# 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
* Marvin Laird (1939–2024), American composer and conductor
* 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.
| Lard Leard Leaird Leird | MacLaird McLeaird McLeard |