Laing
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Laing ˈlæŋ, ˈlɛŋ is a surname of Scottish
extraction, commonly found in countries settled by Scots, such as Canada and New Zealand. It is a descriptive surname, cognate with the English surname Long
, meaning "tall". It may refer to:
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
extraction, commonly found in countries settled by Scots, such as Canada and New Zealand. It is a descriptive surname, cognate with the English surname Long
Long (surname)
Long is a surname and may refer to many people.Long is a romanization of the Chinese surname 龍, which means "dragon" in Chinese. The name ranked number 80 on the list of common Chinese surnames in 2006, up from 108 in 1990. The name is also romanized as Lung.The Longs in Ireland got their names...
, meaning "tall". It may refer to:
People
- Alex LaingAlex LaingAlex Laing is a former association football goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level.Laing made a solitary official international appearance for New Zealand in a 0-4 loss to Australia on 4 September 1948.-External links:...
, New Zealand footballer - Alexander Gordon LaingAlexander Gordon LaingMajor Alexander Gordon Laing was a Scottish explorer and the first European to reach Timbuktu via the north/south route.-Education and service:...
, Scottish explorer - Andrew LaingAndrew LaingAndrew Laing is a New Zealand actor best known for his role as Dr. Geoff Greenlaw in the popular soap opera, Shortland Street.-Filmography:-External links:...
, New Zealand actor - Arthur LaingArthur LaingArthur Laing, PC was a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal Member of the Canadian House of Commons from Vancouver, British Columbia....
, Canadian politician - Bobby LaingBobby LaingRobert Smith "Bobby" Laing was a Scottish professional footballer who made 79 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City and Watford.-Career:Laing was born in Glasgow...
, Scottish footballer - Bonnie LaingBonnie LaingBonnie Laing is a former teacher and provincial level politician and health care professional from Alberta, Canada.-Early life:Bonnie Laing had a career as an educator for 26 years, she left that role when she ran for public office in 1989.-Political career:...
, Canadian politician - Bert LaingBert LaingHenry Bircher "Bert" Laing is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand and Australasia. His brother, Albert, was also a New Zealand international.-Playing career:...
, New Zealand rugby league footballer - Brent LaingBrent LaingBrent Laing is a Canadian curler from Stayner, Ontario. He currently plays second for Glenn Howard....
, Canadian curler - C. J. LaingC. J. LaingC.J. Laing is a former American adult-entertainment performer, appearing in films during the 1970s. She is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame.-Adult film career:...
, American pornographic actress - Corky LaingCorky LaingLaurence Gordon "Corky" Laing is a Canadian rock drummer, best known as a longtime member of pioneering American hard rock band Mountain...
(Laurence Gordon Laing), Canadian musician - Dan LaingDan LaingDan Laing born in San Diego, California, and raised in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Known as "The Dean" for formally being the dean of broadcasters in the Carolina League, former play-by-play voice of the Potomac Nationals is an update anchor on XM Sports Nation, XM 144...
, American sports commentator - David Laing (Scottish antiquary)David Laing (Scottish antiquary)David Laing was a Scottish antiquary.The son of William Laing, a bookseller in Edinburgh, where he was born, he was educated at the Canongate Grammar School. At fourteen he was apprenticed to his father. Shortly after the death of the latter in 1837, Laing was elected to the librarianship of the...
- David Laing (19th century architect)David Laing (19th century architect)David Laing was a British architect principally known as the architect of the New Custom House in London, which was completed in 1817 and collapsed in 1825. Assisted by a young William Tite, he also rebuilt the church of St Dunstan-in-the-East between 1817 and 1821.-Life:David Laing was born in...
- Davie LaingDavie LaingDavid "Davie" Laing is a former Scottish footballer.He played for Hearts for 8 years before transferring to Clyde, where he won the 1955 Scottish Cup. He later played for Hibernian and Gillingham.-External links:*...
, Scottish footballer - Dilys LaingDilys LaingDilys Bennett Laing was an American poet.She was educated in England, and Canada. She married Alexander Laing, a Dartmouth College graduate, and later professor, in 1936 and became an American citizen. They had one son....
, Welsh-American poet - Duncan LaingDuncan LaingAndrew James Duncan Laing, CNZM, OBE, , generally known as Duncan Laing, was a New Zealand swimming coach based in Dunedin...
, New Zealand swimming coach - Eleanor LaingEleanor LaingEleanor Fulton Laing, née Pritchard, is a British politician. She is Conservative Member of Parliament for Epping Forest, and was first elected in 1997.-Early life:...
, British politician - Gerald LaingGerald LaingGerald Ogilvie Laing was a British pop artist and sculptor. He lived in the Scottish Highlands.- Life :...
