Wayland (name)

Wayland is a Germanic given name and a surname originating with Wayland the Smith, a legendary master blacksmith in Norse and Germanic mythology. He also gave rise to number of surnames, see "Wieland". Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Wayland Flowers (1939–1988), American puppeteer
• Wayland Young (1923–2009), British writer and SDP and Labour Party politician
• Wayland Becker (1910–1984), American football player
• Wayland Dean (1902–1930), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Wayland Drew (1932–1998), writer born in Oshawa, Ontario
• Wayland Hand (1907–1986), American folklorist
• Wayland Holyfield (born 1942), prominent American songwriter
• Wayland Hoyt (1838–1910), American Baptist minister and author
• Wayland Minot (1889–1957), American football player
• Wayland Maxfield Parrish (1887–1970), writer
• Wayland Tunley (1937–2012), British architect

Surname

• Francis Wayland (1796–1865), American Baptist educationist and former president of Brown University
• John Wayland (1849–1890), President of the Chico Board of Trustees, the governing body of Chico, California from 1889 to 1890
• Julius Wayland (1854–1912), US socialist
• Sarah Wayland, Australian social worker and health researcher
• Susan Wayland (born 1980), German fashion model who features in adult photography
• Tom Wayland (born 1974), American voice actor
• April Halprin Wayland (born 1954), American children's and young adult author, poet, and teacher
• Hank Wayland (1906–1983), American swing jazz double-bassist
• Newton Wayland (1940–2013), American orchestral conductor, arranger, composer and keyboardist
• William Wayland (1869–1950), English Conservative Party politician

See also

• All pages with titles containing Wayland
• Wayland, Weiland, Weyland, Weylandt, Wieland, Wiland, Willand, Wyland, Wielandt