William Laird is the name of:
- William Laird (shipbuilder) (1780–1841), Scottish shipbuilder and entrepreneur who founded the Cammell Laird shipyard at Birkenhead, England
- William Laird (Canadian politician) (1835–1911), politician on Prince Edward Island, Canada
- William R. Laird, III (1916–1974), United States Senator from West Virginia
Famous quotes containing the word laird:
“An amoeba is a formless thing which takes many shapes. It moves by thrusting out an arm, and flowing into the arm. It multiplies by pulling itself in two, without permanently diminishing the original. So with words. A meaning may develop on the periphery of the body of meanings associated with a word, and shortly this tentacle-meaning has grown to such proportions that it dwarfs all other meanings.”
—Charlton Laird (b. 1901)