Laird (surname)
This article is about the surname Laird. For the Scottish title, see Laird.
Laird is a surname and a Scottish title. Notable persons with that surname include:
- Alexander Laird (1797–1873), Scottish-Canadian farmer and politician
- Anne Laird (born 1970), Scottish curler
- Bruce Laird (American football) (born 1950), American football player
- Bruce Laird (born 1950), Australian cricketer
- Carobeth Laird (1895–1983), American anthropologist
- Charlton Laird (1901–1984), American linguist and lexicographer
- Chris Laird (born 1893), Australian rules footballer
- David Laird (1833–1914), Canadian politician; Lieutenant Governor of Northwest Territories
- Davie Laird (born 1936), Scottish footballer
- Elizabeth Laird (author) (born 1943), British writer of children's books
- Elizabeth Laird (physicist) (1874–1969), Canadian physicist
- Emil Matthew Laird (1896–1982), American aircraft builder and pilot
- Flake Laird (1902–1992), American college sports coach
- Gerald Laird (born 1979), American baseball player
- Henry Laird (1868–1940), Canadian journalist, merchant and politician
- Jack Laird (potter) (1920–2009), New Zealand potter
- Jack Laird (1923–1991), American television producer, writer, director and actor
- James Laird (politician) (1849–1889), American politician; U.S. representative from Nebraska
- James Laird (journalist) (contemporary), named on the master list of Nixon political opponents
- Jenny Laird (1912–2001), British film and television actress
- John Laird (disambiguation)
- Luke Laird (born c.1978), American songwriter
- Macgregor Laird (1808–1861), Scottish merchant pioneer on the Niger River
- Marc Laird (born 1986), Scottish football player
- Margaret B. Laird (1871–1968), American women's suffrage leader
- Margaret Nicholl Laird (1897–1983), American Baptist missionary
- Martin Laird (born 1982), Scottish professional golfer
- Matthew Laird (born 1977), Canadian politician from British Columbia and author
- Melvin R. Laird, Sr. (1877–1946), American politician, businessman and clergyman
- Melvin R. Laird (1922-2016), American congressman and Secretary of Defense
- Mike Laird (born 1974), American BMX rider
- Nan Laird, American professor of biostatistics
- Nick Laird (born 1975), Northern Ireland novelist and poet
- Nick Laird-Clowes (born 1957), British musician and songwriter
- Norman Laird (1906–1970), Northern Ireland doctor and politician
- Paul Laird (born 1958), American musicologist
- Peter Laird (born 1954), American comic book artist
- Philip Johnson-Laird (born 1936), American psychologist and author
- Ray A. Laird (1907-1986), American educator
- Rick Laird (born 1941), Irish jazz musician
- Robbin Laird (born 1946), American military and defense analyst
- Ron Laird (born 1938), American race walker
- Rory Laird (born 1993), Australian rules football player
- Ryan Laird (born 1984), Canadian country music singer-songwriter
- Sally Laird (1956–2010), British editor and translator of Russian literature
- Scott Laird (born 1988), English football player
- Stephen Laird (fl. 20th century), American journalist; alleged to be a Soviet spy in the 1930s
- Susan Laird (1908–1933), American competition swimmer
- Trevor Laird (born 1957), English actor
- Walter Laird (1920–2002), British Latin-American dancer
- William Laird (disambiguation)
- Willie Laird (20th century), Scottish association football player
Alternate spellings
In the United States, the surname Laird has many different spellings, presumably due to oral census takers.[1]
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References
- ↑ "Laird Family Association". www.qcsi.net/lfa. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
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