Lanier
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People
- Allen LanierAllen LanierAllen Lanier was an original member of Blue Öyster Cult. Lanier played keyboards and rhythm guitar. He currently resides in Manhattan....
, musician in the band The Blue Öyster Cult - Bob Lanier (basketball)Bob Lanier (basketball)Robert Jerry "Bob" Lanier, Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player who played for the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA.Lanier was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992....
, basketball player - Bob Lanier (politician)Bob Lanier (politician)Bob Lanier is a businessman in the real estate industry who served as mayor of the city of Houston, Texas from 1992 to 1998...
, Texas politician - Carlotta Walls LaNierCarlotta Walls LanierCarlotta Walls LaNier was the youngest of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was the first black female to graduate from Central High School...
, one of the nine African American students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957 - Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of Police, Washington, D.C.
- Don LanierDon LanierDon Lanier is a songwriter and composer. He composed and wrote dozens of songs for artists including Ray Charles, Dean Martin, The Everly Brothers and Hank Snow. His latest contributions as a songwriter and composer were on Featuring by Norah Jones and on Sugartime by Charlie Phillips...
, american songwriter and composer - Hal LanierHal LanierHarold Clifton Lanier is a former infielder, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. From through , Lanier played for the San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees...
, baseball player and manager - James LanierJames LanierJames Franklin Doughty Lanier was a entrepreneur who lived in Madison, Indiana prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War . Lanier became a wealthy banker with interests in pork packing, the railroads, and real-estate.-Biography:James Lanier was born in 1800 in Beaufort County, North Carolina...
, American financier - Jaron LanierJaron LanierJaron Zepel Lanier is an American computer scientist, best known for popularizing the term virtual reality .A pioneer in the field of VR, Lanier and Thomas G. Zimmerman left Atari in 1985 to found VPL Research, Inc., the first company to sell VR goggles and gloves...
, virtual reality developer - Lee LanierLee LanierLee Lanier is an American 3D computer animator and the author of two books for the 3D modeling software package Maya—Advanced Maya Texturing and Lighting and Maya Professional Tips and Tricks—both published by Sybex...
, Computer Animator - Max LanierMax LanierHubert Max Lanier was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who spent most of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals. He led the National League in earned run average in , and was the winning pitcher of the clinching game in the 1944 World Series against the crosstown St. Louis...
, baseball player - Randy LanierRandy LanierRandy Thomas Lanier is a former race car driver and convicted drug trafficker from the United States of America.-Personal life:...
, American racing car driver - Sidney LanierSidney LanierSidney Lanier was an American musician and poet.-Biography:Sidney Lanier was born February 3, 1842, in Macon, Georgia, to parents Robert Sampson Lanier and Mary Jane Anderson; he was mostly of English ancestry. His distant French Huguenot ancestors immigrated to England in the 16th century...
, American musician and poet - Susan LanierSusan LanierSusan Lanier-Bramlett is an American film, television actress and entertainer.Born as Susan Jean Engledow in Dallas, Texas to Gene and Dorothy Lanier Engledow, she moved to New York City to pursue an acting career in 1967 where she attended New York University...
, American actress - Thomas C. LanierThomas C. LanierThomas C. Lanier was a wealthy planter and an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.Lanier was born and raised in Pickens County, Alabama. He built a flourishing business, Sipsey Mill. He joined the newly formed Bethesda Presbyterian Church in 1838, along with his...
, Alabama planter and Confederate soldier - Willie LanierWillie LanierWillie Edward Lanier is a former American football middle-linebacker who played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1967 through 1977. He won postseason honors for eight consecutive years, making the American Football League All-Star team in 1968 and 1969 before being selected to the Pro Bowl from...
, American football player
Family of British Court musicians
- Lanier family treeLanier family treeThe Lanier family tree contains a number of musicians in the British royal court. This tree is not complete but is focused on showing the relationship of the well-known members of the family.-Sources:***...
, a family renowned in the British court for its musical talent- Nicholas Lanier the ElderNicholas Lanier the ElderNicholas Lanier the Elder was a French musician who played the flute and the cornett.He was born in Rouen, France, and died in England. He served as a court musician to King Henry II of France in France . During the Protestant persecutions in France, the Lanier family fled as Huguenots to England...
, French court musician - Nicholas LanierNicholas LanierNicholas Lanier, sometimes Laniere was an English composer, singer, lutenist and painter....
