Kirkland (surname)
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Kirkland is a surname. It originated from a habitational name with variant spellings Kirtland and Kirtlan, from the English word Kirk meaning church, plus land, and was originally given either as a topographical name to someone resident on land belonging to the church, or as a locational name from any of the several places named Kirkland.
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- Alexander Kirkland
- Anthony Kirkland, Ohio serial killer
- Arthur Kirkland, the national personification of England (and the United Kingdom) in the webmanga series Axis Powers Hetalia
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- Caroline Kirkland
- Chris Kirkland, English footballer
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- Dennis Kirkland UK producer and director
- Douglas Kirkland
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- Eddie Kirkland (1923–2011), U.S. blues musician
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- Gelsey Kirkland, former New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre principal dancer
- Gordon Kirkland (humorist) (born 1953), Canadian author, humorist, and writing instructor
- Gordon Kirkland (coach) (1904–1953), head football, baseball and basketball coach for Catawba College, 1934–1949
- Graeme Kirkland
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- James Kirkland (paleontologist) US geologist and palaeontologist
- James Hampton Kirkland
- Jari Kirkland, American ski mountaineer and marathon mountain biker
- Jessica Kirkland, American tennis player
- John Thornton Kirkland (1770–1840), President of Harvard University (1810–1828)
- Joseph Kirkland (1830–1894), novelist
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- Lane Kirkland (1922–1999), former President of the AFL-CIO
- Leigh G. Kirkland (1873–1942), New York politician
- Levon Kirkland
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- Marie-Claire Kirkland
- Mark Kirkland
- Maire Kirkland Anthropologist and conservationist, most famous for her exploration of Peru and her time with the Amazonian tribes of Iquitos
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- Richard Kirkland, noted for his bravery during the Battle of Fredericksburg in the American Civil War
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- Sally Kirkland, U.S. actor
- Sally Kirkland (editor)
- Rev. Samuel Kirkland (1741–1808), Presbyterian missionary to the Oneida and Tuscarora Iroquois