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Larry Gender Male Language(s)
English Meaning Laurel crowned or From
Laurentum ,
Italy Related names Ilario (or female is Ilaria) as the Italian version
Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from
Lawrence or
Laurence . It can be a shortened form of those names.
Larry may refer to the following:
People
Arts and entertainment
Larry D. Alexander , American artist/writer
Larry Boone , American country singer
Larry Collins, American musician, member of the rockabilly sibling duo
The Collins Kids
Larry David (born 1947), Emmy-winning American actor, writer, comedian, producer and film director
Larry Emdur , Australian TV host
Larry Feign , American cartoonist working in Hong Kong
Larry Fine (1902–1975), American comedian and actor, one of the Three Stooges
Larry Gates , American actor
Larry Gatlin , American country singer
Larry Gayao (better known as
Larry g(EE) ), Filipino-American soul-pop artist
Larry Gelbart (1928–2009), American screenwriter, playwright, director and author
Larry Graham , founder of American funk band
Graham Central Station
Larry Hagman , American actor, best known for the TV series I Dream of Jeannie and Dallas
Larry Heath , Australian entrepreneur and publisher, founder of the National Live Music Awards
Larry Henley (1937–2014), American singer and songwriter, member of The Newbeats
Larry Hovis , American actor and singer
Larry Joyner (born 1964), American football player
Larry June , American rapper
Larry Junstrom (1949–2019), American bassist, founding member of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd
Larry Kenney , American radio DJ and voice actor on Imus in the Morning
Larry King (1933–2021), American talk show host of Larry King Live on CNN
Larry Knechtel (1940–2009), American keyboardist and bassist
Larry Lavender , American dancer and scholar
Larry Lujack (1940–2013), American radio disc jockey
Larry Mathews (born 1955), American actor
Larry Mathews (musician) , Irish musician
Larry McMurtry , American novelist
Larry Miller , an American guitarist from
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Larry Mullen Jr. , Irish drummer and founder of the group U2
Larry Niven , American science fiction author
Larry Poole , American actor and film producer
Hilario
Larry Ramos (1942–2014), American musician, member of the band the Association
Larry Sanders (born 1954), American singer aka
L.V.
Larry Shay (1897–1988), American songwriter
Larry Storch (1923–2022), American actor and comedian, best known for his TV work in F Troop
Larry Taylor (1942–2019), American bassist, member of the rock band Canned Heat
Larry Verne (1936–2013), American singer
Larry Wallis (1949–2019), English rock guitarist and songwriter, early member of the rock band Motörhead
Larry Walters (1949–1993) American truck driver, also known as Lawn Chair Larry
Larry Wilmore , American political satirist, and host of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
Larry the Cable Guy , stage name of American comedian Daniel Lawrence Whitney
Larry (cartoonist) , British cartoonist
Information technology
Politics and law
Larry Bakman , American attorney
Larry Craig , former US senator from Idaho
Larry Hogan (born 1956), former Governor of the U.S. state of Maryland
Larry C. Johnson , former CIA intelligence officer and political commentator
Larry Kelly (born
c. 1935), American politician
M. Larry Lawrence , U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland
Larry O'Brien (1917–1990), American politician and basketball commissioner
Larry Ribstein (1946–2011), American law professor
Larry Sanders (politician) (born 1934), American-born British academic, social worker and Green Party activist, brother of Bernie Sanders
Sports
Baseball
Larry Andersen , American baseball pitcher and analyst
Larry Anderson (baseball) , American baseball pitcher for the Brewers White Sox
Larry Bowa , former shortstop for Phillies, Mets, and Cubs and former manager for Padres and Phillies
Larry Brown (infielder) , major league infielder in the 1970s and 1980s, mainly with the Cleveland Indians
Larry Doby , first black baseball player in American League
Larry Hisle , major league outfielder with Philadelphia Phillies, Brewers, and Twins
Larry Jackson , major league pitcher in the 1950s and 1960s for the Cardinals, Cubs and Phillies
Larry
Chipper Jones , Atlanta Braves third baseman-outfielder
Larry Sherry , Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher
Larry Walker , Canadian major league outfielder
Basketball
Larry Bird , American Hall-of-Fame National Basketball Association player
Larry Brown (basketball) (born 1940), American Hall-of-Fame basketball All-Star player and coach
Larry Drew (born 1958), American basketball player and coach
Larry Drew II (born 1990), American basketball player
Larry Hollyfield (born 1950/1951), American basketball player
Larry Hughes , US basketball player
Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969) , American basketball player
Larry Nance , American National Basketball Association player
