Laird (surname)
Laird is a surname and a Scottish title. Notable persons with that surname include:
- Bruce Laird (American football) (born 1950), American pro football player
- Bruce Laird (born 1950), Australian cricketer
- Carobeth Laird (1895–1983), American anthropologist
- Charlton Laird (1901–1984) – American linguist and lexicographer
- David Laird (1833–1914), Canadian politician; Lieutenant Governor of Northwest Territories
- Davie Laird (born 1936), Scottish footballer
- Gerald Laird (born 1979), American professional baseball player
- 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
- John Laird (shipbuilder) (1805–1874), Scottish shipbuilder
- John Laird (philosopher) (1887–1946), British philosopher
- John Laird (California politician), American politician from California, state representative
- John Laird, Baron Laird (born 1944), an Ulster Unionist life peer
- John Keith McBroom Laird (1907–1985), Canadian author, barrister, and solicitor
- Macgregor Laird (1808–1861), Scottish merchant pioneer on the Niger River
- Marc Laird (born 1986), Scottish professional football player
- Margaret Nicholl Laird (1897–unknown), American Baptist missionary
- Matthew Laird (contemporary), Canadian politician from British Columbia and author
- Melvin R. Laird (born 1922), American congressman and Secretary of Defense
- Mike Laird, PlayStation player and BMX rider
- Nick Laird (born 1975), Northern Ireland novelist and poet
- Nick Laird-Clowes (born 1957), British musician and songwriter
- Paul Laird (born 1958), American musicologist
- Peter Laird (born 1954), American comic book artist
- Philip Johnson-Laird (born 1936), American psychologist and author
- Rick Laird (born 1941), Irish jazz musician
- Scott Laird, English football player
- Stephen Laird (fl. 20th c.), American journalist; alleged to be a Soviet spy in the 1930s
- Trevor Laird, British actor
- Walter Laird (1920–2002), Dancesport champion
- William R. Laird, III (1916–1974), American politician, U.S. senator from West Virginia
Alternate Spellings
In the United States, the surname Laird has many different spellings, presumably due to oral census takers.[1]
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- MacLaird
- McLeaird
- McLeard
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