Grahame
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Grahame is a surname
or first name, and may refer to
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
or first name, and may refer to
- Christine GrahameChristine GrahameChristine Grahame is a Scottish politician. She has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, having previously been a member for the South of Scotland region, first elected in the 1999 election and subsequently re-elected in 2003 and...
, Scottish politician - Gloria GrahameGloria GrahameGloria Grahame was an American Academy Award–winning actress.Grahame began her acting career in theatre, and in 1944 she made her first film for MGM. Despite a featured role in It's a Wonderful Life , MGM did not believe she had the potential for major success, and sold her contract to RKO Studios...
, American actress - James GrahameJames GrahameJames Grahame was a Scottish poet.He was born in Glasgow, the son of a successful lawyer. After completing his literary course at the University of Glasgow, Grahame went in 1784 to Edinburgh, where he worked as a legal clerk, and was called to the Scottish bar in 1795...
, Scottish poet - John GrahameJohn GrahameJohn Gillies Mark Grahame is currently the goaltender coach for the Sioux City Musketeers of the USHL and is a former professional ice hockey goaltender who played most recently for the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League.-Playing career:Grahame played in the USHL for the Sioux City...
, American ice hockey player - Kenneth GrahameKenneth GrahameKenneth Grahame was a Scottish writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows , one of the classics of children's literature. He also wrote The Reluctant Dragon; both books were later adapted into Disney films....
, Scottish novelist (The Wind in the WillowsThe Wind in the WillowsThe Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England...
) - Nikki GrahameNikki GrahameNicola Rachele-Beth Grahame is an English model, columnist and television personality, who rose to fame in the UK when she was chosen to be a housemate on Big Brother 7 in 2006...
, British Big Brother contestant - Robert Cunninghame-Grahame of GartmoreRobert Cunninghame-Grahame of GartmoreRobert Graham , who took the name Bontine in 1770 and Cunninghame Graham in 1796, was a Scottish politician and poet. He is now remembered for a poem If doughty deeds my lady please, which was later set to music by his great-great-grandson, Rev...
, Scottish poet - Simon GrahameSimon GrahameSimon Grahame , born in Edinburgh, Scotland, led a dissolute life as a traveller, soldier, and courtier on the Continent of Europe...
, Scottish writer
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- William Grahame (1808-1890)William Grahame (1808-1890)William Grahame was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1865 until 1869 and from 1872 until 1874. He was also a life member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1875 until 1889.Grahame was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland and...
- member for MonaroElectoral district of MonaroMonaro is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by John Barilaro of the National Party of Australia....
1865-69 and 1872-74 - William Grahame (1841-1906)William Grahame (1841-1906)William Grahame was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1889 until 1894 and a member of the Protectionist Party....
- member for NewcastleElectoral district of NewcastleNewcastle is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales named after and including Newcastle. It is represented by Tim Owen of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:...
1889-89 and 1891-94 - William Calman GrahameWilliam Calman GrahameWilliam Calman Grahame, known as W. C. Grahame, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Wickham from 1907 to 1920, and the first mayor of the City of Gosford, from 1936 to 1944. Central Coast Stadium in Gosford was formerly known as Grahame Park, named after him in...
- member for WickhamElectoral district of WickhamWickham was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1894 and named after the Newcastle suburb of Wickham. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and combined with Newcastle.-Members for...
1907-20