Laird (surname)

This article is about the surname Laird. For the Scottish title, see Laird.

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
• Brandon Laird (born 1987), baseball player
• 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 (1893–1968), Australian rules footballer
• David Laird (1833–1914), Canadian politician; Lieutenant Governor of Northwest Territories
• Davie Laird (born 1936), Scottish footballer
• Dean S. Laird (1921–2022), WWII U.S. Navy ace
• Elizabeth Laird (author) (born 1943), British writer of children's books
• Elizabeth Laird (physicist) (1874–1969), Canadian physicist
• Emma Laird (born 1998), British actress
• Emil Matthew Laird (1896–1982), American aircraft builder and pilot
• Ethan Laird (born 2001), English footballer
• Flake Laird (1902–1992), American college sports coach
• Gavin Laird (1933–2017), Scottish trade unionist
• Gerald Laird (born 1979), American baseball player
• Helen Laird (1874–1957), Irish actress also known as ‘Honor Lavelle’, a costumier, teacher, and feminist
• Helen M. Laird (1931–2020), electron-microscopist
• 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
• Jenny Laird (1912–2001), British film and television actress
• John Laird (disambiguation)
• Luke Laird (born 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 Heather Laird (1933–2014), British teacher and senior laywoman in the Church of England
• Margaret Nicholl Laird (1897–1983), American Baptist missionary
• Martin Laird (born 1982), Scottish professional golfer
• Martina Laird (born 1971), Trinidadian actress, director and acting teacher
• Marvin Laird (1939–2024), American composer and conductor
• 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 (1922–2016), American congressman and Secretary of Defense
• Mike Laird (born 1974), American BMX rider
• Nan Laird (born 1943), American professor of biostatistics
• Nick Laird (born 1975), Northern Ireland novelist and poet
• Norman Laird (1906–1970), Northern Ireland doctor and politician
• Patrick Laird (born 1995), American football player
• Paul Laird (born 1958), American musicologist
• Peter Laird (born 1954), American comic book artist
• Philip Johnson-Laird (born 1936), American psychologist and author
• Rick Laird (1941–2021), Irish jazz musician
• Robbin Laird (born 1946), American military and defense analyst
• 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
• Sandy Laird (1901–?), Scottish footballer
• Scott Laird (born 1988), English football player
• Stephen Laird (1915–1990), American journalist; alleged to be a Soviet spy in the 1930s
• Stu Laird (born 1960), Canadian Football League player
• 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 U.S. oral census takers. ^[1]

Laird Lard Leard

Leaird Leird

MacLaird McLeaird McLeard

See also

• Laird (disambiguation)

References

1. "Laird Family Association". www.qcsi.net/lfa. Archived from the original on 21 January 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2009.