Gaylord

Gaylord may refer to:

People

Surname

• Edward K. Gaylord, founder of The Oklahoman, an Oklahoma City-based newspaper
• Edward Gaylord (Edward L. Gaylord), late owner of The Oklahoman and founder of the Gaylord Entertainment Company
• Edith Kinney Gaylord, journalist
• Harvey Gaylord, President of Bell Aerospace
• Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast
• Scott Gaylord, American NASCAR driver

Given name

• Gaylord Kent Conrad, U.S. politician
• Gaylord DuBois, American comic writer
• Gaylord Nelson, former U.S. senator
• Gaylord Perry, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
• Gaylord Stinchcomb, American football player
• Gaylord Harnwell, former president of the University of Pennsylvania
• Gaylord Silly, a long distance runner from the Seychelles

Fictional

• Gaylord Buzzard, a character in the cartoon strip Broom Hilda
• Gaylord Focker, a character in the movie Meet the Parents and its sequels
• Gaylord Justice, a character in the movie Smokey and the Bandit II
• Gaylord Ravenal, a character in Edna Farber's novel Show Boat, and the musical play and movies based on it
• Frederick Gaylord Crane, the son of the protagonist in the television series Frasier

Places

In the United States:

• Gaylord, Kansas
• Gaylord, Michigan
• Gaylord, Minnesota
• Gaylord, Oregon
• Gaylord, Virginia
• Gaylordsville, Connecticut
• Gaylord Entertainment Center, former name of Bridgestone Arena
• Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

Other uses

• Gaylord Hotels
• The Chicago Gaylords, a street gang
• Dean Ford and the Gaylords, a 1960s Scottish beat group later known as The Marmalade
• The Gaylords (Dominican band)
• The Gaylords (American vocal group)
• Gaylord (automobile), a former car manufacturing company
• Gaylord Container Corporation, a former U.S. paper manufacturer
  • Gaylord, a genericized term for a bulk box
• Gaylord Chemical Corporation, a U.S. chemical company
• Gaylord Entertainment Company

See also

• Gailard Sartain, American actor and comic
• Gaillard (disambiguation)
• Gayelord Hauser, German-born nutritionist