Griffin was the 75th most common surname on the island of Ireland in 1891. In Wales, Griffin has been established as the 65th most frequent Welsh surname. It was estimated in 2000 that Griffin is the 114th most common surname in the U.S., with a population in the order of two hundred thousand.

Griffin in Ireland

The surname "Griffin" has two primary Gaelic

Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

 sources in Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

, which pertain to the towns of Ballygriffey in Co. Clare

County Clare

-History:There was a Neolithic civilisation in the Clare area — the name of the peoples is unknown, but the Prehistoric peoples left evidence behind in the form of ancient dolmen; single-chamber megalithic tombs, usually consisting of three or more upright stones...

, and Ballygriffin in Co. Kerry

County Kerry

Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...

. The spelling "Ó Gríobhtha" is associated with the Co. Clare family, whose surname was also anglicised as "O'Griffey" or "Griffey". "Ó Gríofa" translates to English as "descendant of the Griffin-like". The "Mac Grífín" spelling belongs to the Kerry family. In Ireland, the name can also be associated with the Welsh surname "Griffith", but to a much lesser degree.
The surname Griffin is of patronymic

Patronymic

A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...

 origin.

Griffin in Wales

The surname "Griffin" in Wales, generally speaking, is a variant of the surname "Griffith", or other similar Welsh names.

Griffin in Sweden

In Sweden, the griffin Coat-of-Arms gave one actually used surname, Grip

Grip

Grip may refer to:* Handle , a part of, or attachment to, an object, allowing it to be moved or used by hand* Grip strength, a measure of hand strength* Grippers, exercise machines used to increase hand strength- In sports :...

, and belonged to three somewhat distinct medieval noble families, to each of which such a surname is retrospectively dubbed:

• the family of so-called griphuvud who are known to have been nearly-hereditary justiciar
  Justiciar
  In medieval England and Ireland the Chief Justiciar was roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister as the monarch's chief minister. Similar positions existed on the Continent, particularly in Norman Italy. The term is the English form of the medieval Latin justiciarius or justitiarius In...
  
  s of Västergötland
  Västergötland
  ', English exonym: West Gothland, is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden , situated in the southwest of Sweden. In older English literature one may also encounter the Latinized version Westrogothia....
  
   (no surname was contemporaneously used of them and they went extinct in 14th century, but later historiography has dubbed "griphuvud", head of griffin, as sort of name to them); and
• the two families of Grip av Vinäs, one descended from last female of the other, "Griffin of Vinaes", who are attested to have been related in some (not specifically) way at least with the first (Griphuvud) family (no surname was used of the Grip av Vinäs in the Middle Ages, but this family and its Arms continued until the 17th century, admittedly through one female heiress but the Arms were retained by her issue; and at least one generation before their male-line end this, to baronial rank elevated family certainly was called with the surname Grip, "Griffin".)

All these may have represented different branches of a clan descended from legendary Geat

Geat

Geats , and sometimes Goths) were a North Germanic tribe inhabiting what is now Götaland in modern Sweden...

ish local chieftains. This historical noble name (or word) "Grip" has then, in later centuries, been used as surname of some other Swedish families.

The family of Aspenäs whose Arms is called "lejonörn" (lion-eagle) and who may have descended from early justiciars of Västergötland (no surname was contemporaneously used of this family which went extinct in the 15th century) had the escutcheon, lion-eagle, squarely opposite of griffin: Lion-eagle is formed of eagle's hindparts and lion's head.

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• Adrian Griffin
  Adrian Griffin
  Adrian Darnell Griffin is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA from 1999 to 2008.-College career:Griffin attended Seton Hall University and was a three-year starter...
  
   (born 1974), American basketball player
• Alan Griffin
  Alan Griffin
  Alan Peter Griffin , an Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Corinella, Victoria 1993–96 and the Division of Bruce, Victoria, since March 1996. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria,...
  
   (born 1960), Australian politician
• Alex Griffin
  Alex Griffin
  Alex Griffin is an English musician and bass guitarist.He attended Maidensbridge Primary School before going to Kingswinford Secondary school, following in the footsteps of this older brother Jeremy.He is known for being the bass player and founder member of early 1990s indie punk band, Ned's Atomic...
  
   (born 1971), English guitarist
• Alfredo Griffin
  Alfredo Griffin
  Alfredo Claudino Griffin is a former Major League Baseball player, who played shortstop for four teams from 1976 to 1993. He is currently the first base coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.-Playing career:...
  
