hoard Magazine.[

Zuri Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Zuri Lawrence: is a professional heavyweight boxer best known to score a few notable wins over famous boxers but never reaching contender status. Notable wins include upsetting the comeback trail of Jameel McCline after McCline's second heavyweight title loss and being

Andrea Mead Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Andrea Mead Lawrence: was a former American alpine ski racer. She competed in three Winter Olympics (and two world championships) and was the first American alpine skier to win two Olympic gold medals. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, she was selected as captain of

Sherry Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sherry Lawrence: is a Canadian alpine skier. It was Lawrence's first year on the World Cup circuit when she came in 11th in downhill at Val d'Isère, France World Cup and also qualified to compete for Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.