Laird (given name)

Laird is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Laird Howard Barber (1848–1928), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• Laird Barron (born 1970), American author and poet
• Laird Bell (1883–1965), American attorney, philanthropist and businessman
• Laird Cregar (1913–1944), American film actor
• Laird Hamilton (born 1964), American big-wave surfer and co-inventor of tow-in surfing
• Laird Smith (born 1913), Australian rules footballer
• Laird A. Thompson (born 1947), American professor of astronomy