Clifford

Clifford is both a given name and a surname of Old English origin that applies to a number of individuals or places. It simply means "ford by a cliff".^[1] Clifford was a common surname mainly in the 18th century but lost its prominence over the years. Today the name Clifford is common in Europe and USA.

Places

Ireland

• Clifford, Dublin

England

• Clifford, Herefordshire
  • Clifford Castle
• Clifford, West Yorkshire

United States

• Clifford, Indiana
• Clifford, Michigan
• Clifford, North Dakota
• Clifford, Pennsylvania
• Clifford, Virginia, a community in Amherst County in Virginia
• Clifford, Wisconsin

Canada

• Clifford, Ontario

People

Given name

• Clifford Andrews (1912-1973), English athlete in cricket
• Clifford Antone (1949-2006), US musical producer and club owner
• Clifford Warren Ashley (1881-1947), US artist, author
• Clifford Berry (1918-1963), US inventor
• Clifford Bax (1886-1962), English author and playwright
• Clifford Edmund Bosworth (born 1928), English professor, historian
• Clifford Brown (1930–1956), US musician (jazz trumpeter)
• Cliff Burton (1962–1986), US musician (bass guitarist, Metallica)
• Clifford Campbell (1892-1991), Jamaican political figure
• Clifford Carter (fl. 1980s-present), US musician
• Clifford P. Case (1904-1982), US attorney and political figure
• Cliff Couser (Clifford Couser, born 1971), a US athlete in boxing
• Clifford Ann Creed (born 1938), US female athlete in golf
• Clifford Curry (born ca. 1940), US musician
• Clifford Curzon (1907-1982), English musician (piano)
• Clifford David (born 1938), US actor
• Clifford Davies (1948-2008), English musician (rock drummer)
• Clifford Davis (1897-1970), US political figure
• Clifford Davis (music manager) (fl. 1960s-1980s), US musician and manager of musical groups
• Clifford Dupont (1905-1978), English-born political figure in Rhodesia
• Clifford Durr (1899-1975), US attorney and civil rights activist
• C. M. Eddy, Jr. (1896–1967), American author
• Clifford Evans (1912-1985), Welsh actor
• Clifford Percy Evans (1889–1973), US architect
• Clifford Brodie Frith (born 1949), English-born Australian ornothologist
• Clifford Carlson (1894-1964), US athlete in basketball
• Clifford Forsythe (1929-2000), Northern Ireland political figure
• Clifford Geertz (1926-2006), US anthropologist
• Clifford Goodman (1866-1911), Barbados athlete in cricket
• Clifford Goldstein (b. 1955), US author, Seventh-day Adventist editor
• Chris Graham (boxer) (Clifford Graham, 1900-?)), Canadian athlete in boxing
• Clifford Grey (1887-1941), British songwriter, actor (AKA Clifford Gray)
• Clifford Hansen (1912–2009), US politician
• Clifford Harper (born 1949), English illustrator, anarchist
• T.I. (Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., born 1980), US musician and producer
• Clifford Heatherley (1888-1937), English film actor
• Clifford Husbands (b. 1926), Barbados political figure
• Clifford Irving (born 1930), US author
• Clifford Irving (politician) (1914-2004), British political figure (Isle of Man)
• Clifford Jarvis (1941-1997), US musician (rock drummer)
• Clifford Jordan (1931-1993), US musician (jazz saxophone)
• C. H. B. Kitchin (Clifford Henry Benn Kitchin, October 1895-1967), British author
• Clifford J. Laube (1891–1974), US Catholic poet, editor and publisher
• Clifford Lincoln (born 1928), Canadian political figure
• Carwood Lipton (Clifford Carwood Lipton, 1920-2001), British military figure
• Clifford Sibusiso Mamba (born 1963), Swazi diplomat and former Olympic athlete
• Clifford J. MacGregor (1904-1985), US meteorologist, Arctic explorer and naval aviator
• Cliff Matthews (Clifford Matthews, fl. 1960s), Canadian attorney and political figure
• Clifford May (born 1951), US author, political activist
• Cliff McWatt (Clifford McWatt, 1922-1997), West Indian athlete in cricket
• Clifford Meth (born 1961), US author
• Clifford Mulenga (born 1987), Zambian athlete in football
• Clifford Nass (born ca. 1958), US professor (Communications), author
• Clifford Odets (1906–1963), US playwright, screenwriter, social activist
• Clifford A. Pickover (born ca. 1958), US mathematician, author
• Cliff Pilkey (Clifford Pilkey, born 1928), Canadian politician and trade union leader
• Fido Purpur (Clifford Joseph Purpur, 1912-2001), US athlete in hockey
• Clifford Ray (born 1949), US athlete in basketball
• Cliff Robinson (basketball, born 1960) (Clifford T. Robinson, born 1960), US athlete in basketball
• Clifford Robinson (born 1966), US athlete in basketball
• Clifford Rose (born 1929), British actor
• Ronnie Shows (Clifford Ronald "Ronnie" Shows, born 1947), US political figure
• Clifford Shull (1915-2001), US physicist (Nobel Prize)
• Clifford Sifton (1861-1929), Canadian political figure
• Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988), US author (science fiction)
• Method Man, (pseudonym of Clifford Smith, born 1971), US rap singer
• Cliff Spink (Clifford Spink, fl. 1980s-present), British military officer (Royal Air Force)
• Clifford Stein (born ca. 1965), US computer scientist
• Clifford Stoll (born ca. 1956), US astronomer, computer expert, author
• Clifford Taubes (born 1954), US mathematician
• Clifford Thornton (1939-1989), US musician (jazz trumpet, trombone)
• Johnny Rebel (singer) (pseudonym of Cajun country musician Clifford Joseph Trahan, born 1938), US musician
• Clifford Truesdell (1919-2000), US mathematician, historian
• Clifford Walker (cricketer) (1919–1992), British athlete in cricket
• Clifford B. Wilson (1879-1943), US political figure
• Clifford A. Wolff (born 1970), US attorney

