Granville (name)
Granville is an English surname, a middle name, and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
People with the surname
[edit]- Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, (1773-1846) known as Viscount Granville from 1815 to 1833, and as Earl Granville from 1833-36; British diplomat
- Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, (1815-1891), British statesman and diplomat
- Andrew Granville (born 1962), British mathematician
- Arthur Granville (1912–1987), Welsh footballer
- Augustus Granville (1783–1872), Italian physician, writer, and patriot
- Sir Bevil Granville (died 1706), English soldier and governor of Barbados
- Bonita Granville (1923–1988), American film actress and TV producer
- Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath (1661–1701), English soldier, politician, diplomat, courtier
- Charles Granville (early 20th century), English book publisher
- Christine Granville, nom de guerre of Krystyna Skarbek (1908–1952), Polish agent of the British Special Operations Executive during the Second World War
- Damiete Charles Granville (born 1988), Nigerian model
- Danny Granville (born 1975), English footballer
- Denis Granville (1637–1703), English non-juring cleric, Dean of Durham, then Jacobite exile
- Edgar Granville, Baron Granville of Eye (1898–1998), British politician
- Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924–2023), mathematician, computing pioneer, programmer for the Apollo program
- Fred LeRoy Granville (1896–1932), English photographer
- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666–1735), English poet, playwright, and politician
- Harley Granville-Barker (1877–1946) English actor-manager, director, producer, critic and playwright
- Jake Granville (born 1989), Australian Rugby League player
- John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628–1701), English Royalist soldier and statesman during the Civil War
- John Granville, 1st Baron Granville of Potheridge (1665–1707), English soldier, landowner and politician
- John Granville (soccer) (born 1956), Tobagonian retired professional football goalkeeper
- John Granville (diplomat) (1974–2008), diplomat with the United States Agency for International Development
- Joseph Granville (1923–2013), American financial writer and investment speaker
- Laura Granville (born 1981), American tennis player
- Michael Granville (born 1978), American middle-distance runner
- Ralph Granville (born 1931), Scottish former footballer
- Ranulf de Glanvill (or Glanvil, Glanville, Granville, etc., died 1190), Chief Justiciar of England during the reign of King Henry II (1154–89)
- Richard Granville (1907–1972), English cricketer
- Roy Granville (1910–1986), American sound engineer
- Sydney Granville (1880–1959), British singer and actor
- William Anthony Granville (1863–1943), American mathematician, the sixth president of Gettysburg College from 1910 until 1923
People with the middle name
[edit]- William Granville Cochran (1844–1932), American judge and politician
People with the given name
[edit]- Granville Pearl Aikman (1858-1923), American judge
- Granville Bantock (1868–1946), British composer of classical music.
- Granville Bates (1882–1940), American character actor and bit player
- Granville Smith Crockett (1799–c. 1838-1846), American politician from Tennessee
- Granville Wilbur "Granny" Hamner (1927-1993), American professional baseball player
- Granville Henderson Oury, 19th century American politician, lawyer, judge, soldier, and miner
- Granville Hicks (1901–1982), American literary figure
- Granville Perkins (1830–1895), American artist and illustrator
- Granville Sharp (1735–1813), British scholar involved in the abolitionist movement
- Granville Woods (1856–1910), African-American inventor
- Granville Stanley Hall (1846-1924), American psychologist who received the first psychology doctorate in the United States
- Granville Ryrie (1865-1937) Australian general, politician, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
- Oral Roberts (1918-2009), American prominent televangelist
- Granville Rodrigo (1958-1999), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor and vocalist
Fictional characters
[edit]- Granville (Open All Hours), played by David Jason
- Professor Granville, from Big Hero 6: The Series
- Granville Sawyer, from Miracle on 34th Street (1947), played by Porter Hall
See also
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