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Gaylord, an anglicisation of the French surname Gaillard ("sprightly" or "spry"), may refer to:

Contents 1 People 1.1 Surname 1.2 Given name 1.3 Fictional 2 Places 3 Other uses

[edit] People

[edit] Surname

• Edward K. Gaylord, founder of The Oklahoman, an Oklahoma City-based newspaper
• Edward Gaylord (Edward L. Gaylord), late owner of The Oklahoman and founder of the Gaylord Entertainment Company
• Edith Kinney Gaylord, journalist and founder of Inasmuch Foundation and Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
• Harvey Gaylord, President of Bell Aerospace
• Mitch Gaylord, Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics
• Scott Gaylord, an American NASCAR driver
• The Gaylords (American vocal group)
  • Ronnie Gaylord, a member of The Gaylords
• Dean Ford and the Gaylords, 1960's Scottish band/beat group - later became The Marmalade
• The Gaylords (Dominican band)

[edit] Given name

• Gaylord DuBois, American comic writer
• Gaylord Nelson, former U.S. senator from Wisconsin
• Gaylord Perry, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
• Gailard Sartain, American actor and comic (pronounced Gaylord)
• Gaylord Stinchcomb, American football player
• Gaillard Hunt, American author and civil servant

[edit] Fictional

• Gaylord Focker, character played by Ben Stiller in Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers
• Gaylord Ravenal, a character in Edna Farber's novel Show Boat, and the musical play and movies based on it.

[edit] Places

In the United States:

• Gaylord, Kansas
• Gaylord, Michigan
• Gaylord, Minnesota
• Gaylordsville, Connecticut
• Gaylord Entertainment Center, the former name of a hockey arena in Nashville, Tennessee, now called Sommet Center
• Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, the football facility of the University of Oklahoma

See also

• Gaylord Hotels, several hotels

[edit] Other uses

• The Chicago Gaylords, a street gang in Chicago, Illinois
• Gaylord (automobile), a former car manufacturing company
• Gaylord (container), a standard size of cardboard box used by the packaging industry
• Gaylord Chemical Corporation, a U.S. chemical company
• Gaylord Entertainment Company
• In the book publishing industry a gaylord is a unit of measuring an amount of books equal to a skid.

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