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Gaylord (given name)

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Gaylord is a name of Norman French origin, from the Old French gaillard meaning "joyful" or "high-spirited".[1][2] People with the given name of Gaylord include the following:

Arts and entertainment

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Music

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  • Gaylord Birch (1946–1996), drummer for the bands Santana, Cold Blood, Pointer Sisters & Herbie Hancock
  • Gaylord Carter (1905–2000), American organist and the composer of many film scores
  • Gaylord Yost (1888–1958), violinist, composer, and teacher

Writing

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  • Gaylord J. Clarke (1836–1870), American newspaper editor, lawyer, poet and politician
  • Gaylord DuBois (1899–1993), American writer of comic book stories, comic strips, Big Little Books, and juvenile adventure novels
  • Gaylord Larsen (born 1932), American crime writer
  • Gaylord Shaw (1942–2015), American journalist

Other arts and entertainment

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Government

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  • Gaylord Kent Conrad (born 1948), United States Senator from North Dakota from 1987 to 1992, and again from 1992 to 2013.
  • Gaylord Graves (1804–1889), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  • Gaylord Griswold (1767–1809), United States Representative from New York
  • Gaylord Nelson (1916–2005), American politician from Wisconsin and the founder of Earth Day
  • Gaylord T. Gunhus (1940–2016), retired American Army officer and 20th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army

Sports

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Other fields

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Fictional Characters

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Gaylord". Etymonline. Retrieved 11 October 2017.