Leland

Leland may refer to:

Contents 1 Places 2 People 3 Other uses 4 See also

Places

Norway

• Leland, Norway

United States

• Leland, Illinois
• Leland, Iowa
• Leland, Michigan
• Leland, Mississippi
• Leland, North Carolina
• Leland, Wisconsin
• Leland Grove, Illinois
• Leland Township, Michigan
• Leland High School (San Jose, California)
• The Leland River in Michigan

People

Given name

• Leland Bardwell, author
• Leland Chapman, bounty hunter
• Leland Orser, actor
• Leland Stanford, founder of Stanford University, former Governor of California
• Leland Stanford, Jr., namesake of Stanford University
• Leland Taylor, former mayor of Louisville, Kentucky
• Leland Yee, State Senator of California

Surname

• Charles Godfrey Leland, American humorist and folklorist
• David Leland, British director, screenwriter and actor
• Frank Leland, Negro League baseball team owner of the Leland Giants
• George W. Leland, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• Henry M. Leland, automotive pioneer and founder of Cadillac and Lincoln brands
• John Leland (antiquary), English antiquary
• John Leland (Baptist), United States Baptist minister
• John Leland (journalist), reporter, columnist, and book author
• John Leland (politician), English Member of Parliament for Stamford, 1796–1808
• John Leland (Presbyterian), English Presbyterian minister
• John E. Leland, American engineer and Director of the University of Dayton Research Institute
• Mickey Leland, United States Congressman from Texas
• Waldo Leland, American historian and archivist

Fictional

• Leland Stottlemeyer, character in the TV series Monk
• Leland Palmer, character in the TV series Twin Peaks
• Lee Adama (short for Leland Joseph Adama), character in the TV series Battlestar Galactica (2004)

Other uses

• The John Leland Center for Theological Studies in Virginia
• Leland Corporation, an arcade game manufacturer
• Leland Initiative
• The United States of Leland, a 2003 dramatic movie

See also

• Leeland
• Leyland (disambiguation)

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