** Lawrence of Rome

** C. v. aridus ( Lawrence, 1853 )-Jaumave Bobwhite-west-central Tamaulipas to southeastern San Luis Potosi

** C. v. texanus ( Lawrence, 1853 )-Texas Bobwhite-southwest Texas to northern Mexico

** C. v. graysoni ( Lawrence, 1867 )-Grayson's Bobwhite-west central Mexico

** Lawrence of Brindisi

** Ian Hutchby ; Confrontation Talk: Arguments, Asymmetries, and Power on Talk Radio Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1996

** 103. lawrencium, Lr, named after Ernest O. Lawrence, a physicist best known for development of the cyclotron, and the person for whom the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ( which hosted the creation of these transuranium elements ) are named ( 1961 ).

** 116. livermorium, Lv, named after the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a collaborator with JINR in the discovery, ( 2000 ).

** WWI: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence capture Aqaba from the Turks.

** 18-year-old student Stephen Lawrence is stabbed to death in London, England ; the attack is believed to have been racially motivated.

** Vicki Lawrence, American comedienne and game show hostess

** Lawrence Stephen, Nauruan politician

** Lawrence E. Walsh, American jurist

** Lawrence Oates, English Army officer ( b. 1880 ).

** Lawrence Edward Grace Oates, English Explorer ( b. 1880 )

** Lawrence Welk, American television musician ( d. 1992 )

** Lawrence Sanders, American author ( b. 1920 )

** Lawrence Lessig, American academic and political activist

** Elizabeth II ( Queen of Canada ) and U. S. President Dwight Eisenhower open the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

** Lawrence Tibbett, American opera singer and actor ( b. 1896 )

** Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American author and publisher

** Buddy Merrill, American musician, The Lawrence Welk Show

** Vietnam War: United States National Security Council members, including Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk, and Maxwell Taylor, agree to recommend a plan for a 2-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam, to President Lyndon B. Johnson.

** Ross Taylor, New Zealand cricketer

** Taylor Cole, American actress and model

** Taylor Handley, American actor

** Rachael Taylor, Australian actress

** Taylor Schilling, American actress

** Richard Taylor, American Confederate general ( d. 1879 )

** Taylor Momsen, American actress

** Dennis Taylor, Irish snooker player

** Maxwell Taylor, American general ( died 1987 )

** Holland Taylor, American stage, film and television actress

** Laurette Taylor, American actress ( b. 1884 )

** Morgan Taylor, American athlete ( d. 1975 )

** Robert Lewis Taylor, American author ( b. 1912 )

** Richard E. Taylor, Canadian-born physicist, Nobel laureate

** Bob Marley and his manager Don Taylor are shot in an assassination attempt in Kingston, Jamaica.

** Taylor Hicks, American singer

** Phil Taylor, English darts player

** A peace delegation that includes singer-activist Joan Baez and human rights attorney Telford Taylor visit Hanoi to deliver Christmas mail to American prisoners of war ( they will be caught in the Christmas bombing of North Vietnam ).

** Martin Taylor, footballer coach

** U. S. President Zachary Taylor is exhumed to discover whether or not his death was caused by arsenic poisoning, instead of acute gastrointestinal illness ; no trace of arsenic is found.

** Taylor Gun-Jin Wang, Chinese-American astronaut

** Krissy Taylor, American model ( d. 1995 )

** Kent Taylor, American actor ( b. 1907 )