Lawrence Johnson may refer to: Lawrence Johnson (athlete) (born 1974), American pole-vaulter Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson (1925–1997), Australian botanist Lawrence Johnson (American football) (born 1957), former NFL cornerback with the Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills Lawrence Johnson (type-founder) (1801–1860), American type-founder Lawrence Johnson (Wisconsin) (1908–1994), Wisconsin Republican politician Lawrence H. Johnson (1862–1947), Minnesota Republican politician Birth name of Laurence Naismith (1908–1992), English actor