Lanny is a masculine personal name attributed as a variation of
Laurence
Laurence is in modern use as an English masculine and a French feminine given name. The modern English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from Laurentum" ...
Roland
Roland (; ; or ''Rotholandus''; or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was mil ...
(from the renowned land) and may refer to:
People
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Lanny Bassham
Lanny Robert Bassham (born January 2, 1947) is an American sport shooter who won a gold medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and a silver medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Early life
Bassham was born in Comanche, Texas.Lanny Berman (born 1943), American psychologist, psychotherapist, and suicidologist
* Lanny Boleski (c. 1941–1997), retired Canadian Football League player
* Lanny Breuer (born 1958), American lawyer and former Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
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Lanny Cordola
Lanny Cordola (born December 1, 1960) is an American guitarist, songwriter and producer. He has been a member of bands such as Giuffria, House of Lords and Magdallan (also known as Magdalen after Ken Tamplin's departure).
Before joining Giuffria, ...
(born 1961), American guitarist
* Lanny Davis (born 1945), American lawyer
* Alan O. Ebenstein (born 1959), American political scientist, educator and author
* Lanny Fite (born c. 1950), American politician
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Lanny Frattare
Lanny Lawrence Frattare (born March 23, 1948) is an American semi-retired sportscaster. For 33 years he was a play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates, the longest such tenure in the team's history. In 2008, he was ...
(born 1948), American former sportscaster
* Lanny Gare (born 1978), Canadian-born German professional ice hockey player
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Lanny McDonald
Lanny King McDonald (born February 16, 1953) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies and Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played over 1,100 games during a 16-year ...
(born 1953), Canadian former National Hockey League player
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Lanny Meyers
Lanny Meyers is an American composer, orchestrator, principal arranger and musical director. He has composed the ballet ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' (Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and Oklahoma City
Ballet), '' The Hunt of the Unique-Hor ...
(born 1956), American composer, orchestrator, principal arranger and musical director
* Lanny Morgan (born 1934), American jazz alto saxophonist
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Lanny Poffo
Lanny Mark Poffo (December 28, 1954 – February 2, 2023) better known by his ring names "Leaping" Lanny Poffo and the Genius, was a Canadian-American professional wrestler, motivational speaker, poet, and actor. Poffo was a second generation pr ...
(1954-2023), Canadian-American professional wrestler
* Lancelot Lanny Ross (1906-1988), American singer, pianist and songwriter
* Lanny D. Schmidt (1938–2020), American chemist
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Lanny Steele
Robert L. Steele ("Lanny") (December 30, 1933 – October 21, 1994) was an American jazz pianist, educator, composer, and jazz festival promoter. He founded the Texas Southern University Jazz Ensemble.
Steele graduated from Lamar High School in H ...
(1933-1994), American jazz pianist
* Jerry Lanston
Lanny Wadkins
Jerry Lanston "Lanny" Wadkins Jr. (born December 5, 1949) is an American professional golfer. He won 21 tournaments on the PGA Tour, including one Men's major golf championships, major, the 1977 PGA Championship. He ranked in the top 10 of the Of ...
(born 1949), American golfer
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Lanny Wolfe
Lanny Wolfe (born February 2, 1942) is an American Christian music songwriter, musician, music publisher, and music educator. He has written over seven hundred songs and fourteen musicals, and has recorded over seventy projects. He won two GMA ...
(born 1942), American Christian music songwriter
Fictional characters
* Lanny Budd, protagonist of 11 novels by
Upton Sinclair
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American author, muckraker journalist, and political activist, and the 1934 California gubernatorial election, 1934 Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party ...
* Lanny Lloyd, main character in '' Lanny'', a novel by Max Porter