Lauritz or Laurits is a male given name, the Swedish and Norwegian variant of Laurence/Lawrence
Lauritz de Thurah | Claus Lauritz Clausen | Lauritz Jenssen | Lauritz Galtung | Jens Lauritz Arup |
Christian Harald Lauritz Peter Emil Bohr (1855–1911, both in Copenhagen) was a Danish physician, father of the physicist and Nobel laureate Niels Bohr, as well as the mathematician Harald Bohr and grandfather of another physicist and nobel laureate Aage Bohr.
James Lauritz Reveal (born 1941) is a botanist who is perhaps best known for his work on suprageneric names, presented in an extensive website, which also presents material on plant taxonomy including the Reveal system.
He was the son of district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver) Johan Daniel Stub (1736–1802) and grandson of Lauritz Stub (1708-1774), both of whom served as judges in Bergen.
Lauritz Galtung (c. 1615-1661) was a Norwegian nobleman of the Galtung-family who was educated in the military, and became Admiral of the Dano-Norwegian joint fleet.