Weyland or Weylandt may refer to:

In mythology

* Weyland or Wayland the Smith, a legendary smith in Germanic and Norse mythology ** Völundarkviða, the ''Lay of Weyland'', a Norse epic poem about the smith

People

Bernadette Weyland Bernadette Weyland (born 29 October 1957 in Münster) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany. She served as President of the city council of Frankfurt from 2011 to 2014, as Secretary of State in the Ministry ...

, German politician *

Thomas Weyland Sir Thomas Weyland (about 1230 – January 1298) was an English lawyer, administrator and landowner from Suffolk who rose to be Chief Justice of the Common Pleas under King Edward I but was removed for malpractice and exiled. Early life Born about ...

(1230–1298), British justice *

Jacob Weyland Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

(fl. 1705), Dutch explorer of the New Guinea coast who discovered Geelvink Bay *

Richard Weyland Richard Weyland (25 March 1780 – 14 October 1864) was a British Whig politician. He was born the son of John Weyland of Woodrising Hall, Norfolk and Woodeaton, near Islip, Oxfordshire and educated at St John's College, Cambridge. His brothe ...

(1780–1864), British politician *

Joseph Weyland Joseph Weyland (born 24 April 1943) is a Luxembourgian diplomat and was Luxembourg's Ambassador to the United States from 2 March 2005 to 2008. In addition, he was concurrently accredited to Canada, Mexico, and the Organization of American Sta ...

(1826–1894), German bishop *

Paul Weyland Paul Wilhelm Gustav Weyland (20 January 1888, Berlin – 6 December 1972, Bad Pyrmont) was the antisemitic leader of the Anti Einstein League. In 1919 Weyland published the novel ''Hie Kreuz - hie Triglaff'' (The Cross against the Triglav), which g ...

(1888–1972), German anti-Semitic conman and agitator who organized an anti-Einstein campaign *

Hermann Weyland Hermann Gerhard Weyland (25 March 1888 in Sankt Ingbert – 20 January 1974 in Wuppertal) was a German chemist and botanist. In collaboration with Richard Kräusel, he carried out significant paleobotanical investigations of Devonian flora. H ...

(1888–1974), German botanist and chemist *

Otto P. Weyland Otto Paul Weyland (January 27, 1903 – September 2, 1979) was a United States Air Force general and the post-World War II Commander of Far East Air Forces during the Korean War and of Tactical Air Command. Early life His family moved to Texas ...

(1903–1979), American Air Force General *

Marcel Weyland Marcel Weyland (born 1927) is a translator of Adam Mickiewicz's ''Pan Tadeusz'' and of ''Echoes: Poems of the Holocaust''. 'The Word: 200 Years of Polish Poetry', 2010, ed. Brandl & Schlesinger, Blackheath, NSW, Australia, . His most recent publish ...

(born 1927), Polish-Australian translator *

Jack Weyland Jack Arnold Weyland (born 1940) is a retired professor of physics at Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU–Idaho) and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was a prolific and well-known author of fiction for LDS audie ...

(born 1940), American physicist and author *

(born 1943), Luxembourgian diplomat *

Wouter Weylandt Wouter Weylandt (27 September 1984 – 9 May 2011) was a Belgian professional cyclist for UCI ProTeam and later for . His first major win was the 17th stage of the 2008 Vuelta a España. He also won the third stage of the 2010 Giro d'Italia ...

(1984–2011), Belgian cyclist who died in the Giro d'Italia

Fiction

* In the ''Alien vs. Predator'' franchise: ** Charles Bishop Weyland, a fictional character from ''

Alien vs. Predator ''Alien vs. Predator'' (also known as ''Aliens versus Predator'' and ''AVP'') is a science-fiction action horror media franchise created by comic book writers Randy Stradley and Chris Warner. The series is a crossover between, and part of, th ...

'' (2004) and the original founder of Weyland Industries pre-2004 — see Bishop (''Aliens'') ** Weyland Corporation (Weyland Industries), a fictional technology corporation predecessor to Weyland-Yutani, founded by Peter Weyland in 2012 who was in turn introduced in the movie ''Prometheus'' (2012 film) ** Weyland-Yutani, a fictional megacorporation from the ''Alien'' franchise * In the ''Death Race'' franchise: ** R. H. Weyland. a corporate businessman that gets the rights to Death Race taken over by a rich, young, business opportunist playboy, named Niles York ** Weyland Corporation (Weyland International), a fictional private corporation running the prison system on Terminal Island and hosting the Death Match, a televised pay-per-view competition where two dangerous convicts are chosen and then forced to fight to the death or submission. * Weyland Smith from ''The Fables'' Vertigo Comics title * John Wayland Smith, a fictional blacksmith from '' The Dark Is Rising Sequence'' fantasy series by Susan Cooper * Weyland Consortium, a fictional megacorporation from '' Android: Netrunner'' * Cadmann Weyland, a fictional character from the science fiction novels '' The Legacy of Heorot'' and '' Beowulf's Children'' co-authored by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and

Steven Barnes Steven Barnes (born March 1, 1952) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer. He has written novels, short fiction, screen plays for television, scripts for comic books, animation, newspaper copy, and magazine articles. Career ...

Other

* Point Weyland, headland in South Australia * The Weyland Mountains or Köbowrè Range in West Papua named after Jacob Weyland * Weyland ringtail possum (''Pseudochirulus caroli''), a species of marsupial from Papua named after the mountains

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People

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