   (born 1957), Dominican Republic baseball player
• Alistair Griffin
  Alistair Griffin
  Alistair Richard Griffin is an English singer/songwriter and musician. Already an established songwriter, he first became famous as a solo artist through his appearances on the BBC television show Fame Academy 2 in 2003, where he was "spotted" and championed by Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees...
  
   (born 1977), English singer/songwriter and musician
• Andy Griffin
  Andy Griffin
  Andrew "Andy" Griffin is an English footballer, currently playing for Championship team, ReadingGriffin began his career at Stoke City, where he established a reputation as a solid wing-back defender...
  
   (born 1979), English footballer
• Angela Griffin
  Angela Griffin
  Angela Griffin is a British actress and television presenter.-Acting career:She appeared in the popular long-running British soap operas Emmerdale and most famously in Coronation Street as Fiona Middleton from 1993 to 1998...
  
   (born 1976), English television actress
• Anne Dias-Griffin
  Anne Dias-Griffin
  Anne Dias-Griffin is a French hedge fund manager, she works at Aragon Global Management, a $100 million fund focusing on global equities that she founded. It is one of the largest hedge funds managed by a woman. -Early life:...
  
   (born 1971), French/American hedge fund manager
• Anthony Griffin
  Anthony Griffin (rugby league)
  Anthony Griffin is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and current head coach for the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL. He played in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership during the 1980s before taking up coaching...
  
  , Australian rugby league football coach
• Anthony Jerome Griffin
  Anthony Jerome Griffin
  Anthony Jerome Griffin was a United States Representative from New York.Griffin was born in New York City. He attended City College, Cooper Union, and New York University School of Law. He was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in New York City...
  
   (1866–1935), American politician
• Archie Griffin
  Archie Griffin
  Archie Mason Griffin is a former American football running back. Griffin played seven seasons in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals. He is college football's only two-time Heisman Trophy winner...
  
   (born 1954), American football player

B

• Bartholomew Griffin
  Bartholomew Griffin
  Bartholomew Griffin was an English poet. He is known for his Fidessa sequence of sonnets, published in 1596.-Works:Griffin wrote a series of 62 sonnets entitled Fidessa, more chaste than kinde, London, 1596...
  
   (died 1602), English poet
• Becky Griffin
  Becky Griffin
  Becky Griffin is an Israeli model, TV presenter and an actress. She was born to Jewish parents, a Yemenite mother and an American father....
  
   (born 1977), Israeli model and actress
• Ben Griffin (disambiguation), several people including:
  • Ben Griffin (former British soldier)
    Ben Griffin (former British soldier)
    Benjamin Griffin is a former British SAS soldier who refused to return to Iraq and left the Army, citing not only the "illegal" tactics of United States troops and the policies of coalition forces but also that the invasion itself was illegal, being contrary to international law...
    
    
  • Ben Griffin (footballer)
    Ben Griffin (footballer)
    Ben Griffin is an Australian football player who plays as a central defender.He went to school at Marist College Ashgrove in Brisbane.-A-League statistics:1 - includes A-League final series statistics...
    
    
  • Ben Hill Griffin, Jr.
    Ben Hill Griffin, Jr.
    Ben Hill Griffin, Jr. was a prominent American businessman, citrus grower, politician and philanthropist who was a native and resident of Florida. Griffin was an alumnus of the University of Florida, a former state legislator, a one-time candidate for governor and a patron of college sports and...
    
    
• Benjamin S. Griffin
  Benjamin S. Griffin
  Benjamin S. Griffin, was a four-star general in the United States Army. He served as the Commanding General, United States Army Materiel Command from November 5, 2004 to November 13, 2008. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Department of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8...
  
  
• Bertram Griffin, fictional character
• Bessie Griffin
  Bessie Griffin
  Bessie Griffin was an African American gospel singer.Born Arlette B. Broil in New Orleans, Louisiana, she was steeped in church music as a child...
  
  
• Blake Griffin
  Blake Griffin
  Blake Austin Griffin is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association . Griffin had a renowned high school career at Oklahoma Christian School, winning state titles each of his four years under his father, Tommy Griffin, who was the...
  
   (born 1989), American basketball player
• Brian Griffin
  Brian Griffin
  Brian Griffin is a character from the animated television series Family Guy. He is voiced by Seth MacFarlane and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family, in a 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. Brian was created and designed by MacFarlane himself...
  
