List of Famous people named Laurent

Laurent Robert Blanc is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He is head coach of Qatar Stars League club Al-Rayyan. He has the nickname Le Président, which was given to him following his stint at Marseille in tribute to his leadership skills.

Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez is a French politician who served as President of The Republicans.

Laurent Delahousse is a French journalist and documentary filmmaker. He is best known for hosting the Journal de 20 heures news bulletin and Un jour, un destin biographical show, both on France 2 at respectively 8:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 11:35 p.m. on Thursdays. He also hosts 19h le dimanche between 7 and 9 p.m. on Sundays.

Lucien Voulzy, better known as Laurent Voulzy, is a French singer-songwriter, composer and musician.

Laurent Lafitte is a French actor. He is known for playing the role of Patrick in Elle. In March 2016 he was named as the host of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

Laurent Baffie is a French author, short film director and humorist.

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is a Canadian gridiron football guard for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Chiefs in the sixth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played university football at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the fourth medical school graduate to play in the NFL. Duvernay-Tardif was the first player to opt out of the 2020 NFL season due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic and he returned to the medical field in Canada. As a result of his efforts on and off the field in 2020, he was named a co-winner of the Lou Marsh Award, given annually to Canada's top athlete.

Laurent Hugues Emmanuel Ruquier is a French television presenter, radio host and comedian. He is also a lyricist, writer, columnist and impresario; he has been co-owner and general manager of Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau in Paris since 2011. He is best known for hosting the On n'est pas couché show on France 2 every Saturday evening from 2006 to 2020.

Laurent Fabius is a French politician serving as President of the Constitutional Council since 8 March 2016. A member of the Socialist Party, he previously served as Prime Minister of France from 17 July 1984 to 20 March 1986. Fabius was 37 years old when he was appointed and is, so far, the youngest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic.

Laurent Koscielny is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre back and captains Ligue 1 club Bordeaux.

Laurent Jalabert is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002.

Laurent Batlles is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, and is the current manager of Troyes AC.

Laurent Ournac is a French actor and comedian.

Laurent Petitguillaume is a French radio and television host. He debuted in 1983 on the RFM radio, then on Skyrock alongside Supernana, before hosting the show Duel au soleil on RTL during the summer holidays. He then presented various variety shows on television, including Scènes de ménage, Zygomusic, Que le meilleur gagne, La Fureur... He hosted the RFM Party 80 tour and is also the patron of several associations : Petits Princes and Ciel ma Sup' .

Laurent Boyer is a French radio and television host. He is the companion of singer Alice Dona.

Laurent Paganelli is a former footballer, currently a journalist (consultant) for Canal +, since 1997. He holds the record of the youngest player in French Division 1.

Laurent Lucas is a French actor.

Koudou Laurent Gbagbo is an Ivorian politician who was the President of Côte d'Ivoire from 2000 until his arrest in April 2011. A historian, Gbagbo was imprisoned in the early 1970s and again in the early 1990s, and he lived in exile in France during much of the 1980s as a result of his union activism. Gbagbo founded the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) in 1982 and ran unsuccessfully for president against Félix Houphouët-Boigny at the start of multi-party politics in 1990. He won a seat in the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire in 1990.

Laurent Boutonnat is a French composer and film and music video director, best known as the songwriting partner of Mylène Farmer and the director of several groundbreaking music videos.

Laurent Franco Ciman is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Toronto FC and the Belgium national team.