# Laing (surname)

Laing (/læŋ, leɪŋ/) is a Scottish surname, a variant of Lang.
Notable people with the surname include:
* Alex Laing (footballer), New Zealand footballer
* Alexander Laing (architect), Scottish architect
* Alexander Gordon Laing (1794–1826), Scottish explorer
* Andrew Laing (born 1966), New Zealand actor
* Annie Rose Laing (1869–1946), Scottish artist
* Arthur Laing (1904–1975), Canadian politician
* Bert Laing, New Zealand rugby player
* Billy Laing (born 1951), Scottish footballer
* Bobby Laing (1925–1985), Scottish footballer
* Bonnie Laing (1937–2016), Canadian politician
* Brent Laing (born 1978), Canadian curler
* Catriona Laing, British diplomat
* Corky Laing (born 1948), Canadian musician
* C. J. Laing (born 1956), American pornographic actress
* Dan Laing, American sports commentator
* Dave Laing (1947–2019), English music journalist
* David Laing (architect) (1774–1856), British architect
* David Laing (antiquary) (1793–1878), Scottish antiquary
* Davie Laing (1925–2017), Scottish footballer
* Dilys Laing (1906–1960), Welsh-American poet
* Duncan Laing (1933–2008), New Zealand swimming coach
* Ebenezer Laing (1931–2015), Ghanaian botanist and geneticist
* Eleanor Laing (born 1958), British politician
* Gerald Laing (1936–2011), Scottish artist
* Gordon Laing (musician) (born 1964), British classical bassoonist
* Gordon Jennings Laing (1869–1945), Canadian-American academic
* Hannah Laing, Scottish disc jockey and record producer
* Hector Laing, Baron Laing of Dunphail (1923–2010), British businessman
* Hugh Laing (1911–1988), British ballet dancer
* Ivan Laing (1885–1917), Scottish hockey player
* James Laing (doctor) (c. 1749–1831), Scottish doctor and plantation owner in Dominica
* James Laing (footballer), Scottish footballer
* James Laing (shipbuilder), British shipbuilder
* Jamie Laing (born 1988), English television personality
* Jim Laing, Canadian sportscaster and radio station owner
* John Laing (disambiguation), several people
* Kerri Laing (born 1968), South African cricketer
* Kirby Laing (1916–2009), English businessman
* Kirkland Laing (1954–2021), Jamaican-English boxer
* Kojo Laing (1946–2017), Ghanaian novelist and poet
* Lavinia Malcolm née Laing (c. 1847–1920), Scottish suffragist, politician, first Scottish woman female councillor and first female Lord Provost
* Leslie Laing (1925–2021), Jamaican athlete
* Malcolm Laing (1762–1818), Scottish historian
* Marie Laing (1937–2023), Canadian politician
* Martin Laing (born 1942), English businessman
* Martin Laing (production designer), British film production designer
* Maureen Laing (1920–2013), American journalist and author
* Maurice Laing (1918–2008), English businessman
* Quintin Laing (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
* Robbie Laing (born 1958), American basketball coach
* Robert W. Laing, British film art director
* R. D. Laing (1927–1989), Scottish psychiatrist
* Roy Laing (1893–1972), Australian footballer
* Samuel Laing (travel writer) (1780–1868), author of books on Scandinavia and Germany
* Samuel Laing (science writer) (1812–1897), British railway administrator, politician, and writer on science and religion
* Sandra Laing (born 1955), South African apartheid cause célèbre
* Shona Laing (born 1955), New Zealand musician
* Stuart Laing (diplomat) (born 1948), British diplomat
* Stuart Laing (actor) (born 1969), British actor
* Tony Laing (boxer) (born 1957), Jamaican-British boxer
* William Laing (disambiguation), several people