  , fictional character

C

• Cedric Griffin
  Cedric Griffin
  Cedric Leonard Griffin is an American football cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.He was born in Natchez, Mississippi and graduated from Holmes High School in San Antonio, Texas. He played college football for The University of Texas Longhorns and was a stand-out...
  
  
• Charles Griffin, American general
• Charlie Griffin
  Charlie Griffin
  Charles John "Charlie" Griffin is an English professional footballer who plays for Forest Green Rovers.Griffin started his career with Bristol Rovers, spending two years at the club and progressing through the club's youth system. He was released at the age of 18 and played part–time football with...
  
  
• Chris Griffin
  Chris Griffin
  Chris Griffin is a character from the animated television series Family Guy. He is the son and middle child of Peter and Lois Griffin, brother of Stewie and Meg Griffin. Chris is voiced by Seth Green.-Personality:...
  
  , fictional character
• Clarence Griffin
  Clarence Griffin
  Clarence James "Peck" Griffin was an American tennis player.Griffin ranked in singles in the U.S. Top Ten three times: he was No. 7 in 1915, No. 6 in 1916, and No. 6 in 1920...
  
  
• Clive Griffin
  Clive Griffin
  Clive Griffin is a British pop vocalist, best known for his hit duet, "When I Fall in Love" with pop singer Celine Dion. His debut album Step By Step sold 10,000 copies in his native UK in the late 1980s, and featured several singles, "Head Above Water", "Don't Make Me Wait", "The Way We Touch"...
  
  
• Cornelius Griffin
  Cornelius Griffin
  -Washington Redskins:Griffin was signed by the Giants' NFC East-rival Washington Redskins as an unrestricted free agent on March 3, 2004, during the 2004 offseason.Griffin had his best season in 2004, recording 96 tackles and six sacks...
  
  
• Cyrus Griffin
  Cyrus Griffin
  Cyrus Griffin was a lawyer and judge who served as the last President of the Continental Congress, holding office from January 22, 1788, to November 2, 1788. He resigned after the ratification of the United States Constitution rendered the old Congress obsolete, and was later a United States...
  
  

D

• Dale "Buffin" Griffin
• Daniel T. Griffin
  Daniel T. Griffin
  Daniel Thornburg Griffin was an American sailor who died defending the Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay during the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.Griffin was born in Allendale, Illinois...
  
  
• Danny Griffin
  Danny Griffin
  Daniel Joseph "Danny" Griffin is a Northern Irish footballer who is currently without a club. He is primarily a defender, but he can play in midfield.-Career:...
  
  , Northern Ireland footballer
• David Griffin (disambiguation)
  David Griffin (disambiguation)
  David Griffin may refer to:*David Griffin *David Griffin *David Ray Griffin , American philosopher and theologian...
  
  
• David Griffin (actor)
  David Griffin (actor)
  David Griffin is an actor known for voicing the character of Jimmy Barclay and others in the radio drama Adventures in Odyssey. He currently resides in the Los Angeles area, and uses the stage name Jave Griffin.-External links:*...
  
  
• David Ray Griffin
  David Ray Griffin
  David Ray Griffin is a retired American professor of philosophy of religion and theology. Along with John B. Cobb, Jr., he founded the Center for Process Studies in 1973, a research center of Claremont School of Theology which seeks to promote the common good by means of the relational approach...
  
  , philosopher, theologian, and proponent of 9/11 conspiracy theories
  9/11 conspiracy theories
  9/11 conspiracy theories are theories that disagree with the widely accepted account that the September 11 attacks were perpetrated solely by al-Qaeda. These theories arose because of what proponents of the conspiracy theories believe to be inconsistencies in the official conclusions or some...
  
  
• Des Griffin
  Des Griffin
  Des Griffin is an American right-wing writer and system critic. Writing from a firmly Christian standpoint, he is mainly interested in global agendas and especially the topic of the New World Order, as declared by President George HW Bush on March 6, 1991....
  
  , American conspiracy theorist
• Donald Griffin
• Doug Griffin
  Doug Griffin
  Douglas Lee Griffin is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played in the American League for the California Angels and Boston Red Sox...
  
