People
- Given name
- Leland Bardwell, author
- Leland Chapman, bounty hunter
- Leland Irving, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- Leland Orser, actor
- Leland Stanford, founder of Stanford University, former Governor of California
- Leland Stanford, Jr., namesake of Stanford University
- Leland Taylor, former mayor of Louisville, Kentucky
- Leland Yee, State Senator of California
- Surname
- Charles Godfrey Leland, American humorist and folklorist
- David Leland, British director, screenwriter and actor
- Frank Leland, Negro League baseball team owner of the Leland Giants
- George W. Leland, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- Henry M. Leland, automotive pioneer and founder of Cadillac and Lincoln brands
- John Leland (antiquary), English antiquary
- John Leland (Baptist), United States Baptist minister
- John Leland (journalist), reporter, columnist, and book author
- John Leland (politician), English Member of Parliament for Stamford, 1796–1808
- John Leland (Presbyterian), English Presbyterian minister
- John E. Leland, American engineer and Director of the University of Dayton Research Institute
- Mickey Leland, United States Congressman from Texas
- Simeon Leland, American businessman, hotelier
- Waldo Leland, American historian and archivist
- Fictional
- Leland Stottlemeyer, character in the TV series Monk
- Leland Palmer, character in the TV series Twin Peaks
- Lee Adama (short for Leland Joseph Adama), character in the TV series Battlestar Galactica (2004)
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