Larry Riley (basketball) , General Manager of the Golden State Warriors
Larry Sanders (basketball) (born 1988), American National Basketball Association player
Larry Shyatt , American basketball coach
Ice hockey
Larry Allen , American football player
Larry Barretta , American football player
Larry Beil (American football) , American football player
Larry Borom (born 1999), American football player
Larry Critchfield , American football player
Larry Csonka , American football player
Larry DeGraw , (born
c. 1941), Canadian football player
Larry Dick , American football player
Larry Fitzgerald , American football player
Larry Ford (American football) , American football player
Larry Johnson (running back) , American football player
Larry Jusdanis , Canadian football player
Larry Keller , American football player
Larry Knorr , (1917–1996), American football player
Larry Linne , American football player
Larry Ogunjobi , American football player
Larry Peace , American football player
Larry Plancke (born
c. 1947), Canadian football player
Larry Rentz , American football player
Larry Rose III , American football player
Larry Rountree III (born 1998), American football player
Larry Seivers , American football player
Larry Sherrer , American football player
Larry Steinbach , American football player
Larry Walbridge , American football player
Other sports
Criminals
Larry Gene Ashbrook , mass murderer
Larry Gene Bell , murderer and possible serial killer
Larry Eyler , serial killer and kidnapper
Larry Dewayne Hall (born 1962), American murderer, rapist, and possible serial killer
Larry Hoover , gang leader
Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr. , bank robber and leader of the High Incident Bandits
Larry Lawton , author and ex-convict
Larry Nassar (born 1963), American serial child molester
Larry Pusateri , American fugitive
Larry Ralston (born 1949), American serial killer and rapist
Larry Singleton , rapist and mutilator
Larry Slack , American child abuser
Multiple individuals
Other
Larry Wu-Tai Chin , Chinese double agent who worked in the CIA
Larry Flynt (1942–2021), American publisher
Larry Gbevlo-Lartey , Ghanaian soldier and businessman
Larry L. Greenfield , educator
Larry Gene Heien (1937–1991), American linguist
Larry Huggins , (born
c. 1950), president of Riteway-Huggins Construction Services
Larry Kosilla , American businessman and YouTuber
Larry Lemanski , director of the Biomedical Institute for Regenerative Research
Larry A. Nagahara , American physicist, member of the National Cancer Institute
Larry Reed , American shadow puppeteer
Larry Sass , architectural designer
Larry J. Seidman (1950–2017), American neuropsychologist
Larry Stylinson , a name blended fandomship of musicians
Harry Styles and
Louis Tomlinson
Larry Thibos , American scientist and academic
Larry Wijeratne (1950–1998), Sri Lankan Sinhala army major general
Lost Boy Larry , nickname for a presumed missing boy in
Albuquerque , New Mexico, whose cries for help were broadcast over CB radio for several days in August 1973 (later deemed a hoax by state authorities)
Animals
Larry (cat) , Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office since February 2011
In fiction
Animation
Movies and television
Doctor Laurence Erhardt , one of the original mad scientists from Mystery Science Theater 3000 TV series
Larry, a character in the 1986 American science fiction movie
Howard the Duck
Larry, a character in the 1990 American action comedy movie
Kindergarten Cop
Larry, a character played by
Christopher Lloyd in the 1983 American comedy movie
Mr. Mom
Larry, a character in the 2012 American comedy film
This Is 40
Larry, a character in the 2002 monster comedy action film
Eight Legged Freaks
Larry, a character on the American sitcom television series
Newhart
Larry Appleton , a character on the American sitcom television series Perfect Strangers , often referred to as Cousin Larry (1986–1993)
Larry Blaisdell , character played by Larry Bagby III on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Lawrence "Larry" Buckman, a character in the 1989 American family comedy-drama movie
Parenthood
Larry Dallas ,
Jack Tripper 's best friend from the
ABC sitcom
Three's Company (1977–1984)
Larry Donner, a character played by
Billy Crystal in the 1987 movie
Throw Momma from the Train
Larry Emdur , a host on the Morning Show, Channel 7, Australia
Larry Fleinhardt , a character who is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and CalSci professor in the CBS crime drama NUMB3RS , played by Peter MacNicol
Larry Howard, a character in the 1986 American science fiction adventure movie
Flight of the Navigator
Larry "Bud" Melman , recurring character on David Letterman shows
Larry Potter, a character from the American TV sitcom
Get a Life (1990–1992)
Larry Sanders, titular character on the American sitcom
The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1998)
Larry Tate , on the TV series Bewitched
Larry the Barista, a minor character in the 2014 movie
The Lego Movie
Larry the cameraman, a character played
Chris Elliott by in the 1993 American fantasy comedy
Groundhog Day
Video games
See also