Griffin (family name)
Griffin is a family name that occurs predominantly in the English-speaking world.
Origin and meaning
The Griffin surname can be of either English or Welsh origins. As a name of English origin it is derived from a nickname, as a name of Welsh origin it is derived from the Welsh male given name Gruffudd .
Name bearer
A.
- Adrian Griffin (* 1974), American basketball player
- Alan Griffin (* 1960), Australian politician
- Andy Griffin (* 1979), English football player
- Angela Griffin (born 1976), English actress
- Anthony J. Griffin (1866–1935), American politician
- Archie Griffin (born 1954), American football player
B.
- Bartholomew Griffin († around 1602), English poet
- Ben Griffin (soccer player) (* 1986), Australian soccer player
- Ben Griffin (ski racer) (actually Benjamin Griffin ; * 1986), New Zealand ski racer
- Benjamin S. Griffin (* 1946), American general
- Bernard William Griffin (1899–1956), British clergyman, Archbishop of Westminster
- Blake Griffin (* 1989), American basketball player
- Buck Griffin (1923–2009), American country musician
C.
- Cedric Griffin (born 1982), American football player
- Charles H. Griffin (1926–1989), American politician
- Chase Griffin (born 1983), American basketball player
- Chris Griffin (musician) (1915–2005), American jazz musician
- Chris Griffin (politician) , American politician
- Clarence Griffin (1888–1973), American tennis player
- Corey Griffin (1986-2014), American finance manager and activist
- Cornelius Griffin (born 1976), American football player
- Cyrus Griffin (1749-1810), American politician
D.
- Dale Griffin (1948-2016), British drummer and music producer
- Daniel J. Griffin (1880–1926), American politician
- Danny Griffin (* 1977), Northern Irish football player
- David Ray Griffin (* 1939), American religious philologist and theologian
- Della Griffin (* 1925), American jazz drummer and singer
- Diane E. Griffin (* 1940), American virologist and microbiologist
- Dick Griffin (* 1940), American jazz trombonist
- Don Griffin († 2015), American guitarist
- Donald R. Griffin (1915-2003), American zoologist
- Doug Griffin (born 1947), American baseball player
E.
- Ed Griffin († 2015), Canadian writer
- Eddie Griffin (actor) (born 1968), American actor
- Eddie Griffin (basketball player) (1982-2007), American basketball player
- Eleanore Griffin (1904–1995), American screenwriter
- Eric Griffin (Boxer) (born 1967), American boxer
- Eric Griffin (musician) (* 1976), American musician
F.
- Francis Vielé-Griffin (1864–1937), French writer of American origin
- Forrest Griffin (* 1979), American martial artist
G
- G. Edward Griffin (* 1931), American journalist, writer and documentary filmmaker
- Gavin Griffin (* 1981), American poker player
- Geoffrey Griffin (1939-2006), South African cricketer
- Gerald Griffin (1803-1840) Irish writer
- Gillett Griffin (1928–2016), American librarian and author
I.
- Ian P. Griffin (* 1958), British astronomer
- Isaac Griffin (1756–1827), American politician
J
- Jack Griffin , American racing car driver
- James Griffin (philosopher) (* 1933), American philosopher
- James Anthony Griffin (born 1934), American clergyman, Bishop of Columbus
- James D. Griffin (1929–2008), American politician
- Jane Griffin (1791–1875), British adventurer
- Jasper Griffin (1937-2019), British classical philologist
- Jimmy Griffin (also James Griffin ; 1943–2005), American singer, guitarist and songwriter
- John Griffin (basketball player) (born 1966), American basketball player and coach
- John Griffin ( American football player ) (b.1988), American football player
- John Howard Griffin (1920–1980), American author
- John Joseph Griffin (1802–1877), British chemist and mineralogist
- John K. Griffin (1789–1841), American politician
- John Wallace Griffin (1919–1993), American archaeologist
- Johnny Griffin ( John Arnold Griffin III ; 1928–2008), American jazz saxophonist
K
- Kathy Griffin (* 1960), American actress, voice actress, producer and comedian
- Kelly Griffin (* 1986), American rugby player
- Kenneth C. Griffin (* 1968), American entrepreneur
- Kris Griffin (born 1981), American football player
L.