  

E

• Eddie Griffin
  Eddie Griffin
  Edward James "Eddie" Griffin, Jr. is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his sitcom, Malcolm & Eddie along with co-star, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and his role in the 2002 comedy film Undercover Brother as the film’s title character.-Early life:Griffin was born in Kansas City,...
  
  , African-American actor and comedian
• Eddie Griffin (basketball)
  Eddie Griffin (basketball)
  Eddie Jamaal Griffin was an American professional basketball player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He last played for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, who waived him on March 13, 2007...
  
  
• Edgar Griffin, British politician
• Eric Griffin
  Eric Griffin
  Eric Michael Griffin is an American rock guitarist. He is most famous for playing bass in the horror punk band Murderdolls and guitar in Wednesday 13...
  
  

G

• G. Edward Griffin
  G. Edward Griffin
  G. Edward Griffin is an American film producer, author, and political lecturer. He is perhaps best known as the author of The Creature from Jekyll Island , a critique of much modern economic theory and practice, specifically the Federal Reserve System.Starting as a child actor, he became a radio...
  
   (1931-), American film producer, publisher, author and lecturer
• The Griffin Family, including Peter
  Peter Griffin
  Peter Griffin is a fictional character and the protagonist of the animated comedy series Family Guy and the patriarch of the Griffin family. He is voiced by cartoonist Seth MacFarlane and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family in the 15-minute short on December 20, 1998....
  
  , Lois
  Lois Griffin
  Lois Griffin is a character from the animated television series Family Guy. She is voiced by writer Alex Borstein and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family in the 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. Lois was created and designed by series creator Seth MacFarlane...
  
  , Stewie
  Stewie Griffin
  Stewie Griffin is a fictional character from the animated television series Family Guy. Once obsessed with world domination and matricide, Stewie is the youngest child of Peter and Lois Griffin, and the brother of Chris and Meg....
  
  , and Meg, and Chris Griffin
  Chris Griffin
  Chris Griffin is a character from the animated television series Family Guy. He is the son and middle child of Peter and Lois Griffin, brother of Stewie and Meg Griffin. Chris is voiced by Seth Green.-Personality:...
  
  , on the TV animated series Family Guy
  Family Guy
  Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
  
  
• Geoffrey Griffin (cricketer)
• Geoffrey William Griffin
  Geoffrey William Griffin
  Dr. Geoffrey William Griffin was the founding director of Starehe Boys' Centre and School. He founded the school in November, 1959 with the help of the late Geoffrey Geturo and Joseph Gikubu, the current senior deputy director of the school; he directed the school from its founding to the end of...
  
  
• George C. Griffin
  George C. Griffin
  George C. Griffin served in various positions at his alma mater, the Georgia Institute of Technology, most notably as Dean of Men from 1946 to 1964. He was known variously as "the best friend of all Tech men" and "Mr. Georgia Tech."-Student:...
  
  
• Gerald Griffin
  Gerald Griffin
  Gerald Griffin was an Irish novelist, poet and playwright.-Biography:He was born in Limerick, Ireland, the son of a brewer. He went to London in 1823 and became a reporter for one of the daily papers, and later turned to writing fiction...
  
  

H

• A. Harry Griffin
  A. Harry Griffin
  Arthur Harry Griffin , usually known in print as A. Harry Griffin, was a British journalist and mountaineer...
  
  , journalist and mountaineer
• Harry Griffin (cricketer)
  Harry Griffin (cricketer)
  Harry Griffin played first-class cricket for Somerset in 1898 and 1899. He was born at Glastonbury, Somerset and died at Bristol....
  
  , English cricketer
• Hawley Griffin, the variant from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill, publication of which began in 1999. The series spans two six-issue limited series and a graphic novel from the America's Best Comics imprint of Wildstorm/DC, and a third miniseries...
  
  

J

• Griffin (The Invisible Man)
  Griffin (The Invisible Man)
  Griffin is a fictional character, the eponym and antagonist of H. G. Wells's science fiction novel The Invisible Man, first published in 1897. Griffin is a young scientist who wants to create the ultimate humanoid by creating a race of invisible people....
  
   (Jack Griffin), fictional character; H. G. Wells
  H. G. Wells
  Herbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...
  
  's The Invisible Man
  The Invisible Man
  The Invisible Man is a science fiction novella by H.G. Wells published in 1897. Wells' novel was originally serialised in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, and published as a novel the same year...
  
