Lansing (name)
family name
Lansing is a Dutch patronymic surname from the personal name Lans (Germanic Lanzo). The "-ing" or "-ink" suffix originally was patronymic, but later also became indicative of a place. Lansing is now a rare name in the Netherlands (Lansink is the more common form), but there are many descendants in the United States of Gerrit Gerritse Lansing (ca.1615–bef.1654), a baker in Hasselt, Overijssel, whose widow and children migrated to New Netherland in 1654. At a later time there the surname became used as a middle name and given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
Abraham Lansing (1835–1899), New York lawyer and politician
Abraham G. Lansing (1756–1834), New York politician
Alfred Lansing (1921–1975), American journalist and writer
Ambrose Lansing (1891–1959), American Egyptologist and anthropologist
Bradford R. Lansing (1860–1912), New York politician
Clarabelle Lansing (1930–1988), American flight attendant, sole fatality of the Aloha Airlines Flight 243 disaster
Frederick Lansing (1838–1894), U.S. Representative from New York
Gene Lansing (1898–1945), American baseball pitcher
Gerrit Y. Lansing (1783–1862), U.S. Representative from New York
Greg Lansing (born 1967), American college basketball coach
Isaac J. Lansing (1846–1920), American pastor and university president
J. Stephen Lansing (born 1950), American anthropologist and complexity scientist
Jacob John Lansing, American sheriff
James Bullough Lansing (1902–1949), American audio engineer
Founder of the companies Altec Lansing and JBL
Jewel Lansing (born 1930), American (Oregon) writer and politician
Jim Lansing (1919–2000), American college football player and coach
John Lansing Jr. (1754–1829), New York lawyer and politician
Named for him: Lansing, New York and, indirectly, Lansing, Michigan
Joi Lansing (1929–1972), American model, actress and nightclub singer
Marjorie Lansing (1916–1998), American political scientist and feminist
Michael Lansing (born 1994), American soccer goalkeeper
Mike Lansing (born 1968), American baseball second baseman
P. J. Lansing (born 1949), American model
Robert Lansing (1864–1928), United States Secretary of State (1915–1920)
Named for him: the Lansing–Ishii Agreement and U.S. Navy cargo ship SS Robert Lansing
Robert Lansing (actor) (1928–1994), American stage, film and television actor
Robert Lansing (state senator) (1799–1878), New York lawyer and politician
Sherry Lansing (born 1944), American actress and first woman to head a Hollywood studio
William E. Lansing (1821–1883), U.S. Representative from New York
William Henry Lansing (1914–1942), U.S. Navy casualty of World War II
Fictional characters
Lansing family, family of doctors in the General Hospital soap opera, including Ric Lansing and Molly Lansing
Laura Lansing, eponymous character of the 1988 comedy film Laura Lansing Slept Here
Leona Lansing, supporting character of the political drama, The Newsroom (2012–2014).
Given name
Lansing Hoskins Beach (1860–1945), U.S. Army Chief of Engineers
Lansing Bennett (1926–1993), American physician and shooting victim at the CIA Headquarters
Lansing Brown Jr. (1900–1962), American photographer
Lansing Campbell (1882–1937), American illustrator
Lansing C. Holden (1858–1930), American architect
Lansing Colton Holden Jr.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Lansing (name)” is family name. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Lansing, name and family, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “family name” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16278240. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1615, 1654, 1835 and 1899.
A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Lansing (name)”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Lansing (name) primary sources, Lansing (name) archive and Lansing research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Lansing (name)”?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Lansing (name)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.