Laurie (given name)

Laurie is a unisex given name. Among males, it can be a short form (hypocorism) of Lawrence or Laurence. For females, it can be a short form of Lauren or Laura.

Laurie is the name of:

People[]

Women[]

• Laurie Allen, singer and musician, half of the Bobby & Laurie 1960s Australian singing duo
• Laurie Anderson (born 1947), American avant-garde artist, composer, musician and film director
• Laurie Halse Anderson (born 1961), American writer best known for children's and young adult novels
• Laurie Monnes Anderson (born 1945), American politician
• Laurie Baker (ice hockey) (born 1976), American hockey player
• Laurie Brown (broadcaster) (born 1957), Canadian television host
• Laurie Butler (born 1955), American chemist
• Laurie David (born 1958), American environmental activist
• Laurie Garrett (born 1951), American Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist and writer
• Laurie Graham (born 1960), Canadian retired downhill skier, member of several Halls of Fame
• Laurie Graham (novelist) (born 1947), English journalist, scriptwriter and novelist
• Laurie Heyer, American mathematician
• Laurie Hill (footballer, born 1970), American-born Mexican international soccer player
• Laurie Jussaume (born 1999), Canadian cyclist
• Laurie Metcalf (born 1955), American actress
• Laurie Penny (born 1986), English feminist columnist and author
• Laurie Scott (politician) (born 1963), Canadian politician
• Laurie Gwen Shapiro (born 1966), American writer and filmmaker
• Laurie Tackett (born 1974), one of the perpetrators of the torture-murder of Shanda Sharer
• Laurie Walker (artist) (1962–2011), Canadian artist
• Laurie Wayburn (born 1954), American conservationist
• Laurie Williams (wheelchair basketball) (born 1993), British wheelchair basketball player

Men[]

• Laurie Allan (born 1943), English drummer
• Gerard Anderson (1889-1914), British hurdler
• Laurie Baker (1917–2007), British-born Indian architect
• Laurie Bell (footballer) (born 1992), English footballer
• Lawrence Bell (footballer) (1875-1933), Scottish footballer
• Laurie Brereton (born 1946), Australian politician
• Laurie Bristow (born 1963), British diplomat
• Laurie Brown (footballer) (1937-1998), British footballer and manager
• Laurie Brown (physicist) (born 1923), American theoretical physicist
• Laurie Faso (born 1946), American actor, voice actor, and game show host
• Laurie Ferguson (born 1952), Australian former politician
• Laurie Hill (footballer, born 1942) (1942–2014), Australian rules footballer
• Laurie London (English musician, born January 19, 1944)
• Laurie Scott (footballer) (1917–1999), English footballer
• Laurie Scott (ice hockey) (1896–1977), Canadian ice hockey player
• Laurie Spina (born 1963), Australian former rugby league footballer
• Laurie Taylor (disambiguation)
• Laurie Walker (footballer), (born 1989), English football goalkeeper
• Laurie Williams (cricketer) (1968–2002), West Indian cricketer

Fictional characters[]

• Laurie Forman, in the TV show That 70s Show
• The title character of the TV series Laurie Hill
• Laurie Strode, in the Halloween film series, played by Jamie Lee Curtis
• Laurie Partridge, in the TV series The Partridge Family, played by Susan Dey
• Theodore Lawrence, called Laurie, in the novel Little Women
• Laurie, from the animated reality TV show The Ridonculous Race
• Laurie, later named Laurie du Salador, in Raymond E Feist 's The Riftwar Cycle
• Annie Laurie McShane, called Laurie in Betty Smith's novel, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

See also[]

• J. Laurie Snell (1925-2011), American mathematician
• Lori (given name), feminine name
• Lorrie, feminine given name

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