Wayland Explained

Wayland may refer to:

Computers

• Wayland (protocol), a graphical display system for Unix-like computers

Fiction

• Jace Wayland, a character in the Mortal Instruments book series
• Wayland (Star Wars), a planet in the Star Wars fictional universe
• Turk Wayland, in the Rennie Stride mystery series by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison

Music

• Wayland (band), a US rock music band

Mythology and folklore

• Wayland the Smith, figure from northern European folklore

Places

United Kingdom

• HM Prison Wayland, Norfolk
• Wayland, Norfolk
• Wayland Wood, near Watton, Norfolk
• Wayland Rural District, merged into Breckland District, Norfolk, UK
• Wayland's Smithy, a Neolithic site in the UK

United States

• Wayland, Iowa
• Wayland, Kentucky
• Wayland, Massachusetts
• Wayland, Michigan
• Wayland, Missouri
• Wayland, New York
• Wayland (village), New York
• Wayland, Ohio
• Wayland Baptist University (Alaska)
• Wayland Baptist University (Texas)
• Wayland Seminary, the Washington, D.C. school of the National Theological Institute
• Wayland Square, Providence, Rhode Island
• Wayland Township, Michigan, which borders the city in Allegan County
• Wayland Township, Chariton County, Missouri

People

Given name

• Wayland Flowers (1939–1988), American puppeteer
• Wayland Young (1923–2009), British writer and SDP and Labour Party politician
• Wayland Becker (1910–1984), American football player
• Wayland Dean (1902–1930), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Wayland Drew (1932–1998), writer born in Oshawa, Ontario
• Wayland Hand (1907–1986), American folklorist
• Wayland Holyfield (born 1942), prominent American songwriter
• Wayland Hoyt (1838–1910), American Baptist minister and author
• Wayland Minot (1889–1957), American football player
• Wayland Maxfield Parrish (1887–?), writer
• Wayland Tunley (1937–2012), British architect

Surname

• Francis Wayland (1796–1865), American Baptist educationist and former president of Brown University
• John Wayland (1849–1890), President of the Chico Board of Trustees, the governing body of Chico, California from 1889 to 1890
• Julius Wayland (1854–1912), US socialist
• Sarah Wayland, Australian social worker and health researcher
• Susan Wayland (born 1980), German fashion model who features in adult photography
• Tom Wayland (born 1974), American voice actor
• April Halprin Wayland (born 1954), American children's and young adult author, poet, and teacher
• Hank Wayland (1906–1983), American swing jazz double-bassist
• Newton Wayland (1940–2013), American orchestral conductor, arranger, composer and keyboardist
• William Wayland (1869–1950), English Conservative Party politician

See also

• Wayland Academy (disambiguation)
• Waylon (disambiguation)
• Wieland (disambiguation)
• Weiland (disambiguation)
• Weyland (disambiguation)
• Wyland (disambiguation)