Lanny is a masculine personal name attributed as a variation of
Laurence (
bay tree)
or
Roland
Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...
(from the renowned land)
and may refer to:
People
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Lanny Bassham
Lanny Robert Bassham (born January 2, 1947) is an American sport shooter who won a gold medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and a silver medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Early life
Bassham was born in Comanche, Texas.[Lanny Berman
Alan Lee Berman (born July 10, 1943) also known as Lanny Berman, is an American psychologist, psychotherapist, and suicidologist. He is an adjunct professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Berman was form ...]
(born 1943), American psychologist, psychotherapist, and suicidologist
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Lanny Boleski
Lanny Boleski (born ca. 1941, full name Anthony Landell Boleski) was a former professional Canadian football player with the Canadian Football League's Calgary Stampeders and the British Columbia Lions. After playing college football at the Univ ...
(born c. 1941), retired Canadian Football League player
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Lanny Breuer
Lanny Arthur Breuer (born August 5, 1958) is an American criminal defense lawyer who currently serves as vice chair of Covington & Burling LLP. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U.S. De ...
(born 1958), American lawyer and former Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
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Lanny Cordola (born 1961), American guitarist
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Lanny Davis
Lanny Jesse Davis (born December 12, 1945) is an American political operative, lawyer, consultant, lobbyist, author, and television commentator. He is the co-founder and partner of the law firm of Davis Goldberg & Galper PLLC, and co-founder and ...
(born 1945), American lawyer
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Alan O. Ebenstein (born 1959), American political scientist, educator and author
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Lanny Fite
Lanny E. Fite (born c. 1950) is a retired county judge for Saline County, Arkansas, who is a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 23.
In 2014, he was elected without opposition to succeed the term-limited Ann ...
(born c. 1950), American politician
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Lanny Frattare (born 1948), American former sportscaster
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Lanny Gare
Lanny Gare (born September 5, 1978) is a Canadian-born German professional ice hockey centre. He is currently playing in the German lower leagues with Löwen Frankfurt.
He is the nephew of former National Hockey League winger Danny Gare
Daniel ...
(born 1978), Canadian-born German professional ice hockey player
* Neal Lane
Lanny Johnson Lanny is a masculine personal name attributed as a variation of Laurence ( bay tree) or Roland (from the renowned land) and may refer to:
People
* Lanny Bassham (born 1947), American sports shooter, 1976 Olympic champion
*Lanny Berman (born 1943), ...
(born 1940), American politician and school superintendent
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Lanny McDonald (born 1953), Canadian former National Hockey League player
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Lanny Meyers (born 1956), American composer, orchestrator, principal arranger and musical director
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Lanny Morgan (born 1934), American jazz alto saxophonist
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Lanny Poffo (born 1954), Canadian-American professional wrestler
* Lancelot
Lanny Ross (1906-1988), American singer, pianist and songwriter
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Lanny D. Schmidt (born 1938), American chemist
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Lanny Steele (1933-1994), American jazz pianist
* Jerry Lanston
Lanny Wadkins (born 1949), American golfer
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Lanny Wolfe (born 1942), American Christian music songwriter
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Larry Worden (born 1961), American Senator
Fictional characters
* Lanny Budd, protagonist of 11 novels by
Upton Sinclair
*Lanny Lloyd, main character in ''Lanny'', a novel by
Max Porter.
*Lanny, a worker bee who served in the stinging fields in
BC Fourteen's ''Bee Team'' series of films.
References
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English masculine given names
Hypocorisms