, Scottish artist - Gordon LaingGordon LaingGordon Laing is a British classical bassoonist, contrabassoonist, and pedagogue. He studied bassoon at the Redbridge Music School. He later studied at the Royal College of Music with Geoffrey Gambold and John Burness , who were principals with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the time...
, a British classical bassoonist - Gordon Jennings LaingGordon Jennings LaingGordon Jennings Laing was an American classical scholar, born in London, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1891, taught Latin and Greek at Whetham College, Vancouver, British Columbia , and at the University of Toronto . He took the degree of Ph.D...
, Canadian-American academic - Hector Laing, Baron Laing of DunphailHector Laing, Baron Laing of DunphailHector Laing, Baron Laing of Dunphail FRSE, FRSA was a British businessman.The son of Hector Laing and Margaret Norris Grant was educated at the Loretto School in Musselburgh and Jesus College, Cambridge. Laing served as a tank commander in the Scots Guards between 1942 and 1947, and reached the...
- Hugh LaingHugh LaingHugh Laing was one of the most significant dramatic ballet dancers of the 20th-century. He was the partner of choreographer Antony Tudor.- Biography :...
, British ballet dancer - Ivan LaingIvan LaingIvan Laing was a Scottish field hockey player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Born in Hawick, and a member of the Hawick Hockey Club, in 1908 he won the bronze medal as member of the Scotland team....
, Scottish hockey player - James Laing (cricketer), cricket umpire
- Sir James Laing, shipbuilder
- Sir John Laing, English businessman
- John Laing (Australian rules footballer)John Laing (Australian rules footballer)John Laing is a former Australian rules footballer who played with University.-Sources:*Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim . The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing....
- John Laing (bishop)John Laing (bishop)John Laing was a 15th century bishop of Glasgow. He was from the family of "Redhouse" in the shire of Edinburgh. Before becoming bishop he was rector of Tannadice in Angus, vicar of Linlithgow, and was rector of Newlands in the diocese of Glasgow when he was provided to the see in 1474. He was...
, Scottish bishop - John Laing (filmmaker), New Zealand screenwriter and film director
- Kerri LaingKerri LaingKerri Ann Laing , is a former South Africa cricketer. She made one Test and 23 Women's One Day International appearances for South Africa between 1997 and 2002-External links:...
, South African women's cricketer - Kirkland LaingKirkland LaingKirkland Laing is a retired British Welterweight boxer nicknamed The Gifted One.Laing fought 56 times in a twenty year career, the highlight of which was a shock split decision win over Roberto Durán in September 1982. The fight was selected as Ring Magazine's upset of the year...
, Jamaican-English boxer - Laing FamilyLaing FamilyThe Laing Family is a British family. The family is famous through their association with John Laing plc, a construction company founded in 1848. The company grew under the leadership of Sir John Laing and passed through the hands of his sons Sir Kirby Laing and Sir Maurice Laing. The Laing...
- Leslie LaingLeslie LaingCompetitor for JamaicaLeslie Alphonso Laing is a former Jamaican athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics....
, Jamaican athlete - Malcolm LaingMalcolm LaingMalcolm Laing was a Scottish historian born to Robert Laing and Barbara Blaw at the paternal estate of Strynzia in Orkney, Scotland...
, Scottish historian - Marie LaingMarie LaingMarie Laing, Ph.d.; R.Phsych was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993.-Political career:Laing represented the now-defunct southeast Edmonton riding of Edmonton-Avonmore for the Alberta New Democrats. She currently teaches psychiatry at the University of Alberta in...
, Canadian politician - Martin LaingMartin LaingSir John Martin Kirby Laing, CBE, DL, FRICS is a British entrepreneur in the construction industry.Martin Laing was executive chairman of John Laing plc, the firm founded by his great-great-grandfather James Laing , but resigned in 2001 when the company faced major losses in its construction...
, English businessman - Martin Laing (production designer)Martin Laing (production designer)Martin Laing is a British production designer.Martin Laing was born and raised in England, the son of Academy Award-winning production designer Robert W. Laing. During his childhood he traveled the world on location with his father and spent all of his free time on film sets...
, film production designer - Sir Maurice LaingMaurice LaingSir John Maurice Laing was a senior executive of British construction company John Laing plc. He was the first president of the Confederation of British Industry in 1965-6....
, English businessman - Michael LaingMichael LaingMichael Laing taught chemistry at the University of Natal, Durban from 1964 until he retired as Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in 1997. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in the field of x-ray crystallography, specializing in the determination of molecular structure...
, South African chemist - Sir Kirby LaingKirby LaingSir William "Kirby" Laing, DL, JP, FREng was a British civil engineer.-Career:Laing was born in Carlisle in 1916. He is a member of the Laing Family, famous in the British construction industry for running John Laing plc. He is the son of Sir John Laing and the brother of Sir Maurice Laing...
