Lanier (surname)

Lanier is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Alex Lanier (born 2005), French badminton player *

Allen Lanier Allen Glover Lanier (; June 25, 1946 – August 14, 2013) was an American musician who played keyboards and rhythm guitar. He was an original member of Blue Öyster Cult. Lanier wrote several songs for Blue Öyster Cult albums, including "T ...

(1946–2013), American musician and original member of the band Blue Öyster Cult * Anthony Lanier (born 1993), American football player *

Aubrey Lanier Aubrey Falls "Laney" Lanier (February 18, 1888 – April 25, 1936) was a college football player. Early years Aubrey was born on February 18, 1888, in the city of Butler in Lonoke County, Arkansas, to Isaac Hill Lanier and Mary "Ellen" Coope ...

(1888–1936), American college football player *

Bob Lanier (politician) Robert Clayton Lanier (March 10, 1925 – December 20, 2014) was an American businessman and politician. He served as mayor of the city of Houston, Texas, from 1992 to 1998. At the time of his death, he was Houston's oldest living mayor. Backg ...

(1925–2014), American politician *

Bob Lanier Robert Jerry Lanier Jr. (September 10, 1948 – May 10, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who was a center for the Detroit Pistons and the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Lanier was inducted in ...

(1948–2022), American basketball player and coach * Carlotta Walls LaNier (born 1942), one of nine African American students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957 * Cathy Lanier (born 1967), Chief of Police, Washington, D.C. * Charles D. Lanier (1837–1926), American banker and railroad executive *

Chloe Lanier Chloe Lanier is an American actress. She is best known for her role on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC soap opera ''General Hospital'' as the villainous Nelle Benson. For her portrayal, Lanier was nominated for three consecutive Daytime E ...

(21st century), American actress * Clement Lanier (died 1661), English musician *

Don Lanier Don Lanier (July 13, 1936 – July 23, 2014) was an American songwriter and composer. He composed and wrote dozens of songs for artists including Ray Charles, Dean Martin, The Everly Brothers and Hank Snow. His latest contributions as a songwri ...

(1936–2014), American songwriter and composer *

Emilia Lanier Emilia Lanier (also Aemilia or Amelia Lanyer, 1569–1645), ''née'' Aemilia Bassano, was an English poet and the first woman in England to assert herself as a professional poet, through her volume ''Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum'' (''Hail, God, King ...

(1569–1645), English poet * Farris Lanier Jr. (1949–2019), American R&B-funk singer, member of Lanier & Co. *

Hal Lanier HAL may refer to: Aviation * Halali Airport (IATA airport code: HAL) Halali, Oshikoto, Namibia * Hawaiian Airlines (ICAO airline code: HAL) * HAL Airport, Bangalore, India * Hindustan Aeronautics Limited an Indian aerospace manufacturer of fight ...

(born 1942), American baseball player and manager *

J. Hicks Lanier John Hicks Lanier (born c. 1941) is an American heir and businessman. He served as the chief executive officer of Oxford Industries from 1981 to 2012, and as its chairman from 1981 to 2015. Early life J. Hicks Lanier was born circa 1941. His fat ...

(born c.1941), American businessman * James Lanier (1800–1881), American financier * James F. D. Lanier (1858–1928), American banker and sportsman *

Jaron Lanier Jaron Zepel Lanier (, born May 3, 1960) is an American computer scientist, visual artist, computer philosophy writer, technologist, futurist, and composer of contemporary classical music. Considered a founder of the field of virtual reality, La ...

(born 1960), American virtual reality developer * Jerome Lanier (died 1659), English musician * Jerry P. Lanier (born 1952), American diplomat * Sir John Lanier (died 1692), British Army general *

Kate Lanier Kate Lanier is an American screenwriter best known for such films as '' CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story'', ''What's Love Got to Do with It'', ''Beauty Shop'', ''Glitter'', ''The Mod Squad ''The Mod Squad'' is an American crime drama series, origi ...

, American screenwriter * Ken Lanier (born 1959), American football player * Khalia Lanier (born 1998), American volleyball player *

Lee Lanier Lee Lanier is an American 3D computer animator and the author of nine books for the 3D modeling software package Maya and the digital compositing software packages After Effects, Fusion, and Nuke. He served as an instructor for animation for the ...

, American computer animator * Lyle H. Lanier (1903–1988), American psychologist and academic * Mark Lanier (born 1960), American lawyer and teacher *

Max Lanier Hubert Max Lanier (August 18, 1915 – January 30, 2007) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who spent most of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals. He led the National League in earned run average in 1943, and was the ...

(1915–2007), American baseball player * Nicholas Lanier the Elder (died 1612), French court musician * Nicholas Lanier (1588–1666), English composer, singer, lutenist, and painter * Rob Lanier (born 1968), American college basketball coach *

Randy Lanier Randy Thomas Lanier (born 1954) is a professional race car driver and convicted drug trafficker from the United States. He is best known for his racing efforts in the mid-1980s, including winning the 1984 IMSA Camel GT title for the wholly ind ...

(born 1954), American racing car driver * Raphael Lanier (1900–1962), American diplomat *

Sartain Lanier Sartain Lanier (1909 - November 30, 1994) was an American businessman and philanthropist from Tennessee. With his brothers, Lanier co-founded The Lanier Company in 1934, an office products company currently known as Lanier Worldwide, a subsidiary ...

(1909–1994), American businessman and philanthropist *

Sidney Lanier Sidney Clopton Lanier (February 3, 1842 – September 7, 1881) was an American musician, poet and author. He served in the Confederate States Army as a private, worked on a blockade-running ship for which he was imprisoned (resulting in his catch ...

(1842–1881), American musician and poet *

Sterling E. Lanier Sterling Edmund Lanier (December 18, 1927 – June 28, 2007) was an American editor, science fiction author and sculptor. He is perhaps known best as the editor who championed the publication of Frank Herbert’s bestselling novel ''Dune''. Life ...

(1927–2007), American science fiction writer and editor * Susan Lanier (born 1947), American actress * Thomas C. Lanier (19th century), Alabama planter and Confederate soldier * Virginia Lanier (1930–2003), American mystery fiction writer * William Henry Lanier (1855–1929), American educator *

Willie Lanier Willie Edward Lanier (born August 21, 1945) is an American former professional football player who was a middle linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1967 through 1977. He won postseason honors for eight consecutive years, making the Amer ...

(born 1945), American football player {{surname