- Leon Griffin (* 1980), Australian duathlete and triathlete
- Leonard Griffin (* 1982), American football player
- Levi T. Griffin (1837-1906), American politician
- Lorna Griffin (* 1956), American athlete
- Lyle Griffin , American jazz musician and record producer
- Lynne Griffin (born 1952), Canadian actress and voice actress
M.
- Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961), American artist and architect
- Mark Griffin (actor) (born 1968), British actor
- Mark Griffin (politician) (* 1985), Scottish politician
- Mark Griffin (soccer player) (born 1991), Australian-Irish soccer player
- Marvin Griffin (1907–1982), American politician
- Matt Griffin ( American football player ) (* 1968), American football player and coach
- Matt Griffin (racing driver) (born 1982), Irish racing driver
- Matt Griffin (golfer) (born 1983), Australian professional golfer
- Matt Griffin (astronomer) , astronomer
- Merv Griffin (1925–2007), American television presenter, entertainer and pianist
- Michael Griffin (* 1949), American physicist
- Michael Griffin (politician) (1842–1899), American politician
- Miriam Griffin (1935–2018), British ancient historian
- Montell Griffin (born 1970), American boxer
- Morgan Griffin (born 1992), Australian actress
N
- Nick Griffin (* 1959), British politician
- Nikki Griffin (* 1978), American actress
P
- Patty Griffin (* 1964), American musician
- Paul Griffin (musician) (1937–2000), American musician
- Paul Griffin (basketball player) (born 1954), American basketball player
- Paul Griffin (boxer) (born 1971), Irish boxer
- Paul Griffin (cyclist) (born 1973), Irish cyclist
- Paul Griffin (rower) (born 1979), Irish rower and cross-country skier
- Paul Griffin ( American football player ) Irish Gaelic football player
- Peter Griffin (singer) (born Peter Kamp ; 1939–2007), German singer
- Phil Griffin (* 1955), American journalist
- Philip Griffin , Australian musician, composer, conductor and music educator
Q
- Quentin Griffin (born 1981), American football player
R.
- Randy Griffin (born 1976), American boxer
- Renee Griffin (* 1968), American actress
- Rex Griffin (1912–1958), American musician
- Rick Griffin (1944–1991), American artist and comic book artist
- Robert Griffin III ( Robert Lee Griffin ; born 1990), American football player
- Robert G. Griffin ( Robert Guy Griffin ; * 1942), American chemist
- Robert P. Griffin ( Robert Paul Griffin ; 1923–2015), American lawyer and politician
- Roger Griffin (* 1948), British historian
- Roman Griffin Davis , British child actor
S.
- Samuel Griffin (1746–1810), American politician
- Shaquem Griffin (born 1995), American football player
- Shaquill Griffin (born 1995), American football player
- Stephanie Griffin (actress) (born 1934), American actress
- Stephanie Griffin (musician) (* around 1975), Canadian violist
T
- Theresa Mary Griffin (* 1962), British politician
- Thomas Griffin (1773–1837), American politician
- Tim Griffin (Politician) ( John Timothy Griffin ; * 1968), American politician
- Tim Griffin (actor) ( Timothy Collins Griffin ; born 1969), American actor
- Todd Griffin , American musician
W.
- WEB Griffin (actually William Edmund Butterworth III ; 1929-2019), American writer
- Walter Burley Griffin (1876–1937), American architect and landscape designer
- Walter L. Griffin (1889–1954), American cameraman
- William Griffin (geologist) , American geologist
- William Aloysius Griffin (1885–1950), American clergyman, Bishop of Trenton
- William F. Griffin , American politician
- William Richard Griffin (1883–1944), American clergyman, auxiliary bishop in La Crosse