Lanier is a
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
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Alex Lanier
Alex Lanier (born 26 January 2005) is a French badminton player. He was a gold medalist in the 2025 European Championships. He became the first ever French player to win a BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament. In the juniors, Lanier was a boys' ...
(born 2005), French badminton player
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Allen Lanier
Allen Glover Lanier (; June 25, 1946 – August 14, 2013) was an American musician who played keyboards and guitar. He was an original member of Blue Öyster Cult.
Early life and education
Lanier was born in Birmingham, Alabama and later rel ...
(1946–2013), American musician and original member of the band Blue Öyster Cult
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Anthony Lanier (born 1993), American football player
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Aubrey Lanier (1888–1936), American college football player
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Bob Lanier (politician)
Robert Clayton Lanier (March 10, 1925 – December 20, 2014) was an American businessman and politician who served as mayor of Houston, Texas, from 1992 to 1998. Before becoming mayor, Lanier had a notable career as a lawyer, banker, and real ...
(1925–2014), American politician
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Bob Lanier
Robert Jerry Lanier Jr. (September 10, 1948 – May 10, 2022) was an American professional basketball player. He played center (basketball), center for the Detroit Pistons and the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). L ...
(1948–2022), American basketball player and coach
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Carlotta Walls LaNier
Carlotta Walls LaNier (; born December 18, 1942) is the youngest of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock ...
(born 1942), one of nine African American students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957
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Cathy Lanier
Cathy Lynn Lanier (born July 22, 1967) is a former Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC). Lanier was appointed by Washington, D.C. M ...
(born 1967), Chief of Police, Washington, D.C.
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Charles D. Lanier (1837–1926), American banker and railroad executive
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Chaz Lanier (born 2001), American basketball player
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Chloe Lanier
Chloe Lanier is an American actress. She is best known for her role on the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital'' as the villainous Nelle Benson. For her portrayal, Lanier was nominated for three consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Yo ...
(21st century), American actress
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Clement Lanier (died 1661), English musician
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Don Lanier (1936–2014), American songwriter and composer
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Emilia Lanier
Emilia Lanier (; 1569–1645) was the first woman in England to assert herself as a professional poet, through her volume '' Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum'' (''Hail, God, King of the Jews'', 1611). Attempts have been made to equate her with Shakesp ...
(1569–1645), English poet
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Lanier & Co.
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Hal Lanier
Harold Clifton Lanier (born July 4, 1942) is an American former infielder, coach and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). Known as a brainy, defense-first player, he won National League Manager of the Year as a rookie manager for leading the ...
(born 1942), American baseball player and manager
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Haley Lanier Berg (born 1998), American soccer player
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J. Hicks Lanier (born c.1941), American businessman
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James Lanier
James Franklin Doughty Lanier (November 22, 1800 – August 27, 1881) was an entrepreneur who lived in Madison, Indiana, prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Lanier became a wealthy banker with interests in pork packing, ...
(1800–1881), American financier
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James F. D. Lanier (1858–1928), American banker and sportsman
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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
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Jerome Lanier (died 1659), English musician
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Jerry P. Lanier (born 1952), American diplomat
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John Lanier
Lieutenant-General Sir John Lanier (died 1692) was an English army officer.
Military career
Lanier was wounded and lost an eye while serving under the Duke of Monmouth in France. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey from 1679 to 1684. In 1 ...
(died 1692), British Army general
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Kate Lanier, American screenwriter
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Ken Lanier (born 1959), American football player
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Khalia Lanier (born 1998), American volleyball player
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Lee Lanier, American computer animator
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Lyle H. Lanier (1903–1988), American psychologist and academic
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Mark Lanier (born 1960), American lawyer and teacher
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Max Lanier
Hubert Max Lanier (August 18, 1915 – January 30, 2007) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He spent most of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the St. Louis Cardinals, but also played for the New York Giants and St. Louis ...
(1915–2007), American baseball player
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Nicholas Lanier the Elder (died 1612), French court musician
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Nicholas Lanier
Nicholas Lanier, sometimes Laniere (baptised 10 September 1588 – buried 24 February 1666) was an English composer and musician; the first to hold the title of Master of the King's Music from 1625 to 1666, an honour given to musicians of great ...
(1588–1666), English composer, singer, lutenist, and painter
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Rob Lanier
Robert A. Lanier (born July 24, 1968) is an American college basketball coach who currently serves as the head coach for the Rice Owls. Previously, he was the head coach at Southern Methodist University. He also served as the head coach at Georg ...
(born 1968), American college basketball coach
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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 inde ...
(born 1954), American racing car driver
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Raphael Lanier
Raphael O'Hara Lanier (April 28, 1900 – December 17, 1962) was an American diplomat to Liberia.
Lanier was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the first inter-collegiate Greek letter organization established for African Americans.
Lanier w ...
(1900–1962), American diplomat
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Sartain Lanier (1909–1994), American businessman and philanthropist
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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
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Sterling E. Lanier (1927–2007), American science fiction writer and editor
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Susan Lanier
Susan Lanier-Bramlett better known as Susan Lanier, is an American actress.
Career
Lanier had a guest appearance on ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' where she played a flirtatious student named Bambi, who initially makes a move on Gabe. During the 1970s, ...
(born 1947), American actress
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Thomas C. Lanier (19th century), Alabama planter and Confederate soldier
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Virginia Lanier
Virginia Rudd Lanier ( – ) was an American mystery fiction writer, author of a series featuring bloodhound trainer Jo Beth Sidden.
Biography
Lanier was born in Madison County, Florida in 1930. She was an orphan and was adopted by Ira and Mary ...
(1930–2003), American mystery fiction writer
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William Henry Lanier (1855–1929), American educator
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Willie Lanier
Willie Edward Lanier (born August 21, 1945), is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) from 1967 through 1977. He ...
(born 1945), American football player
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