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People named Cleland

Alec Cleland Alexander Cleland (born 10 December 1970) is a Scottish professional football player and coach. Cleland played as a defender for Scottish sides Rangers and Dundee United and English team Everton. Although never capped at senior level for Sco ...

(born 1970), Scottish footballer *

Andrew N. Cleland Andrew N. Cleland (born 17 September 1961) is an American physicist, and is currently the John A. MacLean Sr. Professor for Molecular Engineering Innovation and Enterprise at the Institute for Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago. E ...

(born 1961), American physicist *

Carol Cleland Carol Edith Cleland (born 1948) is an American philosopher of science known for her work on the definition of life and the shadow biosphere, on the classification of minerals by their geological history, on the distinction between historical and ...

(born 1948), American philosopher * Cook Cleland (1916–2007), US air race pilot *David Cleland, co-founder of the

Nature Foundation Nature Foundation, formerly The National Parks Foundation and Nature Foundation SA Inc. (NFSA), is the largest non-government nature conservation organisation based in South Australia. It was founded in October 1981, and is supported by the Gove ...

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

in 1981 * David I. Cleland (1926–2018), US engineer, academic and author of project management textbooks *

Donald Cleland Brigadier Sir Donald Mackinnon Cleland, (28 June 1901 – 27 August 1975) was an Australian soldier and administrator. Early years Born on 28 June 1901 at Coolgardie, Western Australia, eldest son of Adelaide-born Elphinstone Davenport Cleland ...

(1901–1975), Australian soldier and administrator * E. Davenport Cleland (1854–1928), journalist and mine manager in South Australia and Western Australia *

Edward Erskine Cleland Edward Erskine Cleland (7 April 1869 – 1 July 1943 ) was a South Australian jurist, occasionally referred to as E. Erskine Cleland. History Cleland was born in Beaumont, South Australia, the youngest of six sons of John Fullerton Cleland (1821 ...

(1869–1943), South Australian jurist * Hance Cleland (1884–1859), American politician * James Cleland (footballer) (1870–1940), Scottish (soccer) footballer * James Cleland (politician) (1839–1908), Scottish-born merchant and political figure in Ontario, Canada *

James Cleland (statistician) James Cleland LLD (1770–1840) was Superintendent of Public Works in Glasgow but is remembered as a Scottish statistician and historical writer. Life He was a native of Glasgow, and began life as a cabinet-maker, spending some in London. In 180 ...

(1770–1840) was a Scottish statistician and historical writer *

James William Cleland James William Cleland (1874 – 21 October 1914) was a Scottish Scottish Liberal Party, Liberal Party politician and Barrister. Background He was born in Glasgow in 1874, the son of Charles Cleland, a manufacturer. He was educated at The Gla ...

(1874–1914), Scottish politician * Jane Cleland-Huang, English-born American software engineer * Joan Burton Cleland (1916–2000), South Australian ornithologist * :John Cleland (disambiguation), multiple people, including :*

John Cleland John Cleland (c. 1709, baptised – 23 January 1789) was an English novelist best known for his fictional '' Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'', whose eroticism led to his arrest. James Boswell called him "a sly, old malcont ...

(1709–1789), English novelist. :*

John Cleland (racing driver) John Cleland (born 15 July 1952) is a retired Scottish auto racing driver, best known for winning the British Touring Car Championship in 1989 and 1995. Born in Wishaw, Cleland raced autocross and hillclimb in the 1970s, and won his class i ...

(born 1952), Scottish racing driver :*

John Burton Cleland Sir John Burton Cleland CBE (22 June 1878 – 11 August 1971) was a renowned Australian naturalist, microbiologist, mycologist and ornithologist. He was Professor of Pathology at the University of Adelaide and was consulted on high-level po ...

(1878–1971), South Australian microbiologist and naturalist :*

John Fullerton Cleland John Fullerton Cleland (1821 – 29 November 1901) was a Protestant Christian missionary who served with the London Missionary Society during the late Qing Dynasty China. He emigrated to South Australia, where he and his wife founded a family of co ...

(1821–1901), missionary in China and South Australian public servant :* John Cleland (anatomist) (1835–1925),

Regius Professor of Anatomy (Glasgow) {{Use British English, date=October 2017 The Regius Chair of Anatomy is a Regius professorship at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. Founded in 1718 as the Regius Chair of Anatomy and Botany the province of the chair was restricted to anatomy ...

:* John R. D. Cleland, US major general, of

8th Infantry Division (United States) The 8th Infantry Division, ("Pathfinder") was an infantry division of the United States Army during the 20th century. The division served in World War I, World War II, and Operation Desert Storm. Initially activated in January 1918, the unit di ...

* Marshall Cleland (1912–1958), Canadian equestrian champion *

Max Cleland Joseph Maxwell Cleland (August 24, 1942 – November 9, 2021) was an American politician from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a disabled U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star fo ...

(1942–2021), American politician * Rachel Cleland (1906–2002), Australian expatriate community and social welfare worker * Ralph Erskine Cleland (1892–1971), American botanist * Robert Hardy Cleland (born 1947), US District Judge *

Tammy Cleland Tammy P. Cleland-McGregor (born October 26, 1975) is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion. She was born in Sanford, Florida. She participated on the American team that received a gold medal in synchronized team at ...

(born 1975), US swimmer *

Thomas Maitland Cleland Thomas Maitland Cleland (August 18, 1880 – November 9, 1964) was an American book designer, painter, illustrator, and type designer. Early life and education Thomas Maitland Cleland was born August 18, 1880 in Brooklyn, New York. Cleland stu ...

(1880–1964), US book designer, painter, illustrator, and type designer * Victoria Cleland (born 1970),

Chief Cashier of the Bank of England The Chief Cashier of the Bank of England is the person responsible for issuing banknotes at the Bank of England and is the director of the divisions which provide the Bank of England's banking infrastructure. This person is known to the general ...

William Cleland (poet) William Cleland (c. 166121 August 1689) was a Scottish poet and soldier. William was the son of Thomas Cleland, gamekeeper to the Marquess of Douglas, chief of the House of Douglas. He was probably brought up on the Douglas estate, centred at Doug ...

(c. 1661–1689), Scottish poet and soldier *

W. Wallace Cleland William Wallace Cleland (January 6, 1930 – March 6, 2013, often cited as W. W. Cleland, and known almost universally as "Mo Cleland", was a University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemistry professor. His research was concerned with enzyme reactio ...

(1930–2013), US biochemistry professor

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