Lanham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Andrew Lanham
Andrew Lanham is an American film screenwriter best known for his collaborations with Destin Daniel Cretton, including '' The Shack'' (2017), ''The Glass Castle'' (2017), ''Just Mercy'' (2019), and ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'' ...
, American film screenwriter
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Charles C. Lanham (1928-2015), American politician
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Charles T. Lanham
Major General Charles Trueman Lanham (September 14, 1902 – July 20, 1978), known as "Buck", was an author, poet, and professional soldier in the United States Army, winning 14 decorations in his career. After retiring from the military, he was ...
(1902-1978), United States Army general
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Edwin Lanham
Edwin Moultrie Lanham was born in Weatherford, Texas on October 11, 1904, in the north central part of Texas where his family settled in the 1868. His family included his grandfather S. W. T. Lanham, the former Governor of Texas. His father Edwi ...
(1904-1979), American writer
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Fritz G. Lanham
Frederick Garland "Fritz" Lanham (January 3, 1880 – July 31, 1965) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Texas.
Early life
Born in Weatherford, Texas, Lanham was the son of Sarah Beona (née ...
(1880-1965), American politician
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Henderson Lovelace Lanham
Henderson Lovelace Lanham (September 14, 1888 – November 10, 1957) was an American politician and lawyer.
Lanham was born in Rome, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia in Athens where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and t ...
(1888-1957), American politician
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Leigh Lanham
Leigh Stefan Lanham (born 15 August 1977 in Ipswich, Suffolk) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England.
Career
Son of former rider Mike Lanham, Mike, Lanham won the British Speedway Under 21 Championship, British Under 21 Championship ...
(born 1977), English speedway rider
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John Lanham (1924-2007), American judge
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Richard A. Lanham
Richard Alan Lanham (born April 26, 1936) is an American literary scholar. He has written on writing style and rhetoric.
Early life and education
Richard Alan Lanham was born on April 26, 1936, in Washington, D.C. He attended Yale University
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(born 1936), American rhetoric theorist
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Robert Lanham Robert Lanham (born 1971 in Richmond, Virginia) is the author of the satiric books ''The Hipster Handbook'', ''Food Court Druids, Cherohonkees, and Other Creatures Unique to the Republic'', and ''The Sinner's Guide to the Evangelical Right.'' He coi ...
(born 1971), American satirist
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S. W. T. Lanham
Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham (July 4, 1846July 29, 1908), was the 23rd Governor of Texas from January 20, 1903 to January 15, 1907. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to winning election as governor, he served two periods in the US Ho ...
(1846-1908), American politician
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