Ledyard (name) explained

Ledyard is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Gari Ledyard (born 1932), Sejong Professor of Korean History
• Grant Ledyard (born 1961), National Hockey League defenseman
• Hal Ledyard (1931–1973), gridiron football player
• Henry Ledyard (1812–1880), American politician
• Isaac Ledyard (1755–1803), American physician
• Lewis Cass Ledyard (1851–1932), American lawyer
• John Ledyard (1751–1789), American explorer and adventurer
• William Ledyard (1738–1781), colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War

Middle name:

• Seth Ledyard Phelps (1824-1885), United States Navy officer, diplomat, and politician

Given name:

• C. Ledyard Blair (1867–1949), American investment banker and yachtsman
• Ledyard Blair Clark (1917–2000), American liberal journalist and political activist, grandson of C. Ledyard Blair
• Ledyard Mitchell (1881–1964), American automobile executive and American football player
• G. Ledyard Stebbins (1906–2000), American botanist and geneticist
• Ledyard Tucker (1910–2004), American mathematician