Copland (surname)

Copland is a surname. It is sometimes the anglicized form of the Yiddish surname Kaplan. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aaron Copland (1900-1990), American composer
• Calaigh Copland (born 1987), Canadian-born Ghanaian footballer
• David Copland (1842 – 1920) Scottish-born Australian politician
• Denise Copland (born 1952), New Zealand artist
• Douglas Copland (1894 – 1971), Australian academic & economist
• Ernie Copland (1924-1971), Scottish footballer
• Geoffrey Malcolm Copland (active 1992-2007), British physicist & vice-chancellor
• Henry Copland (c. 1710–1754), British furniture designer and ornamentalist
• Jackie Copland (born 1947), Scottish footballer
• James Copland (1834-1902), New Zealand Presbyterian minister
• John de Coupland, also John Copland (died 1363), a knight
• Kay Copland (active 2010), Scottish sport shooter
• Marc Copland (born 1948), American jazz pianist and saxophonist
• Patrick Copland (1749-1822) joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
• Robert Copland (15th century–16th century), English printer and author
• Robert Copland-Crawford (1852-1894), soldier and amateur sportsperson
• William Copland (died 1569), English printer
• William Robertson Copland (1838-1907) Scottish civil engineer

Also

• Lawson Lysnar Copland Field (1896-1981), New Zealand farmer
• Mab Copland Lineman, (1892-1957), Scottish-born US lawyer
• Clifford Copland Paterson (1879-1948), English scientist & electrical engineer
• Walter Copland Perry (1814-1911), British author & lawyer