  ("Jack" only in film versions)
• James D. Griffin
• James Bennett Griffin
  James Bennett Griffin
  James Bennett Griffin was an American archaeologist. He is regarded as one of the most influential archaeologists in North America in the 20th century.-Personal life:...
  
  
• Jane Griffin (Lady Franklin)
• Jimmy Griffin
  Jimmy Griffin
  James Arthur Griffin was a singer, guitarist, and songwriter with the 1970s rock band Bread.-Early life:An Academy Award winning songwriter, Griffin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. His musical training began when his parents signed him up for accordion lessons...
  
  
• John-Ford Griffin
  John-Ford Griffin
  John-Ford David Griffin is a former Major League Baseball outfielder.-Early life:An All-State athlete at Sarasota High School, was part of a state championship team in 1996 for the Sailors. Griffin played college baseball under head coach Mike Martin for the Florida State University Seminoles from...
  
  
• John Griffin Griffin, name used by John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden
• John Howard Griffin
  John Howard Griffin
  John Howard Griffin was an American journalist and author much of whose writing was about racial equality. He is best known for darkening his skin and journeying through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia to experience segregation in the Deep South in 1959...
  
  
• John W. Griffin (disambiguation)
• Johnny Griffin
  Johnny Griffin
  John Arnold Griffin III was an American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist.- Early life and career :Griffin studied music at DuSable High School in Chicago under Walter Dyett, starting out on clarinet before moving on to oboe and then alto sax...
  
  
• Judge Griffin
  Judge Griffin
  Chief Judge Griffin is a fictional character in the Judge Dredd comic strip in 2000 AD. He was chief judge of Mega-City One between 2101 and 2104.-Fictional character biography :...
  
  , fictional character

K

• Kathy Griffin
  Kathy Griffin
  Kathleen Mary "Kathy" Griffin is an American actress, stand-up comedienne, television personality, New York Times best-selling author and an LGBT rights advocate. Griffin first gained recognition for appearances on two episodes of Seinfeld, and then for her supporting role on the NBC sitcom...
  
  , American comedian
• Katie Griffin
  Katie Griffin
  Katie Griffin is a Canadian actress, voice actress, and singer. She is most famous for voicing Alex in Totally Spies! and Sailor Mars in Sailor Moon. She is also the voice of Yoko in Team Galaxy and Laugh-a-Lot Bear in Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot and as a plush toy...
  
  
• Kelsey Griffin
  Kelsey Griffin
  Kelsey Griffin is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. She was drafted 3rd overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft. Griffin played college ball for Nebraska, leading the Cornhuskers to their best ever season...
  
   (born 1987), American basketball player
• Ken Griffin
  Ken Griffin
  Kenneth W. "Ken" Griffin was an American organist.-Biography:Griffin was born in Columbia, Missouri. His biggest hit was "You Can't Be True, Dear" , which was first released as an instrumental, and later that year re-released with a vocal by Jerry Wayne dubbed in. Both versions became popular,...
  
   (1909–1956), American organist
  Organist
  An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...
  
  
• Kenneth C. Griffin
  Kenneth C. Griffin
  Kenneth C. Griffin is an American hedge fund manager. He is the founder and CEO of Citadel LLC, a Chicago-based investment firm...
  
  , hedge fund manager and Forbes 400 member
• Kevin Griffin
  Kevin Griffin
  Kevin Griffin is an American guitarist, vocalist, producer, and songwriter.Griffin formed the alternative rock band Better Than Ezra in 1988. The band had great success in the 1990s with hits such as "Good", "In the Blood", and "Desperately Wanting", and has continued in the 2000s with hits such...
  
  

(Jack Griffin)
Career Guidance Counsellor! Dublin

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• Larry Griffin
  Larry Griffin
  For the football player of the same name see Larry Griffin .Larry Griffin was sentenced to death for the murder of 19-year-old Quintin Moss. The crime occurred in St...
  
  
• Leonard Griffin
  Leonard Griffin
  Leonard Griffin is an American soccer player currently playing for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division, on loan from Orlando City.-College and Amateur:...
  
  
• Lois Griffin
  Lois Griffin
  Lois Griffin is a character from the animated television series Family Guy. She is voiced by writer Alex Borstein and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family in the 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. Lois was created and designed by series creator Seth MacFarlane...
  
  , fictional character
• Lois Griffin (Toronto politician)
  Lois Griffin (Toronto politician)
  Lois Griffin was a Metro Toronto councillor and became the Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission from 1989 to 1991. She was the first woman to hold the post....
  
