Gaylord (given name)
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Gaylord is a name of Norman French origin, from the Old French gaillard meaning "joyful" or "high-spirited".[1] People with the given name of Gaylord include:
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
- Gaylord Yost (1888–1958), violinist, composer, and teacher
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
- Gaylord Shaw (1942–2015), American journalist
Other arts and entertainment
- Gaylord Dingler, American stand-up comic
- Gaylord Schanilec (born 1955), American wood engraver and printer
- Gailard Sartain (born 1946), American actor
Government
- Gaylord Graves (1804–1889), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- 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 (1940–2016), 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 Donnelley (1911–1992), owner and board member of R. R. Donnelley
- Gaylord Harnwell (1903–1982), American educator and physicist
- Gaylord K. Swim (1948–2005), American businessman
- Gaylord Starin White (1864–1931), American social reformer and activist
- Gaylord Wilshire (1861–1927), land developer, publisher and outspoken socialist
See also
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