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Places

* Leyland, Lancashire, an English town ** Leyland Hundred, an hundred of Lancashire, England *
Leyland, Alberta Yellowhead County is a municipal district in west central Alberta, Canada. It is the only municipal district within Alberta census division No. 14. History *1994: Established as a ''Municipal District of Yellowhead No. 94'' on January 1. ...
, a community in Canada


Companies

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Leyland Line The Leyland Line was a British shipping transport line founded in 1873 by Frederick Richards Leyland after his apprenticeship in the firm of John Bibby, Sons & Co. After Frederick Leyland's death, the company was taken over by Sir John Ellerma ...
, a shipping company


Automotive manufacturers

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Leyland Motors Leyland Motors Limited (later known as the Leyland Motor Corporation) was a British vehicle manufacturer of lorries, buses and trolleybuses. The company diversified into car manufacturing with its acquisitions of Triumph and Rover in 1960 and 1 ...
, a defunct vehicle manufacturer based in Leyland, Lancashire *
Ashok Leyland Ashok Leyland is an Indian multinational automotive manufacturer, headquartered in Chennai. It is owned by the Hinduja Group. It was founded in 1948 as Ashok Motors and became Ashok Leyland in the year 1955. Ashok Leyland is the second-most ...
, an Indian company *
British Leyland British Leyland was an automotive engineering and manufacturing conglomerate formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC), following the merger of Leyland Motors and British Motor Holdings. It was partl ...
, a defunct vehicle manufacturer *
Leyland Bus Leyland Bus was a British bus and train manufacturer. It emerged from the Rover Group (formerly ''British Leyland'') as a management buyout of the bus business. It was subsequently acquired by Volvo Buses in 1988 and the Leyland name disappe ...
, a defunct bus manufacturer * List of Leyland buses *
Leyland DAF Leyland DAF was a commercial vehicle manufacturing company based in Leyland, Lancashire, Leyland, United Kingdom, and a subsidiary of DAF NV. In February 1993, Leyland DAF was placed into receivership. History Leyland DAF was formed in Febru ...
, a defunct commercial vehicle manufacturer * Leyland Trucks, a medium and heavy duty truck manufacturer based in Leyland *
Leyland Eight The Leyland Eight was a luxury car produced by Leyland Motors from 1920 to 1923. The car was designed by the chief engineer of Leyland Motors, J.G. Parry-Thomas and his assistant Reid Railton, and was intended to be the finest car available. I ...
, a luxury car *
Leyland P76 The Leyland P76 is a large car that was produced by Leyland Australia, the Australian subsidiary of British Leyland. Featuring what was described at the time as the "standard Australian wheelbase of 111 inches", it was intended to provide the co ...
, a car


People

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Carl Sonny Leyland Carl Sonny Leyland is an Anglo-American boogie woogie, blues and jazz pianist. He was born in 1965 near Southampton, England, but as a child was drawn to American music. At age 15, he discovered boogie woogie, and was inspired to make the piano ...
(born 1965), English pianist *
Frederick Richards Leyland Frederick Richards Leyland (30 September 1831 – 4 January 1892) was one of the largest British shipowners, running 25 steamships in the transatlantic trade. He was also a major art collector, who commissioned works from several of the Pre-Rap ...
(1832-1892), English shipowner *
Jim Leyland James Richard Leyland (born December 15, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player, coach and manager. He serves as a special assistant to the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Leyland led the Florida Marlins to the 19 ...
(born 1944), American baseball manager *
Joseph Bentley Leyland Joseph Bentley Leyland (1811–1851) was a sculptor from Halifax, England. His brother was Francis A Leyland, the Halifax antiquarian and publisher, who designed the seal for Halifax Corporation and the Coat of Arms of Halifax. Joseph was a go ...
(1811-1851), English sculptor *
Kellie-Ann Leyland Kellie-Ann Leyland (born 5 November 1986 in St Helens, Merseyside) is an England, English-born Northern Ireland, Northern Irish former Association football, footballer. She played for Curzon Ashton L.F.C., Curzon Ashton Ladies and Northern Irelan ...
(born 1986), British footballer * Mal Leyland (born 1945), Australian explorer and film-maker * Maurice Leyland (1900-1967), English cricketer * Mike Leyland (1941-2009), Australian explorer and film-maker *
Paul Leyland Paul Leyland is a British number theorist who has studied integer factorization and primality testing. He has contributed to the factorization of RSA-129, RSA-140, and RSA-155, as well as potential factorial primes as large as 400! + 1. He has ...
, British mathematician * Paul Leyland (rugby league) (born 1986), English rugby league player * Winston Leyland (born 1940), British-American author


Other

* Leyland Band, a British band * Leyland cypress, a tree *
Leyland number In number theory, a Leyland number is a number of the form :x^y + y^x where ''x'' and ''y'' are integers greater than 1. They are named after the mathematician Paul Leyland. The first few Leyland numbers are : 8, 17, 32, 54, 57, 100, 145, 177, ...
, a set of numbers named after Paul Leyland


See also

* Leeland (disambiguation) *
Leland (disambiguation) Leland may refer to: Places United States * Leland, Illinois, a village * Leland, Iowa, a city * Leland, Michigan, an unincorporated community and census-designated place * Leland, Mississippi, a city * Leland, North Carolina, a town * Leland, O ...
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Leyland Titan (disambiguation) Leyland Titan is a brand name used by British Leyland on two occasions. It could refer to: * Leyland Titan (front-engined double-decker), built between 1927 and 1970 * Leyland Titan (B15), a rear-engined double-decker built between 1977 and 1984 { ...
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