Grayson
Encyclopedia

Surname

  • Alan Grayson
    Alan Grayson
    Alan Mark Grayson is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party and loves cookies. After losing the election he moved to Austin to start stand-up comedy and a cookie business. The district Grayson represented lies in central Florida...

     (born 1958), former Congressman from Florida's 8th congressional district
  • Andrew Jackson Grayson
    Andrew Jackson Grayson
    Andrew Jackson Grayson was an American ornithologist and artist.Grayson was the author of Birds of the Pacific Slope , which he considered to be a completion of John James Audubon's Birds of America...

     (1819–1869), American ornithologist and artist
  • Bette Grayson
    Bette Grayson
    Bette Grayson was a Hollywood actress and the second wife of playwright Clifford Odets.She died at the age of 32.-References:...

     (c. 1920–1954), American actress
  • Bobby Grayson
    Bobby Grayson
    Bobby Grayson was an American football player. He was a two-time consensus All-American player who led the Stanford University football team to three consecutive Rose Bowl Games from 1933 to 1935....

     (1914–1981), American football player
  • Bradley Grayson
    Bradley Grayson
    Bradley Andrew T. Grayson , is a footballer playing as a forward for Frickley Athletic in the Northern Football League.-Career:Born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, Grayson made his debut for Rovers on August 10, 2010 in the Football League Cup clash with Accrington Stanley which ended in a 2–1...

     (born 1993), footballer
  • C. Jackson Grayson (born 1923), American businessman and head of the US Price Commission (1971-73)
  • Cary Travers Grayson
    Cary Travers Grayson
    Admiral Cary Travers Grayson was a surgeon in the United States Navy who served a variety of roles from personal aide to President Woodrow Wilson to chairman of the American Red Cross.-Career:Grayson was born to Dr...

     (1878–1938), U.S. Navy surgeon
  • David Grayson (disambiguation), several persons
  • Devin K. Grayson
    Devin K. Grayson
    Devin Kalile Grayson is an American writer of comic books and novels. Titles that she has written include Gotham Knights, The Titans, the Vertigo series USER, and Nightwing.-Biography:...

    , American comic book writer
  • Frances Wilson Grayson
    Frances Wilson Grayson
    Frances Wilson Grayson was an American aviatrix who died flying to Newfoundland just prior to her trip to cross the Atlantic Ocean.-Birth and education:...

     (died 1927), American flyer
  • Henry Grayson
    Henry Grayson
    Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Mulleneux Grayson, 1st Baronet KBE was an English shipbuilder.Grayson was born in Birkenhead. He was educated at Winchester College and entered the family shipbuilding and ship-repairing firm, H. & C. Grayson Ltd, which had been founded on the River Mersey in 1760 and...

     (1865–1951), English shipbuilder
  • Henry Joseph Grayson
    Henry Joseph Grayson
    Henry Joseph Grayson was a nurseryman and scientist, best known as the designer of a machine for ruling diffraction gratings....

     (1856–1918), English scientist
  • G. B. Grayson
    G. B. Grayson
    Gilliam Banmon Grayson was an American Old-time fiddle player and singer. Mostly blind from infancy, Grayson is chiefly remembered for a series of sides recorded with guitarist Henry Whitter between 1927 and 1930 that would later influence numerous country, bluegrass, and rock musicians...

     (1887–1930), American old-time fiddle player
  • Jack Grayson
    Jack Grayson
    C. Jackson "Jack" Grayson, Jr. is the chairman of APQC, dean of two business schools, head of the U.S. Price Commission , a farmer, newspaper reporter and FBI agent. In 1977 he founded APQC as a private sector, non-profit organization.C. Jackson Grayson was the U.S...

    , American country music artist
  • Jeffrey Grayson
    Jeffrey Grayson
    Jeffrey Lloyd Grayson was an American businessman and criminal. A native of Oregon, he co-founded and later served as Chief executive officer of Capital Consultants. Grayson made legally questionable loans to Wilshire Credit Corporation and its CEO Andrew Wiederhorn...

