Rylands

Rylands is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Dadie Rylands (1902–1999), real name George Rylands, British literary scholar and theatre director
• Dave Rylands (born 1953), English footballer
• Enriqueta Augustina Rylands (1843–1908), English philanthropist
• John Rylands (1801–1888), English textile merchant and philanthropist
• John Paul Rylands (1846–1923), English lawyer, genealogist and topographer
• L. Gordon Rylands (1862–1942), British criminologist and writer
• Mark Rylands (born 1961), Church of England bishop
• Patrick Rylands (born 1943), English designer
• Peter Rylands (1820–1887), English wire manufacturer and politician
• Sir Peter Rylands, 1st Baronet (1868–1948), British businessman, son of Peter Rylands
• Sir William Rylands (1868–1948), British businessman

See also

• John Rylands Library in Manchester
• John Rylands University Library in Manchester
• Rylands, hamlet in St Breward parish, Cornwall, England
• Rylands, southern part of the town of Beeston, Nottinghamshire
• Warrington_Rylands 1906 F.C., English football club
• Ryland (surname)