In Catholicism:

• Antipope Laurentius, antipope of the Roman Catholic Church
• Joannes Laurentius Lydus, Byzantine writer on antiquarian subjects
• Laurence of Canterbury, archbishop of Canterbury known as Saint Laurentius
• Lawrence of Rome, Saint Laurentius of Rome, (died 258), Italian deacon and Roman Catholic saint, born in Spain
• Laurentius Abstemius, Italian writer, Professor of Belles Lettres at Urbino, and Librarian to Duke Guido Ubaldo under Pope Alexander VI
• Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki, Laurentius Grimaldius Gosliscius, (1530–1607), Polish bishop, political thinker and philosopher best known for his book De optimo senatore

In Lutheranism:

• Laurentius Andreae, Swedish clergyman and scholar
• Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (1565–1646), Swedish theologian, astronomer and Archbishop of Uppsala
• Laurentius Petri (1499–1573), Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden
• Laurentius Petri Gothus, the second Swedish Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden
• Paul Laurentius (1554-1624), Lutheran divine

In other fields:

• Henrik Laurentius Helliesen, Norwegian Minister of Finance in several periods between 1863 and 1883
• Laurentius Christophori Hornæus, minister and witch hunter in Torsåker and Ytterlännäs, Sweden

See also

• Lars
• Lawrence/Laurence