     (1942–2009), founder and former CEO of Capital Consultants
  • John B. Grayson
    John B. Grayson
    John Breckinridge Grayson was a career United States Army officer and a graduate of West Point. He is well known for being a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War, his service during the Mexican-American War, and for his early death only three months after joining the...

     (1806–1861), U.S. Army officer
  • Kathryn Grayson
    Kathryn Grayson
    Kathryn Grayson was an American actress and operatic soprano singer.From the age of twelve, Grayson trained as an opera singer. She was under contract to MGM by the early 1940s, soon establishing a career principally through her work in musicals...

     (1922–2010), American singer and actress
  • Kevin Grayson
    Kevin Grayson
    Kevin Grayson is an American football Wide receiver. He attended the University of Richmond.-High school career:Earned two letters in football and one in basketball. Was named an All-District wide receiver and kick returner after serving as captain his senior season. Earned All-Region honors at...

     (born 1988), American football player
  • Larry Grayson
    Larry Grayson
    Larry Grayson , born William Sulley White, was an English stand-up comedian and television presenter of the 1970s and early 80s...

     (1923–1995), British television personality and gameshow host
  • Neil Grayson
    Neil Grayson
    Neil Grayson is an English footballer who currently plays for Carlton Town in the position of striker.Grayson's first club was local outfit Rowntree Mackintosh, playing in the Northern Counties East Football League Division One. He was snapped up by Doncaster Rovers in March 1990 where he stayed...

     (born 1964), English footballer
  • Paul Grayson (cricketer)
    Paul Grayson (cricketer)
    Adrian Paul Grayson is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire and Essex.Grayson made his first-class debut for Yorkshire in 1990 where he played for five years. Having been released in 1995, he joined Essex and was awarded his county cap in his first season, 1996...

     (born 1971), former English cricketer
  • Paul Grayson (rugby union) (born 1971), English rugby union coach
  • Ralph Grayson
    Ralph Grayson
    Ralph Lawrence Grayson was a scientist, engineer, pilot, attorney, soldier, father and husband. He was born into poverty, the son of an Arkansas sharecropper...

     (1921–1991), American scientist and engineer
  • Richard Grayson (disambiguation), several persons
  • Simon Grayson
    Simon Grayson
    Simon Nicholas Grayson is a retired English footballer and current manager of Leeds United. He is the elder brother of cricketer Paul Grayson....

     (born 1969), British football player and manager
  • Trey Grayson
    Trey Grayson
    Charles Merwin "Trey" Grayson III is the director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, a former Secretary of State of Kentucky and a candidate in the 2010 GOP primary to replace Jim Bunning, losing to Rand Paul.-Early years and career:A product of the Kenton County public school...

     (born 1972), Secretary of State of Kentucky
  • Victor Grayson
    Victor Grayson
    Albert Victor Grayson was an English socialist politician of the early 20th century. A Member of Parliament from 1907 to 1910, his sudden and still-unexplained disappearance in 1920 is widely believed to have been the result of his intention to reveal evidence of corruption at the highest levels...

     (1881–1920), British socialist politician
  • Wayne Grayson
    Wayne Grayson
    Vinnie Penna is an American actor and voice actor who is mostly known for voice over under the name Wayne Grayson and has worked with 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post and DuArt Film and Video....

     (born 1974), American voice actor
  • William Grayson (disambiguation)
    William Grayson (disambiguation)
    William Grayson may refer to:*William Grayson , U.S. Senator from Virginia*William Grayson Carter , American politician from Kentucky and grandson of the senator*William J. Grayson , U.S. Representative from South Carolina...

    , several persons

Given name

  • Grayson Boucher
    Grayson Boucher
    Grayson The Professor Boucher is an American Streetball player. He is most known for playing on the highly stylized, international AND1 Mixtape Tour; he has also appeared in several movies...

     (born 1984), basketball player
  • Grayson Burne
    Grayson Burne
    Grayson Burne, sometimes listed as Grayson Bourne, is a British sprint canoer who competed from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s. He won two medals in the K-2 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold and a silver .Burne also competed in five Summer Olympics, earning...

