title: Layard
text: # Layard
  
  Layard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Austen Henry Layard (1817–1894), British archaeologist, author, and politician
  * Charles Peter Layard (1806–1893), first Mayor of Colombo
  * Charles Layard (1849–1916), Chief Justice of Ceylon
  * Daniel Peter Layard (1721–1802), English physician
  * Edgar Leopold Layard (1824–1900), British ornithologist
  * John Layard (1891–1974), English anthropologist and psychologist
  * Nina Frances Layard (1853–1935), English poet and antiquary
  * Richard Layard, Baron Layard (born 1934), British economist
  