Haldane

Haldane is a surname and a given name which may refer to:

People

• Clan Haldane, a Lowland Scottish clan

Surname

• A. R. B. Haldane (1900–1982), Scottish social historian and author
• Andrew "Ack-Ack" Haldane (1917–1944), U.S. Marine, World War II hero
• Andy Haldane (born 1967), English banking official
• Aylmer Haldane (1862–1950), British Army general
• Benjamin Haldane (1874–1941), Tsimshian professional photographer from Metlakatla, Alaska
• Bert Haldane (1871–1937), British silent film director
• Charlotte Haldane née Franken (1894–1969), British feminist writer; wife of J. B. S. Haldane
• Daniel Rutherford Haldane (1824–1887), Scottish physician; son of James Haldane (second marriage)
• Duncan Haldane (born 1951), British physicist, Princeton University professor and Nobel Prize laureate
• Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane (1862–1937), Scottish public figure, author, biographer, philosopher, suffragist, nursing administrator, social welfare worker and first female Justice of the Peace in Scotland; sister of John Scott, Richard and William Haldane
• George Haldane (1722–1759), British Army brigadier general, Governor of Jamaica and Member of Parliament
• Graeme Haldane (1897–1981), Scottish engineer
• James Haldane (1768–1851), Scottish independent church leader; from second marriage, father of Daniel Haldane and from first marriage, grandfather of Elizabeth, John Scott, Richard and William Haldane
• James Haldane (footballer) (–1915), Scottish footballer
• James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane (1862–1950), British soldier
• J. B. S. Haldane (1892–1964), British geneticist and evolutionary biologist; son of John Scott Haldane and brother of Naomi Mitchison née Haldane
• John Joseph Haldane (born 1954), British philosopher
• John Scott Haldane (1860–1936), British physician; grandson of James Haldane, brother of Elizabeth, Richard and William Haldane, father of J. B. S. Haldane and Naomi Mitchison née Haldane
• Johnston Douglas Haldane (1926-2012), Scottish child psychiatrist and pioneer of Family therapy and Kirk elder
• Lewis Haldane (born 1985), Welsh footballer
• Mungo Haldane (c. 1682–1755), Scottish Member of Parliament
• Naomi Mitchison née Haldane (1897–1999), Scottish writer; daughter of John Scott Haldane and sister of J. B. S. Haldane
• Patrick Haldane of Gleneagles (c.  1683–1769), Scottish classicist, advocate, and politician, joint Solicitor-General for Scotland 1746–55
• Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane (1856–1928), Lord Chancellor and 'Father of the Territorial Army'; grandson of James Haldane, brother of Elizabeth, John Scott and William Haldane
• Robert Haldane (1754–1842), Scottish churchman
• William Haldane (1864–1951), Crown Agent for Scotland; grandson of James Haldane, brother of Elizabeth, John Scott and Richard Haldane

Given name

• Haldane Douglas (1892–1980), American art director
• Haldane Duncan (born 1940), Scottish television producer and director
• Haldane Robert Mayer (born 1941), Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and law professor
• Haldane Stewart (1868–1942), English musician, composer and cricketer

Fictional characters

All in the Deryni fantasy novels of Katherine Kurtz:

• Aidan Haldane (Daniel Draper)
• Alroy Haldane (Royston Draper)
• Cinhil Haldane
• Conall Haldane of Gwynedd
• Javan Haldane
• Kelson Haldane
• Nigel Haldane of Gwynedd
• Rhys Michael Haldane