Landon
Landon is a variant of Langdon originally a place of residence and related English surname derived from this male first name, which occurs mainly in the U.S. and Canada. The Old English place name had the meaning " ridge ". A diminutive of the name is Lanny.
Bearers of the name
First name
- Landon Donovan ( b. 1982 ), American football player
- Landon Ferraro (* 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
- Landon Gare (born 1978 ), German - Canadian ice hockey player
- Michael Landon Gernhardt ( born 1956 ), American astronaut
- Landon Carter Haynes (1816-1875), American politician
- Landon Liboiron (* 1991), Canadian actor
- Landon Curt Noll ( born 1960 ), American number theorist and astronomer
- Landon Pigg ( b. 1983 ), American singer -songwriter
- Landon Ronald (1873-1938), English conductor, music teacher and composer
- Landon Wilson ( born 1975 ), American ice hockey player
Family name
- Alf Landon (1887-1987), American politician
- Charles Paul Landon (1760-1826), French painter
- Christa Landon ( born Christa Fuhrmann; 1921-1977 ), Austrian music publisher
- Christopher B. Landon ( born 1975 ), American screenwriter and director
- HC Robbins Landon (1926-2009), American musicologist
- Laurene Landon ( born 1957 ), American film and television actress
- Leslie Landon (born 1962 ), in her childhood, an American film actress and is now a psychologist
- Margaret Landon (1903-1993), American writer
- Michael Landon (1936-1991), American actor
- Michael Landon Jr. (born 1964 ), American actor, director, film producer and writer
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum ( born 1932 ), American politician
- Richmond Landon (1898-1971), American track and field athlete