, English businessman - Kirkland LaingKirkland LaingKirkland Laing is a retired British Welterweight boxer nicknamed The Gifted One.Laing fought 56 times in a twenty year career, the highlight of which was a shock split decision win over Roberto Durán in September 1982. The fight was selected as Ring Magazine's upset of the year...
, English boxer - Quintin LaingQuintin LaingQuintin Laing , is a Canadian ice hockey player for the Abbotsford Heat of the American Hockey League.-Career:...
, professional ice hockey player - Robbie LaingRobbie LaingRobbie Laing is an American college basketball coach. He has been the head men's basketball coach at Campbell University since 2003.-Head coaching record:-References:...
, American basketball coach - Robert W. Laing, American film art director
- Ronald David LaingRonald David LaingRonald David Laing was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illnessin particular, the experience of psychosis...
, noted psychiatrist - Rosemary Laing, Australian artist
- Roy LaingRoy LaingRoy Laing was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League before and after the First World War....
, Australian rules footballer - Samuel Laing (science writer)Samuel Laing (science writer)Samuel Laing, , was a British railway administrator, politician, and influential writer on science and religion during the Victorian era.He was born at Edinburgh on the 12th of December 1810...
(1812-1897) - Samuel Laing (travel writer)Samuel Laing (travel writer)Samuel Laing from Papdale in Orkney was a Scottish travel writer. He travelled in Scandinavia and northern Germany and published descriptions of these countries....
(1780-1868) - Sandra LaingSandra LaingSandra Laing, is a woman who was born to white parents but reclassified as Coloured during the apartheid era in South Africa as she has dark skin...
, South African cause célèbre - Shona LaingShona LaingShona Laing is a New Zealand musician. She has had several hits in her native country, as well as a few minor international hits, most notably " Not a Kennedy" and "Soviet Snow". Laing also contributed to the Manfred Mann's Earth Band album Somewhere in Afrika...
, New Zealand musician - Stuart LaingStuart LaingStuart Laing is an English actor. He is probably best known for his role of Rob Minter in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders.Laing trained at Drama Centre, London, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London....
, English actor - Stuart Laing (diplomat)Stuart Laing (diplomat)Stuart Laing is a British diplomat.He graduated from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1970 having studied Classics. He entered the diplomatic service in 1970....
, British diplomat - William LaingWilliam LaingWilliam Laing was a Private in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his role in the American Civil War.-Medal of Honor citation:...
, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
Companies
- Sir James Laing & Sons, a former British shipbuilding company
- John Laing plc, a British construction company
- Laing Homes, New Zealand construction company
- Laing O'RourkeLaing O'RourkeLaing O'Rourke is a multinational construction company headquartered in Dartford, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1978....
plc, a British construction company, formerly part of John Laing plc - Laing Rail, a British transport company, a subsidiary of John Laing plc
- Laing Thermotech, a company specializing in water pumps
- MTR Laing, former name of London Overground Rail OperationsLondon Overground Rail OperationsLondon Overground Rail Operations Ltd , initially known as MTR Laing, is a train operating company contracted to operate the London Overground train service on the National Rail network, under the franchise control of Transport for London...
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Places
- Laing Art GalleryLaing Art GalleryThe Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne, England is located on New Bridge Street. It was opened in 1904 and is now managed by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums and sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. In front of the gallery is the Blue Carpet.The gallery holds oil paintings,...
, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England - Laing DamLaing DamLaing Dam is a dam on the Buffalo River, near East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1951.- References :* from the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry...
, South Africa - Laing Middle SchoolLaing Middle SchoolLaing Middle School is a middle school located on 2213 Highway 17 N, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Grades 6 through 8 are taught here. The school was originally founded as a school for black children by Cornelia Hancock in 1816. The school is currently run under the leadership of Mrs. Deborah G...
, South Carolina - Laing's NekLaing's NekLaing's Nek, or Lang's Nek is a pass through the Drakensberg, South Africa, immediately north of Majuba, at at an elevation of 5400 to . It is the lowest part of a ridge which slopes from Majuba to the Buffalo River, and before the opening of the railway in 1891 the road over the nek was the main...
, a South African mountain pass- Battle of Laing's NekBattle of Laing's NekThe Battle of Laing's Nek was a major battle fought at Laing's Nek during the First Boer War on 28 January 1881.-Background:Following the Boer declaration of independence for the Transvaal in 1880 the British suffered a series of disastrous defeats in attempting to regain the territory.On 20...
, a Boer War battle at the pass
- Battle of Laing's Nek
- Mount LaingMount LaingMerlon Mountain is a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located east of Gold River and northeast of Mount Filberg....
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