Lansing (name)

Lansing is a Dutch patronymic surname from the personal name Lans (Germanic Lanzo). The "-ing" or "-ink" suffix originally was patronymic, but later also became indicative of a place. Lansing is now a rare name in the Netherlands (Lansink is the more common form), but there are many descendants in the United States of Gerrit Gerritse Lansing (ca.1615–bef.1654), a baker in Hasselt, Overijssel, whose widow and children migrated to New Netherland in 1654. At a later time there the surname became used as a middle name and given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

 * Abraham Lansing (1835–1899), New York lawyer and politician
 * Abraham G. Lansing (1756–1834), New York politician
 * Alfred Lansing (1921–1975), American journalist and writer
 * (1891–1959), American Egyptologist and anthropologist
 * Bradford R. Lansing (1860–1912), New York politician
 * Clarabelle Lansing (1930–1988), American flight attendant, sole fatality of the Aloha Airlines Flight 243 disaster
 * Frederick Lansing (1838–1894), U.S. Representative from New York
 * Gene Lansing (1898–1945), American baseball pitcher
 * Gerrit Y. Lansing (1783–1862), U.S. Representative from New York
 * Greg Lansing (born 1967), American college basketball coach
 * Isaac J. Lansing (1846–1920), American pastor and university president
 * J. Stephen Lansing (born 1950), American anthropologist and complexity scientist
 * Jacob John Lansing, American sheriff
 * James Bullough Lansing (1902–1949), American audio engineer
 * Founder of the companies Altec Lansing and JBL
 * Jewel Lansing (born 1930), American (Oregon) writer and politician
 * Jim Lansing (1919–2000), American college football player and coach
 * John Lansing Jr. (1754–1829), New York lawyer and politician
 * Named for him: Lansing, New York and, indirectly, Lansing, Michigan
 * Joi Lansing (1929–1972), American model, actress and nightclub singer
 * Marjorie Lansing (1916–1998), American political scientist and feminist
 * Michael Lansing (born 1994), American soccer goalkeeper
 * Mike Lansing (born 1968), American baseball second baseman
 * P. J. Lansing (born 1949), American model
 * Robert Lansing (1864–1928), United States Secretary of State (1915–1920)
 * Named for him: the Lansing–Ishii Agreement and U.S. Navy cargo ship SS Robert Lansing
 * Robert Lansing (actor) (1928–1994), American stage, film and television actor
 * Robert Lansing (state senator) (1799–1878), New York lawyer and politician
 * Sherry Lansing (born 1944), American actress and first woman to head a Hollywood studio
 * William E. Lansing (1821–1883), U.S. Representative from New York
 * William Henry Lansing (1914–1942), U.S. Navy casualty of World War II

Fictional characters

 * Lansing family, family of doctors in the General Hospital soap opera, including Ric Lansing and Molly Lansing
 * Laura Lansing, eponymous character of the 1988 comedy film Laura Lansing Slept Here
 * Leona Lansing, supporting character of the political drama, The Newsroom (2012–2014).

Given name

 * Lansing Hoskins Beach (1860–1945), U.S. Army Chief of Engineers
 * Lansing Bennett (1926–1993), American physician and shooting victim at the CIA Headquarters
 * Lansing Brown Jr. (1900–1962), American photographer
 * Lansing Campbell (1882–1937), American illustrator
 * Lansing C. Holden (1858–1930), American architect
 * Lansing Colton Holden Jr. (1896–1938), American World War I flying ace
 * Lansing Hotaling (1839–1909), American lawyer and politician
 * Lansing Lamont (1930–2013), American journalist
 * Lansing Leroy Mitchell (1914–2001), United States federal judge
 * Lansing B. Mizner (1825–1893), American lawyer, diplomat, and politician
 * Lansing Stout (1828–1871), American politician and lawyer, U.S. Representative for Oregon

Middle name

 * Richard Lansing Conolly (1892–1962), United States Navy Admiral
 * Frederic Lansing Day (1890–1981), American playwright
 * Eleanor Lansing Dulles (1895–1996), American economist and U.S. Department of State official
 * William Lansing Gleason (1899–1991), American (Florida) mayor
 * Leroy Lansing Janes (1838–1909), American educator in Japan
 * Thomas Lansing Masson (1866–1934), American anthropologist, editor and author
 * Stuart Douglas Lansing Paine (1910–1961), American Antarctic explorer
 * John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn (1811–1877), U.S. Representative from New York
 * George Lansing Raymond (1839–1929), American philosopher