William Lawrence or Bill Lawrence is a name shared by the following individuals:

Political figures and noblemen

English and Australian

• William Lawrence (Ripon MP) (circa 1723–1798), English Member of Parliament; Tory representing Ripon (1781–98)
• Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet (1783–1867), English physician; prolific author and philosopher; Serjeant Surgeon to the Queen
• William Lawrence (London MP) (1818–1897), English Member of Parliament; Liberal representing City of London (1865–74 and 1880–85)
• William Lawrence (Liverpool MP) (1844–1895), English Member of Parliament; Conservative for Liverpool Abercromby (1885–1906)
• Sir William Lawrence, 3rd Baronet (1870–1934)
• William Lawrence (Australian politician) (1906–2004), Australian member of House of Representatives; Liberal from Wimmera (1949–58)
• Sir William Lawrence, 4th Baronet (1913–1986)
• Sir William Lawrence, 5th Baronet (born 1954)

American

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

Clergymen

• William Lawrence (7th Bishop of Massachusetts) (1850–1941), American clergyman; served the Episcopal Diocese from 1893 to 1927
• William Appleton Lawrence, American clergyman, son of above; at the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts from 1937 to 1957

Film and television personalities

• William E. Lawrence (1896–1947), American supporting actor; also known as W. E. Lawrence; in 120 films between 1912 and 1947
• Bill Lawrence (newsman) (1915–1972), American journalist who served as ABC News chief political analyst from 1963 to 1972
• Bill Lawrence (singer) (born 1926), American singer popular on television in the early 1950s; regular on Arthur Godfrey and His Friends
• Bill Lawrence (producer) (born 1969), American television producer, director, writer and program creator (Spin City, Clone High, Scrubs)

Musicians

• Bill Lawrence (guitar maker) (born 1931), German-American recording artist and guitar designer/maker; birth name Willi Lorenz Stich
• Bill Lawrence (musician) (born 1957), American bass player for funk/fusion band the Funkdawgs, pioneers in internet jazz recordings

Others

• William Van Duzer Lawrence (1842–1927), American entrepreneur; pharmaceutical and real estate mogul; philanthropist and arts patron
• 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

See also

• Lawrence (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); two Pulitzer Prizes
• Laurence
• Laurent

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