Land (surname)

Land is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Ailsa Land Ailsa Horton Land (; 14 June 1927 – 16 May 2021) was a Professor of Operational Research in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and was the first woman professor of Operational Research in Britain. She is most well- ...

, professor *

Clay D. Land Clay Daniel Land (born March 24, 1960) is a United States district court#Judges, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Education and law practice Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Shreve ...

(born 1960), American judge *

David Land David Land (22 May 1918 – 22 December 1995) was an impresario and theatre producer, best known for having developed the early careers of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Early life Land was born 22 May 1918 in London to Polish Jewish immig ...

(1918–1995), English impresario and theatre producer *

Edwin H. Land Edwin Herbert Land, ForMemRS, FRPS, Hon.MRI (May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991) was an Russian-American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation. He invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, a ...

(1909–1991), American scientist and inventor *

Frank Land Fred Frank Land (born Frank Landsberger; October 1928) is a German-born information systems researcher and was the first United Kingdom Professor of Information Systems. He is currently emeritus professor in the Department of Information Syst ...

(born 1928), British information systems researcher * Frank S. Land (1890–1959), American founder of Order of DeMolay * Frank William Land (born c. 1961), British mathematician *

Greg Land Greg Land (born 1956) is an American comic book artist, best known for his work on books such as ''Uncanny X-Men'', ''Birds of Prey'', and ''Fantastic Four''. Career Greg Land first got a job with an independent publisher as the artist for ''Stor ...

(born c. 1965), American comic book artist *

Harold Land Harold de Vance Land (December 18, 1928 – July 27, 2001) was an American hard bop and post-bop tenor saxophonist. Land developed his hard bop playing with the Max Roach/ Clifford Brown band into a personal, modern style, often rivalling Cliffor ...

(1928–2001), American tenor saxophonist * Heather Land, American comedian *

Isaiah Land Isaiah ( or ; he, , ''Yəšaʿyāhū'', "Yahweh, God is Salvation"), also known as Isaias, was the 8th-century BC Israelite Biblical prophet, prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named. Within the text of the Book of Isaiah, Isaiah hims ...

(born 2000), American football player *

John Henry Land John Henry Land (June 12, 1918 – November 30, 2011) was an American judge, lawyer, and politician. Early years and education John Land was born to Aaron Brewster and Mattie Miller Land on June 12, 1918, in Columbus, Georgia. He attended Mus ...

(1918-2011), American judge and politician *

Kenneth Land Kenneth Carl Land (born August 19, 1942) is the John Franklin Crowell Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Duke University, where he is also a research professor at the Social Science Research Institute. He is also a fellow at the Center for the St ...

(born 1942), American sociologist *

Nelson Land Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...

(born 1978), American composer and musician, software engineer, master of dad jokes *

Michael Land Michael Z. Land (born 1961) is an American video game composer and musician best known for his scores for various games produced by LucasArts. Biography Early life and career Michael Land was born in the North Shore area north of Boston, Massa ...

(born 1961), American composer and musician * Michael F. Land (1942–2020), British neurobiologist *

Nick Land Nick Land (born 17 January 1962) is an English philosopher, theorist, short story writer and blogger. He has been described as "the father of accelerationism", and his work has been tied to the development of speculative realism. He was a leade ...

(born 1962), British philosopher *

Scott Land Scott Land (born 1962) is a producer and puppeteer. He started puppetry at the age of ten after seeing Bob Baker perform his marionettes at the National Orange Show in 1972. While later studying psychology at UCLA The University of California ...

(born 1962), American puppeteer and actor *

Scott Land (DJ) Slander (stylized as SLANDER) is an American DJ duo consisting of Derek Andersen and Scott Land based in Los Angeles. They are best known for their unique sound and subgenre "heaven trap". They attribute most of their success to their close fri ...

, American DJ * Susan K. Land (born 1963), American software engineer * Ted J. Land (1936–2018), American politician *

Tommy Land Tommy Land (born August 18, 1955) is an American businessman and politician from Arkansas. A Republican, he was elected on November 6, 2018, as the next Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands, and assumed office in January 2019. He won re-election i ...

(born 1955), American businessman and politician {{surname, Land