Laurentius is a Latin surname that means "From Laurentum" (a city near Rome), or "Laurelled". It can also be used as a first name. Notable people with the name include:
In Early Christianity:
Lawrence of Rome, Saint Laurentius of Rome (died 258), Italian deacon and saint, born in SpainIn Catholicism:
Antipope Laurentius, antipope of the Roman Catholic ChurchLaurence of Canterbury, archbishop of Canterbury known as Saint LaurentiusLárentíus Kálfsson, bishop of Hólar, Iceland, 1324–1331Laurentius Abstemius, Italian writer, Professor of Belles Lettres at Urbino, and Librarian to Duke Guido Ubaldo under Pope Alexander VILaurentia McLachlan, Benedictian nun, Great Britain, 1866–1953In Byzantium:
Joannes Laurentius Lydus, Byzantine writer on antiquarian subjectsIn Poland:
Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki, Laurentius Grimaldius Gosliscius, (1530–1607), Polish bishop, political thinker and philosopher best known for his book De optimo senatoreIn Lutheranism:
Laurentius Andreae, Swedish clergyman and scholarLaurentius Paulinus Gothus (1565–1646), Swedish theologian, astronomer and Archbishop of UppsalaLaurentius Petri (1499–1573), Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of SwedenLaurentius Petri Gothus, the second Swedish Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala, SwedenPaul Laurentius (1554–1624), Lutheran divineLaurentius Christophori Hornæus, minister and witch hunter in Torsåker and Ytterlännäs, SwedenIn other fields:
Henrik Laurentius Helliesen, Norwegian Minister of Finance in several periods between 1863 and 1883Laurentius (weevil), a beetle genus in the tribe Madopterini