  
• Lorna Griffin
  Lorna Griffin
  Lorna Joann Griffin is a retired female shot putter and discus thrower from the United States. A two-time bronze medalist at the 1983 Pan American Games she competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics, finishing in 9th and 12th place .-References:*...
  
  
• Lynne Griffin
  Lynne Griffin
  Lynne Griffin is a Canadian actress. She is known for her work in film, television and stage.Griffin was born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of Kay, an actress, and James Joseph Griffin, a fashion photographer and soccer player. Currently, she is married to fellow actor Sean Gregory Sullivan.-...
  
  

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• Marcus Griffin
  Marcus Griffin
  Marcus Kevin Griffin was born on January 4, 1985 in Austin, Texas. Griffin entered the 2008 NFL Draft, however he went unselected. Griffin was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Minnesota Vikings on April 28, 2008. Griffin was subsequently waived on June 30, 2008...
  
  
• Marvin Griffin
  Marvin Griffin
  Samuel Marvin Griffin, Sr. was a politician from the US state of Georgia. He served as the 72nd Governor of Georgia from 1955 to 1959.-Early life:...
  
  
• Marion Mahony Griffin
  Marion Mahony Griffin
  Marion Griffin was an American architect and artist. She was one of the first licenced female architects in the world, and is considered an original member of the Prairie School.-Biography:...
  
  
• Maya Griffin, fictitious character played by actress Morena Baccarin
  Morena Baccarin
  Morena Baccarin is a Brazilian-born American actress most widely known for roles in several American science fiction television shows: as Inara Serra in the series Firefly; as Adria in the series Stargate SG-1; and as Anna in the 2009 version of the series V...
  
   on The O.C.
  The O.C.
  The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on the Fox television network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 21, 2007, running a total of four seasons...
  
  
• Meg Griffin
  Meg Griffin
  Meg Griffin is a character from the animated television series Family Guy. She is the eldest child of Lois and Peter and elder sister of Chris and Stewie. Meg is considered as the black sheep of the series due to the lack of attention she receives....
  
  , fictional character on Family Guy
  Family Guy
  Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
  
  
• Merv Griffin
  Merv Griffin
  Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin, Jr. was an American television host, musician, actor, and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in movies and on Broadway. From 1965 to 1986 Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show on Group W Broadcasting...
  
  , entertainer, talk show host, and creator of the television game shows Jeopardy!
  Jeopardy!
  Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...
  
  and Wheel of Fortune
  Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)
  Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin, which premiered in 1975. Contestants compete to solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a large wheel. The title refers to the show's giant carnival wheel that...
  
  
• Michael D. Griffin
  Michael D. Griffin
  Michael Douglas Griffin is an American physicist and aerospace engineer. From April 13, 2005 to January 20, 2009 he served as Administrator of NASA, the space agency of the United States...
  
  , the Administrator of NASA
  NASA
  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
  
  
• Michael F. Griffin
  Michael F. Griffin
  On March 10, 1993, Michael Frederick Griffin murdered Dr. David Gunn in Pensacola, Florida in the United States. This was the first documented assassination of an OB-GYN, to prevent a doctor from performing abortions....
  
  , Christian terrorist who murdered David Gunn
  David Gunn (doctor)
  David Gunn was an American physician. He received his bachelors degree from Vanderbilt University and earned his M.D. at the University of Kentucky. Gunn moved to Brewton, Alabama, after his residency, choosing to provide OB/GYN and abortion services in rural America.Gunn was murdered in...
  
  
• Michael Griffin (American football) (born 1985), American football
  American football
  American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
  
   player
• Montell Griffin
  Montell Griffin
  Montell Julian Griffin is an American boxer. He is best known for his two bouts at Light Heavyweight with Roy Jones Jr.- Professional career :...
  
  , professional boxer
  Boxing
  Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
  
  
• Morgan Griffin
  Morgan Griffin
  Morgan Griffin is an Australian actress. From 2006 until 2007 she starred in the second series of the Nickelodeon show The Sleepover Club....
  
  , professional actress starred in Nickelodeon
  Nickelodeon Australia
  Nickelodeon is the Australian counterpart of the Nickelodeon network in the United States. It is operated by a joint venture of XYZnetworks and MTV Networks Australia.-History:...
  
   show The Sleepover Club
  The Sleepover Club
  The Sleepover Club is a series children's books by authors Rose Impey, Fiona Cummings, Narinder Dhami, Sue Mongredien, Jana Hunter and Angie Bates and a children's television programme based on the series. While the books are set in Cuddington, Leicester, England, the television show is set in the...
  
