Lorenzo the Elder (12 October 1394[1] – 23 September 1440) was an Italian banker of the House of Medici of Florence, the younger brother of Cosimo de' Medici the Elder and progenitor of the so-called "Popolani" ("populist, i.e. for the people") line of the family, named for a later generation whose members were supporters of the Florentine political activist Girolamo Savonarola.

Lorenzo the Elder was ancestor to all the Grand Dukes of Tuscany through his direct descendant Cosimo I de' Medici.

He died in the Medici Villa of Careggi[citation needed] in 1440 and was buried in the Basilica of San Lorenzo.

[6] A young Lorenzo is portrayed by Stuart Martin in the 2016 television series Medici: Masters of Florence.

The show appears to be using elements from a later attack on his great nephew, Giuliano de' Medici, for dramatic effect.