Leland
Leland may refer to:
Places
- Norway
- United States
- Leland, Illinois
- Leland, Iowa
- Leland, Michigan
- Leland, Mississippi
- Leland, North Carolina
- Leland, Washington
- Leland, Wisconsin
- Leland Castle, a building in New Rochelle, New York
- Leland Grove, Illinois
- Leland Township, Michigan
- Leland High School (San Jose, California)
- Leland River, Michigan
People
- Leland (composer) (born 1991), American singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer
- Given name
- Yung L.A., birth name Leland Austin, rapper
- Leland Bardwell, author
- Leland Chapman, bounty hunter
- Leland D. Melvin, astronaut
- Leland Irving, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- Leland Orser, actor
- Leland Stanford, founder of Stanford University, former Governor of California
- Leland Stanford, Jr., namesake of Stanford University
- Leland Taylor, former mayor of Louisville, Kentucky
- Leland Yee, Former State Senator of California and convicted criminal
- Leland Sklar, American session musician
- Surname
- Burton Leland (1948-2018), American social worker and businessman
- Charles Godfrey Leland, American humorist and folklorist
- David J. Leland, American politician from Ohio
- David Leland, British director, screenwriter and actor
- Evelyn Leland (c. 1870–c. 1930), American astronomer
- Frank Leland, Negro League baseball team owner of the Leland Giants
- Gabe Leland (born 1982), American politician
- George W. Leland, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- Henry M. Leland, automotive pioneer and founder of Cadillac and Lincoln brands
- John Leland (antiquary), English antiquary
- John Leland (Baptist), United States Baptist minister
- John Leland (journalist), reporter, columnist, and book author
- John Leland (politician), English Member of Parliament for Stamford, 1796–1808
- John Leland (Presbyterian), English Presbyterian minister
- John E. Leland, American engineer and Director of the University of Dayton Research Institute
- Mickey Leland, United States Congressman from Texas
- Sherman Leland, President of the Massachusetts Senate
- Simeon Leland, American businessman, hotelier
- Thomas Leland, Irish historian
- Waldo Leland, American historian and archivist
- Fictional
- Leland Stottlemeyer, character in the TV series Monk
- Leland Palmer, character in the TV series Twin Peaks
- Leland Owlsley, a.k.a. Owl, a fictional supervillain from Marvel Comics
- Lee Adama (short for Leland Joseph Adama), character in the TV series Battlestar Galactica (2004)
Other uses
- John Leland Center for Theological Studies, Virginia
- Leland Corporation, an arcade game manufacturer
- Leland Initiative
- The United States of Leland, a 2003 dramatic movie
See also
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