Leland (name)
Leland is an English family name and male given name derived from this . The family name originally goes back to an English place name with the Old English meaning "fallow land". The first name is particularly common in the USA.
Name bearer
First name
- Leland Chapman (* 1976), American bounty hunter
- Leland Fuller (1899–1962), American production designer
- Leland H. Hartwell (* 1939), American biochemist and cancer researcher
- Monroe Leland Hayward (1840–1899), American politician
- Leland Hobbs (1892–1966), American general
- Leland Irving (* 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
- Leland Devon Melvin (* 1964), American astronaut
- Leland Orser (born 1960), American actor
- Leland Sklar (* 1947), American bass player, singer and composer
- Leland Stanford (1824-1893), American railroad entrepreneur, politician and founder of Stanford University
- Leland Hayward (1902–1971), American theater and film producer
Name bearer
- Leland Bardwell (1922-2016), Irish writer
family name
- Aaron Leland (1761–1832), American politician and lieutenant governor
- Brad Leland (born 1954), American actor
- Charles Godfrey Leland (1824–1903), American adventurer, artist, and poet
- David Leland (born 1947), British film director, screenwriter and actor
- David Leland (actor, 1921) (1921–1987), American actor
- David Leland (actor, 1932) (1932–1948), actor
- Henry Leland (1843–1932), American automobile entrepreneur, founder of the Cadillac and Lincoln companies
- John Leland (librarian) (1506–1552), English archaeologist and poet
- John Leland (theologian) (1691–1766), British Presbyterian theologian and religious philosopher
- John Leland (Baptist) (1754–1841), American evangelist and religious freedom lobbyist
- Mickey Leland (1944–1989), American politician
- Waldo G. Leland (1879–1966), American historian and archivist