, English composer, singer, lutenist and painter - Clement LanierClement LanierClement Lanier was an English musician and recorder player.He was the son of Nicholas Lanier, the Elder and Lucretia Bassano, and hence uncle of Nicholas Lanier, the artist-musician. Clement Lanier was born circa 1590/92 in England, and either died or was buried 06 Nov 1661 in East Greenwich,...
, musician - Jerome LanierJerome LanierJerome Lanier was an English musician, sackbut player, son of Nicholas Lanier the Elder, hence uncle of Nicholas Lanier, the artist-musician. Jerome Lanier was appointed in 1599 musician to court of Elizabeth I as Musician in Ordinary on woodwinds and sackbut replacing Mark Anthony Bassano, a post...
, musician - Emilia LanierEmilia LanierEmilia Lanier, also spelled Lanyer, was the first Englishwoman to assert herself as a professional poet through her single volume of poems, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum...
, English poet
- Nicholas Lanier the Elder
Places
- Lanier, FloridaLanier, FloridaLanier, Florida was platted in 1886 by Colonel Thomas C. Lanier. The 1895 census shows a population of 87 persons along with a post office, express office and a railroad depot...
- Lanier County, GeorgiaLanier County, GeorgiaLanier County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of the Valdosta, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2009, the population was 8,423. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 7,847. The county seat is Lakeland. Lakeland is Lanier County's only incorporated...
- Lake LanierLake LanierLake Lanier is a reservoir in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created by the completion of Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River in 1956, and is also fed by the waters of the Chestatee River. The lake encompasses of water, and of shoreline at normal level, a "full...
, an artificial lake in the American state of Georgia - Lanier MansionLanier MansionThe Lanier Mansion is the 1844 Greek Revival home of James F. D. Lanier, located at 601 West First Street in the Madison Historic District of Madison, Indiana. The home was designed by architect Francis Costigan of Madison....
, Madison, IndianaMadison, IndianaAs of the census of 2000, there were 12,004 people, 5,092 households, and 3,085 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,402.9 people per square mile . There were 5,597 housing units at an average density of 654.1 per square mile...
home of James F. D. Lanier
Companies
- Lanier RCLanier RCLanier RC is a manufacturer of Almost Ready to Fly and kit radio controlled airplanes, based in Georgia. It is typically hailed as the first manufacturer of ARFs....
, a manufacturer of Almost Ready to Fly (ARTFs) radio controlled airplanes - Lanier a brand of printers subsidiary of RicohRicohor Ricoh, is a Japanese company that was established in 1936 on February 6th, as , a company in the RIKEN zaibatsu. Its headquarters is located in Ricoh Building in Chūō, Tokyo....
Ships
- USS Lanier (APA-125)USS Lanier (APA-125)USS Lanier was a of the US Navy. She was built during World War II and served in the Pacific Theater, seeing combat during the Battle of Okinawa. She was a Victory ship design type...
, a US Navy attack transport ship, of World War II vintage.
Schools
- Lanier Middle School (Houston)Lanier Middle School (Houston)Sidney Lanier Middle School is an internal charter middle school located at 2600 Woodhead Street in Houston, Texas, United States, with a ZIP code of 77098...
- Houston, TX - Lanier Middle School (Buford,Georgia) - Buford, GA
- Lanier Middle School (Fairfax, Virginia) - Fairfax, VA
- Lanier High School (Montgomery, Alabama)Lanier High School (Montgomery, Alabama)Sidney Lanier High School is a public high school located in Montgomery, Alabama, United States.-History:Established originally in 1910 on the southern outskirts of downtown Montgomery, Alabama, this school was named for a well-known Southern poet, Sidney Lanier, who resided in Montgomery during...
- Montgomery, AL - Lanier High School (Austin, Texas)Lanier High School (Austin, Texas)Sidney Lanier High School was established in 1961 as the sixth high school in the Austin Independent School District and was originally located in the building which is now Burnet Middle School. Lanier is named in honor of the famous Confederate soldier and southern poet Sidney Lanier. The current...
- Austin, TX - Lanier High School (Jackson, Mississippi)Lanier High School (Jackson, Mississippi)Lanier High School is a high school in Jackson, Mississippi . The current principal of Lanier High School is Dr. McClung.There were a total of 872 students enrolled in Lanier High during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 52% female and 48% male...
- Jackson, MS - Lanier High School - Macon, Georgia (Now part of Central High School)
- Lanier UniversityLanier UniversityLanier University, named after poet Sidney Lanier, was from a short-lived university in today's Morningside-Lenox Park neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia....
- short-lived Baptist then KKK-run university in Atlanta, GA