Laird (surname)
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Laird is a surname and a Scottish
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. Notable persons with that surname include:
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
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A title is a prefix or suffix added to someone's name to signify either veneration, an official position or a professional or academic qualification. In some languages, titles may even be inserted between a first and last name...
. Notable persons with that surname include:
- Bruce Laird (American football) (born 1950), American pro football player
- Bruce LairdBruce LairdBruce Malcolm Laird is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer. He was an opening batsmen who played in 21 Tests and 23 ODIs. He also starred in World Series Cricket.-Early career:...
(born 1950), Australian cricketer - Carobeth LairdCarobeth LairdCarobeth Laird is known for her ethnographic studies of the Chemehuevi people of southeastern California and western Arizona. Her book, The Chemehuevi, was characterized by ethnographer Lowell John Bean as "one of the finest, most detailed ethnographies ever written".Carobeth Tucker was born in...
(1895–1983), American anthropologist - Charlton LairdCharlton LairdCharlton Grant Laird was an American linguist, lexicographer, novelist, and essayist. Laird created the 1971 edition of the Webster's New World Thesaurus that became the standardized edition still used today...
(1901–1984) – American linguist and lexicographer - David LairdDavid LairdDavid Laird, PC was the first resident Lieutenant Governor of Northwest Territories, Canada. He was the fifth Lieutenant Governor in charge of the territory....
(1833–1914), Canadian politician; Lieutenant Governor of Northwest Territories - Davie LairdDavie LairdDavie Laird is a Scottish former footballer, who played for St. Mirren and Northampton Town.- External links :*, Neil Brown...
(born 1936), Scottish footballer - Gerald LairdGerald LairdGerald Lee Laird III is an American professional baseball catcher for the Detroit Tigers. He graduated La Quinta High School in 1998, and played college baseball at Cypress College...
(born 1979), American professional baseball player - James Laird (politician)James Laird (politician)James Laird was a Nebraska Republican politician.Laird was born in Fowlerville, New York and moved with his parents to Hillsdale County, Michigan. He attended Adrian College and served in the Sixteenth Regiment of the Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil...
(1849–1889), American politician; U.S. representative from Nebraska - James Laird (journalist)James Laird (journalist)James Laird is an American journalist.Laird was with The Philadelphia Inquirer when he was named to the master list of Nixon political opponents.-References:...
(contemporary), named on the master list of Nixon political opponents - John Laird (shipbuilder) (1805–1874), Scottish shipbuilder
- John Laird (philosopher)John Laird (philosopher)John Laird was a philosopher, in the school of New British Realism, who later turned to metaphysical idealism.John Laird was born at Durris, Kincardineshire, the son of Rev. D.M.W...
(1887–1946), British philosopher - John Laird (California politician), American politician from California, state representative
- John Laird, Baron LairdJohn Laird, Baron LairdProfessor John Dunn Laird, Baron Laird FRSA of Artigarvan is an Ulster Unionist life peer and former chairman of the cross-border Ulster-Scots Agency.-Career:...
(born 1944), an Ulster Unionist life peer - John Keith McBroom LairdJohn Keith McBroom LairdJohn Keith McBroom Laird was a Canadian author, barrister, and solicitor. He was a member of the Canadian Liberal Party, a well-known tax lawyer in Windsor, and a law partner of Paul Martin, Sr., who was the father of Prime Minister Paul Martin.He served as Senator for Windsor, Ontario in the...
(1907–1985), Canadian author, barrister, and solicitor - Macgregor LairdMacgregor LairdMacgregor Laird was a Scottish merchant pioneer of British trade on the River Niger.Laird was born at Greenock, the younger son of William Laird, founder of the Birkenhead firm of shipbuilders of that name...
(1808–1861), Scottish merchant pioneer on the Niger River - Marc LairdMarc LairdMarc Laird is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League One club Leyton Orient....
(born 1986), Scottish professional football player - Margaret Nicholl LairdMargaret Nicholl LairdMargaret Nicholl Laird was an American missionary of the Baptist Mid-Missions who worked in the French colony of Ubangi-Shari and independent Central African Republic from 1922 until the 1960s. She was one of the founders and longest serving missionaries of the Baptist Mid-Missions in the CAR...
