Landon
Landon is a personal name of English origin that means "long hill".[1] It is a variant of Langdon. Landon became popular in the United States in the 1990s, and by 2010 had become the 32nd most popular name for boys.[2] Landon may refer to:
Given name
- Landon Carter (1710–1778), Virginia planter
- Landon Carter Haynes (1816–1875), American politician
- Landon Cassill (born 1989), American stock car driver
- Landon Cohen (born 1986), American football player
- Landon Curt Noll (born 1960), American computer scientist
- Landon Donovan (born 1982), American soccer player
- Landon Garland (1810–1895), American university leader
- Landon Gilkey (1919–2004), American theologian
- Landon Johnson (born 1981), American football player
- Landon Jones, American editor
- Landon Liboiron (born 1990), Canadian actor
- Landon Lueck (born 1980), American reality television participant
- Landon Milbourne (born 1987), basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Landon Parvin (born 1948), American speechwriter
- Landon Pearson (born 1930), Canadian child advocate and politician
- Landon Pigg (born 1983), American musician
- Landon Powell (born 1982), American baseball player
- Landon Rice (born 1988), Canadian football player
- Landon Ross (born 1982), American writer
- Landon T. Ross (born 1942), American environmental biologist
- Landon Trusty (born 1981), American football player
- Landon Turner, American football player
- Landon Wilson (born 1975), American ice hockey player
Surname
- Alf Landon (1887–1987), American politician
- Bruce Landon (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey player
- Charles Landon (1850–1903), English cricketer
- Charles Paul Landon (1760–1826), French painter
- Christopher B. Landon (born 1975), American screenwriter
- Christopher Landon (1911–1961), British writer
- Dena Landon (born 1977), American children's author
- H. C. Robbins Landon (1926–2009), American musicologist
- Herman Landon (1859–1948), British general
- Jennifer Landon (born 1983), American actress
- Jon Landon (born 1979), Canadian football player
- Larry Landon (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey player
- Laurene Landon (born 1957), American actress
- Leslie Landon (born 1962), American actress
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838), British writer
- Margaret Landon (1903–1993), American novelist
- Mark Landon (1948–2009), American actor
- Melville D. Landon (1839–1910), American journalist and humorist
- Michael Landon (1936–1991), American actor
- Michael Landon Jr. (born 1964), American actor
- Perceval Landon (1868–1927), British writer
- Richard Landon (born 1970), British football player
- Richmond Landon (1898–1971), American athlete
- Sofia Landon Geier (born 1949), Canadian actress and writer
- Timothy Landon (1942–2007), British soldier and politician
- Tina Landon (born 1963), American choreographer
- Truman Landon (1905–1986), American air force general
Fictional characters
- Landon (Planet of the Apes)
- Herbert Landon, on the television series Spider-Man
- Jodie Landon, on the television series Daria
- the title character of the 2007 supernatural thriller film Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour
- Landon Carter, in the novel A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks, and its 2002 film adaptation A Walk to Remember
See also
References
- ↑ "Origin and Meaning of the Name Landon", Nickelodeon Parents Connect.
- ↑ "Popularity for Landon", BehindtheName.com.
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