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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

Music

• 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

• 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

• Gaylord Lloyd (1888–1943), American actor and assistant director, brother of Harold Lloyd
• Gaylord Schanilec (born 1955), American wood engraver and printer

Government

• 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

• Gaylord Bryan (1927–2015), male long and triple jumper from the United States
• Gaylord Oubrier [Wikidata] (born 1980), French gymnast
• Gaylord Perry (1938–2022), American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher
• Gaylord Powless (1946–2001), Mohawk lacrosse player
• Gaylord Silly (born 1986), French-Seychellois long-distance runner
• Gaylord Stinchcomb (1895–1973), American football player

Other fields

• Gaylord Granville Bennett (bishop) (1882–1975), American bishop
• Gaylord Donnelley (1911–1992), owner and board member of R. R. Donnelley
• Gaylord Harnwell (1903–1982), American educator and physicist
• George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984), paleontologist
• Gaylord K. Swim (1948–2005), American businessman
• Gaylord Starin White (1864–1931), American social reformer and activist
• Gaylord Wilshire (1861–1927), land developer, publisher and outspoken socialist