Gaylord
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Gaylord, an anglicisation of the French surname Gaillard
("sprightly" or "spry"), may refer to:
See also
Gaillard (disambiguation)
-Places:* Gaillard, a commune of the Haute-Savoie département, in France* Château-Gaillard, Ain, a commune in the French département of Ain* Château Gaillard, a ruined medieval castle in Normandy, France...
("sprightly" or "spry"), may refer to:
Surname
- Edward K. GaylordEdward K. GaylordEdward King Gaylord , often referred to as E.K. Gaylord, was the owner and publisher of the Daily Oklahoman newspaper , as well as a radio and television entrepreneur. Born in Kansas and educated in Colorado, he worked on several publications before moving to Oklahoma and buying an interest in the...
, founder of The Oklahoman, an Oklahoma City-based newspaper - Edward GaylordEdward GaylordEdward Lewis Gaylord was a billionaire businessman and media mogul who built the Gaylord Entertainment Company empire that included The Oklahoman newspaper/ Oklahoma Publishing Co., Gaylord Hotels, the Nashville Network TV Channel ; the Grand Ole Opry, and the Country Music Television Channel as...
(Edward L. Gaylord), late owner of The Oklahoman and founder of the Gaylord Entertainment Company - Edith Kinney GaylordEdith Kinney GaylordEdith Kinney Gaylord , also referred to as Edith Gaylord Harper, was born March 5, 1916 in Oklahoma City to parents Inez and E. K. Gaylord. Her father was editor and publisher of The Oklahoman and The Oklahoma City Times...
, journalist and founder of Inasmuch Foundation and Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation - Harvey GaylordHarvey GaylordHarvey Gaylord was president of the Bell Aerospace Corporation and an executive vice president of Textron Inc. He died at Lawrence and Memorial Hospitals in New London, Connecticut. He was a resident of Niantic, Connecticut, and was 78 years old.Mr. Gaylord joined Bell in 1941...
, President of Bell Aerospace - Mitch GaylordMitch GaylordMitchell Jay Gaylord , is an American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist.Gaylord was born in Van Nuys, California, son of Fred and Linda Gaylord. While attending UCLA, he won the All-Around in the 1983 and 1984 U.S...
, Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics - Scott GaylordScott GaylordScott Gaylord is an American race car driver. He has competed in four NASCAR Winston Cup Series races, all at Sears Point Raceway , most recently in 1996. He has been a long time competitor in the NASCAR Camping World West Series...
, an American NASCAR driver
Given name
- Gaylord Kent Conrad, U.S. Politician
- Gaylord DuBoisGaylord DuBoisGaylord McIlvaine Du Bois , or DuBois In his lifetime he wrote well over 3000 comic book stories and comic strips as well as Big Little Books and juvenile adventure...
, American comic writer - Gaylord NelsonGaylord NelsonGaylord Anton Nelson was an American politician from Wisconsin who served as a United States Senator and governor. A Democrat, he was the principal founder of Earth Day.-Public service and leadership:...
, former U.S. senator from Wisconsin - Gaylord PerryGaylord PerryGaylord Jackson Perry is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1962-1983 for eight different teams in his career. During a 22-year baseball career, Perry compiled 314 wins, 3,534 strikeouts, and a 3.11 earned run average...
, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher - Gailard SartainGailard SartainGailard Sartain is an American comedic and serious actor, often playing characters with roots in the South. He is also an accomplished and successful painter and illustrator.-Early years and education:...
, American actor and comic - Gaylord StinchcombGaylord StinchcombGaylord Roscoe "Pete" Stinchcomb was an American football player. He played quarterback and halfback at Ohio State University where he was selected as an All-American in 1920. He later played professional football for the Chicago Bears , Columbus Tigers , Cleveland Indians , and Louisville...
, American football player - Gaillard HuntGaillard HuntGaillard Hunt was an American author and civil servant.Gaillard Hunt is notable because several of his works have been republished, in electronic form.Available works include:...
, American author and civil servant - Gaylord HarnwellGaylord HarnwellGaylord Probasco Harnwell CBE , was an American educator and physicist, who was president of the University of Pennsylvania from 1953 to 1970...
, former president of the University of Pennsylvania - Gayelord HauserGayelord HauserDr. Benjamin Gayelord Hauser , popularly known as Gayelord Hauser, was an American nutritionist and self-help author, who promoted the 'natural way of eating' during the mid-20th century. He promoted foods rich in vitamin B and discouraged consumption of sugar and white flour...
, German-born nutritionist - Gaylord SillyGaylord SillyGaylord Silly is a French-Seychellois long distance runner who represents Seychelles internationally. Born in Vendôme, France, to a Seychelloise mother and a French father, he holds dual nationality....
, a long distance runner from the Seychelles
Fictional
- Gaylord Buzzard, anthropomorphic bird in the cartoon strip Broom Hilda
- Gaylord Focker, character played by Ben Stiller in Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers and Little Fockers
- Gaylord Justice, a character featuring briefly in 1980 film Smokey and the Bandit IISmokey and the Bandit IISmokey and the Bandit II is a comedy film released on August 15, 1980 in the United States. It is the sequel to the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit. The film stars Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason, and Dom DeLuise...
