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Laing (surname)

Laing () is a Scottish surname, a variant of Lang.

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alex Laing (footballer), 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 player
  • Billy Laing (born 1951), Scottish footballer
  • Bobby Laing (1925–1985), Scottish footballer
  • Bonnie Laing (1937–2016), Canadian politician
  • Brent Laing (born 1978), Canadian curler
  • Cassandra Laing (1968–2007), Australian artist
  • Catriona Laing, British diplomat
  • Corky Laing (born 1948), Canadian musician
  • C. J. Laing (born 1956), American pornographic actress
  • Dave Laing (1947–2019), English music journalist
  • David Laing (architect) (1774–1856), British architect
  • 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 (musician) (born 1964), British classical bassoonist
  • Gordon Jennings Laing (1869–1945), Canadian-American academic
  • Hannah Laing, Scottish disc jockey and record producer
  • 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) ( 1749–1831), Scottish doctor and plantation owner in Dominica
  • James Laing (footballer), Scottish footballer
  • James Laing (shipbuilder), British shipbuilder
  • Jamie Laing (born 1988), English television personality
  • Jim Laing, Canadian sportscaster and radio station owner
  • John Laing (disambiguation), several people
  • Kerri Laing (born 1968), South African cricketer
  • Kirby Laing (1916–2009), English businessman
  • Kirkland Laing (1954–2021), Jamaican-English boxer
  • Kojo Laing (1946–2017), Ghanaian novelist and poet
  • Lavinia Malcolm née Laing ( 1847–1920), Scottish suffragist, politician, first Scottish woman female councillor and first female Lord Provost
  • Leslie Laing (1925–2021), Jamaican athlete
  • Malcolm Laing (1762–1818), Scottish historian
  • Marie Laing (1937–2023), Canadian politician
  • Martin Laing (1942–2023), English businessman
  • Martin Laing (production designer), British film production designer
  • Maureen Laing (1920–2013), American journalist and author
  • Maurice Laing (1918–2008), English businessman
  • Quintin Laing (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Robbie Laing (born 1958), American basketball coach
  • Robert W. Laing, British film art director
  • R. D. Laing (1927–1989), Scottish psychiatrist
  • Roy Laing (1893–1972), Australian 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 (disambiguation), several people

References

References

  1. (19 August 2021). "Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain". Oxford University Press.
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