This is a list of people from Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Laurence A. Abercrombie, triple Navy Cross recipient, Admiral, and submariner
A. J. Antoon, Tony Award-winning theatre director
Sarah Lord Bailey (1856–1922), elocutionist and teacher
Fred Beal, labor-union organizer
Al Bernardin, inventor of the Quarter Pounder
Leonard Bernstein, composer, conductor of New York Philharmonic, winner of a Tony Award and 18 Grammy Awards, born in Lawrence Colin Blackwell, professional ice hockey player Johnny Broaca, professional baseball player Dj Buddha, multi-platinum & multi-award winning record producer, DJ and record label owner Patrick F. Burke, American football player Garrett Caples, famous poet Doc Casey, professional baseball player James A. Champy, author, management expert, retired CEO Ed Coleman, radio reporter, host for the New York Mets John William Comber, Catholic missionary and bishop Elaine Comparone, harpsichordist Bill Cronin, American football player Irene Daye, jazz singer Ferdinand Waldo Demara, "The Great Impostor" Anthony DeSpirito, jockey Marcos Devers, first Dominican-American to serve as a mayor in the U.S. William E. Donovan, MLB pitcher and manager Sully Erna, Godsmack lead singer Aaron Feuerstein, one of the CEOs of Malden Mills; known for his generosity, for which he was awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award Joseph D. FitzGerald, president of Fairfield University (1951–1958) Jocko Flynn, MLB pitcher Robert Frost, iconic poet, winner of four Pulitzer Prizes and a Congressional Gold Medal, a graduate of Lawrence High School Ziwe Fumudoh, comedian and comic writer Robert Goulet, Grammy-winning singer and Tony-winning actor, born in Lawrence Steve Holman, voice of the Atlanta Hawks Nicky Jam, birth name Nick Rivera Caminero, rapper and reggaeton artist, lived in Lawrence until the age of 10 John J. Joubert (1963–1996), serial killer Francis Kilcoyne (died 1985), President of Brooklyn College William S. Knox, US congressman from 1895 to 1903 Thomas J. Lane, U.S. congressman from March 4, 1941, to March 3, 1963 Abbott Lawrence, founder of Lawrence, U.S. congressman, and ambassador to the United Kingdom Anna LoPizzo, striker killed during the Lawrence textile strike Sal Maccarone, sculptor Statik Selektah, record producer, DJ and radio personality Ray MacDonnell, actor Robert S. Maloney, U.S. congressman from 1921 to 1923 Frank McManus, MLB catcher Robbie Merrill, Godsmack bassist Paul Monette, author, poet, and activist George Moolic, professional baseball player Ray Mungo, author of 18 books and co-founder of Liberation News Service Georges Niang, professional basketball player Jane Ellen "Bonnie" Newman, executive dean of Harvard's Kennedy School and president of the University of New Hampshire Georges Niang, professional basketball player John O'Connell, professional baseball player Henry K. Oliver, Treasurer of Massachusetts from 1886 to 1889 Endicott Peabody, Governor of Massachusetts from 1963 to 1965 Leo Z. Penn, actor and director, father of Sean Penn Joe Perry, guitarist of Aerosmith Elizabeth Pillion, Army chemist Raymond Preston, NFL linebacker William Quinlan, NFL defensive end Gil Reyes, boxer, WBA, Fedecentro welterweight champion William Herbert Rollins, pioneer in field of radiation protection Dave Rozumek, NFL player William A. Russell, U.S. congressman from 1879 to 1885 James Michael Shannon, Attorney General of Massachusetts and CEO of National Fire Protection Association Edgar J. Sherman, Attorney General of Massachusetts and Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court Bethann Siviter, expatriate British nurse leader and author John K. Tarbox, U.S. congressman from 1875 to 1877 and Mayor of Lawrence from (1873–1875) Ernest Thayer, writer and poet, Casey at the Bat Thelma Todd, actress Emily Greene Wetherbee, poet and educator John E. White, Auditor of Massachusetts July 6, 1911 to 1914 Michael C. Wholley, general counsel for NASA William M. Wood, co-founder of American Woolen Company