(1897–unknown), American Baptist missionary - Matthew LairdMatthew LairdMatthew Laird is a Canadian academic, activist and politician. Having helped lead numerous political campaigns he continues to work with community groups on social and environmental issues....
(contemporary), Canadian politician from British Columbia and author - Melvin R. LairdMelvin R. LairdMelvin Robert Laird is an American politician and writer. Laird was a Republican congressman who also served as Richard Nixon's Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973. Laird urged Nixon to maintain a policy of withdrawing US soldiers from Vietnam...
(born 1922), American congressman and Secretary of Defense - Mike LairdMike LairdMike Laird is an American professional BMX rider. He won the PlayStation Trick of the Year Award during the first ever AST Dew Tour. Laird was nominated for his double-tailwhip 360 in BMX Park Finals at Denver's Right Guard Open. Laird is also a character in the Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX...
, PlayStation player and BMX rider - Nick LairdNick LairdNicholas 'Nick' Laird is a novelist and poet who was born, and grew up, in Cookstown, County Tyrone. He studied at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he attained a first in English. He went on to work at the global law firm Allen & Overy in London for six years, before leaving to concentrate...
(born 1975), Northern Ireland novelist and poet - Nick Laird-ClowesNick Laird-ClowesNick Laird-Clowes is a musician, most famous for his membership as the lead singer and one of the principal songwriters for the band called The Dream Academy...
(born 1957), British musician and songwriter - Paul LairdPaul LairdPaul R. Laird is an American musicologist at the University of Kansas born in Louisville, Kentucky.Laird holds a Ph.D. in music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests include the Spanish and Latin American villancico, Leonard Bernstein, the Broadway musical,...
(born 1958), American musicologist - Peter LairdPeter LairdPeter Alan Laird is an American comic book writer and artist. He is best known for co-creating Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with writer and artist Kevin Eastman.-Early life and career:...
(born 1954), American comic book artist - Philip Johnson-LairdPhilip Johnson-LairdPhilip Johnson-Laird is a professor at Princeton University's Department of Psychology and author of several notable books on human cognition and the psychology of reasoning....
(born 1936), American psychologist and author - Rick LairdRick LairdRichard Quentin 'Rick' Laird is a jazz musician, born on 5 February 1941. He is a bass player best known for his place in The Mahavishnu Orchestra....
(born 1941), Irish jazz musician - Scott LairdScott LairdScott Benjamin Laird is a defender currently playing for League One side Stevenage.Laird began his football career as a trainee at Plymouth Argyle, progressing through the club's centre of excellence. He spent a total of eight years on the club's books, but only managed to make one first–team...
, English football player - Stephen LairdStephen LairdStephen Laird was an American journalist, working as a Time magazine reporter and CBS correspondent. He was also accused of being a Soviet spy, supposedly becoming a Communist in the 1930s and in the 1940s providing information to agents of the Soviet Union.Laird was allegedly recruited by the...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
20th c.), American journalist; alleged to be a Soviet spy in the 1930s - Trevor LairdTrevor LairdTrevor Laird is an English actor.Born in London, Laird appeared in the 1979 film Quadrophenia as Ferdy, a drug supplier for the main character Jimmy. His breakthrough role was in the 1980 cult classic Babylon. He also appeared in the 1986 Doctor Who serial Mindwarp as the guard commander Frax...
, British actor - Walter LairdWalter LairdWalter William Laird was a major influence in the development of Latin American dancing in Britain after the Second World War. He was World Professional Latin Dance Champion three times. He coached many successful dancers including Allan Tornsberg, Vibeke Toft, Espen Salberg, Jukka Haapalainen,...
(1920–2002), Dancesport champion - William R. Laird, IIIWilliam R. Laird, IIIWilliam Ramsey Laird, III was a United States Senator from West Virginia. Born in Keswick, California, he was educated in the public schools. He graduated from Greenbrier Military School, King College and from West Virginia University in 1944. During the Second World War he served in the United...
(1916–1974), American politician, U.S. senator from West Virginia
Alternate Spellings
In the United States, the surname Laird has many different spellings, presumably due to oral census takers.
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