Floyd (surname)
Floyd is a surname of Welsh origin, deriving from Lloyd, which is ultimately an anglicized spelling of "Llwyd", and of Scottish origin deriving from Flood. Notable people with this surname include:
Notable people
- Alfred Ernest Floyd, Australian musician
- Andress Small Floyd, founder of the Self-Master Colony
- Benjamin Rush Floyd, American politician
- Bobby Floyd (disambiguation), multiple people
- Bubba Floyd, American baseball player
- Carlisle Floyd, American opera composer
- Charles Floyd (disambiguation), several people
- Christiane Floyd, Austrian computer scientist
- Cliff Floyd, retired American Major League Baseball player
- Darrell Floyd, American college basketball player
- Davis Floyd, American politician convicted of conspiring with Aaron Burr
- Eddie Floyd, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
- Elson S. Floyd, 10th president of Washington State University
- Emily Floyd, Australian public artist, sculptor and printmaker
- Gavin Floyd, Major League Baseball pitcher
- George Floyd, African-American man who was murdered during a police arrest
- George Floyd (American football), American football player
- George Rogers Clark Floyd, American politician
- James Floyd (disambiguation), several people
- Jehyve Floyd, American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- John Floyd (disambiguation), several people
- Keith Floyd, British chef
- Malcolm Floyd, retired American football player
- Malcom Floyd, American football player
- Pretty Boy Floyd, American bank robber
- Raymond Floyd, American golfer
- Robert W. Floyd, computer scientist
- Sally Floyd, computer scientist
- Sleepy Floyd, American professional basketball player
- Stanley Floyd, American track and field sprinter
- Ty Floyd, American baseball player
- William Floyd, American signer of the Declaration of Independence
- William Floyd (American football), retired American football fullback
Fictional characters
- Heywood R. Floyd, in the Space Odyssey series by Arthur C. Clarke
- Sally Floyd (comics), reporter in the Marvel Comics universe
- Pink Floyd, protagonist of the 1979 concept album The Wall by the band Pink Floyd
- Lt. Robert "Bob" Floyd in ''Top Gun: Maverick''