  Series 2 as Charlie Anderson

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• Nathan Griffin
• Nick Griffin
  Nick Griffin
  Nicholas John "Nick" Griffin is a British politician, chairman of the British National Party and Member of the European Parliament for North West England....
  
   (born 1959), chairman of the British National Party
  British National Party
  The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982...
  
  
• Nikki Griffin
  Nikki Griffin
  Jeanne Nicole "Nikki" Griffin is an American actress.-Life and career:Though Jeanne Nicole Griffin was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, formative years of her childhood were spent living in Germany...
  
  
• Nonnie Griffin
  Nonnie Griffin
  Nonnie Griffin was born in 1933 in Canada. She studied at the Toronto Conservatory in her native land, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, and even with famed mime artist Marcel Marceau....
  
  

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• Patty Griffin
  Patty Griffin
  Patty Griffin, born Patricia Jean Griffin, March 16, 1964, is an American Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter and musician. She is especially known for her down-home crafting of songs and her connection to musicians including Emmylou Harris, Ellis Paul, and the Dixie Chicks, who have played with...
  
  
• Paul Griffen
  Paul Griffen
  Paul Richard Griffen is an Italian rugby union footballer. He has represented Italy at scrum half in forty two full internationals...
  
  , Italian rugby player
• Peners Griffin
  Peners Griffin
  Peners Griffin is an American actor.Griffin has been featured in many films and television shows, and has appeared alongside actresses such as Lake Bell and famed Canadian actress Laura Harris .Before becoming an actor, Griffin studied Computer Science at Florida A&M...
  
  
• Peter Griffin
  Peter Griffin
  Peter Griffin is a fictional character and the protagonist of the animated comedy series Family Guy and the patriarch of the Griffin family. He is voiced by cartoonist Seth MacFarlane and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family in the 15-minute short on December 20, 1998....
  
  , fictional adult-cartoon character from the Fox
  Fox Broadcasting Company
  Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
  
   comedy Family Guy
  Family Guy
  Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
  
  
• Paul Griffin (disambiguation), several people

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• Renee Griffin
  Renee Griffin
  Renee Griffin, aka Renee Ammann, , is an American actress.Renee Griffin is married to actor James Marshall, who is the father of one of her sons...
  
  
• Richard Griffin and Company
  Richard Griffin and Company
  Richard Griffin & Co. was a bookselling and publishing company owned by Charles Griffin.It was one of the earliest of the Griffin group of publishers , and still publishing today as Richard Griffin Limited....
  
  , 19th-century Scots publishing house
• Richard Allen Griffin
  Richard Allen Griffin
  Richard Allen Griffin is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Previously, he was a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals.- Background :...
  
  
• Ric Griffin
  Ric Griffin
  Kobina Eric "Ric" Griffin MBBS MD PhD FRCS FRCS is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama Holby City, portrayed by actor Hugh Quarshie. The character first appeared on-screen on 9 October 2001 in episode "Rogue Males" - series 4, episode 1 of the programme...
  
   Fictitious Holby City
  Holby City
  Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
  
   character played by actor Hugh Quarshie
  Hugh Quarshie
  - Early and Personal Life :Quarshie is of mixed Ghanaian, English and Dutch ancestry and was born in Accra, Ghana, to Emma Wilhelmina and Richard Quarshie, and emigrated with his family to the United Kingdom when he was aged three...
  
  
• Rick Griffin
  Rick Griffin
  Richard Alden Griffin was an American artist and one of the leading designers of psychedelic posters in the 1960s. As a contributor to the underground comix movement, his work appeared regularly in Zap Comix. Griffin was closely identified with the Grateful Dead, designing some of their best known...
  
  
• Robert P. Griffin
  Robert P. Griffin
  Robert Paul Griffin was a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan and Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court....
  
  
• Roger Griffin
  Roger Griffin
  Roger D. Griffin is a British academic political theorist at Oxford Brookes University, England. His recent efforts have focused on a definition and examination of fascism...
  
