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Lanny

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Lanny is a masculine personal name attributed as a variation of Laurence (bay tree)[1] or Roland (from the renowned land)[2] and may refer to:

People

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  • Lanny Bassham (born 1947), American sports shooter, 1976 Olympic champion
  • Lanny Berman (born 1943), American psychologist, psychotherapist, and suicidologist
  • Lanny Boleski (c. 1941–1997), retired Canadian Football League player
  • Lanny Breuer (born 1958), American lawyer and former Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
  • Lanny Cordola (born 1961), American guitarist
  • Lanny Davis (born 1945), American lawyer
  • Alan O. Ebenstein (born 1959), American political scientist, educator and author
  • Lanny Fite (born c. 1950), American politician
  • Lanny Frattare (born 1948), American former sportscaster
  • Lanny Gare (born 1978), Canadian-born German professional ice hockey player
  • Neal Lane Lanny Johnson (born 1940), American politician and school superintendent
  • Lanny McDonald (born 1953), Canadian former National Hockey League player
  • Lanny Meyers (born 1956), American composer, orchestrator, principal arranger and musical director
  • Lanny Morgan (born 1934), American jazz alto saxophonist
  • Lanny Poffo (1954-2023), Canadian-American professional wrestler
  • Lancelot Lanny Ross (1906-1988), American singer, pianist and songwriter
  • Lanny D. Schmidt (1938–2020), American chemist
  • Lanny Steele (1933-1994), American jazz pianist
  • Jerry Lanston Lanny Wadkins (born 1949), American golfer
  • Lanny Wolfe (born 1942), American Christian music songwriter

Fictional characters

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  • Lanny Budd, protagonist of 11 novels by Upton Sinclair
  • Lanny Lloyd, main character in Lanny, a novel by Max Porter
  • Lanny, a worker bee who served in the stinging fields in BC Fourteen's Bee Team series of films

References

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  1. ^ Frost-Sharrat, Cara (2013-06-03). Alternative Guide to Baby Names. Octopus Books. pp. 152–. ISBN 9781846014604. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  2. ^ Bolton, Lesley (2009). The Complete Book of Baby Names. Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN 9781402253959. Retrieved 26 October 2015.