David Lawrence may refer to:
- David Lawrence, pseudonym of English poet & TV scriptwriter David Harsent (born 1942)
- David Lawrence (actor) (born 1976), Canadian actor (FUBAR: The Movie)
- David Lawrence (cricketer) (born 1964), English cricketer
- David Lawrence (publisher) (1888–1973), American publisher/editor (U.S. News & World Report)
- David Lawrence (writer), American comic book writer
- David L. Lawrence (1889–1966), Governor of Pennsylvania and longtime Pittsburgh mayor, for whom the David L. Lawrence Convention Center and Lawrence Hall are named
- David H. Lawrence XVII, American television, film and voice actor, radio host, Internet entrepreneur/podcaster and writer/author
- David Nessim Lawrence, American composer of television and film scores
- Chi Chi LaRue, porn director and cross dressing (drag) DJ who has used several aliases, including the name "Lawrence David"
Famous quotes containing the words david and/or lawrence:
“Do not seek anxiously to be developed, to subject yourself to many influences to be played on; it is all dissipation.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“It’s a thing of violence, to whom death would be a merciful release.”
—Edward T. Lowe. Erle C. Kenton. Lawrence Talbot (Lon Chaney)