Gaylord (given name)

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Gaylord is the name of:

Arts and entertainment

Music

• Gaylord Birch (1946–1996), drummer for the bands Santana, Cold Blood, Pointer Sisters & Herbie Hancock
• Gaylord Carter (1905–2000), American organist and the composer of many film scores

Writing

• Gaylord J. Clarke (1836–1870), American newspaper editor, lawyer, poet and politician
• Gaylord DuBois (1899–1993), American writer of comic book stories, comic strips, Big Little Books, and juvenile adventure novels
• Gaylord Larsen (born 1932), American crime writer

Other arts and entertainment

• Gaylord Dingler, American stand-up comic
• Gaylord Schanilec (born 1955), American wood engraver & printer
• Gailard Sartain, American actor

Government

• Gaylord Griswold (1767–1809), United States Representative from New York
• Gaylord Nelson (1916–2005), American politician from Wisconsin and the founder of Earth Day
• Gaylord T. Gunhus (born 1940), retired American Army officer and 20th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army

Sports

• Gaylord Bryan (born 1927), male long and triple jumper from the United States
• Gaylord Perry (born 1938), former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher
• Gaylord Powless (1946–2001), Mohawk lacrosse player
• Gaylord Silly (born 1986), French-Seychellois long distance runner
• Gaylord Stinchcomb (1895–1973), American football player

Other fields

• Gaylord Harnwell (1903–1982), American educator and physicist
• Gaylord K. Swim (1948–2005), American businessman
• Gaylord Wilshire (1861–1927), a land developer, publisher and outspoken socialist

See also

• Gaylord (disambiguation)
• Galliard (disambiguation)
• Gaillard (disambiguation)
• Gayelord Hauser