Laird is a surname and a Scottish title. Notable persons with that surname include:
Alexander Laird (1797–1873), Scottish-Canadian farmer and politicianAnne Laird (born 1970), Scottish curlerBruce Laird (American football) (born 1950), American football playerBruce Laird (born 1950), Australian cricketerCarobeth Laird (1895–1983), American anthropologistCharlton Laird (1901–1984), American linguist and lexicographerChris Laird (born 1893), Australian rules footballerDavid Laird (1833–1914), Canadian politician; Lieutenant Governor of Northwest TerritoriesDavie Laird (born 1936), Scottish footballerElizabeth Laird (author) (born 1943), British writer of children's booksElizabeth Laird (physicist) (1874–1969), Canadian physicistEmil Matthew Laird (1896–1982), American aircraft builder and pilotFlake Laird (1902–1992), American college sports coachGerald Laird (born 1979), American baseball playerHelen M. LairdHenry Laird (1868–1940), Canadian journalist, merchant and politicianJack Laird (potter) (1920–2009), New Zealand potterJack Laird (1923–1991), American television producer, writer, director and actorJames Laird (politician) (1849–1889), American politician; U.S. representative from NebraskaJames Laird (journalist) (contemporary), named on the master list of Nixon political opponentsJenny Laird (1912–2001), British film and television actressJohn Laird (disambiguation)Luke Laird (born c. 1978), American songwriterMacgregor Laird (1808–1861), Scottish merchant pioneer on the Niger RiverMarc Laird (born 1986), Scottish football playerMargaret B. Laird (1871–1968), American women's suffrage leaderMargaret Nicholl Laird (1897–1983), American Baptist missionaryMartin Laird (born 1982), Scottish professional golferMatthew Laird (born 1977), Canadian politician from British Columbia and authorMelvin R. Laird, Sr. (1877–1946), American politician, businessman and clergymanMelvin R. Laird (1922-2016), American congressman and Secretary of DefenseMike Laird (born 1974), American BMX riderNan Laird, American professor of biostatisticsNick Laird (born 1975), Northern Ireland novelist and poetNick Laird-Clowes (born 1957), British musician and songwriterNorman Laird (1906–1970), Northern Ireland doctor and politicianPaul Laird (born 1958), American musicologistPeter Laird (born 1954), American comic book artistPhilip Johnson-Laird (born 1936), American psychologist and authorRay A. Laird (1907-1986), American educatorRick Laird (born 1941), Irish jazz musicianRobbin Laird (born 1946), American military and defense analystRon Laird (born 1938), American race walkerRory Laird (born 1993), Australian rules football playerRyan Laird (born 1984), Canadian country music singer-songwriterSally Laird (1956–2010), British editor and translator of Russian literatureScott Laird (born 1988), English football playerStephen Laird (fl. 20th century), American journalist; alleged to be a Soviet spy in the 1930sSusan Laird (1908–1933), American competition swimmerTrevor Laird (born 1957), English actorWalter Laird (1920–2002), British Latin-American dancerWilliam Laird (disambiguation)Willie Laird (20th century), Scottish association football playerIn the United States, the surname Laird has many different spellings, presumably due to oral census takers.
