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
• 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 (born 1893), Australian rules footballer
• David Laird (1833–1914), Canadian politician; Lieutenant Governor of Northwest Territories
• Davie Laird (born 1936), Scottish footballer
• Dean S. Laird (born 1921) 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, British actress
• Emil Matthew Laird (1896–1982), American aircraft builder and pilot
• 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
• 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
• James Laird (journalist) (contemporary), named on the master list of Nixon political opponents
• Jenny Laird (1912–2001), British film and television actress
• John Laird (disambiguation)
• Luke Laird (born c. 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 Nicholl Laird (1897–1983), American Baptist missionary
• Martin Laird (born 1982), Scottish professional golfer
• 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, American professor of biostatistics
• Nick Laird (born 1975), Northern Ireland novelist and poet
• Nick Laird-Clowes (born 1957), British musician and songwriter
• 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
• Ray A. Laird (1907-1986), American educator
• 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, Scottish footballer
• Scott Laird (born 1988), English football player
• Stephen Laird (fl. 20th century), 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 oral census takers.

Lard Leard Leaird Leird

MacLaird McLeaird McLeard