Laird (surname)

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

• Alexander Laird (1797–1873), Scottish-Canadian farmer and politician
• Anne Laird (born 1970), Scottish curler
• Bruce Laird (American football) (born 1950), American football player
• Bruce Laird (born 1950), Australian cricketer
• Carobeth Laird (1895–1983), American anthropologist
• Charlton Laird (1901–1984), American linguist and lexicographer
• Chris Laird (born 1893), Australian rules footballer
• David Laird (1833–1914), Canadian politician; Lieutenant Governor of Northwest Territories
• Davie Laird (born 1936), Scottish footballer
• Elizabeth Laird (author) (born 1943), British writer of children's books
• Elizabeth Laird (physicist) (1874–1969), Canadian physicist
• Emil Matthew Laird (1896–1982), American aircraft builder and pilot
• Flake Laird (1902–1992), American college sports coach
• Gerald Laird (born 1979), American baseball player
• 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 (born 1922), 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
• Paul Laird (born 1958), American musicologist
• Peter Laird (born 1954), American comic book artist
• Philip Johnson-Laird (born 1936), American psychologist and author
• Ralph H Laird (born 1938), Inventor, Structural Design
• Ray A. Laird (1907-1986), American educator
• Rick Laird (born 1941), Irish jazz musician
• 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

Alternate spellings

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

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