, played by Jackie GleasonJackie GleasonJackie Gleason was an American comedian, actor and musician. He was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy style, especially by his character Ralph Kramden on The Honeymooners, a situation-comedy television series. His most noted film roles were as Minnesota Fats in the drama film The... - Gaylord RavenalGaylord RavenalGaylord Ravenal is the leading male character in both Edna Ferber's novel Show Boat and in the famous Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical play of the same name, based on the novel. He is a compulsive riverboat gambler, and he becomes leading man of the show boat Cotton Blossom at the same time...
, a character in Edna Farber's novel Show Boat, and the musical play and movies based on it - Frederick Gaylord Crane, the son of the protagonist in the television series FrasierFrasierFrasier is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Grammnet and Paramount Network Television.A spin-off of Cheers, Frasier stars...
Places
In the United States:- Gaylord, KansasGaylord, KansasGaylord is a city in Smith County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 114.-Geography:Gaylord is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 145...
- Gaylord, MichiganGaylord, MichiganGaylord is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,681. It is the county seat of Otsego County. The city is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaylord; it is by far the smallest settlement serving as the location of an active Roman...
- Gaylord, MinnesotaGaylord, MinnesotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 2,279 people, 897 households, and 592 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,435.3 people per square mile . There were 930 housing units at an average density of 585.7 per square mile...
- Gaylord, OregonGaylord, OregonGaylord is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is located about 12 miles south of Myrtle Point on Oregon Route 542, near the South Fork Coquille River....
- Gaylordsville, ConnecticutGaylordsville, ConnecticutGaylordsville is a village located in the northwest corner of the Town of New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut. It was founded in 1725 by William Gaylord.-History:...
- Gaylord Entertainment Center, the former name of a hockey arena in Nashville, Tennessee, now called Bridgestone Arena
- Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumGaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumThe Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is the on-campus football facility for the University of Oklahoma Sooners in Norman, Oklahoma. The official capacity of the stadium, following recent renovations, is 82,112, making it the 16th largest college stadium in the United States and the third...
, the football facility of the University of Oklahoma
See also
- Gaylord HotelsGaylord HotelsGaylord Hotels is the hospitality arm of Gaylord Entertainment Company. It oversees four large hotels and convention centers which the company refers to as "resorts":*Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee*Gaylord Palms in Kissimmee, Florida...
, several hotels
Other uses
- The Chicago GaylordsChicago GaylordsThe Chicago Gaylords, also known as the Almighty Gaylords, is one of the oldest Chicago street gangs. It originated in the neighborhood of Grand and Noble...
, a street gang in Chicago, Illinois - Dean Ford and the Gaylords, 1960s Scottish beat group - later became The MarmaladeMarmalade (band)Marmalade were a successful Scottish pop rock group, from the east end of Glasgow, originally formed in 1961 as "The Gaylords", later "Dean Ford and The Gaylords". In 1966, they changed the group name to 'The Marmalade'. The most successful period for the band, in terms of UK chart success, was...
- The Gaylords (Dominican band)The Gaylords (Dominican band)The Gay Lords of Dominica were a popular Carnival band from Dominica from 1966 to 1974.-Members:Members included founder members Greg Breaker who is now the lead vocalist with Hot Chocolate, now using the sobriquet of Billy Brown), Clayton 'Baby Julie' Guiste , Crispin Seaman, Dennis Joseph and...
- The Gaylords (American vocal group)
- Gaylord (automobile)Gaylord (automobile)The Gaylord was an automobile manufactured in Gaylord, Michigan by the Gaylord Motor Car Company from 1911-12. The vehicles were built in many different styles, from a convertible four-seater private car, to a utility vehicle with rear space for package or goods...
, a former car manufacturing company - Gaylord Container CorporationGaylord Container CorporationGaylord Container Corporation was an integrated manufacturer of packaging materials, primarily corrugated containers. Operating from 1986–2002, most of the company's facilities were originally part of Crown Zellerbach's container division....
, a former U.S. paper manufacturer (1986–2002)- Gaylord, a genericized term for a bulk box, a pallet sized corrugated box
- Gaylord, a book publishing industry term describing an amount of books equal to a skidPalletA pallet , sometimes called a skid, is a flat transport structure that supports goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by a forklift, pallet jack, front loader or other jacking device. A pallet is the structural foundation of a unit load which allows handling and storage efficiencies...
(pallet).
- Gaylord Chemical Corporation, a U.S. chemical company
- Gaylord Entertainment CompanyGaylord Entertainment CompanyThe Gaylord Entertainment Company operates a number of hotel, resort, and media companies that were built by Edward Gaylord. It was previously a subsidiary of the Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Publishing Company, which is owned by the Gaylord family and publishes the Daily Oklahoman newspaper...