- Grant (name)
Grant can be both a
surname and agiven name . The name is of English and Scottish origin (seeClan Grant ), and there are several possible origins for the name.*One possible origin of the name is from a
nickname derived from the Anglo-Norman "graund", "graunt" ("tall", "large"). This in turn was derived from theOld French "grand", "grant", which was originally derived from theLatin "grandis". This nickname was likely given to a person of remarkable size or merely to distinguish two persons bearing the same name.
*Another possible origin of the surname is from a medievalpersonal name ultimately derived from theOld English byname "Granta", which might have meant "snarler". [http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Grantham-name-meaning.ashx Grantham Name Meaning and Origin] Retrieved on2007-12-06 ]
*The surname may also be an alternate spelling of the German "Grandt" or "Grand". [http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Grant-name-meaning.ashx Grant Name Meaning and Origin] Retrieved on2007-12-06 ]A-B-C
* "several people",
Alan Grant
* "several people", Alexander Grant
**Alexander Grant , a British army officer, businessman and politician in Upper Canada
**Alexander Grant (University Principal) , British Principal of the University of Edinburgh
*Amy Grant , an American singer-songwriter
*Anne Grant
*Anthony Grant
*Avram Grant , manager of Chelsea football club
*Bernie Grant
*Beth Grant
* "several people",Bob Grant
*Brian Grant
*Bud Grant , an American football coach
*Cuthbert Grant , a Canadian leader in the early 19th century.
*Cary Grant , a film actor
*Chapman Grant (1887-1983), American biologist
* "several people",Charles Grant
*Chris Grant
*Corinne Grant D-E-F
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Darren Grant
* "several people",David Grant
*Deborah Grant
*Dennis Grant
*Deon Grant
*Donald Grant , Industrial Workers of the World member, Australian Labor Party politician
*Duncan Grant , a Scottish painter
*Eddie Grant
*Eddy Grant , a Guyanese-British reggae musician and producer
*Faye Grant
*Frank Grant
*Frederick Dent Grant (1850-1912), American general and diplomatG-H-J
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Gavin Grant
* "several people",George Grant
*Ginger Grant
*Glen Grant
*Gogi Grant
*Grant Goodeve (born 1952), American actor
*Grant Smith
*Grant Imahara , 'Build Team' member of popular show "Mythbusters"
*Heber J. Grant , Seventh President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
*Horace Grant , NBA basketball player
*Howard Grant , Jamaican-Canadian boxer
*Hugh Grant , British film actor
*James Grant
*James Augustus Grant , a Scottish explorer of Africa in the 19th century
*Jane Grant
*Jarrad Grant (born 1989), Australian footballer
*Jedediah M. Grant , leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
*Jennifer Grant
*Jesse Root Grant (1858-1934), American miner and entrepreneur
*Jo Grant
*Joe Grant
* "several people",John Grant
*Johnny Grant K-L-M
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Kenneth Grant , a British occultist and head of the Typhonian Ordo Templi Orientis
*Kenneth J. Grant (1839-1932), a Canadian Presbyterian missionary and founding father of the Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago
*Lawrence Grant
*Lee Grant
*Lemuel P. Grant , Atlanta railroad pioneer
*Linda Grant
* Lou Grant, fictional character
*Madison Grant
*Marshall Grant
*Maxwell Grant
* "several people",Michael Grant
*Micki Grant
*Mike Grant P-R-S
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Paul Grant
* "several people",Peter Grant
*Rachel Grant , (born 1977), Philippine, actress.
* "several people",Richard Grant
*Rob Grant , British, comedy writer, television producer.
* "several people",Robert Grant
*Rodney A. Grant , (born 1959), American, actor.
*Shauna Grant , (1963–1984), American, nude model and pornographic actress.
* "several people",Stan Grant
* "several people",Stephen Grant
*Steven Grant (comics) , (born 1953), American, comic-book writer.T-U-V-W
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Ted Grant , (1913–2006), South African, Trotskyist politician.
*Tiffany Grant , (born 1968), American, voice actor.
* "several people",Tom Grant
* "several people",Tony Grant
*Tyrone Grant , a basketball player
* "several people",Ulysses S. Grant (disambiguation)
*Valentine Grant , (1881–1949), American, silent film actress.
*W. V. Grant , (born 1946), American, televangelist sentenced for tax evasion.
* "several people",William Grant (disambiguation) References
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