    , British sprint canoer
  • Grayson Hall
    Grayson Hall
    Grayson Hall was an American television, film and stage actress. She was widely regarded for her avant garde theatrical performances in the 1960s-80s. Hall was nominated in 1964 for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for the John Huston film The Night of the Iguana...

     (1922–1985), actress
  • Grayson Perry
    Grayson Perry
    Grayson Perry is an English artist, known mainly for his ceramic vases and cross-dressing. Perry's vases have classical forms and are decorated in bright colours, depicting subjects at odds with their attractive appearance. There is a strong autobiographical element in his work, in which images of...

     (born 1960), British artist

Characters

  • Grayson (Highlander)
  • Amanda Grayson, the mother of Spock in the science fiction series Star Trek
  • Debbie Grayson
    Debbie Grayson
    Debbie Grayson is a fictional character, a supporting character in the Image Comics title Invincible. She is the mother of Mark Grayson and the wife of Omni-Man.-Character Biography:...

    , a fictional character
  • Dick Grayson
    Dick Grayson
    Dick Grayson is a fictional superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger and illustrator Jerry Robinson, he first appeared in Detective Comics #38 in April 1940....

    , the civilian identity of the original Robin in comics, the current Batman
  • Mark Grayson, the civilian identity of the comic book superhero Invincible

United States

  • Grayson, California
    Grayson, California
    Grayson is a census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, United States. The population was 952 at the 2010 census, down from 1,077 at the 2000 census...

  • Grayson, Georgia
    Grayson, Georgia
    As of 2010 Grayson had a population of 2,666. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 62.8% white, 23.8% black or African American, 0.4% native American, 9.0% Asian, 1.8% from some other race and 2.2% from some other race...

    • Grayson High School
      Grayson High School
      Grayson High School is located on the edge of Loganville, Georgia and Grayson, Georgia, and has a population of over 3,000 students. Grayson High School pulls from many areas of southern Gwinnett County, mainly Grayson, Lawrenceville,and Loganville....

  • Grayson, Kentucky
    Grayson, Kentucky
    As of the census of 2000, there were 3,877 people, 1,415 households, and 938 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,549.1 people per square mile . There were 1,538 housing units at an average density of 614.5 per square mile...

  • Grayson, Louisiana
    Grayson, Louisiana
    Grayson is a village in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 531 at the 2000 census.Grayson has an elementary school, but high school students attend the nearby Caldwell Parish High School in the parish seat of Columbia. Across from the elementary school and the Grayson...

  • Grayson, North Carolina
    Grayson, North Carolina
    Grayson is an unincorporated community in Ashe County, North Carolina, northeast of Creston. It lies at an elevation of 3,343 feet ....

  • Grayson, Oklahoma
    Grayson, Oklahoma
    Grayson is a town in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 134 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Grayson is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....

  • Grayson County (disambiguation)

Other uses

  • Grayson (film)
    Grayson (film)
    Grayson is a 2004 fan film made by John Fiorella featuring DC Comics character Dick Grayson along with several other DC Universe characters. Since it is a fan film, it was not allowed to be sold at a profit and was thus distributed for free on the internet....

     (2004), fan film trailer
  • Grayson (Honorverse), planet in David Weber's Honorverse
  • Grayson County College
    Grayson County College
    Grayson County College is a community college located in Grayson County, Texas. GCC's main campus is located in Denison, with branch campuses in Sherman, Van Alstyne and Bonham ....

    , a community college
  • Grayson Lake
    Grayson Lake
    Grayson Lake is a reservoir in Carter and Elliott counties in Kentucky. It was created by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1968 by impounding the Little Sandy River. Sections of Kentucky Route 7 were re-routed as a result of the lake's creation...

    , a 1500 acres (6.1 km²) reservoir
  • Grayson Stadium
    Grayson Stadium
    Grayson Stadium is a stadium in Savannah, Georgia. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Savannah Sand Gnats minor league baseball team, the Class-A affiliate of the New York Mets. It is also the part-time home of the Savannah State University college baseball team...

    , a stadium in Savannah, Georgia
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