Bland (surname)
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Bland is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:
- Alexander BlandAlexander BlandAlexander "Alec" Frederick Bland was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff. Bland won nine caps for Wales over a period of four years.-International career:...
, Wales international rugby player - Bill BlandBill BlandWilliam 'Barbosa' Bland was a British Marxist-Leninist and optician who was notable as a worldwide leader of a movement that backed Enver Hoxha, the Albanian communist leader, in the struggles over Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy in the later 1960s...
, a British communist - Bobby BlandBobby BlandRobert Calvin Bland better known as Bobby "Blue" Bland, is an American singer of blues and soul. He is an original member of the Beale Streeters, and is sometimes referred to as the "Lion of the Blues"...
, American singer - Christopher BlandChristopher BlandSir Christopher Buchan Bland is a British businessman and politician. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC from 1996 to 2001, when he took up a position as Chairman of British Telecommunications plc...
, British politician - Colin BlandColin BlandKenneth Colin Bland, was a cricketer who played for South Africa.Bland originally came from Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe but then not a Test cricket- playing nation. He also played for the South African provincial sides Eastern Province and Orange Free State...
, Rhodesian cricketer - Donald Bland, Olympic Swimmer
- Edward BlandEdward BlandEdward Bland is an American composer and musical director. He studied at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Among his compositions is a concerto for electric violin and chamber orchestra. He has composed scores for A Raisin in the Sun and A Soldier's Story , made-for-television...
, composer and musical director - Francis BlandFrancis BlandFrancis Armand Bland, CMG was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he was educated at state schools and then at the University of Sydney. He became a New South Wales public servant, and then a lecturer at the University of Sydney in 1913...
, Australian politician - Hubert BlandHubert BlandHubert Bland was an early English socialist and one of the founders of the Fabian Society.Born in Woolwich, south-east London, Bland wanted to join the army but instead became a bank clerk. In 1877, he met 19-year-old Edith Nesbit, a follower of William Morris. They married on 22 April 1880 with...
, British socialist and Fabian Society cofounder - James A. BlandJames A. BlandJames Alan Bland , also known as Jimmy Bland, was an African American musician and song writer.-Biography:...
, African-American musician and songwriter - Michael BlandMichael BlandMichael Bland is best known as a drummer for Prince starting in 1989. He was with Prince during The New Power Generation era and played with him live and on albums for 7 years....
, drummer - Nathaniel Bland, British orientalist
- Peregrine BlandPeregrine BlandPeregrine Bland was an early settler of the Virginia Colony and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.Bland was born in England and entered Emmanuel College on February 26, 1613. In about 1635 he was transported to Virginia...
, an early Virginia settler and politician - Richard BlandRichard BlandRichard Bland , sometimes referred to as Richard Bland II or Richard Bland of Jordan's Point, was an American planter and statesman from Virginia...
, a Virginia planter and statesman - Richard P. BlandRichard P. BlandRichard Parks Bland , American school teacher, lawyer, and Democratic Congressman between 1873 and 1899, serving except from 1895 to 1897, when he returned to office....
, U.S. Representative from Missouri - S. Otis Bland, U.S. Representative from Virginia
- Theodorick Bland (disambiguation), the name of two U.S. political figures
- Tony BlandTony BlandAnthony David Bland was a supporter of Liverpool F.C. injured in the Hillsborough disaster. He suffered severe brain damage that left him in a persistent vegetative state whereby the hospital, with the support of his parents, applied for a court order allowing him to 'die with dignity'...
, an injured person who was the subject of a notable court case