Miscellaneous

• Gaylord Nelson

  American politician known for his devotion to environmental issues.

  • 1995 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)

Sports

• Gaylord Perry

  Baseball player.

  • 1972 and 1978 American League Cy Young Award winner (see list of American League winners of the Cy Young Award)
  • Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)

The Literary World

• Gaylord D. Shaw
  • 1978 Pulitzer Prize winner for National Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting)