Gaylord (given name)

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

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

Other fields

See also

References

  1. "Gaylord". Etymonline. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
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