Landon
Landon is a variant of Langdon, an English family name originally related to the place of residence and a male given name derived from this , which occurs mainly in the USA and Canada. The old English place name had the meaning "mountain ridge". Lanny is a diminutive of the name .
Name bearer
First name
- Landon Donovan (* 1982), American football player
- Landon Ferraro (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
- Landon Gare (* 1978), German-Canadian ice hockey player
- Michael Landon Gernhardt (* 1956), American astronaut
- Landon Carter Haynes (1816–1875), American politician
- Landon Liboiron (born 1991), Canadian actor
- Landon Curt Noll (* 1960), American number theorist and astronomer
- Landon Pigg (* 1983), American singer-songwriter
- Landon Ronald (1873–1938), English conductor, music teacher and composer
- Landon Wilson (* 1975), American ice hockey player
family name
- Alf Landon (1887–1987), American politician
- Charles Paul Landon (1760–1826), French painter
- Christa Landon (nee Christa Fuhrmann; 1921–1977), Austrian music editor
- Christopher B. Landon (* 1975), American screenwriter and director
- HC Robbins Landon (1926–2009), American musicologist
- Hal Landon Jr. (born 1941), American actor
- Joe Landon (* 1976), American porn actor
- Laurene Landon (* 1957), American film and television actress
- Leslie Landon (* 1962), American film actress and later a psychologist
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838), British poet and novelist
- Margaret Landon (1903-1993), American writer
- Michael Landon (1936–1991), American actor
- Michael Landon junior (born 1964), American actor, director, film producer and writer
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum (* 1932), American politician
- Richmond Landon (1898–1971), American track and field athlete
Others
- Landon Promontory , Mac Robertson Land Promontory , Antarctica
- Landon (vehicle manufacturer) , former American automobile manufacturer