Weyland

Weyland or Weylandt may refer to:

Weyland or Wayland the Smith, a legendary smith in Germanic and Norse mythology
- Völundarkviða, the Lay of Weyland, a Norse epic poem about the smith

Thomas Weyland (1230–1298), British justice
Jacob Weyland (fl. 1705), Dutch explorer of the New Guinea coast who discovered Geelvink Bay
Richard Weyland (1780–1864), British politician
Joseph Weyland (1826–1894), German bishop
Paul Weyland (1888–1972), German anti-Semitic conman and agitator who organized an anti-Einstein campaign
Hermann Weyland (1888–1974), German botanist and chemist
Otto P. Weyland (1903–1979), American Air Force General
Marcel Weyland (born 1927), Polish-Australian translator
Jack Weyland (born 1940), American physicist and author
Joseph Weyland (born 1943), Luxembourgian diplomat
Wouter Weylandt (1984–2011), Belgian cyclist who died in the Giro d'Italia

In the Alien-Predator franchise:
- Charles Bishop Weyland, a fictional character from Alien vs. Predator—see Bishop (Aliens)
- Weyland-Yutani, a fictional megacorporation from the Alien franchise
- Weyland Corporation, a fictional technology corporation predecessor to Weyland-Yutani, founded by Peter Weyland who was in turn introduced in the movie Prometheus (2012 film)
Weyland Smith from The Fables Vertigo Comics title
John Wayland Smith, a fictional blacksmith from The Dark Is Rising Sequence fantasy series by Susan Cooper
Weyland, a space station in the Honorverse, see List of locations in the Honorverse
Weyland Consortium, a fictional megacorporation from Android: Netrunner
Cadmann Weyland, a fictional character from the science fiction novels The Legacy of Heorot and Beowulf's Children co-authored by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes.

Point Weyland, headland in South Australia
The Weyland Mountains or Köbowrè Range in West Papua named after Jacob Weyland
Weyland ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus caroli), a species of marsupial from Papua named after the mountains

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