Copland (surname)

Copland is a surname. It is sometimes the anglicized form of the Yiddish surname Kaplan. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Aaron Copland (1900-1990), American composer
 * Calaigh Copland (born 1987), Canadian-born Ghanaian footballer
 * David Copland (1842 – 1920) Scottish-born Australian politician
 * Denise Copland (born 1952), New Zealand artist
 * Douglas Copland (1894 – 1971), Australian academic & economist
 * Ernie Copland (1924-1971), Scottish footballer
 * Geoffrey Malcolm Copland (active 1992-2007), British physicist & vice-chancellor
 * Henry Copland (c. 1710–1754), British furniture designer and ornamentalist
 * Jackie Copland (born 1947), Scottish footballer
 * James Copland (1834-1902), New Zealand Presbyterian minister
 * John de Coupland, also John Copland (died 1363), a knight
 * Kay Copland (active 2010), Scottish sport shooter
 * Marc Copland (born 1948), American jazz pianist and saxophonist
 * Patrick Copland (1749-1822) joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
 * Robert Copland (15th century–16th century), English printer and author
 * Robert Copland-Crawford (1852-1894), soldier and amateur sportsperson
 * William Copland (died 1569), English printer
 * William Robertson Copland (1838-1907) Scottish civil engineer

Also

 * Lawson Lysnar Copland Field (1896-1981), New Zealand farmer
 * Mab Copland Lineman, (1892-1957), Scottish-born US lawyer
 * Clifford Copland Paterson (1879-1948), English scientist & electrical engineer
 * Walter Copland Perry (1814-1911), British author & lawyer