Griffin (disambiguation)
Greif stands for:
- Griffin , general name for a mythical creature
- Griffin (Egyptian mythology) , the griffin as a retributor in ancient Egyptian mythology
- Greif (cannon) , a siege cannon from 1524 on the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress
- Greif (Panzer) , armored recovery vehicle built in Austria
- Greif (company) , a US supplier of industrial packaging
- GREIF-VELOX Maschinenfabrik GmbH , packaging machine manufacturer based in Lübeck
- Griffin (heraldic animal) , a heraldic animal
- Greif, a locomotive, see LDE - Renner to Greif
- Greif Heinkel He 177 , Luftwaffe fighter aircraft in World War II
- Greif, the 122nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) of the German Army in World War II
- Greif Kampfgeschwader 55 of the German Air Force in World War II
- Bird of prey
- Greif Brewery
- Heinkel Greif , an all-metal glider
- Stoewer Greif Junior , a passenger car first built in 1935
- Stoewer Greif V8 , a passenger car first built in 1934
- Torgelower SV Greif , a sports club
- Stadttheater Greif , Wels
- Operation Greif , a German commando company during the Ardennes offensive
Greif is the name of several ships:
- Greif (Schiff, 1877) , the first half saloon steamer on Lake Constance
- Greif (ship, 1895) , steamboat for passenger transport on the Greifensee (Switzerland)
- Greif (ship, 1926) , torpedo boat of the bird of prey class of the German Reich and Kriegsmarine
- Greif (ship, 1935) , a rescue, recovery and inspection boat of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft.
- Greif (ship, 1937) , air traffic control ship of the German Air Force in World War II
- Greif (ship, 1942) , German direction finding ship
- Greif (ship, 1951) , German sailing training ship (ex-GDR Wilhelm Pieck )
- S9 "Greif", speed boat of the German Federal Navy, see Jaguar class # class 141
- S66 Greif , missile speedboat of the German Navy
- SMS Greif (ship, 1866) , Radaviso of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
- SMS Greif (ship, 1886) , notification of the German Imperial Navy
- SMS Greif (ship, 1914) , German auxiliary cruiser in the First World War
- SM Tb Greif (63T), deep sea torpedo boat of the KuK Marine, see Kaiman class
Griffin as a place name:
- Greif , German name for the Ułanów district of Radwanice in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Greif is the family name of the following people:
- Andreas Greif , also Andreas Gryphius (1616–1664), German writer
- Bernd Greif (* 1943), German politician
- Erika Birgit Greif (* 1964), German nursing expert
- Georg Heinrich Greif (1734–1796), German theologian
- Gideon Greif (* 1951), Israeli historian
- Hans-Jürgen Greif (* 1941), German writer, literary scholar and university lecturer
- Heinrich Greif (1907–1946), German actor
- Heinz-Dieter Greif (* 1949), German soccer player
- Johann Jakob Greif (also Johann Jacob Greiff ; 1699–1767), German theologian and historian
- John Francis Greif (1897–1968), Austrian religious, Bishop of Tororo
- Livia Greif (* 1996), German actress
- Magali Greif (* 1998), German actress
- Manfred Greif (1939–1999), German soccer player
- Mark Greif (* 1975), American scholar, author and co-editor
- Martin Greif (1839–1911), German poet
- Martin Greif (author) (1938–1996), American author, university professor, and English specialist
- Martin Greif (actor) (* 1973), German actor
- Peter Greif (1902–1933), German resistance fighter
- Siegfried Greif (* 1943), German psychologist
- Stefan Greif (1911–2003), Austrian physician
- Walter Greif (1911–1944), Austrian political functionary
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