Surname

• The Clifford family, an English noble family
• The Clifford family (bankers), a family of English bankers active in the Netherlands
• Alesha Clifford (born 1991), Australian female athlete in football (soccer)
• Alfred H. Clifford (1908-1992), US mathematician
• Lady Anne Clifford (1590–1676), Countess of Pembroke
• Augustus Clifford (1788–1877), British naval officer and court official
• Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford (1890–1969),Governor of Mauritius from 1937 to 1942
• Betsy Clifford (born 1953), Canadian female athlete in skiing
• Buzz Clifford (born 1941 as Reese Francis Clifford III), US musician and songwriter
• Charles Clifford, any of several men with the name
• Sir Charles Clifford, 1st Baronet (1813–1893), New Zealand politician
• Clark Clifford (1906–1998), US Secretary of Defense
• Conor Clifford (born 1991), Irish athlete in football
• Dermot Clifford (born 1939), English religious figure
• Doug Clifford (born 1945), US musician, member of Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Edward Clifford (1844–1907), English artist and author
• Eleanor Clifford, Countess of Cumberland (Born Eleanor Brandon, 1519-1547), English noblewoman
• Francis Clifford (author) (1917–1975), pen name of Arthur Leonard Bell Thompson, author
• George Clifford, any of several men with the name
• George Clifford (footballer) (1899-?), English athlete in cricket
• George Clifford III, who engaged the Swedish naturalist Carl von Linné to write Hortus Cliffortianus
• Gerald Francis Clifford (1889-1952), a Wisconsin lawyer, politician and executive of the Green Bay Packers
• Graeme Clifford (born 1942), Australian film editor
• Grahame Clifford (1905-1984), English opera singer
• Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland (1493–1542), British member of nobility in Skipton
• Henry Hugh Clifford (1826–1883), British army officer
• Howard J. Clifford (fl. 1930s), US political figure in Michigan
• Hugh Clifford (1866-1941), British colonial administrator
• Hughie Clifford (1866-1929), Scottish athlete in football
• James Clifford (fl. 1970s-present), US university professor in California
• James Clifford (musician) (1622-1698), English religious figure and musician
• John Clifford, any of several men with the name
• John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford (1435-1461), British military leader
• John Clifford (choreographer), former New York City Ballet principal dancer
• John Garry Clifford (born 1942), US historian
• Johnny Clifford (1934-2007), Irish athlete in hurling
• J. R. Clifford (1848-1933), US attorney, civil rights pioneer
• Linda Clifford (born 1944), US female musician and singer
• Lucy Clifford (1846–1929), British female author
• Margaret Clifford, Countess of Cumberland (born Margaret Russell, 1560-1616), English noblewoman
• Max Clifford (born 1943), English publicist
• Michael R. Clifford (born 1952), US astronaut
• Mike Clifford (born 1943), US singer-songwriter and actor
• Nathan Clifford (1803–1881), US statesman, diplomat and jurist
• Patrick Clifford (born 1966), US musician
• Paul Clifford (cricketer) (born 1976), English athlete in cricket
• Richard Clifford (died 1421), British religious figure
• Robert Clifford, any of several men with the name
• Rosamund Clifford (c. 1150-1176), "Fair Rosamund", mistress of Henry II of England
• Ross Clifford (born 1951), Australian radio personality, author
• Simon Clifford (born 1970), English football coach
• Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1630-1673), British politician and statesman
• Thomas Clifford, 14th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (born 1948), a British baron
• Tom Clifford (fl. 1970s-2000s), Canadian political figure
• W. K. Clifford, any of several persons with those initials
• William Clifford any of several men with the name
• William Kingdon Clifford (1845–1879), English mathematician and philosopher

Other

• Clifford the Big Red Dog, a children's book and a TV-series based on it
  • Clifford (character), the central character of Clifford the Big Red Dog
  • Clifford's Puppy Days, an animated television show, featuring Clifford the Big Red Dog
• Clifford (muppet), a character on Sesame Street
• Clifford (film), a 1994 film starring Martin Short and Charles Grodin
• Clifford algebra, a type of associative algebra, named after William Kingdon Clifford
• Clifford analysis, a mathematical study of Dirac operators
• Clifford Chance, an international attorney firm, headquartered in London, England
• Clifford House (Eustis, Florida), a historic house in the US state of Florida
• Clifford International School, an international school in Guangzhou , People's Republic of China
• Clifford module, a mathematical representation
• Clifford Pier, a pier in Singaport
• Clifford theory, dealing with representations, named after Alfred H. Clifford
• Clifford torus, a figure in geometric topology
• Clifford's Inn, a London (England) Inn of Chancery
• Clifford's theorem, any of several mathematical derivations
• Clifford's Tower, the previously-used name of York Castle in England
• Clifford-Warren House, a historic house in the US state of Massachusetts

References

1. ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Clifford

See also

• Baron Clifford
• Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
• Baron de Clifford
• Clifford Baronets
• Clifford Castle, a castle in the village of Clifford, England

• Lord Clifford (disambiguation)

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