Laird (surname)
Laird is a surname and a Scottish title. Notable persons with that surname include:
- Alexander Laird, Scottish-Canadian farmer and politician
- Anne Laird, Scottish curler
- Brandon Laird, baseball player
- Bruce Laird (American football), American football player
- Bruce Laird, Australian cricketer
- Carobeth Laird, American anthropologist
- Charlton Laird, American linguist and lexicographer
- Chris Laird, Australian rules footballer
- David Laird, Canadian politician; Lieutenant Governor of Northwest Territories
- Davie Laird, Scottish footballer
- Dean S. Laird, WWII U.S. Navy ace
- Elizabeth Laird (author), British writer of children's books
- Elizabeth Laird (physicist), Canadian physicist
- Emma Laird, British actress
- Emil Matthew Laird, American aircraft builder and pilot
- Ethan Laird, English footballer
- Flake Laird, American college sports coach
- Gavin Laird, Scottish trade unionist
- Gerald Laird, American baseball player
- Helen Laird, Irish actress also known as ‘Honor Lavelle’, a costumier, teacher, and feminist
- Helen M. Laird, electron-microscopist
- Henry Laird, Canadian journalist, merchant and politician
- Jack Laird (potter), New Zealand potter
- Jack Laird, American television producer, writer, director and actor
- James Laird (politician), American politician; U.S. representative from Nebraska
- Jenny Laird, British film and television actress
- John Laird (disambiguation)
- Luke Laird, American songwriter
- Macgregor Laird, Scottish merchant pioneer on the Niger River
- Marc Laird, Scottish football player
- Margaret B. Laird, American women's suffrage leader
- Margaret Heather Laird, British teacher and senior laywoman in the Church of England
- Margaret Nicholl Laird, American Baptist missionary
- Martin Laird, Scottish professional golfer
- Martina Laird, Trinidadian actress, director and acting teacher
- Marvin Laird, American composer and conductor
- Matthew Laird, Canadian politician from British Columbia and author
- Melvin R. Laird, Sr., American politician, businessman and clergyman
- Melvin R. Laird, American congressman and Secretary of Defense
- Mike Laird, American BMX rider
- Nan Laird, American professor of biostatistics
- Nick Laird, Northern Ireland novelist and poet
- Norman Laird, Northern Ireland doctor and politician
- Patrick Laird, American football player
- Paul Laird, American musicologist
- Peter Laird, American comic book artist
- Philip Johnson-Laird, American psychologist and author
- Rick Laird, Irish jazz musician
- Robbin Laird, American military and defense analyst
- Ron Laird, American race walker
- Rory Laird, Australian rules football player
- Ryan Laird, Canadian country music singer-songwriter
- Sally Laird, British editor and translator of Russian literature
- Sandy Laird, Scottish footballer
- Scott Laird, English football player
- Stephen Laird, American journalist; alleged to be a Soviet spy in the 1930s
- Stu Laird, Canadian Football League player
- Susan Laird, American competition swimmer
- Trevor Laird, English actor
- Walter Laird, British Latin-American dancer
- William Laird (disambiguation)
- Willie Laird, Scottish association football player