Bland (surname)
Bland is a surname thought to derive from Old English (ge)bland ‘storm’, ‘commotion’.[1] It is thought to have originated in an area in Yorkshire (where there is a place called Bland Hill)
It predates the adjective 'bland' meaning "characterless or uninteresting" which arrived in this country around 1660 [2]
Notable persons with that surname include:
- Alexander Bland (1866–1947), Welsh international rugby player
- Bill or Billy Bland, see William Bland (disambiguation)
- Bobby Bland (1930–2013), American singer
- Carl Bland (born 1961), American footballer
- Sir Christopher Bland (born 1938), British politician
- Colin Bland (born 1938), Rhodesian cricketer
- Dave Bland (1929–2013), Australian rules footballer
- Edward Bland (1926–2013), American composer and musical director
- Eleanor Taylor Bland (1944–2010), African-American writer of crime fiction
- Elizabeth Bland (fl. 1681–1712), Englishwoman celebrated for her knowledge of Hebrew
- Francis Bland (1882–1967), Australian politician
- Gordon Bland (born 1941), former English cricketer
- Hamilton Bland, BBC swimming commentator
- Harriet Bland (1915–1991), American athlete
- Harry Bland (1898–after 1934), English professional footballer
- Hubert Bland (1855–1914), British socialist and Fabian Society cofounder
- Humphrey Bland (1686–1763), British Army general
- James A. Bland (1854–1911), African-American musician and songwriter
- Joanne Bland, American civil rights activist
- John Bland (disambiguation)
- Joyce Bland (1906–1963), British film actress
- June Bland (born 1931), British actress
- Leonard Thomas Bland (1851–1906), Canadian politician
- Malcolm Bland, New Zealand footballer
- Maria Bland (1769–1838), British singer
- Martin Bland (born 1947), British statistician
- Michael Bland (born 1969), American drummer
- Nate Bland (born 1974), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Sir Nevile Bland (1886–1972), British diplomat
- Oscar E. Bland (1877–1951), U.S. Representative from Indiana
- S. Otis Bland (1872–1950), U.S. Representative from Virginia
- Peregrine Bland (c.1596–1647), early Virginia settler and politician
- Peter Bland (born 1934), British-New Zealand poet and actor
- Richard Bland (disambiguation)
- Robert G. Bland, American mathematician and operations researcher
- Salem Bland (1859–1950), Canadian Methodist theologian
- Sammy Bland (born 1929), American broadcaster and entertainer
- Sandra Bland (1987-2015), American woman found dead in a Texas jail cell
- Theodorick Bland (disambiguation)
- Tony Bland (1970-1993), an injured British man who was the subject of a notable court case
- William Bland (disambiguation)
See also
- Bland baronets of England in 17th and 18th centuries
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