- Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
- and his son, Sir William Lawrence, 1890–1971, English physicists: Nobel Prize winners 1915.
- Billy. born 1957, British rock singer and songwriter, noted for his political protest songs; recordings include Between the Wars (1985), Workers' Playtime (1988), Mermaid Avenue (1998), and England, Half English (2002)
- Melvyn, Baron. born 1939, British novelist, broadcaster, and television executive; presenter of The South Bank Show since 1978
- Sir William Henry , 1862–1942, British physicist, who shared a Nobel prize for physics (1915) with his son, for their study of crystal structures by means of X-rays
- his son, Sir (William) Lawrence, 1890–1971, British physicist
