Another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” – should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Larry, derived from Lawrence or Laurence, but here about people mainly known as Larry!

Larry Snyder* athlete/coach of Jesse Owens – Canton, OH USA (1896)

Larry Kwong* hockey player – Vernon, BC Canada (1928)

Larry Hagman* actor/director/producer – Fort Worth, TX USA (1931)
Larry King* television and radio host – Brooklyn, NY USA (1933)
Larry Gogan* radio broadcaster – Dublin, Ireland (1934)
Larry Kramer* playwright/film producer/LGBT rights activist – Bridgeport, CT USA (1935)
Larry Niven* science fiction writer – Los Angeles, CA USA (1938)
Larry Linville* actor (M*A*S*H) – Ojai, CA USA (1939)

Larry Cohen* film director/producer – New York, NY USA (1941)
Larry Pickering* political cartoonist/illustrator – Australia (1942)
Larry Flynt* publisher/ businessman – Lakeville, KY USA (1942)
Larry Ellison* entrepreneur/co-founder of Oracle Corporation/philanthropist  – New York, NY USA (1944)
Larry Tesler* computer scientist – The Bronx, NY USA (1945)
Larry Holmes* boxer – Cuthbert, GA USA (1949)

Larry Robinson* hockey player (NHL 100)/10SC/coach/executive – Winchester, ON Canada (1951)
Larry Bird* basketball player/ coach/executive – West Baden Springs, IN USA (1956)

Larry Murphy* hockey player/SC/studio analyst – Scarborough, ON Canada (1961)
Larry Mullen Jr.* musician/co-founder of U2/actor – Artane, Dublin, Ireland (1961)

Larry Page* founder of Google – Lancing, MI USA (1973)

Updated 10.7.2022