  

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• S. A. Griffin
  S. A. Griffin
  S.A. Griffin is an American poet and actor from the East Bay in San Francisco, California.-Biography:Born in San Antonio, Texas and raised primarily in Richmond, California in what was once Easter Hill, Griffin lived in many small cities in the East Bay during his childhood. Graduated from Castro...
  
  
• Samuel Griffin
  Samuel Griffin
  Samuel Griffin was a lawyer and politician from Virginia. He represented Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.-Biography:...
  
  
• Sandi Griffin, fictional character
• Sandy Griffin
  Sandy Griffin
  Tobias Charles "Sandy" Griffin was a Major League Baseball center fielder....
  
  
• Simon Goodell Griffin
  Simon Goodell Griffin
  Simon Goodell Griffin was an American soldier, legislator, farmer and teacher.-Pre-War:Simon G. Griffin was born at Nelson, New Hampshire in 1824. Griffin was a farmer and a teacher at first...
  
   (1824–1902), American soldier
• Stewie Griffin
  Stewie Griffin
  Stewie Griffin is a fictional character from the animated television series Family Guy. Once obsessed with world domination and matricide, Stewie is the youngest child of Peter and Lois Griffin, and the brother of Chris and Meg....
  
  , fictional character
• Susan Griffin
  Susan Griffin
  Susan Griffin is an eco-feminist author. She describes her work as "draw[ing] connections between the destruction of nature, the diminishment of women and racism, and trac[ing] the causes of war to denial in both private and public life." She received a MacArthur grant for Peace and International...
  
  

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• Ted Griffin
  Ted Griffin
  Ted Griffin is an American screenwriter whose credits include Ravenous, Matchstick Men, and Ocean's Eleven.Born in Pasadena, California, Griffin graduated from Colgate University in 1993...
  
  
• Thelma Griffin, fictional character
• Thomas Griffin (politician) (1773–1837), politician, lawyer and judge from Virginia
• Tom Griffin (disambiguation), several people
• Tyson Griffin
  Tyson Griffin
  Tyson Lee Griffin is an American mixed martial artist from Albany, California. Griffin currently fights as a Featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship .-Early life:...
  
  
• Todd Griffin
  Todd Griffin
  Todd Griffin is an American musician and former member of The Graveyard Train. He is currently pursuing a solo career and has also gained fame as the singer to the first version of the theme song to the popular American television series That 70s Show. His version of the song was replaced in the...
  
  , several people

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• W. E. B. Griffin
  W. E. B. Griffin
  W. E. B. Griffin is a writer of military and detective fiction with 38 novels in six series published under that name. He has also published under several pseudonyms....
  
   (born 1929), American author
• Walter Burley Griffin
  Walter Burley Griffin
  Walter Burley Griffin was an American architect and landscape architect, who is best known for his role in designing Canberra, Australia's capital city...
  
  
• William Richard Griffin
  William Richard Griffin
  William Richard Griffin was a Roman Catholic bishop. He was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on May 25, 1907, for the Archdiocese of Chicago...
  
  , auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse
• William Michael Griffin, legendary Hip-Hop MC known as Rakim
  Rakim
  William Michael Griffin Jr. , known by his stage names Rakim , Rakim Allah, R.A.K.I.M., and The Master, is an American rapper. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and most skilled emcees of all time. Eric B...
  
  

See also

• Griffin
  Griffin
  The griffin, griffon, or gryphon is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle...
  
  , Griffin (disambiguation)
  Griffin (disambiguation)
  A griffin is a legendary creature, usually portrayed with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle.Griffin may also refer to:-People:* Griffin , surname** Archie Griffin , American football player...
  
  
• Brian Griffin
  Brian Griffin
  Brian Griffin is a character from the animated television series Family Guy. He is voiced by Seth MacFarlane and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family, in a 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. Brian was created and designed by MacFarlane himself...
  
  , fictional dog
• Griffin Theatre Company
  Griffin Theatre Company
  Griffin Theatre Company is an Australian theatre specialising in new writing. It is the resident theatre company at the SBW Stables Theatre in Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia...
  
  
• Griffin Poetry Prize
  Griffin Poetry Prize
  The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. The awards go to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language....
  
  
• Griffith
  Griffith (surname)
  Griffith is a surname of Welsh origin which derives from the given name Gruffudd. The prefix Griff may mean "strong grip" and the suffix, udd, means "chief"/"lord". The earliest recorded example of the surname was "Gryffyth" in 1295, but the given name is older...
  
  
• Webster Griffin Tarpley, journalist