Haslam (name)
Haslam is a surname originating in England. Haselum, Haslem and Heslam are less common variants of the name. The surname is quite common in North West England, especially in and around Bolton, Greater Manchester.
Etymology
Haslam is a shortening of the name Hazelham, meaning a village near a hazel tree.
Notable people
- A. Haslam, captain of the Upton Park F.C. team which won a gold medal in the 1900 Summer Olympics
- Alfred Seale Haslam, knight, engineer, mayor of Derby
- Alex Haslam, British psychologist
- Annie Haslam, singer and songwriter
- Bill Haslam, governor of the state of Tennessee
- Chris Haslam, skateboarder
- Dave Haslam, author and former DJ
- Professor David Haslam (GP), past chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners
- Rear-Admiral Sir David W Haslam, Royal Navy hydrographer
- Group Captain Edward Brook Haslam RAF(Retd), former Head of the Air Historical Branch and author on military aviation
- Edwin Haslam, a physical organic chemist and an author of books on polyphenols
- Fred Haslam, a game designer
- George Haslam, a British footballer
- Gerald Haslam, author
- Greg Haslam, the minister of Westminster Chapel, London
- Harry Haslam (footballer) (1921–1986)
- James Haslam Jr., a businessman and philanthropist of Knoxville, Tennessee
- Jeff Haslam, a Canadian actor
- Jonathan Haslam, Professor of the History of International Relations, Institute for Advanced Study
- John Haslam (1764–1844), British physician known for his writings on mental illness
- Juliet Haslam, an Australian field hockey player
- Karen Haslam, a Canadian politician
- Lamar Haslam Sr, a former boxer, Golden Gloves Champion (1990)
- Leon Haslam, a motorcycle racer, the son of champion Ron Haslam
- Lamar Haslam, Jr (2001–present), Rapper by the name of Mar Gotti
- LuAnn Haslam, American child actress
- Mark Haslam, a former New Zealand cricketer
- Nicholas Haslam, society interior designer, columnist, and bon viveur
- Robert Haslam (Pony Express) (1840–1912) Pony Express rider
- Radeem Haslam - Jamaican record producer
- Sir Robert Haslam (industrialist) (1923–2002), a chairman of British Coal and British Steel, created a life peer with the title Baron Haslam
- Ron Haslam, a champion motorcycle roadracer
- Udonis Haslem, a basketball player for the Miami Heat of the NBA
- William Haslam (1850–1898) South Australian politician
- William Haslam (evangelist) (1818–1905), Anglican evangelist associated with the Keswick movement [1]
- William Haslam (lawyer) (1795?–1851), lawyer and friend of the poet John Keats
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