(n)Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258), Syn.Laurentius, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence
(n)English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830), Syn.Sir Thomas Lawrence
(n)English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930), Syn.David Herbert Lawrence, D. H. Lawrence