Laing (surname)
Laing (/læŋ, leɪŋ/) is a Scottish surname, commonly found in countries settled by Scots, such as Canada and New Zealand. It is a descriptive surname, cognate with the English surname Long, meaning "tall". Notable people with the surname include:
- Alex Laing, New Zealand footballer
- Alexander Laing (architect), Scottish architect
- Alexander Gordon Laing (1794–1826), Scottish explorer
- Andrew Laing (born 1966), New Zealand actor
- Annie Rose Laing (1869–1946), Scottish artist
- Arthur Laing (1904–1975), Canadian politician
- Bert Laing, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- Billy Laing (born 1951), Scottish footballer
- Bobby Laing (1925–1985), Scottish footballer
- Bonnie Laing (1937–2016), Canadian politician
- Brent Laing (born 1978), Canadian curler
- Catriona Laing, British ambassador
- Corky Laing (Laurence Gordon Laing, born 1948), Canadian musician
- C. J. Laing (born 1956), American pornographic actress
- Dan Laing, American sports commentator
- Dave Laing (born 1947), English music journalist
- David Laing (architect) (1774–1856), British architect of the New Custom House, London
- David Laing (antiquary) (1793–1878), Scottish antiquary
- Davie Laing (1925–2017), Scottish footballer
- Dilys Laing (1906–1960), Welsh-American poet
- Duncan Laing (1933–2008), New Zealand swimming coach
- Ebenezer Laing (1931–2015), Ghanaian botanist and geneticist
- Eleanor Laing (born 1958), British politician
- Gerald Laing (1936–2011), Scottish artist
- Gordon Laing (born 1964), British classical bassoonist
- Gordon Jennings Laing (1869–1945), Canadian-American academic
- Hector Laing, Baron Laing of Dunphail (1923–2010), British businessman
- Hugh Laing (1911–1988) , British ballet dancer
- Ivan Laing (1885–1917), Scottish hockey player
- James Laing (doctor) (c.1749–1831), Scottish medical man and plantation owner in Dominica
- James Laing (cricketer), Australian cricket umpire
- John Laing (disambiguation), several people
- Kerri Laing (born 1968), South African cricketer
- Kirby Laing (1916–2009), English businessman
- Kirkland Laing (born 1954), Jamaican-English boxer
- Kojo Laing (1946–2017), Ghanaian novelist and poet
- Leslie Laing (born 1925), Jamaican athlete
- Malcolm Laing (1762–1818), Scottish historian
- Marie Laing (born 1937), Canadian politician
- Martin Laing (born 1942), English businessman
- Martin Laing (production designer), British film production designer
- Maureen Laing (1920–2013), American journalist and author
- Maurice Laing (1918–2008), English businessman
- Michael Laing, South African chemist
- Quintin Laing (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
- Robbie Laing (born 1958), American basketball coach
- Robert W. Laing, British film art director
- Ronald David Laing (1927–1989), Scottish psychiatrist
- Roy Laing (1893–1972), Australian rules footballer
- Samuel Laing (travel writer) (1780–1868), author of books on Scandinavia and Germany
- Samuel Laing (science writer) (1812–1897), British railway administrator, politician, and writer on science and religion
- Sandra Laing (born 1955), South African apartheid cause célèbre
- Shona Laing (born 1955), New Zealand musician
- Stuart Laing (diplomat) (born 1948), British diplomat
- Stuart Laing (actor) (born 1969), British actor
- Tony Laing (boxer) (born 1957), Jamaican-British boxer
- William Laing (1831–1864), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
See also
This page lists people with the surname Laing.
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