Laird (surname)

Laird is a surname and a Scottish title. Notable persons with that surname include:

  • Helen M. Laird
  • 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
  • Patrick Laird (born 1995), American football player
  • 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
  • David Robert Laird (born 1991)

British music producer

Alternate spellings

In the United States, the surname Laird has many different spellings, presumably due to oral census takers.[1]

  • Lard
  • Leard
  • Leaird
  • Leird
  • MacLaird
  • McLeaird
  • McLeard
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References

  1. "Laird Family Association". www.qcsi.net/lfa. Retrieved 11 August 2009.


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