Laird (surname)

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, 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 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 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
 * 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
 * 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 (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.