Gaylord (given name)

Gaylord is a name of Norman French origin, from the Old French gaillard meaning "joyful" or "high-spirited". People with the given name of Gaylord include the following:

Music

 * Gaylord Birch (1946–1996), drummer for the bands Santana, Cold Blood, Pointer Sisters & Herbie Hancock
 * Gaylord Carter (1905–2000), American organist and the composer of many film scores
 * Gaylord Yost (1888–1958), violinist, composer, and teacher

Writing

 * Gaylord J. Clarke (1836–1870), American newspaper editor, lawyer, poet and politician
 * Gaylord DuBois (1899–1993), American writer of comic book stories, comic strips, Big Little Books, and juvenile adventure novels
 * Gaylord Larsen (born 1932), American crime writer
 * Gaylord Shaw (1942–2015), American journalist

Other arts and entertainment

 * Gaylord Lloyd (1888–1943), American actor and assistant director, brother of Harold Lloyd
 * Gaylord Schanilec (born 1955), American wood engraver and printer

Government

 * Gaylord Kent Conrad (born 1948), United States Senator from North Dakota from 1987 to 1992, and again from 1992 to 2013.
 * Gaylord Graves (1804–1889), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
 * Gaylord Griswold (1767–1809), United States Representative from New York
 * Gaylord Nelson (1916–2005), American politician from Wisconsin and the founder of Earth Day
 * Gaylord T. Gunhus (1940–2016), retired American Army officer and 20th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army

Sports

 * Gaylord Bryan (1927–2015), male long and triple jumper from the United States
 * Gaylord Oubrier (born 1980), French gymnast
 * Gaylord Perry (1938–2022), American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher
 * Gaylord Powless (1946–2001), Mohawk lacrosse player
 * Gaylord Silly (born 1986), French-Seychellois long-distance runner
 * Gaylord Stinchcomb (1895–1973), American football player

Other fields

 * Gaylord Granville Bennett (bishop) (1882–1975), American bishop
 * Gaylord Donnelley (1911–1992), owner and board member of R. R. Donnelley
 * Gaylord Harnwell (1903–1982), American educator and physicist
 * George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984), paleontologist
 * Gaylord K. Swim (1948–2005), American businessman
 * Gaylord Starin White (1864–1931), American social reformer and activist
 * Gaylord Wilshire (1861–1927), land developer, publisher and outspoken socialist

Fictional Characters

 * Gaylord Robinson, from The Amazing World of Gumball
 * Gaylord Focker, from Meet the Fockers